I have to confess that I'm the guy that won this auction.

I've been lurking for a while (am a member of B&B) and have just joined SRP - I hope that by using this as my entry to SRP, I'm not sending the wrong signal (but I am quite pleased with the lot!).

I've played around with straights before, but never seriously and am getting back into it again and am going to give it a real go this time. As you can probably tell, when I get into something, I jump in with both feet!

When I saw this lot, I couldn't resist and was surprized that it didn't go for more - I already have hanging and padle strops from Tony, so will be selling the ones that came with this lot.

As Joe said this is really an incredible lot and I appreciate your consideration in not bringing it to everyone's attention.

I spoke to someone at the company who was selling the lot and they confirmed my impression, which was that the original owner had spent a bunch of money on a beautiful collection of straights and related gear - but quickly decided that it wasn't for him (the razors look brand new).

While I'm looking forward to actually getting my hands on my new babies, I'm really looking forward to being a member of SRP.