Thread: Hi ya & somes quick questions

Hello all just found this forum must say looks like lots of usefull info contained therein. I've gotten sick of my mach 3 and the ridulously expensive replacement cartridges and want to have a go at a straight.

I'd rather get an old razor than a new one both because of price and the older ones seem to have more character.

I'm based in the UK is there anyone on the forums from the UK that sells shave ready refurbished razors? If not I've spotted this on ebay I've asked about shipping costs to the uk does it look alright?

Hi Gemok,

Welcome to SRP. There are some UK members on SRP and I'm sure that they'll post here in short order.

Most eBay razors (or new ones for that matter) that you buy will not be shave ready and will require honing before use and if you aren't careful, newbies can get burned on eBay so ask the folks here before you go for something.

Having said that, there are some shops like www.ClassicShaving.com that offer new razors (and other equipment). The razors they sell can be honed by Lynn (a $20 option during checkout) before they are sent to you. That way you have a new razor that's ready to shave. There are also members on SRP that sell excellent shave-ready used razors for pretty decent prices and I'm sure they've probably shipped to the UK. So it's really up to your desires and your budget and how involved you want to get.

John Crowley sells some very nice used razors:

http://www.shavingshop.com/index.php?maincat=8

Bill Ellis also has some nice ones:

http://billysblades.com/Straights.htm

For strops and stuff, you can't beat Tony Miller's items:

http://shop.thewellshavedgentleman.com/splashPage.hg

Take your time, look around the site, check out the files and videos, etc and have fun.

Ed

I just saw that Phopwood is in Rugby/England. Give him a PM

Nice to see another face around here (figuratively speaking).

I don't know anything about that razor. It's Swedish steel so there's good chance it coulod be a good shaver, but for that price I can hone and ship one to you that is unquestionably good steel and shave ready to boot. PM me if you're interested.

Make sure you spend lots of time in the Permanent Archives section of the Help files as well as use the Search function liberally here in the Forums. If that fails, don't hesitate to ask about what you haven't found. We like to help.

X

Gemok,
Your e-mail address is bouncing. My replies to your e-mail keep coming back. Check you Private Messages on this site for answer about my sets.

Thanks,
Tony

Welcome to the SRP! Actually if you want to restore an old razor, Tony Holmes is a UK seller with reasonable shipping rates and some real gems. His descriptions are also very accurate. Half of my shaving rotation (including my absolute best shaver) is what I bought from him lol. Check him out on e-bay. He should be coming out with some REALLY nice stuff soon. I was drooling over the Express boxed set.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZportal5

However you should also buy something that's already been honed by one of our more senior members, so you have a standard for honing your future work. I've been lucky to have had a honing lesson with X, so all of my work has been up to par.

am i right in thinking that you are in the UK? Well thats cool, i know there are more members here than i know about and this place is great albeit most of the others are across the pond.
I live in the North east corner of scotland between aberdeen and inverness and have been lucky to get the help i needed.
AS for buying razors i replied to a thread in the newbies corner about buying, those were my thoughts looking back over the last year or so.
If your interested in honing and such like a few of the senior members can help online with the use of skype and have an online honing session which is awesome as you are supervised and can ask questions at the same time with the use of a mic and webcam.
I have bought razors on here and direct from members and have never been let down, I have also bought from portal5 he is excellent as you have been told.
Anyways welcome and i hope the razor bug works out as im well taken with this place.

regards,simon