Thread: Hi from a kent /london forge

Hi Owen,

Welcome to SRP, it's great to have you with us!

I really enjoyed the course and I learnt loads, so thanks again for that, it was a really enjoyable couple of days!

I'll be doing a thread on it soon and posting some pics of the blades we did, and of the finished blades took away once I get round to scaling them...!

I must confess to browsing eBay for grinders and looking around at heat treatment ovens over the weekend. Maybe not a power hammer though as I don't think the Mrs would appreciate me sticking one of those at the bottom of the garden!

There are myriad places that sell excellent soaps and creams in London, like trumpers, Penhaligons and Taylors of bond street.

I highly recommend Trumpers and Penhaligons, their soaps and creams are excellent and Trumpers also do old school wet shaves with an open razor which are well worth it if you're ever in the neighbourhood!

I also picked up my brush from trumpers for a pretty reasonable price. The best badger brushes are slightly stiffer than the silvertips, which I personally prefer as they seem to be a little less mop like and work better for whipping up lather.

Thanks again for all the advice and tuition, it was a really great course!

All the best mate,

Stu

Welcome,
It sounds like you both learned a lot. Its great when the STUdent can also teach the master (sorry for the bad pun)
Enjoy it here, lots to learn.

Oh well, there goes the neighborhood...

So much for your firey beard then Owen. You're most welcome here my friend. Thanks for showing him the place Stu.

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

Oh well, there goes the neighborhood...

So much for your firey beard then Owen. You're most welcome here my friend. Thanks for showing him the place Stu.

nothing wrong with a little firey trim.....

G'day Bushfire, I'm surprised StuBear didn't put you straight onto Penhaligons. The bugger sent me a tube of their shave cream thats bloody great stuff. Got me addicted to it I think. Hey Stubear, I'm running low mate...


Mick

Originally Posted by deighaingeal

Welcome,
It sounds like you both learned a lot. Its great when the STUdent can also teach the master (sorry for the bad pun)
Enjoy it here, lots to learn.

I have had a couple f students recently who were both very much into their fields of kitchen knives and in this case razors .
there is so much to learn , its one of the things that keeps the craft interesting for so long .