Thread: Hey Everybody

Originally Posted by geruchtemoaker

are there any other shops in belgium where they sell straight razors? because i live near brugge and antwerpen is quite far to gow to

grts stijn

I know the one in A'en and there is supposed to be one in Brussels.
There's also Carron in Gent (Veldstraat). It's basically a tobacco shop but they also sell expensive gentlemen's stuff like straight razors.
I think I wrote this earlier in the thread but also check out theinvisibleedge and the srp classifieds section. There may be other mail order cies in the uk but none that I know of.

i think most of the razors in de classifieds have a reasonable price but knowing the most comes from america the shipping is very expensive

Originally Posted by geruchtemoaker

i think most of the razors in de classifieds have a reasonable price but knowing the most comes from america the shipping is very expensive

I've had two razors sent to me for about 10 EUR I think (from the US). That's not so expensive. You need to be more careful about vat & duties so you have to stay below a certain value or have it sent to you as a gift.
(http://fiscus.fgov.be/interfdanl/nl/citizens/wagen.htm)

E.g. this one looks interesting for a first razor, and part of the shipping fee is included:
*Price drop* 6/8 Kiebitz w/ blade etch - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

i think i'll jump on the train this weekend and get one of these
De Messenwinkel / Oud huis De Koordenwinkel :: Klassieke open scheermessen :: DOVO scheermessen :: Complete scheerset DOVO Ebbenhout zilverstaal 5/8

Originally Posted by geruchtemoaker

i think i'll jump on the train this weekend and get one of these
De Messenwinkel / Oud huis De Koordenwinkel :: Klassieke open scheermessen :: DOVO scheermessen :: Complete scheerset DOVO Ebbenhout zilverstaal 5/8

I agree that this is a really nice razor

I got my razor yesterday the shave went pretty well. I just couldn't get de lather right so I ended up with the old shaving gel.
but I think for a first experience it was a succes

Originally Posted by geruchtemoaker

but knowing the most comes from america the shipping is very expensive

That is untrue. It will mostly depend what the seller is asking and what service he's offering but shipping first class mail int (airmail 7-9 days) is not more what you would pay to have it send to the US. On the contrary I've even noticed the price from the US to Belgium sometimes to be less what a store in Germany or Spain charges to send your parcel to Belgium. And I've send plenty of first class mail int. parcels without any issues. It only becomes expensive once you start using the priority and other shipping options.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

On the contrary I've even noticed the price from the US to Belgium sometimes to be less what a store in Germany or Spain charges to send your parcel to Belgium. And I've send plenty of first class mail int. parcels without any issues. It only becomes expensive once you start using the priority and other shipping options.

Very true. Because of the low dollar it's sometimes cheaper to import something from the States. PROVIDED there's no extra vat/duties etc. ...