At last!
I've been DE shaving for almost a year now, but I only registered at B&B. I've been going :banghead: about the fact I can't find anything decent in brick&mortar shops here in Belgium.
I'm sure I'll post a lot of questions soon!
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At last!
I've been DE shaving for almost a year now, but I only registered at B&B. I've been going :banghead: about the fact I can't find anything decent in brick&mortar shops here in Belgium.
I'm sure I'll post a lot of questions soon!
welcome, most stuff is far cheaper buying online anyway. Greets from Roeselare
Yeah, but I haven't bought anything online yet. Plus, international shipping can sometimes get very expensive...Quote:
Originally Posted by Snuff
The 'koordenwinkel' in Antwerp is definitely a place where you can find everything you need as a shaver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogier
Welkom bij* De Messenwinkel
They have straight razors, strops, coticules, shaving creams and soaps, DE razors, aftershaves, etc.
Very friendly people.
I've been meaning to go over there, but I haven't had the time and it would be a waste to buy online from them. Why buy local if you can't have the advantage of feeling the product for yourself... Also, they carry far to little DE blades.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
Ebay is a good source for DE blades, the more blades you buy at once the cheaper they get.
Personally, I prefer 1Barber in Jodoigne.
Gregory, the owner, is a very nice & helpful chap who's very knowledgeable about wetshaving. He stocks way more than the Koordenwinkel.
He has a webshop (1barber - Produits de rasage pour hommes), but also a very cool 'physical' shop.
He sends via Kiala so you pay 4 EUR independent of the weight.
Even so, when buying DE blades I would also rather buy them in huge quantities via eBay (Connaught shaving).
That's still cheaper.
How's his Dutch? I DO NOT want to start a communautair discussion, but I know my French isn't up to scratch and I'd like to properly understand the advice I'm getting when buying my first straight...Quote:
Originally Posted by decraew
His dutch is a bit funny but not funnier than my french I guess. :p
BUT he can help you out in dutch, that's for sure...
When we exchange emails, I will typically write in french, he will reply in dutch.
So, if you want to buy a new razor, I'd like to point out that Koordenwinkel will send them as they come from the factory. That's fine, but you should realise that such a razor will most probably not be what we call here shave-ready. Razors sent by Gregory from 1Barber will be made shave-ready if you ask him - he has the tools (he uses Shaptons up to 30k) to do this and I know from experience that he knows how to use them.
Well, I intended on going(in person) to the Koordenwinkel myself, but I'll refer to my other thread on this board ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by decraew