Imported to Australia Shaving Supplies

[eddy79]

I think everyone has seen the Australian shaving supplies thread and many have posted where to get supplies. I would like to start this thread for all the stuff missing or stupidly expensive in oz and where you've found it. I've only been straight shaving for about 3-4 months and haven't been able to find sprays/pastes in oz and stones are all to expensive to buy here for the most part. So I troll the net find what I need at good prices and postage I don't need to remortgage for and order from overseas. So far the only thing to go missing is the only this I brought in Australia So this thread is to tell every one what you got and where you got it and hopefully it may save us all a couple days on google to find something affordable.

Naniwa super stones-http://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Naniwa-C97.aspx


Arkansas stones-http://www.naturalwhetstone.com/


sprays/pastes-http://thesuperiorshave.com/Pastes.html


dmt dia sharp-http://www.carbatec.com.au/dmt-diasharp-whetstones_c7350


Hope this helps someone as it would have helped me to start out. ED

[edhewitt]

Thanks, another ed from Perth eh!

[eddy79]

Here's a couple I forgot

leather and strop making suppli H Leffler & Son Pty Ltd - Catalogue es-

alumina oxide .3micron and other lap supplies( this ones in oz)- Polishing/Cleaning : Aussie Sapphire, Specialists in Lapidary Supply

Pins, scales, cheap paste and jewelers loupe - Products | Maggard Razors - Straight Razor Restoration, Custom Scales and Wet Shaving Products

Hope these help

Hi Ed. You new to straights or just the forum. Ed

[edhewitt]

New to straights, a few weeks into straight shaving.

[eddy79]

The fun begins. Its frustrating, rewarding and highly addictive. Watch out for the addictions eg razor,hone. Im 4 months in good shaves and stropping well but started with razors and now have 9 and moved to hones and now have 2 barbers with an escher and a set of naniwa super stones on way. Not to mention money spend making strops, paddles and the paste sprays etc that go with them. Im a kid in a candy store. Broke and happy.

[edhewitt]

I am possibly more cautious than you :-) but can see that it is easy to spend a wedge (no pun intended) though I do now have 3 razors, a pair of Welsh slate hones, a homemade roo strop, a pair of shaving bowls, marble shaving brush, stand, mug set, 3 other brushes, and a load of soaps, ointments etc, a couple if homemade brush stands, a mother of pearl snurdle(r) and probably some other stuff. Just need to get good at using it now :-)

[eddy79]

Where did you get roo leather from and did you have to buy the whole hide.

[edhewitt]

Just bought a piece from eBay, came from over east. Was $22. Might be worth asking around here, I think jimbo makes his own strops, someone might have a strip kicking around for some kind of trade.

[Kad]

I too shall be getting into the straights as soon as my lot arrives from the classifieds here. Anticipating a lot of fun.

[edhewitt]

I too shall be getting into the straights as soon as my lot arrives from the classifieds here. Anticipating a lot of fun.

Fun, but be patient, am still struggling with some areas.