Thread: Swede's coming down under, posebillity to poke the Swede in Brisbane this Chrismas...

Great to hear another gathering in the making gents.
Looking forward to meeting you Mikael, and maybe trade a razor or two
Beware of the Aussie summer heat mate, it gets quite hot here into the high 30's to low 40's Celcius
Stay safe and will see you when the day arrives.

Woo hoo, cheers Ricky!Thanks for the heads up re heat, low 40:s is a bit much for me, but I guess you have to exceed in the lost art of chill, when those days go by. We'll buy Aussie sunblock and stay low, the warmest days.

It's going to be great!

I've no problem with Andrews suggestion, please chim in if you want to work on wood too, I don't mind, really (we've a car and it's no problem for me to use it). "Our" house is located in the Sandgate village and Andrews's located closer to the city ... As for now: the 10th of January in Sandgate village (is the evening a good idea, or the afternoon or morning (coolest time I guess)).

Originally Posted by AndrewJM

We've been talking for a while about a Brisbane catchup / play with some woodworking tools (lathe, scroll saw etc, make some scales and/or brush handles)... Im open to combining them both into a single meetup at my place if anyone is interested. Otherwise more than happy to keep them separate.

Cheers for the kind offer Andrew
I would certainly like to catch up and see how your Straight Razor journey is progressing.
And an opportunity to use a scroll saw and other such tools is too good to pass up.
See you and the rest of the group there

I talked (well, PMed) with Andrew some and I think we'll move the meet up to his place. It gives more option, is closer to town and the oportunity to drool over his collection

So the 10th of January at Andrews place it is

For anyone wanting to come, just PM me and I can send you my address and phone number. All are welcome.

I will leave it to Mikael to set the time, as I am available anytime that day... unless any other members have certain preferences.

Any one who loves the teutonic titwillow can't be all bad, throw a shrimp and the bawby for me even tho I can't be there.

Mikael, 'Very good to see you. 'Hope you've been very well. I'm jealous about your trip & hope its wonderful. 'Seems just a great bunch down there.

Cheers R!! It would be great if you came aswell, we've rooom in our house if you can make it ... We'll have a blast and I'm really looking forward to this trip a lot (there was only 5 hours of sun in Stockholm in November, _five_ hours ).

Originally Posted by AndrewJM

For anyone wanting to come, just PM me and I can send you my address and phone number. All are welcome.

I will leave it to Mikael to set the time, as I am available anytime that day... unless any other members have certain preferences.

Well, it doesn't really matter... I dunno if the heat should/can have any impact on the time, but maybe after lunch, around 1ish... If someone wants to start earlier/later I'm more than open to change the time!

Do you guys want me to bring hard to get blades, for trades, or more regular blades? As for now I'm thinking around 20 razors and a mix, if more people sign up, I'll bring more blades (seems stupied to transport to to many of the same razor around the world, literally).

Okay, I've picked out around 20 blades now and packed them up in a roll. I've cleaned and sanded most and polished them, but not honed any and one or two are NOS (I think, maybe someone has tried/shaved once or twice and then put it away) ... Game on my dear Bruces!