Hi aussies

I'm from Perth, WA. Looking at getting into straight razors, been a DE shaver for a few years.

The maintenance of a straight razor is what's worrying me -- being able to strop a razor myself I feel I can do, doesn't seem too difficult, or too costly. Honing with stones though, that sounds difficult and costly.

Anybody know of a pro razor honer in the Perth area of Western Australia by any chance? Or some advice on frequency necessary of honing? If it has to be honed every five shaves then I guess I'll have to learn how to do it myself, but if it's a once-in-20-shaves kind of deal, then that's like once a year for me :P

I think I got a bit sidetracked there. I saw the post saying the Aussie board was a bit dead so I thought I'd add a post saying hi.

Hi.