Quote Originally Posted by m4dm4n View Post
My wife bought me a start-up shaving kit from Mens Biz (razor, strop, paste, cream, brush). That was a couple of months ago now so I've been shaving on factory edge since Christmas, stropping before and after shaving. The only place I've been able to find fine grit hones is on their website and even then they seem to only stock Shapton stones (read sell as they seem to always be out of stock). Their shipping prices are very reasonable (free for orders over $20) although being new to straight razors and related tools I have no idea what hones are generally worth. The Shaptons seem expensive.

I don't work for Mens Biz, I'm just really happy with their customer service.


EDIT: I forget to mention, they aren't based in Melbourne but they do have a distro warehouse which I think is in Richmond. They offer free pickup providing stock is available.

Hi M4dm4n thx for the tip, I ended up ordering a set from classicedge, naniwa 1k and the 3k 8k, and I picked up a barbers hone and a chinese 12k from ebay. thats all the hones i will need for a while. I was really pleased with service at classicedge too, free shipping for orders over 100 so thats pretty cool