New Member in Western Australia

Afternoon Ladies & Gents (well it is where I am!)
Just a quick note to introduce myself, currently living in Perth, W.A. originally from Glasgow. Recently retired from Her Majesty's Armed Forces (22 yrs) and have been making sharp stuff for around 7 years now, originally as a hobby but now looking at committing some proper time to it!
Hope to learn loads and maybe even impart some knowledge along the way.
I've been a lurker here for quite some time however its time for me to stick my head over the parapet....targets will fall when hit!

Welcome to SRP :)

I just did a search of the SRP member database for a location of "Perth". Not sure if all of them are in Australia.....

http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...rt=posts&pp=50

Hope this helps :)

Thanks for the welcome mate, was beginning to think I'd said something insulting...wouldn't have been a great 1st post..

Give your fellow Aussies a few more hours to wake up and I am sure they will be posting here! :)

You might also find this forum interesting.........

Down under

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You might also find this forum interesting.........

Down under

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Thanks, I've been a visitor there for some time now.....I'm not sure how the real Aussie's would take to me referring to myself as an "Aussie" tho, I've been here less than 2 years.. I'm a Scotsman and proud!

Glad to hear it hollowground. I was born here, but my father and grandfather and so on, way back down the line, were all Welshmen, and I'm proud to of that myself. Welcome to Australia, and welcome to the forum. A pity you arrived only two years ago. There was once a great Knife-making club being run from WA that covered all the makers and collectors/customisers of edged ware Australia wide. Sadly the laws changed and the police wanted all the club members details. Rather than breach privacy of it's members, the founders shut up shop. They still run a mail order for supplies though.

I've made some sharp and shiny sh...stuff myself. A great hobby, in hiatus for me for now though.

Well if you have any questions, feel free to ask. We're all happy to help around here. Nothing like a gang of Cut-Throats to make you feel warm and welcome :).


Mick

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There was once a great Knife-making club being run from WA that covered all the makers and collectors/customisers of edged ware Australia wide. Sadly the laws changed and the police wanted all the club members details. Rather than breach privacy of it's members, the founders shut up shop. They still run a mail order for supplies though.


Mick

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Would that be Keith & Joan you're referring to, I'm sure they were still operating out of Chidlow when I first got here...

...& thanks for the welcome! :chapeau

Welcome, are you in the hills? I am in midvale. There are a few perth folk here, and I know bongo was interested in starting something up in the area somewhere. I work away so am not around enough to commit to much, but it would be nice to get something going.

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Would that be Keith & Joan you're referring to, I'm sure they were still operating out of Chidlow when I first got here...

...& thanks for the welcome! :chapeau

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That's them mate. Lovely couple. Great people to deal with...And I'm not just saying that because I got a few write ups in the magazine when it was out either.

P.S Watch out for Ed...He's English ;) :p

Mick

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P.S Watch out for Ed...He's English ;) :p

Mick

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Mick, I'm saying nothing ..I think Ed lives less than 1km from me if I'm correct...

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Mick, I'm saying nothing ..I think Ed lives less than 1km from me if I'm correct...

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Great, a Welshman and a Scotsman to gang up on me, why don't you get an Irishman to join in too. :)

Aw, c'mon Dion. You're not scared are ya?! I don't call him Big Ed because of his height, it's just because 'e 'as a big 'ead! (sorry Ed, couldn't resist mate ;))


Mick
P.S Mick is a very Irish name if that helps ya out Ed...:p

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Great, a Welshman and a Scotsman to gang up on me, why don't you get an Irishman to join in too. :)

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Aw well at least he didn't call us a "Welchman" and a "Scotchman", its a start I suppose & could make his tutelage in the "Way of the Celt" somewhat less painful..:medvl:

Yes true, but Ed's not too bad in reality. He can't help his bad luck. At least he was born on Celtic soil, even if he is a Saxon/Angle/Jute/Norman or some such other foreigner. ;)

G'day and welcome to the forum. It's always good to see another Aussie join up.

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Aw well at least he didn't call us a "Welchman" and a "Scotchman", its a start I suppose & could make his tutelage in the "Way of the Celt" somewhat less painful..:medvl:

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I think its only the yanks that's say people are "scotch".

Its true that Mick is a name given to Irish Lads, "mick" is a generic slang term for Irishmen.
I think I have said it before but my paternal line is Irish, but I have always lived in England, and have not bad anything to do with that half of my family, so I consider myself English.

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Aw, c'mon Dion. You're not scared are ya?! I don't call him Big Ed because of his height, it's just because 'e 'as a big 'ead! (sorry Ed, couldn't resist mate ;))


Mick
P.S Mick is a very Irish name if that helps ya out Ed...:p

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Much as I had to take Carl calling me a bastard, I will have to cope with the big ed thing similarly they are after all both simply facts. :)

Takes a bloke that's comfortable in his own skin to make cracks at his own expense!
Good onyer Ed, I like your humour!

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Yes true, but Ed's not too bad in reality. He can't help his bad luck. At least he was born on Celtic soil, even if he is a Saxon/Angle/Jute/Norman or some such other foreigner. ;)

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Who speaks bastardised fresian apparently. :)

Welcome to SRP. Good to have you on board.

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Who speaks bastardised fresian apparently. :)

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Don't worry Ed, I'm also good at speaking the same language (better than my dismal Welsh in fact!)...Better, however, at writing it, as in a face to face conversation, I wouldn't have enough time to think of saying something like that. Or the delivery would be all wrong in the saying of it. :)


Mick

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Don't worry Ed, I'm also good at speaking the same language (better than my dismal Welsh in fact!)...Better, however, at writing it, as in a face to face conversation, I wouldn't have enough time to think of saying something like that. Or the delivery would be all wrong in the saying of it. :)


Mick

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Yes, editing is good too :) its easier to be witty when you have time to look up references, and compose an answer.

What did I tell you, all they needed was to wake up and have some coffee. :)

Tea is also good Randy! :)


Mick

Welcome to the 'Place' hollowg.
I see you've met the inmates. ;)

G'day~! I'm trying to get Perth folks connected for making knives razors & more.I can help with supplies etc.I have a heap of HD industrial hacksaw blades I'm eyeing up as razor blades.I'd be me than happy to sling a couple of pieces to someone keen to make good use of them. Also I'll be forging some straight japanese style razors soon.If interested in forging I can arrange classes.I don't teach as I'm still learning myself.Teacher would be Antonio Battistessa(You can google him) Yourself or anyone interested give me a shout.

Hey ED you English. Am I the only aussie over here.:p Good to have another from perth instead of all those easterners. Welcome

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Hey ED you English. Am I the only aussie over here.:p Good to have another from perth instead of all those easterners. Welcome

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Yep, though I am starting the citizenship process, but I am sure there must be at least one other Aussie in Perth, perhaps you could do a cooeee, or an Aussie oi and see what happens :)

Probably just my own echo. At least it'll be an aussie

Well guess I was a smart Eastern Stater to have come back this way after living over there for two years. Sounds like the place is full of foreigners now that I'm gone...:p


Mick

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Well guess I was a smart Eastern Stater to have come back this way after living over there for two years. Sounds like the place is full of foreigners now that I'm gone...:p


Mick

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You are not a west Aussie, your still a foreigner mate :)

And worse still, I spoke with a Queensland Drawl...Whatever the hell that is! ;)


Mick

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And worse still, I spoke with a Queensland Drawl...Whatever the hell that is! ;)


Mick

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I think it talking r-e-a-l-l-y s-l-o-w-l-y.

And leaving long pauses.

G'Day Hollowground, and welcome.
Glad to have you on board