Hello from Brisbane Australia!

Hi All,

Just introducing myself here! I'm a new straight razor guy and I've been shaving with my new blade for about a month now. I drew lots of inspiration/advice from Lynn and Geofatboy and watch their youtube tutorials regularly. I thought it would be time to get involved in the straight razor community and now here I am.

My Kit
Dovo 5/8 Full hollow ground straight razor with black plastic scales
Edwin Jagger Badger brush
Proraso shaving cream
Undecided on shaving balms and aftershave so far!

Looking forward to getting involved! See you in the forums!

Welcome to the forum! Looks like you did a bit of research and picked out a good kit. Don't forget a strop!

Hello and welcome, you have a fairly active community in Brisbane, I think they are arranging a meet fairly soon, there is a thread about it in the down under forum.

Hi and welcome. Ed's pretty well said it so any questions feel free to ask. Ed

Oh I forgot to add I have a Dovo 2" strop as well! I am pretty happy with the quality and shave I get from my kit so far and I know it will only get better once my technique gets better.

I also have a quick question for anyone able to help.

I am looking to buy a 3" strop with a linen side to take a paste. The strop I'm currently looking at requires it to be treated with strop dressing. In my current kit I have Dovo clear leatherbalm. Is the leatherbalm the same as strop dressing?

Thanks for your help!

Welcome to SRP.
Don't worry about the aftershave issue, there's more than enough to try out :p

Welcome to the forum.

Hi, Im Andrew, from Brissie as well :) Welcome.

Good to see more Qlders joining in
Welcome lads

Greetings and welcome Sir, always good to see another Aussie !!

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Originally Posted by marvin23

Is the leatherbalm the same as strop dressing?

Thanks for your help!

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Welcome to the 'Place' & yes it's a strop dressing. You probably won't need it for a very long time unless your strop is constantly in direct sunlight &/or A/C.

G'Day and welcome to SRP, mate.
You might like to edit your profile to let everyone know where you are.

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Welcome to the 'Place' & yes it's a strop dressing. You probably won't need it for a very long time unless your strop is constantly in direct sunlight &/or A/C.

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Thanks for your reply onimaru!

And thanks plenty everyone for the Welcomes! Seems like I've come to the right place to learn about straight razors!!!

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Originally Posted by Havachat45

G'Day and welcome to SRP, mate.
You might like to edit your profile to let everyone know where you are.

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Done! Is there many members in the Brisbane region?

Lots, mate - IIRC there's a thread on how to search for members in our area on a sticky either on the top of the members introductions or beginners sections

Hi and welcome to SRP! :)

Yes, Brisbane and surrounds seems to be a hotbed for straight razor users. Probably because of all those degenerate biker-types eating pizzas together and making their nefarious plans about which half to put the anchovies on at pubs I think. :)

Do check out the Australian section of the forums. There's a Brisbane meeting scheduled for early March I think, and it could be an excellent way to fast track your learning by getting some face to face help from more experienced users. But avoid that Havachat fellow - he's a biker. :o

James.

Welcome to SRP from the other side of the world. Sounds like you are off to a great start. Good luck! :)

Welcome to SRP mate. Good to see another Brisbane boy on the forum.

Your kit looks a solid start. I still pull the old Dovo (my first straight) out every so often, she is still a good shaver.

Let me know if you need anything.

Stu

I think he needs a free custom Stu. In fact, so do I if you're handing them out! :D

James.

Haha Thanks Plenty lads I'll be keeping a look out for fellow users in brisbane. Unfortunately I will be leaving for Japan in late feb and living in Tokyo for a year so I won't be able to attend the meet. Regardless I'll keep an eye out for the Australians and Brisbane people on the forums!

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Originally Posted by marvin23

Unfortunately I will be leaving for Japan in late feb and living in Tokyo for a year so I won't be able to attend the meet.

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Tough break. To show what a great bloke I am I'll trade places with you. :)