Hello, my name is Øystein, and Im a shaver

So, I have been wet shaving with a DE for a little while, and after hanging out at /r/wicked_edge I wanted to try a straight razor.
I found some old razors around flea markets etc, and needed to get them shave ready. W_E pointed me to birnando here on the forums, as I also live in Oslo, Norway.

He was very helpful, and set up two of my razors yesterday. I used one of them right after I came home, but started easy and finished my neck with my DE.

Ive had good DE-shaves for a while, but this morning my neck had stubbles while the rest did not. Weeee!
Now I just need to practice my stropping and learn not to make mince meat of my neck and things should be sweet!

Kudos to birnando! Very helpful with setting up two of my knives, and he even lent me his Norton 4k/8k so I could practice on that and see how I liked it before I ordered one for myself!

your a lucky man , Birnardo is a super guy and very knowledgable, he even gives advise to us guys over here in the US,, good luck just go slow the neck will come , sometimes I still finish the neck with my DE tc

Hi and welcome. The neck is one of those areas that will just takes time and a bit of experimenting. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask.

It was my pleasure having you over, ØySTEIN!
It's very nice to hear you got off to such a good start yesterday.
Seems you are hooked on straights now;)

Sorry about all the disturbance from the kids and my very lively terrier..
But at least we got the job done;)

Edited for correct name!!
(sorry)

Hello,and welcome to SRP!!

Welcome to SRP Øyvind, good to see even another Norwegian in here :)

Hang around, and there will probably be a meetup in the near future.

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Welcome to SRP Øyvind, good to see even another Norwegian in here :)

Hang around, and there will probably be a meetup in the near future.

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Yup, Im in the Dapper-thread already. And, just to clarify at once, its stone, not wind :P

You are the one snatching all the straights at Viklund Brukthandel at Bislett?

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Yup, Im in the Dapper-thread already. And, just to clarify at once, its stone, not wind :P

You are the one snatching all the straights at Viklund Brukthandel at Bislett?

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Ahh, sorry, a little bit quick there...

No, not me, haven't been there picking, but thanks for the tips ;)

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No, not me, haven't been there picking, but thanks for the tips ;)

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Hmm, then there is another collector/restorer at work. He told me one came and picked up 10 or so he had lying, and came back with pictures after restoring them. Didnt know there were so many collecting in Oslo.

After 5-6 days spent looking I got a small collection. 8 now I think, and Bjørnar set up two of them. They are all the same tho. Hollow, 4/8 or 5/8. Doesnt seem it is as easy to find wedges or larger ones around.

Velkommen Øystein! Another Norwegian newbie here :)

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Originally Posted by belowyn

After 5-6 days spent looking I got a small collection. 8 now I think, and Bjørnar set up two of them. They are all the same tho. Hollow, 4/8 or 5/8. Doesnt seem it is as easy to find wedges or larger ones around.

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That is indeed true.
Finding anything larger than a 6/8 sure is rare around here.
Heck, even 6/8 is difficult enough.
Wedgier grinds should be possible though, depending on the age on it.
The older they are, the more often they tend to have more meat on the bone so to speak.