Thread: Greetings from Norway

Hi everyone,

My name is Trond and some years ago I bought a Col. Conk set from Knifecenter with the intent of starting straight razor shaving. Of course, it was too dull to shave with, so I sent it out for honing. It came back much better, and I started shaving my cheeks with the grain. Soon however, the razor started pulling, maybe because of my lousy stropping technique. I did some research on honing and tried with the stone from the set. I had already gathered that many considered it useless. I just figured I had nothing to lose, and I wouldn't be able to destroy the blade. But as you probably already have guessed, no luck there. I decided to send it out again, but I never got to it. The razor ended up on a shelf in a closet.

Fast forward a few months ago, I suddenly figured I would give it another go. Only this time, I would buy stones and no matter what, get that razor sharp myself. Some googling and different strokes, I finally got it hair-popping sharp and repeated the success for a buddy who had bought the same set.

The increased sharpness made for a better shave and I kinda got the bug. Getting the hang of straight razor shaving gave me a huge feeling of gratification I have not experienced with a disposable cartridge, and I enjoy taking care of the razor(s), regarding them as a high precision tools.

I've since bought a shavette and another dovo, which brings me to the real reason for me signing up: I have a question you might be able to help me with.

Anyways, happy shaving!

Hello, Trond. Welcome to Straight Razor Place!

Hi and welcome. Your will find everything you need to know and that which you didn't know you needed to know here. Any questions feel free to ask

Hello and welcome to SRP Trond.
It looks like you already know your way round here.......
.....and into the rabbit hole we go....

Welcome Trond, You have a wealth of information almost at your doorstep. Below find SRP members in Norway that are available to answer any and all of your questions:

Østlandet
Birnando (Oslo and Akershus primarily, but everyone is welcome to stop by)
Zephyr (Oslo/Akershus)
str8fencer (Oslo and surrounding areas)

Take advantage when you can, they will welcome you with great hospitality.

Way to persevere! Hope you have smooth shaving from here on out!

Thanks for the welcome, guys. I may have lurked a bit before signing up, googling straight razor questions often winds up here

Hi Trond & welcome to SRP! There is a wealth of information on here & since you are already familiar with straight razor shaving & also honing, here is a link to gssixguns Youtube video's you might find helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/user/gssixgun/videos

Also here's a link to Lynn's Youtube video's, the owner of this forum:

https://www.youtube.com/user/LynnSAbrams/videos

You will find a lot of good, useful information here, some you may have not known about so take your time & explore the site & learn as much as you can. You will also have fun doing it so I hope this helps. If you have anymore questions, just ask like you already have or feel free to pm me & I'll do anything i can within my power or steer you in the right direction but it looks like you have a grip on it already!
Good luck!

Hello Trond, welcome to SRP. My family is from Norway and I've always wanted to visit.

Welcome to your new addiction and SRP