Hi and welcome. Not many of us active here from Perth. Been a few come and go but only bout a half dozen regulars. If you want any help, honing advice etc feel free to PM me. Always happy to have another straight shaver to talk with. Definitely recommend having your blade checked out to make sure its shave ready. There is a big difference between able to shave and shave ready and starting out we all tend to bat a bit below average for a while till we have enough blades under our belt to get better. What area are you in there are a few of us spread all over. Anyways good luck