Thread: G'day from Melbourne, Australia

G'day everybody,

My name is Mark and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today I received the first of a few straight razors I bought and I'm very excited to get started shaving this way. Must say that I do already have respect for everyone shaving this way as this 'device' could just as well be used as a lethal weapon!
Before I started buying I did a lot of reading about it and have also spoken to a mate who has been shaving this way for the past 2 years.
As I have a thing for most things vintage the first razor I ended up buying was a Joseph Rodgers & Sons (Cutlers to their majesties - No 6 Norfolk Street - Sheffield - England). So hereby also my first question to the people on this forum; can anyone tell me whether or not this a real razor or possibly a fake (the engravings are a bit different from other razors I've seen online) and if it is real, how old I might be? The person I bought it off didn't know much about it and I didn't pay a huge amount for it (AU$100).

Cheers!