EY UP from yorkshire

Hey guys, been lurking about on this site for about a year now so decided id finally join.

My story so far:

it has been a steep learning curve for me. I was bought a DOVO shavette (Shudders from the purists) for Christmas about 2 years ago with a few of the bits and pieces to start shaving.
After I stopped carving up my face every time I shaved I decided to dig out my grandfathers old razors and try with these. I used one of these without realising it needed to be sharpened lol. It was an interesting shave to say the least, and that's what brought me to this forum.
Since then I have been bought a BBW with a slurry stone and a linen/leather strop, the information on here has been invaluable in learning how to use these pieces of kit as well as all the YouTube videos some of your more proficient posters have put out there.

I'm still very much learning but loving all aspects of the shave and prep work.

James

Nah then lad ! welcome to SRP from the North side of Sheffield :beer1:

Welcome James! wealth of knowledge here... but you already know that :)

Tha's welcome! There's nowt better than a good edge to help ya shave along.

It's nice to see more local folk on here. You will find thus forum to be very friendly and extremely helpful.

Hi and welcome aboard.

Welcome to SRP James.
It's great to see another member from Sheffield, the epicenter of straight razor shaving history, fantastic steel and superb vintage razors.
Enjoy your time here on the forum and the learning experience.

Pete <:-}

Hi James welcome you are in safe hands the premium forum for all things straight razor including honing.

As there seems to be a few people who are near me, can you recommend any places to buy Honing stones etc from. Are there any decent shops or is it all web based sales now?

Welcome to the forum. You might want to PM Celticcrusader wrt to your honing needs.

Bob

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As there seems to be a few people who are near me, can you recommend any places to buy Honing stones etc from. Are there any decent shops or is it all web based sales now?

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Buying stones is mostly web based that's where the cost savings and greater choice are to be found.

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Originally Posted by Jamhop

As there seems to be a few people who are near me, can you recommend any places to buy Honing stones etc from. Are there any decent shops or is it all web based sales now?

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There is a nice shaving shop in Leeds, they can set you up with a nice Michael Waterhouse strop they are called The Traditional Shaving Company and also have a web site. They mostly do safety razors so very few if any stones but the shop is still well worth a visit. They do have a few straights though. Also look at theinvisibleedge.co.uk he sends things out really fast. There are lots of others, but mostly web based. These are the two places I have used and can recommend.

Welcome to the forum. :)

Welcome, sorry I laughed while reading your introduction.
Brought back some old memories of my beginning, some 30 yrs ago.
Stick with it, it gets so much better...and have fun, relax, enjoy the zen time.💆

Welcome to SRP!!

A lot of great folks and info, as you've seen. Check out the library
Enjoy and have fun!