Hello from Taiwan

I'm a Canadian expatriate living in Taiwan. I first heard about SRP a few months ago from seeing cannonfodder's lathe work on Home-Barista.com. I checked this site out, but felt it was a little out of my price range to get into a straight razor. Then I found a relatively inexpensive, made-in-Japan straight razor with disposable blades. I have absolutely no idea how well this kind of setup will work, but it's enough to at least get me curious again and register an account here.

I currently shave with a Gillette Mach 3 razor and buy their Mach 3 Turbo blades. I also use their shaving gel and aftershave as I'm pretty limited in the products that I can buy here (Taiwanese men not having much to shave).

My hobbies include coffee and espresso--hence me being a member of Home-Barista.com--and reading. In most things I tend towards the manual approach--my coffee equipment consists of hand grinders, French presses, and a lever espresso machine--but I do prefer ebooks to paper books.

Now I'm off to read some of the stickies and FAQs.

Welcome to SRP. I am a zassenhaus grinder man every morning for many years now. Tom, whose screen name is jendeindustries, lives in Taiwan and is a good guy. You might drop him a PM (personal message) and see if you can get with him on some of your questions. He is a hone guy too. :gl:

Hi there, I'm sure that you won't regret joining SRP. Have fun doing your wiki homework, and if there is any way we can help out please don't hesitate to ask. Welcome!

dave

Ahoy from Philadelphia metro! Get a straight razor. If it's cost you're worried about, you can make your SR money back in 3-4 packages of mach 3 cartridges.

But good luck sticking with just one straight razor....

Welcome to SRP! Hope that you are able to enjoy the art of straight razor shaving :D

Welcome to SRP, from the Paradise in the Pines (East Texas)!

Spend some time in the wiki too... What a tremendous resource!

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