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  1. 01-26-2010, 04:16 AM #1
    SlowRain
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    Default 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.
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  2. 01-26-2010, 04:21 AM #2
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    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.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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  3. 01-26-2010, 04:23 AM #3
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    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!

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  4. 01-26-2010, 05:07 PM #4
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    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....
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  5. 01-26-2010, 05:09 PM #5
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    Welcome to SRP! Hope that you are able to enjoy the art of straight razor shaving
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  6. 01-28-2010, 12:39 AM #6
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    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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