New Member From England

Let me introduce myself as Brucey from England - came across this site via eBay sublink from Taylors 1000 who sells Cutthroats.

Just purchased a Silver Tipped Badger Bristle Brush from Taylors of Old Bond Street London along with their Sandalwood Soap.

Also in my armoury:
Geo Trumper Sandalwood Skin Food
Geo Trumper Sandalwood Creme
Geo Trumper Alum Block - In my opinion the best I have used

Body Shop Macca Root Creme
Body Shop White Musk for men Aftershave Balm
Headers Barbers Alum Block

Dovo Shavette
Gillette Double Edge Razor
Gillette Mach 3

And my favorite old Shaving Jug

Brucey - London - England

Welcome to SRP! There is a ton of information to be found here in the Wiki. Feel free to post questions if you don't find the answers you're looking for and best of luck.

Hello, Brucey:

Welcome to Straight Razor Place.

You have loaded yourself with quality wet shaving products. Well done. Now take your time looking at the site and perusing the wealth of information floating around.

Any question, please post them. We're delighted to have you with us.

Regards,
Obie

Welcome to SRP. You'll find a wealth of information here! Try not to get too distracted at first & stick to mastering the basics.

Welcome!

You'll find everyone here helpful and informative.

Welcome to the club. I have been part of it for a few days but have already found a lot help and info from all the guys here.

Wishing I had stumbled uopn this website sooner after todays shaving attempt having had to revert back to my double edge Gillette razor to get me out of a messy situation !!!.

Have just ordered the Shaving DVD via this site hopefully will give me some good advice and some more background knowledge on the Cutthroat.

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Wishing I had stumbled uopn this website sooner after todays shaving attempt having had to revert back to my double edge Gillette razor to get me out of a messy situation !!!.

Have just ordered the Shaving DVD via this site hopefully will give me some good advice and some more background knowledge on the Cutthroat.

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If you are reverting to the DE from the shavette, then I am not surprised. My trial of the Dovo shavette found it very unforgiving compared to my straight razor.

Yes the damage was done by the Shavette - I think it's best that this item gets stowed away for just cleaning my neckline up rather than daily shaving I thought it may be a good introduction to the Straight Razor but alas it's proving otherwise I will continue to use the Gillette Double Edge untill the purchase of a Cutthroat in the very near future.

I have just read an article on using Castle Forbes products an avenue I will adventure down when my current collection of creams and balms are used.

Welcome Brucey. Castle Forbes products are excellent, especially the Lime shave cream.
Truefitt and Hill are also some of my favorites, and I recommend them. The 1805 especially. We also have a few members that make their own creams. One worty of mention is Alraz. You can send him a pm here. His shave creams are among the best.
Also, availble in the UK is Xpec. A shave soaps that looks and acts more like a cream.

As far as shave balms go, Speick is excellent, especially the Intensiv cream. Taylor of old bond st. makes something called
Sandalwood luxury aftershave gel. This stuff is thick and smells wonderful. It the only balm I've found that will stay with you for hours and hours. It's particularly good for After shave burn, it's thick, like grease...Its expensive, but good stuff always is..


Check our classifieds here. You can find some great deals on straight razors if you wish to give it a go.

Enjoy,

Rich

How do the classified advertisments work ? Do you just pay or bid like eBay or just make an offer how is payment made.

Most guys use paypal. Some have a "buy it now" option, others just accept the first member who pm's them.
If you PM, it's better to do so through the general boards, as the classifieds have their own system. Some members don't even know these exist & may never find your message.
Remember, if you buy outside the EU, you'll probably get hit by customs charges, so factor these in.

Hello there from further up north ok east midlands if your pedantic :)

ian

Thanks for the warm welcome especially from the English/British members I have my eye on a cutthroat that im bidding on im sure it will be landing on my doorstep in the very near future.


West Country - England

Just as an update when out and about shopping today I came across a retailer selling Trumpers and other good quality shaving material - I had to stop and have a chat this shop is a clothing store but we both talked about Straight Razors and shaving for 20 mins awesome !!!

Iv'e also seen articles on here about not using pre shave oil so today I left this out and used my Trumpers Sandalwood Cream today and finished off with an alum block and Trumpers skin food and felt it was one of by better shaves in a long time.


As In my Introduction and header above I love my shaving mug but as I travel a fair bit with work I was looking for a solid robust bit of kit and have found a UK company that is making me one in only two days , Im using cream and soap at the moment I also found a good metal bowl in a charity shop for 50 Pence.

Anyway when it turns up I will add a photo to my album for you to enjoy or add comment on.

Brucey,

Welcome and hello from Hastings :)

Have fun !

regards

Russ

PS As regards shaving resources, we are well catered for in the UK. Please have a peek at the below:

Mr Neil Miller www.strop-shop.co.uk
Mr Steve Dempster www.theinvisibleedge.co.uk
Mr P Mayhew www.connaughtshaving.com

Welcome Brucey from a fellow Londoner!

You've got some great products there, I really rate Trumpers stuff as among the best. Its always really good quality! Castle Forbes also make great creams as Zib says, and I really recommend the lime cream.

In terms of AS balm, my first (and probably only!) choice would be Trumpers sandalwood skin food. That stuff really does rock, its just brilliant.

If you are looking for a straight razor, do be sure to look in the classifieds here as there are loads of great shave ready razors available there.

Also, keep an eye out for the UK 2010 Razorcon. I'm organising a venue in London at the moment and we'll hopefully be holding something in October..! :) That'll be a really great opportunity to meet other SRP members and see a whole load of kit and demos. Theres talk of a Charnely Forest shoot out as well, so its promising to be a good day!

Good luck and keep us posted!

England....england....Ah yes! Isn't that where the convicts come from?!:)

Welcome to the forum Brucey, or as they say in the land of my Father, Croeso i'r y fforum.:mace: I reckon you'll like it here. You can talk cutthroat razors all day and nobody thinks you're weird for doing so.


Mick

Well I done a family tree and the convicts in my family all went your side - Who says crime does not pay !!!!.


Cheers Brucey

Thomas Turner & Co. Founded 1802 " The Royal Navy Razor "


Well im in the Straight Razor Club now have just aquired the above - wether I will ever shave with it I don't know because of it's condition but will post a nautical picture of it in my photo album in the very near future & will be asking members for their advice.

Iv'e created a photo album in my profile feel free to check it out and comment.

Well my Cutthroat Razor is now about to be posted into my photo album, I don't know how you attach the image to this post. It needs some buffing up and I hope this is achiveable without loosing the inscription also is my new pewter shaving mug that was made for me last week in Sheffield England which is based on a Victorian design.


Learning a lot from this forum.


Brucey