Thread: New Aust member

Hi guys im a new member from down under, ive been reading the forums for a while and finally decided to join.Love the straight razors,started shaving with one ,a dovo 6 years ago while traveling aus to save on buying razor blades worked a treat.Sadly i lost the Dovo while working in a remote community in the gulf country,it got shampoo on the blade and the stuff eched into the steel turned it black and wrecked the edge.Expensive mistake to make,so now i have just brought two old straights one bengall and a kropp for less than half the price of the dovo and am loving them.They have a house to live in now so there will be no more accedents.I think this may be the start of an addiction.I am already looking at buying another bengall a griffon and a T,R Cadman and sons that has another mark other than bengall.Ok thanks and i look forward to joining in the community.

Welcome aboard and good luck with what looks like early stages of RAD.

Welcome to SRP, glad to have you with us.

Welcome to SRP but I'm trying to work out how/why you got shampoo on your blade. I hope you weren't shaving in the shower , that can lead to sudden amputations if you drop the razor

Well i had the shampoo and the razor in the same bag and something must have been thrown/dumped on top of it when loaded on the plane.So it was about a week befor i got around to having a shave and found the split shampoo bottle and damage to the blade very sad .I do still have it as a reminder of what not to do.

Can't help bad luck ... or maybe good luck seeing you now have a Bengall & a Kropp

Ah yes i would say its good luck in the end,otherwise i wouldnt have discoverd this world of great old razors ther are heaps of antique places around us and now i have something to look for when the little woman is having a look, soon i will be draging her around!