Thread: Hi to all

Like everyone else I suggest you stick to known places to buy from. The classifieds here, SRD, other sponsors of this site as well as some of the other reputable shaves sites. I believe there is a thread in the Austraila section right now talking about some retailers local to Austrailia which may shave you some money on shipping as well as there are 2-3 people on here from Austrailia that have great reputations of providing good razors at fair prices.

I would not worry to much about buying a hone at this time. History (take that as my personal mistakes) has shown that learning to Strop and shave are challenging enough at first. Having some stones laying there calling your name the temptation will be to try and fix technique issues with poor honing technique. In the end, not a great result.

Do what ever you can to get to the local meetup mentioned above. I was lucky to get together with MAXI fairly early on and then have a meetup locally soon after that. The learning curve for me was reduced dramaticly with those two strokes of luck.

Enjoy