Thread: Hi from the UK

Hi everyone at SRP,
My name is Bernie from the UK, town is Middlesbrough north eastern England, very new to straight razor shaving just converted back to DE saftey and got rid of all the cartidges and disposables. Shavings more of an event now and better shaves. Still not shaved straight yet just aquired some old straight razors recently but they need a bit of work before they are shave ready one or two will be possibles I think T.Glossop Silver Bell and a Crown and Sword razor.

UKBernie,

Welcome and hello from Hastings

I have a couple of 'Crown & Sword' razors (Made by Ern in Solingen), and they are lovely shavers

If you are not a DIY razor person, you could send it to Mr Neil Miller for restore - his work is of superb quality:

www.strop-shop.co.uk - hand made straight razor strops, razor pouches, shaving accessories, vintage razors, razor honing and restoration

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Greetings from another UK member.

I agree about Neil, he has a great deal of talented and is a gentleman to boot.

Thanks Phatman and Jeltz
Looks like good information will probably contact Mr Miller and get one of these razors up and running so I can start to shave properly might have a go at restoring one or two myself currently own 8 in total some will be suitible one or two won't be anyway thanks again to both of you.

The sanding and polishing by hand is time consuming rather than difficult, the bit you really want done by someone experienced is the honing.

Learning to shave with a straight is a steepish learning curve so removing variables such as is my razor sharp enough is a wise move.

Thanks again Jeltz its good to get a reccomendation from someone have now looked on Strop Shop Website will Email Mr Miller at sometime to arrange to get one of my razors sharpened

Hello ukBernie
1+ for Neil Millers work he has done all of my straights great workmanship get a practice strop off him as well have a read up on here watch the u tube videos ect and have fun

Hi tuftey
Thanks for the support and advice have just Emailed Niel asking for some pointers so I can send him the best one of my razors to work on, practice strop looks like a good Idea when he replies I will probably sort out some equipment with him I want to eventually hone my own razors and keep them in good order. I just need to try and shave with one first to see how I get on with one. My DE safety shaves are brilliant been round the net and found so much on propper shaving including SRP a source of brilliant advice and knowledge. I got converted by watching a guy demonstrate DE safety razor shaving on U tube I ordered some kit, razor good soap and a badger brush just before xmas this lead me on to thinking about a straight razor shave as he also demonstrated this Geofatboy shavenation. This is becoming very addictive.

Welcome to SRP Bernie. You can't go wrong with anything Neil recommends. He is always a pleasure to deal with.

Thank you lz6 just waiting for Niel to reply to my E Mail now, so I can move forward, looks like he has a good site as well!