Thread: Hello from Oz...

Hi There, greetings to you all.
I'm Bongo and I came to this site by a circuitous route.
At the tender age of fifty-something I've suddenly experienced razor rash for the first time in my life.

For the last six months my face has come to resemble a pepperoni pizza !!
I'd decided to throw the three and four bladed 'safety' razors away and seek alternatives.
I didn't like the cost and the environmental impact of disposable razor blades either.

Whilst searching on the interweb I kept hearing good things about Straight Razors.
Eventually this lead me to your forum and I hope to glean as much knowledge as I can before purchasing a Straight Razor.
I'm also a sometime knife maker, so I'm interested in restoring old 'straights' and might even have a go at making one from scratch.

That's me, and that's why I'm here !
Look forward to talking with you,
Bongo

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Hi there. I think you'll be very comfortable here.

Sorry, SRP has reached it's quota of Aussies, bye!



I jest of course - you guys are thick on the ground here. Tell us from whence you hail and you will no doubt find a few guys within cooee of you.

Anyway enjoy your stay, make sure to check out the wiki!

G'day Bongo. Welcome to the forum. I can honestly say that I found shaving with a straight razor much easier on my skin than anything else.

G'Day Bongo and welcome.

As I've always said 'You can't have enough Aussies'

Glad to have you on board

Originally Posted by Havachat45

As I've always said 'You can't have enough Aussies'

My thoughts exactly Welcome aboard Bongo!

My brother in law had a dog named Bongo. Boofheaded thing it was. Good dog though. G'day Bongo and welcome aboard mate. Cut-throat razors are the way to go. We also share a common interest. Knives! Although I'm not much of a maker/collector myself, I do have one or two that I've made and a few that I've bought .
Enjoy your stay. Woof.


Mick

Welcome Bongo! I'm from Melbourne myself I have a few friends that live up your way though. I have just gotten into straights as well, I purchased the works kit (shave ready entry level razor, poor mans strop kit, badger hair brush, soap) from whippeddog dot com and I've been picking up razors on ebay with the intention to get into a little restoration/cleaning/polishing and eventually i want to learn how to hone as well. I have been so engrossed in ebay and this forum of late that even though my new gaming computer which i forked out about 2k for has arrived I have yet to play any games on it I've only used it to read and post on here and use ebay.

Welcome!

Sorry for the dumb question but being in Hollywoods land of Oz... KS. I begin to wonder, why do you guys down under call it Oz? I am on an ipad... Doing a search on this thing is manical.