Thread: Good evening from Aotearoa NZ

Hello all,

I'm 26 primary school teacher.
I hate shaving with a regular safety razor and love things that are sharp and shiny so here I am!

I have just purchased a gold dollar razor and a leather strop from a NZ vendor who has also honed it to be shave ready for me and who recommended this forum.

Among (many) other things I make my own home made soaps (starting with the raw fat and rendering etc all myself) I hope to learn from you all an eventually make a decent shaving soap to use.

Straight razor shaving also appeals to me for its sustainability (less waste, maintainable at a lower level of technology)
Heck, given enough time i suspect i may even have a go at the forging of my own . . .

Thanks for having me aboard - I'll try and read enough in the next few weeks to not ask too many idiot level questions :-)