Thread: new to straights

G'day and welcome to the forum. There's quite a few Aussies here. It's a great place to hang out and meet new people.

Yeah, there even seem to be a few in WA, looking forward to learning some new skills.

Hi Ed, welcome to the forum. I'm over here in SA if you ever need help honing, though I'm no honemeister!
I haven't really searched a LOT of places here for vintage razors, but the several I've seen in antique shops have been rubbish. I've bought most of my razors from guys on this site; either directly or from the classifieds.

My advice is get one from here before the Aussie dollar goes back to .65 USD (is it wrong to hope the US economy doesn't recover?). If only it were stronger against the Euro so I can get more Swedish framebacks... :-)

Carl

Think Perth to south Australia might be a bit of a trek, though thanks for the offer, Os has kindly sold me a shave ready razor for the cost of resuscitating ( spelling?) My eBay purchase, so I can practice on the eBay horror, I probably won't make it a great deal worse. It has to be said that there are a lot of friendly folk on this forum.

Oz is a great guy!

Also John has an INEXPENSIVE blade posted at the classifieds. $39 USD. It's a nice size and looks good, also you might ask him but from what I can see of the pictures the point has been muted, which can be a very good thing for a beginner. Also as you read above, he's also down under! Postage shouldn't be bad at all!

Keep us posted!

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Think Perth to south Australia might be a bit of a trek, though thanks for the offer, Os has kindly sold me a shave ready razor for the cost of resuscitating ( spelling?) My eBay purchase, so I can practice on the eBay horror, I probably won't make it a great deal worse. It has to be said that there are a lot of friendly folk on this forum.

I was actually thinking more along the lines of using the postal service, but anyway...
Yes, this is a very friendly forum... :-)

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Oz is a great guy!

Also John has an expensive blade posted at the classifieds. $39 USD. It's a nice size and looks good, also you might ask him but from what I can see of the pictures the point has been muted, which can be a very good thing for a beginner. Also as you read above, he's also down under! Postage shouldn't be bad at all!

Keep us posted!

Thanx Roy. Well spotted. Ed can test his RAD now .

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Thanx Roy. Well spotted. Ed can test his RAD now .

I have a good strategy to deal with RAD - a wife and a joint bank account

Originally Posted by cudarunner

While I’ve never enjoyed tasting my mate’s edges; Oz’s knowledge of Japanese hones is well known. I'd like to try a taste but the shipping to and from is prohibitive!

Please let us know how you like your edge!

The razor is good and sharp, though due to lack of skill my face is a bit sore, though went into town today and got some new stuff like witch hazel, after shave balm a new shaving bowl set (a soup bowl that fits in a noodle bowl on mark down at Cole's) to keep my lather warm, glycerin, shave oil and some other bits and bobs that I thought i would be able to do without, so after using the lot tonight my skin is definately less sore. All I need to do is refine my technique and work out what I really need to use out of what I have.
Even trying to be cautious it is easy to amass a load of stuff, but it does make the whole thing seem more special.
here is a piccie of my assorted bits I have with me.

Oh no, I can see you're already starting to collect stuff, there's no turning back now...
I posted a thread about this ages ago here.

Fortunately I'm quite stable at the moment, the number of razors has doubled, but the hones have remained the same...

BTW, I'd highly recommend Proraso pre-shave cream, it really helps when you're starting out...