Thread: Hello from Swansea,Wales,Uk

Hi all

I have been shaving with a straight razor for quite some time now and I cannot imagine ever going back to disposables.
I have also promised myself that I will teach my son from the day one how to handle a straight .
Last year I bought myself the whole range of Naniwa superstones,a lot of sand paper and a lot of micro-mesh plus a bench grinder with all the polishing bits and I have started restoring and honing my own razors.
I am pleased to say that I managed to restore a TI Le Grelot and a No Name rusian razor without too many cuts and only used the bench grinder to polish the blades.
When I first read about members spending 10 hours on a razor just to remove the pitting I thought it was a bit exaggerated but now I really understand why it takes so long when done properly and by hand sanding.It is a long process but the results are amazing.
This forum has proven to be an unlimited source of "how to" for everything a beginner in the art of razor restoring needs to know.
I will post in the restoration section about my recent purchase hopefully in the next hour .

All the best from Swansea,Uk

Emilio

G'Day Emilio and welcome.

Glad to see you here and enjoying yourself already.

We love to hear success stories so, keep us posted.

Welcome to SRP

Hello from England!

David