Thread: Need help! Gift for husband!

Either make of razor can give a nice shave but I don't know of anyone selling Thierrs in Oz. Dovos can be had online from someone like Mensbiz but Google is your friend unless you want a bricks n mortar store.

Thanks everyone.....online us our friend as we are 750km from the closest store��
What else do I need to look for? I'm thinking a strop....he has a good brush I purchased on one of our trips, but he will need to hone his own blade here as sending it off isn't really an option.
Are there any websites you can recommend to get everything he will need/want??

Originally Posted by Oldyswife

Thanks everyone.....online us our friend as we are 750km from the closest store��
What else do I need to look for? I'm thinking a strop....he has a good brush I purchased on one of our trips, but he will need to hone his own blade here as sending it off isn't really an option.
Are there any websites you can recommend to get everything he will need/want??

I think Mensbiz would be your one stop shop for everything if he needs to buy hones as well. They carry the Shapton brand so he can't go wrong with those but he will need to be a quick study or have some previous sharpening skills to do his own honing up front. Not impossible, just a big ask for new user but I imagine you 2 might be fairly self sufficient out there You on a cattle property ?

Originally Posted by Oldyswife

Are there any websites you can recommend to get everything he will need/want??

Well, one thing he'll most certainly need is an education in shaving with a straight razor, and you've already located that for him.

Tell him to sign up here as a member in addition to all the shaving gear you're getting for him. Not only will he be able to gain knowledge on how to shave, but there's a truckload of info on maintaining gear as well as moral support and encouragement (not to mention just good overall camaraderie).

One more suggestion- get two razors instead of one if your budget allows. That way, especially if sending one out for honing isn't an option, he'll have a backup to shave with while he learns to hone the other. As Onimaru55 stated earlier, learning to shave with a straight razor AND learning to hone at the same time is a pretty tall order.

Also, I noticed that you have your location set as Esperance, WA so that means your not all that far from Perth, correct? Maybe one of the members from Perth (edhewitt springs to mind) would be able to meet up with your husband and give him an in person lesson on all things straight razor?

Esperance is a long way from no where all by itself. Perth is a fair drive away from there. As for learning to hone and shave, I'm living proof it can be done, but I will admit it wasn't the funnest way about it. I would recommend that you have it honed up first time around, by the likes of Onimaru55, just to remove any doubt about the shave-ability of the razor.


Mick

Yup only 450miles or so Ed is practically next door.

jim

To put it in perspective, if its only half a days drive i consider it "close"!
My advice is to purchase it and get it sent straight to Oz or similar as i recently purchased one trying to stay with Australian sites but now realized that none of them are shave ready brand new. Otherwise you'll find your husband is like a kid with a RC car and no batteries!

Originally Posted by syslight

Yup only 450miles or so Ed is practically next door.

jim

Come on Jim we deal in kilometres here, divide by 5, times by eight. I am happy to help where I can, but I spend most of my time in Karratha, which is around 1700 km from perth, besides bongo is a bit south of Fremantle which is even closer. As said I am happy to help where I can.

Originally Posted by crouton976

Well, one thing he'll most certainly need is an education in shaving with a straight razor, and you've already located that for him.

Tell him to sign up here as a member in addition to all the shaving gear you're getting for him. Not only will he be able to gain knowledge on how to shave, but there's a truckload of info on maintaining gear as well as moral support and encouragement (not to mention just good overall camaraderie).

One more suggestion- get two razors instead of one if your budget allows. That way, especially if sending one out for honing isn't an option, he'll have a backup to shave with while he learns to hone the other. As Onimaru55 stated earlier, learning to shave with a straight razor AND learning to hone at the same time is a pretty tall order.

Also, I noticed that you have your location set as Esperance, WA so that means your not all that far from Perth, correct? Maybe one of the members from Perth (edhewitt springs to mind) would be able to meet up with your husband and give him an in person lesson on all things straight razor?

Hey crouton, I seem to have become infamous, I would suggest that you look up the theme to Henry's cat (a cartoon from the UK ), it will become apparent what my level of knowledge actually is

Originally Posted by Hayzee

To put it in perspective, if its only half a days drive i consider it "close"!
My advice is to purchase it and get it sent straight to Oz or similar as i recently purchased one trying to stay with Australian sites but now realized that none of them are shave ready brand new. Otherwise you'll find your husband is like a kid with a RC car and no batteries!

Hey Hayzee, I just read your location, 'North West of Australia'. Well I've been to Christmas Island, but what's Indonesia like?!


Mick