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Well guys, I managed to have my first shave. Details on another post, but the honing and stropping worked fine (although I have redone it to make the blade even sharper).

I just followed all the...

Definitely, $113 beats all the prices I could find!
Good find!

Nah, the strop I went for was from capgras1. Advance Search ebay under strop, closed listings. It'll come up. The title was something like "Vintage Strop, The Boss".

From everything on SR8...

I was bidding on another strop, and that happend to me. When I queried them they said they actually had two for sale. They offered it to me at my last bid ($1 below the final price) so I bought....

Yep,
The best place I have found is www.everten.com.au They also have a store in Sydney called Rosie's of Pyrmont at the Sydeny Fish Markets. They are a knife supplier to the hospitality/food...

Thanks guys, very helpful. I'll let you know how it all goes.

I think my plan of attack is go the a couple of very light stokes on the 3k and then the 8k to start with and see how that goes.

I've just been given a Dovo razor that needs a hone and stop before use, and from looking through all the info on the net I've purchased a combination Japanese water stone 3000/8000. (I can't find a...