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thanks, i'll have to research a little more on bokers then...
i guess a few razors won't hurt, that would be the light side, 150 razors !! well that's the dark side lol;)

no no .. i will resist the dark side :jedi:and i will not go down the RAD path.
but i did take peek at the boker staright razors.. wow they're nice aren't they !!! but i will resist

that's what i'm hoping

yea like i said in my PM to you Mike i thought about the micarta but i read a couple reviews and they weren't as positive as they were on the dovo specials, so i thought better of it and went for the...

yep, i thought about that razor but i read some good reviews on the dovo special so i chose that razor instead.

well, no need to answer this thread anymore.. i took the plunge and went ahead and ordered the dovo tortoise special which is Don & Lynn's starter set.
i bought a 12k hone as well so i can do some...

thanks Ray, well that's the problem .. a few months goes by pretty quick and my shipping charges is not just sending around the us , it'll be international shipping so each time i ship will be $20 or...

i'm a pilot here in hong kong but there isn't much in terms of DE or SR shaving apart from some SR that i've heard that comes from China.
which i'm probably not going to go near :nono:

i hear you Mike but unfortunately i live in hong kong and if you're not aware of this, hong kong to my knowledge do NOT have any honemeisters that specialise in SR, well, maybe they can do kitchen...

thanks Mike, i'm just going to get that starter set from Lynn, it comes with a 2" Black Latigo Strop but i think i'll upgrade to a 3"
what hone did you buy? i sent Don an email asking about one of...

thanks fellas,
just read the email from Don and i'm going to go with the tortoise basic razor set.
Do i need to upgrade to 3" strop or just stick to the basic 2" ??
and does upgrading to the...

hey Ray , i just checked out that SRD web site and wow good stuff and good prices too.
i think i'll be giving them a call.
i assume their honemeister they use is top notch so i won't get a blood...

you know what Ray, i think i'm gonna to do just that.. i've used classic before for my DE shaving and their service was good but i now think that they are one of the most expensive online store out...

thanks for that... very interesting reading, didn't understand that much of the language but enough NOT to go for a cyril salter razor :nono:
if i'm armed only with a strop and not bother with a...

looked at the classified already and everything is as Rich said,,, it's either sold, n/a, or reserved but those are usually $600 razors.
i looked at a Cyril Salter blade and that runs $42, that's...

hmm, what to do what to do??

thanks guys for all the info... i'll check on the classified but as Rich said , if i don't know what i'm really looking for then i could be asking for trouble.
may go and pick up that classic dovo...

i've been DE shaving for about 2 years now and have just about everthing one can own for DE shaving.

just wanted to know what sort of razor i could think about getting if i wanted to get into...