Having had a few hot-towel shaves from a turkish barber in Limerick that used a shavette I decided to google some shaving suppliers in the UK as there are only a few in Ireland.

Saw a straight razor set and made an impulse buy.

As the razor was not shave ready, I ended up just using the brush and some soap that I bought.

In Sept of last year, decided that I did not want to waste the money I spent on the straight set, so got a shavette to practice and then in late Nov ordered a Dovo DL while my original straight was away to be honed.

To be honest not looked back since.