Hello from Uk

grunter

grunter

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Hi,
New to DE shaving and a member of 'The Shaving Room', a UK forum.
I'm currently using a Gillette HD Rocket, Mitchells Wool Fat Soap and a New Forest Badger brush.
Now, why I'm here......
I'm lucky enough to be coming to Australia/New Zealand later this year. Only four days in Sydney, rest of time in NZ for a family wedding and instead of the usual tat for souvenirs I'd quite like to take home some authentic Aussie/Kiwi shaving soap/creams.
I've already been informed re Faudlings, is there anything else I should keep an eye out for?
When I was last there 20 years ago, pouches made from Kangeroo scrotums were all the rage! Can you still get them? I'm thinking it might me a novel place to keep my razor/blades!!
Thanks in advance and I look forward to reading your forum and getting an antipodean viewpoint on the wonderful (addictive/increasingly expensive) of shaving.
 
Welcome mate!

The Rocket HD is a great shaver and to be honest, you have far better shaving gear in the UK than here in OZ - we mainly buy your stuff!


Mind you, Sydney is a great city and you will L-O-V-E it. I'd suggest you spend your time here focussing on enjoying Sydney and buy your shaving gear back home :cool:
 
Welcome mate,

What Mark said basically!

And yes you still can get the kangaroo scrotums...... If you really want :)
 
Hello grunter. Please ignore the somewhat unpatriotic mutterings of the above members. In addition to Fauldings you can also get stuff with the delightfully appropriate name of Shave. I think it's both in stick and cream form. There's also Aussie Palomolive (don't know if it's specifically Aussie but it's like the Palmolive you can get in the UK but with no tallow). On the whole that's about it for anything vaguely Australian. There might be some Kiwi stuff that I don't know about. Unfortunately in comparison the kangaroo scrotum is a class product. I'd stick with that if I were you.

Can you bring us some shaving gear....please......
 
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Pjotr said:
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Can you bring us some shaving gear....please......
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Now that is an idea!

Now 'roo scrotum bags seem a dime a dozen, see here or here.

but for a REALLY unique gift find a place that sells some of these :eek:mg: (that site only does wholesale)

EDIT: just noticed that there are limited edition collectables. Hmmm ....
 
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Lynchy said:
You can get some of those at the leather store on the ground floor of Belconnen Mall Mark!
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Thought about it for a few minutes now. That would be too easy. You really need to collect 'in the wild' like razors!:D
 
Welcome mate, you'll have a good time in Sydney.

Disregard sampling Aussie shaving stuff, and sample Aussie beer instead!
 
Mark1966 said:
He is probably asleep!
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Yep, i was asleep, the disadvantage of been the other side of the world, can't really update real time!
Many thanks for all your responses, good to see the famous Aussie wit is still alive and kicking:D
I will not be trawling all Sydney's back street chemists looking for obscure shaving products, the wife and three kids will not let me get away with that but if I pass a likely looking store I will pop in and have a look.
Love those rare double Roo sacks(razor one side, blades the other!) but how much?:amazed
I was last in Oz (backpacking all over) over twenty years ago and when in Cairns I 'rescued' a huge Cane Toad from the middle of the road (being an animal loving Brit) much to the amusement of the locals. What I did not know at that time was they are a pest and you all aim for them! Suffice to say I didn't rescue another.
I would love to bring some shaving gear over to liaise with a local, however with 3 young kids,stressed wife,tons of luggage and 24+ flights I'll have to give it a miss this time (hope you understand).
However i still need to see my brother in NZ so will be visiting again sans kids so will be easier then.
My plan is to hang around here,get to know you and when I cross the sea again ,in a few years I should be in a better position.
Thanks again,your all a friendly bunch
 
..and every comment I make at the moment has to await moderation, possibly because I'm a new member:embarrest:
 
grunter said:
..and every comment I make at the moment has to await moderation, possibly because I'm a new member:embarrest:
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Yeah, it's a pain in the backside.

Those collectable W-shaped scrotum pouches look the real deal. One in 10.000 apparently. They've got 100 on sale so that means they've de-scrotumized 1.000.000 male kangroos. Unless all they do is sell products from males on top of that they would have killed twice that number of females you would have thought. That's insane. I'm in the wrong business.
 
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grunter said:
Yep, i was asleep, the disadvantage of been the other side of the world, can't really update real time!
Many thanks for all your responses, good to see the famous Aussie wit is still alive and kicking:D
I will not be trawling all Sydney's back street chemists looking for obscure shaving products, the wife and three kids will not let me get away with that but if I pass a likely looking store I will pop in and have a look.
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Yes, not worth getting them offside in Sydney. If it were Pasteur Pharmacy in NYC though - that would be a different thing!

Love those rare double Roo sacks(razor one side, blades the other!) but how much?:amazed
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I was amazed too - but they are rare!

I was last in Oz (backpacking all over) over twenty years ago and when in Cairns I 'rescued' a huge Cane Toad from the middle of the road (being an animal loving Brit) much to the amusement of the locals. What I did not know at that time was they are a pest and you all aim for them! Suffice to say I didn't rescue another.
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So you were that red/white madman racing out into the road! LOL, a very funny sight.


I would love to bring some shaving gear over to liaise with a local, however with 3 young kids,stressed wife,tons of luggage and 24+ flights I'll have to give it a miss this time (hope you understand).
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Yeah, we were not really expecting that!

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However i still need to see my brother in NZ so will be visiting again sans kids so will be easier then.
My plan is to hang around here,get to know you and when I cross the sea again ,in a few years I should be in a better position.
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Absolutely, except for the few grumpy buggers we have around to keep us honest - you will get to know who I mean.

We do keep some razors Down Under that are worth looking at if you have a chance, just a little out of the way in Canberra, see some pics here.

I presume that when you came back packing you were warned about drop bears?

BTW - Moderation of posts, I've done a couple today, ceases after 5 or 10 - so just you will be free soon!
 
Mark1966 said:
Now that is an idea!

Now 'roo scrotum bags seem a dime a dozen, see here or here.

but for a REALLY unique gift find a place that sells some of these :eek:mg: (that site only does wholesale)

EDIT: just noticed that there are limited edition collectables. Hmmm ....
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Jesus......!!!:confused:

Am I the only one who winced and crossed his legs when viewing those products????

There's something about teste trauma that usually gets universal empathy from other males......like whenever you see someone else get hit etc you can very much relate to the extreme discomfort of the situation.
 
Nick the Knife said:
Jesus......!!!:confused:

Am I the only one who winced and crossed his legs when viewing those products????

There's something about teste trauma that usually gets universal empathy from other males......like whenever you see someone else get hit etc you can very much relate to the extreme discomfort of the situation.
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LOL - There was something about them that caused some consternation!
 
A belated welcome to the forums. Hope you enjoy your trip down here.

My wife and I were fortunate enough to visit your part of the world in Sept/Oct last year. Despite my best efforts (including a visit to Portobello Markets), I didn't come across any vintage shaving gear to bring home :-( How do you guys look for such things? Or do you just stick to ebay like the rest of us?

Other than Australian beer (Coopers is a safe bet for something readily available, if not there's plenty of craft beers now), I would really encourage you to sample as much Australian beef as you can. I ate beef in every country of the UK when I was there, and whilst there's no doubting there's some nice dishes to be had (really enjoyed my haggis and black puddings!) a good Australian steak is hard to beat.
 
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