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    And the shaves will continue to get better with time.............
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    I,ll keep this thread open for you so n 6-8 months when you come back with the cut of the day picture. Yes it's just shaving , and yes your new, so good luck and talk to me in a year when we can compare scars. Tc
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    Quote Originally Posted by tcrideshd View Post
    I,ll keep this thread open for you so n 6-8 months when you come back with the cut of the day picture. Yes it's just shaving , and yes your new, so good luck and talk to me in a year when we can compare scars. Tc
    I've already got so many burn scars and skin grafts that shaving scars probably won't impress me very much.
    I've even burned off 2 1/2 fingerprints.

    I'll keep you in mind if I lop off half of an ear, how's that?
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    Yea, what TC says does have the loud ring of truth.

    Yup. it really is easy, as famously said, “till it’s not”.

    If, you can keep it simple, will help, but as most of us are here because, we think there is more… smoother, sharper, better, or just Over thinking.

    Read the threads and you will find guys trying, to re-invent the wheel, hone or strop on some magical, inexpensive, this or that, or just think that there is only one way, their way, to do something.

    But, for hundreds of years, guys have been honing on one stone, stropping on any available leather, even their hands, and have shaved perfectly fine, all over the world.

    Yea, the grits have gotten insanely finer/smaller, and maybe synthetic stones are better, but very fine, aggressive barber hones have been around for a hundred years, that still work great today, problem is most of those folks are dead and literally took the secrets with them.

    So, if you can keep it simple, you will be miles ahead, but most of us find ourselves circling around one or another rabbit hole…

    Enjoy and as another famous dude says, “Have Fun”.

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    See, it did not take long…

    “Till it’s not.”

    Oops... I dropped it.
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    The fact that it's simple, gives the newbie hope. The fact that it's not, keeps it interesting.
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