Dear Faucet

Dear Faucet

At first I thought that I should never get to meet you, let alone as it came to pass, this lovely Sunday morning where we quite unexpectedly bumped into one another.
Although you may seem crude and unforgiving to some, I see you as an opportunity to better myself. For now, through additional experience, the hand that guides us all through life, can do so again much earlier than previously planned.
Maybe I will reach a new level of keen, unrivalled by my peers, so that I may become favourite.

yours - F. Boker

no not a boker! your killing me here. How much damage?

Its bevel deep, I think a 4k norton can take it away

uggh......

chady... you must send all your bokers to me. if you have only one then it is mine; more than that and i will divide them with the good Doc.

it is for your own good, son

Dear Boker,

Sorry about the introduction we got, but as you know I am an
immovable object. Perhaps you should talk to your owner about
one of the cardinal sins of straight razor shaving. Hopefully we
won't meet like that again. I have feelings to you know.

Sincerely,

The Faucet:cry: :cry:

John

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Originally Posted by Chady

Its bevel deep, I think a 4k norton can take it away

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That REALLY sucks ! I'm no honemiester , but I've restored a few razors for my own use , so I speak only from my own experience . I would first check to make sure the blade isn't cracked , and I would start on the Norton 220/1000 , on the 220 side first .

Good luck. I hop the 4000 can handle it for you, I did that once and I couldn't do it myself, but Lynn managed to get me fixed right up. So don't worry to much it will be fixed one way or the other. Don't forget about circles one the stone they really speed up the hard work ;)

Chady,

Sorry to hear about the mishap. I have conditioned myself to turn the razor spine down after a faucet rinse and before a drying shake. That way the strongest and broadest part of the blade should strike metal if I have a lapse of spatial dynamics. So far, good. And good luck to you on your razor's restoration.

Oh man... Sorry to hear of the mishap... I avoid faucet confrontation by wiping the lather off with a wet towel. I think I picked that habit up from Lynn.

I found this on ebay... Your faucet will get jealous


http://cgi.ebay.com/Sanitary-Straigh...QQcmdZViewItem

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Originally Posted by justchillin

I found this on ebay... Your faucet will get jealous


http://cgi.ebay.com/Sanitary-Straight-Razor-Cleaner_W0QQitemZ370027451742QQihZ024QQcategoryZ88 7QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247 QQcmdZViewItem

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Nice- I found those a year ago and have been looking for one ever since..... I wonder if anyone has any experience with them regarding the effects on the edge of the razor....

You know that severe abuse like this to your Boker will get you banned from the brotherhood...
Just to be safe, and prevent anything like that, you should send us all of your razors, and we will in return provide you with a years supply of blades for a Mach3

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Originally Posted by Mike_ratliff

You know that severe abuse like this to your Boker will get you banned from the brotherhood...
Just to be safe, and prevent anything like that, you should send us all of your razors, and we will in return provide you with a years supply of blades for a Mach3

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+1 to that

It happened to me too...I bough a nice little shaver from Izlat a while back when I was first starting out...and, I liked to rinse with the blade facing the stream of water...until...well, the edge met the faucet and things weren't ever quite the same...

I wasn't every quite the same...:cry:

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Originally Posted by justchillin

I found this on ebay... Your faucet will get jealous


http://cgi.ebay.com/Sanitary-Straigh...QQcmdZViewItem

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I use a foam beer cooler. They're way cheaper that that rubber thing. The foam cooler doesn't effect the blade as you use it. In time the lip of the cooler gets sliced up but getting a new one is no financial hardship. IMO, I think the more sliced up it gets, the better it cleans the blade. That rubber looks kinda hard to me.
Ernest

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...k/P2040014.jpg

I just had a thought- am I the only one who just swishes the blade in the sink full of water?
I've never found running water any better for non straight shaving, and the hassle of turning it on and off is not worth it..... And no, I've not introduced a blade to a faucet or the sink......yet......

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Originally Posted by Justme-

I just had a thought- am I the only one who just swishes the blade in the sink full of water?
I've never found running water any better for non straight shaving, and the hassle of turning it on and off is not worth it..... And no, I've not introduced a blade to a faucet or the sink......yet......

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I swish, It also warms the blade too. Warm lather, warm blade. :tu

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Originally Posted by Chady

Dear Faucet

At first I thought that I should never get to meet you, let alone as it came to pass, this lovely Sunday morning where we quite unexpectedly bumped into one another.
Although you may seem crude and unforgiving to some, I see you as an opportunity to better myself. For now, through additional experience, the hand that guides us all through life, can do so again much earlier than previously planned.
Maybe I will reach a new level of keen, unrivalled by my peers, so that I may become favourite.

yours - F. Boker

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This was one of the funniest posts I've ever read. :tu I busted out laughing just at the subject line.

Josh

You can find those rubber bowls here

http://www.razorandbrush.com/barberiaaccess.html

and they're only $5. I believe that ebay posting listed it for the bargain price of $10. :-) I use one and thinks it works quite well.

-Matt

The cat is always fascinated by my shaving/showering routine. He is so fascinated that he often becomes a participant. I use him to clean my razor.

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Originally Posted by shaveshell

and they're only $5. I believe that ebay posting listed it for the bargain price of $10. :-) I use one and thinks it works quite well.

-Matt

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Yes, well...after searching for this type of product for some time, and almost having some produced myself, I finally found a supplier in Europe.
After all was said and done, my wholesale cost for these razor wipers (including shipping plus the cost of foreign bank transfers) ended up being more than what this other seller (Razor and Brush) is selling them for retail. Not sure how he's doing it though.

Oh well.

But I do use one of these each time I shave. I too have introduced one of my razors to Mr. Faucet in the past. But never again.

Scott

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Originally Posted by icedog

The cat is always fascinated by my shaving/showering routine. He is so fascinated that he often becomes a participant. I use him to clean my razor.

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I. Must. Have. Pics.

I also need a cat like that.

-S.