Thread: Hello from Norway...

Welcome to the club HP.

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Hi and welcome!

It's great to see another Norwegian here!

. . .oh . . .and for the first year or two, save the Aquavit Snapps and Tuborg for AFTER the shave!

RalphS

Welcome HPFlashman. So many Norwegians - you guys ever come across the main hone stone of your country - Norway Ragstone? I've seen it in some old scripts but can't think I've heard anyone talk about it? Apparently a good and well used stone in its day.

cheers
Stephen

like this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dese/2489089662/

I'm not so sure about using that on a razor , maybe they are fine in grit, but from what I recall, I thought they was kinda coarse.

Yeah - I think you're right - I checked it out again just now. Holzapffel states that it is the 'coarsest of the hone slates' but puts on a finer edge than sandstones. Probably advisable to keep razors well away! I had remembered it in a different light from reading.

cheers
Stephen

Originally Posted by asbjorn

like this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dese/2489089662/

I'm not so sure about using that on a razor , maybe they are fine in grit, but from what I recall, I thought they was kinda coarse.

Hi, thanks for the many welcomes...

After hanging around here for some hours, I`ve accomplished a somewhat shave after stropping up the dolvo (that should have been shaving ready when I bought it, atleast according to the fellow at Taylor).

The whiskers are nice and smooth, but the razor burns at the jawline and throat somewhat detracts from the pleasure. Going over the face with the alum block yesterday evening was, shall we say an interesting experience... And I think I`ll be resting my facial skin for a couple of days. The exfoliating thingy that Moss?? wrote about in his PDF certainly made a show of things...

Best regards
Harry

If it a was brand new Dovo straight from the factory then it probably was not shave ready. Taylors may well assume this but they don't use these in their shave shop - they use disposables - so they probably haven't tried them in a while. It would really be worth your while getting it checked out by a honemeister. Nothing worse than starting off with a razor that doesn't work well - I think that is the main reason why some people give up. If it has been sharpened by a person who knows what they are doing then it will work much better for you as you learn and it gives you a reference for the future when you start to try to keep things sharp yourself. I would recommend getting in touch with someone to check it out and ensure it is sharp for shaving. There are quite a few members here offering that service - less so in europe but still a few. It will be money well spent - maybe 15 euros or so.

All the best and keep at it - it gets better!
Stephen

Norge, hilsen fra Minnesota (I think that's how my grandparents would have said it). They all escaped from the fjords early in the last century, but had many fun stories about the "old country".

I got the idea about straight razor shaving when I was a child from watching one grandfather shave.

Makar, Dovo off course, dont know where the Dolvo came from and I`ll be checking for european Honemeisters (If anyone cares to nugde me in the right direction, I`ll be gratefull)...

Bruce - not a bad attempt at all, a bit on the formal side but quite good - My paternal great grandparents went over the pond but returned home in 1922 after about 10-12 years in Brooklyn and NJ.

I dont know much about what they did over there but as far as family lore goes, my GGF was enrolled with the NY NG and was down on the mexican border in some periode of time under WW1, he had taken the Cavalery Officers School in Norway before he went over...