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06-26-2008, 03:42 AM #1
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Thanked: 23Walmart brush..
By any chance the Walmart brush wasn't a Wilkinson Sword brush, was it?
If so, you'll eventually probably want to get yourself a better brush. I bought one to leave at my girlfriend's place and I find the Wilkinson is too soft, which makes it difficult to really pack in the lather in. Some Shoppers Drug Marts carry an Omega, which I hear is a bit better.
It sounds like you got a pretty nice vintage strop, though. Welcome to the world of straight shaving.
Oh, and one last piece of last minute advice... Try to keep relaxed. If you're like me, when it actually comes time to do the shaving you may get a touch nervous the first time... It's actually much, much easier than it sounds. You may find your first shave or two leaves your face a little uncomfortable, but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly, and you're not likely to nick yourself any worse than you would with any other razor.
You may also want to pick up some aftershave. For a little while I used a Nivia moisturizing aftershave... but I quickly switched to a high alchohol content aftershave, it may burn like a bastard sometimes, but it makes you feel all nice and clean and sanitized. :P
Now, as for keeping it cheap... Just don't go wild on buying razors, hones or brushes and you should be fine. I went /nuts/ on buying razors, so it cost me a small fortune but a friend of mine has only one razor, one strop and so on... So doing it cheap can be done. :P
Hope you enjoy the Clauss!
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06-26-2008, 11:42 AM #2I have an old barber hone already, problem is at one time it broke in half, so I epoxied it together and now I'm trying to lap it down so that it is perfectly flat with wet sandpaper.
When you say flat, I hope you understand just how perfect you need this hone to be. I'm not sure how the blade will react when it crosses over the epoyx, but if there is the slightest flaw, you won't get the results you are looking for... and may damage your blades.
I would suggest posting a WTB in the B/S/T section for an inexpensive barber's hone, and save the broken one for your pocket knives...
Keep in ind that something as small as a speck of sand on the surface of your hone can chip the edge.
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06-26-2008, 07:35 PM #3
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06-26-2008, 07:54 PM #4
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Thanked: 735OK, best way to keep it cheap is to run far, far away from this site, so you will not be tempted by the sights of glistening carbon perfection, and highly polished scales beckoning to you with come hither looks...
The fine, rich Latigo strops bejeweled with shiny rings and clasps...
The many scented aromas of fine milled shave creams and soaps...
Beware also the soft, fine silvertip badger brushes......
No, no my friend have your crew bind thee to the mast so that ye may resist the siren call!
P.S.- Descend not either into the many leveled Hell that is Ebay
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06-26-2008, 09:11 PM #5
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Thanked: 735You'll note that Ulysses sports a full beard, and is valliantly resisting RAD.
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06-26-2008, 11:13 PM #6
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06-27-2008, 12:05 AM #7
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Thanked: 416Im with you joke!!!!!!
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10-30-2008, 01:32 PM #8
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06-28-2008, 01:26 AM #9
Thanks for the advice. After receiving Gugi's razor in the mail today I'm totally rethinking the whole hone deal. Since this is my first straight razor I didn't really know what to expect. However I now realize my barber hone will not work and is now serving kitchen duty as a knife sharpener. I now figure that I'm going to try this out for a while and see how I like it with the two razors I have now, then if all goes well I will spend some money and get a good Norton hone or something similar. Thanks for all the advice guys!