Thread: First of many posts but first of little questions

Can you tell me where you got a straight razor, strop, cream and a brush for £50?

Yup.... drying thoroughly the blade works for me. As a matter of fact what I do is to dry it up well with a dry towel just after the hot rinse on the scales and the blade except for the edge. To dry the edge I make one stropping motion very carefully on the towel gently on each side for about 1 inch (guys: your thoughts are welcome). I also blow between the scales to make sure there is no water in them. After this I let it stand in a soft dry cloth to air dry while I continue with my morning rituals. I store my blades in a wooden box I made myself (that cost me about $10) in which I keep one of those humidity absorbers that come in medicine jars. Now, once I used a silver polisher to polish my carbon steel blade just before honing and that baby looked like new after that; If your'e not planning to hone I would polish the blade except for the edge.

Good luck!!!

Thank for all your swift replies, I took some photos for you to look at.

Hope this helps you out.

@dannywonderful It was a shop called Menkind in Leicester, UK city centre.

WelshC,

Looks like it's time for some MAAS metal polish

You can get it at Lakeland in the UK.

There are a number of oils etc you can apply after the blade has dried to prevent corrosion.

I am very partial to TufCloth/TufGlide as this leaves a dry film.

You can get this from SentySolutionsUK or from Heinnie Haynes.

Best regards

Russ

Thanks for all your kind words of welcome.

I've thought about my options and thought it might be best to cut my losses with the poor quality Artamis Razor and get a better entry level razor as suggested by some of you. Although the ones suggested are from the USA and the total cost is going to be out of my price range for a student. Can anyone suggest some respectable British websites/stores to get a razor from?

Steven at "The Invisible Edge" has been a pleasure to do business with.

Originally Posted by ursus

Steven at "The Invisible Edge" has been a pleasure to do business with.

+1 to this.

I'd give some serious thought to getting a razor from the classifieds here though.