Thread: A little help with my new Brian Brown 8/8

Originally Posted by onimaru55

You may have given it a hard time on your first shave but it should bounce back with a strop.
It may feel razor sharp but maybe it isn't. Will it shave arm hair as easily as your other blades. If not it is no longer sharp for whatever reason. Could be anything. Should look at the edge under magnification at least. Unless you live alone or it's locked up someone could have used it to cut rope for all you know.

I know that might sound funny, but one time I came home to my wife cutting the tags off of some new clothes with my Finedge Ostiso!

Then, when I spoke to her about it, she confessed to using it for trimming a lily plant that was in our bedroom at the time-- so, ask around.

+3 The wife used a DD Goldedge to cut paper for Christmas presents ONCE the day after I honed it, her words when asked why the DD "I heard you say they were really sharp, and I liked the pretty handles"

@Geoff, the length of the whisker might have made a difference, IMO a longer whisker is a little less critical of angle I find a 3 day growth to be very easy to shave, however you are no newb and have proved to yourself that other razors work on the same growth...
Each razor has it's own quirks too that you might have to work around too...

Not to stretch the topic but I gave a friend a fine pointed knife once & his wife use it to open a can. Needless to say, no point, no more.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

+3 The wife used a DD Goldedge to cut paper for Christmas presents ONCE the day after I honed it, her words when asked why the DD "I heard you say they were really sharp, and I liked the pretty handles"

Glen, your wife's not from NY State, is she? Mine is and they've got to be related!!! Sorry for the off topic.

Regards,
Howard

Originally Posted by SirStropalot

Glen, your wife's not from NY State, is she? Mine is and they've got to be related!!! Sorry for the off topic.

Regards,
Howard

Yikes,,, Yes she is originally

Well, hello brother in law!!!

the seniors may want to chime in here, but i definitely find it easier to shave with two to three days growth. i am still a newb, and the hardest thing is waiting that long. Also. as good as i thought i was on the strop,pretty sure i rolled the edge on my first shave ready razor. Dang.

The OP makes the point that the razor shaved fine on shave #1 so he didn't strop prior to shave #2. He did strop after shave #2 went badly. So, what happened on shave #3?

Originally Posted by Grazor

the seniors may want to chime in here, but i definitely find it easier to shave with two to three days growth. i am still a newb, and the hardest thing is waiting that long. Also. as good as i thought i was on the strop,pretty sure i rolled the edge on my first shave ready razor. Dang.

I mentioned that to Brian. He was 100% confident that it didn't matter if it was one day, 2 days, 3 days, a week, or 6 hours growth. It should have shaved the same high quality as it did the first time. So, I just broke down and mailed it be to him to fix. I'm pretty sure I rolled the edge...... Man!!!!! If I didn't have church on Sunday, I'd wait 7-10 days until I get it back to really test it, but I can't make it that long. My beard would look like a scruffy, dirty pirate.