Thread: A Full-Time Shaving Advocate!

I guess i'll never learn to shave now

What ever happenex to this guy? I seen his vids when i first started with a DE.

Originally Posted by Gasman

What ever happenex to this guy? I seen his vids when i first started with a DE.

Funny you should ask

It turns out he was driving down the street on a nice summer day in his convertible when during a freak incident a truck full of Gillette razors overturned sending the blades totally on top of his car burying it completely and decapitating him.

What an indignity eh and what a way to go.

At least that's what they say. Maybe he'll reappear and prove me wrong.

Still alive and kicking, despite reports to the contrary.

My website has been doing quite well over the past few years. In fact I just met with my CPA to sign this year's taxes and he still shakes his head in surprise when he looks at my books: "shaving?!?"

I still monitor the forums (this and others) with a tool I cobbled together (anyone can use it) but I don't post much these days.

I do concentrate on DE shaving because that's what my readers want to know about most. Joe Borrelli does a podcast every other week and does straight razor stuff a fair chunk of the time. Give it a listen.

My own efforts at straight razor shaving have been...less than successful. I did figure out a short cut for getting the blade angle better but I just haven't been able to get consistent practice time to get really good at it.

Ive never seen you post up, but have seen traces of you having been around at one time or another. Thanks for commenting and glad to meet ya.

This seems rather like a jilted suitor thing to me...

The best way to get the right shaving angle is to adjust and practice until the blade is cutting properly. When in doubt, lower the angle. Training wheels or office clips accomplish nothing.

Just saw this thread for the first time a few days ago. Good to hear your doing well and still encouraging wet shaving.
Heard of using binder clips to aid knife sharpening, but using them for shaving is a new one to me.
Personally my biggest problems with straight shaving were using too much and trying to get a perfect baby smooth shave instead of a comfortable clean shave.

Training wheels for a straight razor! Starting to think I have seen everything now but likely not.

I'd tend to go along with post #27. Nothing that about 3 months of every day shaving with a straight razor won't sort out.

Bob

Originally Posted by FWiedner

This seems rather like a jilted suitor thing to me...

In a way, yes. I'm disappointed that I just can't seem to get a handle on straight razor shaving, as much as I'd like to.