Thread: A Christmas WOOT post....

I don't often get excited these days... but when the C-Mon I bought from Don showed up in the mail yesterday, I was like a kid. Today, my phone vibrated again, with another message. My new Naniwa hones had arrived, and all this before everything closes for the hollerdays!

So now I have my C-Mon, a 1K Naniwa Pro, 3K, 5K and 8K Naniwa SS hones (I already had a 12K Naniwa SS) and they are all in house... it's going to be a very hone-y Christmas!

Good thing too.... I've got a pile of razors needing touch ups, a couple of full bevel set jobs and 2 "Is there a point to trying to restore these?" jobs where I figure if I can get a decent edge out of the steel, then perhaps it's worth doing the sanding and polishing, replacing scales etc.

My Shapton Glass hones have gone to bekk, who I have no doubt will give them a good home, and I tossed in some Xmas trinkets so that he too could have a nice holiday without needing to run around to get that missing piece of the puzzle we all had to work through to get decent edges on our razors.

I think the biggest present I got this year for Christmas was a kindred soul in the city.... someone besides myself who is interested in learning the age old art of shaving with a blade you honed yourself. I'm sure there are more in town, but bekk (Danny) was the only one who stepped up to the plate and showed for our first very very mini meet in Winnipeg.

I hope you all have as great a Christmas I am having....


Regards

Christian aka

Kaptain "No witty remark required for this post" Zero

AWESOME Christian !!!

Have lots of fun and enjoy that razor and those hones! Mighty nice of your kind heart in passing on the items to another.

Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Many Blessing!
Willis

Originally Posted by Willisf

AWESOME Christian !!!
Mighty nice of your kind heart in passing on the items to another.

Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Many Blessing!
Willis

Just so nobody gets a hold of the wrong end of the stick, I did not *give* the Shaptons to Danny! I sold him the hones at what I think is a very nice price, but I did not give them to Danny for free. I DID however include a lot of trinkets on the side, to round out the deal. Things like a "good enough", as in my first strop, from The Well Shaved Gentleman, a basic stone holder, an old razor to practice honing and stropping. It wasn't pretty, but it could be turned in to a good shaver with some work. A small amount of Chromium Oxide for his paddle strop and that's about it I think.

Regards

Christian

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Just so nobody gets a hold of the wrong end of the stick, I did not *give* the Shaptons to Danny! I sold him the hones at what I think is a very nice price, but I did not give them to Danny for free. I DID however include a lot of trinkets on the side, to round out the deal. Things like a "good enough", as in my first strop, from The Well Shaved Gentleman, a basic stone holder, an old razor to practice honing and stropping. It wasn't pretty, but it could be turned in to a good shaver with some work. A small amount of Chromium Oxide for his paddle strop and that's about it I think.

Regards

Christian

Folks,
I will never regret the day, that during my lunch break passed through "Thomas Hinds" and saw Dovo SR on their display. That moment the decision was made. I'm in! Few weeks after, registered on SRP and impressed the so worm welcome. After that, was mini meet with Capitan Zero. He was really patient and replied for my endless and dump mails, directed to different sources, shared his knowledge and experience .... he make me sleeping for less then 4 hours for couple of weeks.
and finally, after sharing my thought to get some stone for refreshing the blade, he came with an offer, that was impossible to reject. I'M LUCKY GUY!!! His trinkets just were awesome. This is a best Christmas gift ever!
Chris, your stropping almost ruined my marriage. Mrs. cough me planning to drill a hook.....
This Saturday, she got a night shift... Trust me guys, the strop will get a honorary place in my bathroom.
To make long story short, I'm so happy with new hobby and hope one day to be on a position that allow me to share my knowledge and help to a new comers as Chris doing....
Mary Christmas!

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Just so nobody gets a hold of the wrong end of the stick, I did not *give* the Shaptons to Danny! I sold him the hones at what I think is a very nice price, but I did not give them to Danny for free. I DID however include a lot of trinkets on the side, to round out the deal. Things like a "good enough", as in my first strop, from The Well Shaved Gentleman, a basic stone holder, an old razor to practice honing and stropping. It wasn't pretty, but it could be turned in to a good shaver with some work. A small amount of Chromium Oxide for his paddle strop and that's about it I think.

Regards

Christian

Give, sold...... however you want to say....you hooked him up!

Originally Posted by Willisf

Give, sold...... however you want to say....you hooked him up!

Yupp, just like your common everyday drug dealer! Gotta git'em hooked, so they come back for more......

Regards

Kaptain "Pst... buddy.... wanna buy some shaving cream?" Zero

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Yupp, just like your common everyday drug dealer! Gotta git'em hooked, so they come back for more......

Regards

Kaptain "Pst... buddy.... wanna buy some shaving cream?" Zero

I'll come... And not once, just try not to overdose me...[emoji38]

You being hone-y is TMI,