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Thread: HE STARTED ON IT
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06-06-2009, 03:15 AM #1
HE STARTED ON IT
Mudkipz started working on my Torrey today!!! It is looking SO nice and I want to shave w/it!!! I never thought I would be chomping at the bit to do this.
He has to order parts to fix one of the other ones and I am trying to talk him into throwing on a girlie soap or cream for me, but I don't think he will part with his $$ from his budget.
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06-06-2009, 10:49 AM #2
Send CarrieM a PM and ask her if she will send you a sample. She could probably send you a shave cream sample faster than a soap in female scents. She also has some bath soaps. She is only making these as a hobby right now and is almost able to keep up w/ orders from co-workers. She doesn't mind sending out a few samples but doesn't want it to get out of control yet.
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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06-06-2009, 06:15 PM #3
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06-06-2009, 09:15 PM #4
UP DATE
WAAHHHHH
He has been working on this thing for 2 days, and it will not take an edge. It has a bit of a smile that is making me angry. He has read the Wiki, watched videos, gone through I don't know how many treads on honing and smiles. This thing will not get sharp! As he so lovingly put it, the spine on a butter knife is sharper. He has shaved w/the other two he has been working on but this one is just not taking an edge.
and so I wait
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06-06-2009, 09:44 PM #5
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Thanked: 402Wrong hone?
I don't have a Torrey but maybe its an extremely hard sort of steel.
They need a softer hone. What does he use?
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06-06-2009, 10:18 PM #6
Torreys are some of the hardest steel out there, what is he using to set the bevel and refine the edge?
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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06-06-2009, 10:43 PM #7
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Thanked: 402Oh then...
A King would be right or a Sun Tiger.
The (more expensive) Naniwas probably too.
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06-06-2009, 10:52 PM #8
That would be COMPLETELY FRUSTRATING! I'll loan ya a club! I've got lavender, violet, and rose girly SC and lavender in a glycerin soap if you are interested in samples.
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06-06-2009, 11:25 PM #9
My Torreys set up nice.
1k Ceramic
3.5k Arkansas
12k Chinese with and without slurry.
A taped spine of course.
Now I have a 6k King that I would use.
Linen and Leather after.
If you are still having a problem send it to me gratis and I'll get it moving for you.
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06-07-2009, 04:19 AM #10