Thread: Fiddling With Our Equipment

Originally Posted by Joe Chandler

I'll put it to you this way...I haven't shaved with one of my own razors, or one not going into the store, in almost 2 months. I'll usually test 4 at a time, which gives me a good rotation to see if there are any trouble spots. 2 on one side of my face, 2 on the other, with and against the grain.

Too bad your not an octopus joe that would make things easier and faster for you!

I'm neck deep in projects I can't even hope to start for a few more weeks. I've got a half dozen or more blades in various states of repair and I have to decide how much of that I think I can reasonably accomplish myself. You see, I'm NOT a very handy type man. My wife is the one with the power tools.

Outside that and just looking at the regular shaving activities ... first of all it is a question I've asked myself recently. I sure don't mind spending longer than I used to to get my shaves, but then I also spend a couple hours a week honing and we haven't even taken into consideration the refurbishing projects. Why do I do it? I can't tell you. I enjoy the honing even though there's the bevel creation involved in much of it which is the bulk of the time and pays off after a lot of work. Count my hone giving me trouble recently and that doubles the time I was spending on the stone.

All in all I'd have to say that I'm not looking for more time with my gear, but I sure seem to be finding it without any problem.

X

Right now I'm in it with one hanging strop, one paddle strop, one brush, a few soaps, and a norton. Not too bad, except for the money and time I've invested on restoring and supplies. I have about 25 razors now, 5 or so fully restored and another 5 or so in progress. As I plan on replacing the plastic/celluloid scales with wood on almost all my razors, I still have another 10+ to do