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10-07-2006, 08:51 PM #11Super Shaver
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Well done Howard! I've been working on my F.I.L. The fault was his in the first place. He said he wanted to. I set him up for Fathers' Day and he's only NOW asking me about stropping. Boy is his technique bad! Easily destroyed the edge I put on for him before his first shave. I don't know if he'll have the patience to get it right because he's so hopeless right now, but I'll keep at him and others if I can.
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10-07-2006, 09:11 PM #12Senior Member
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Hey, it's a lifestyle choice! :-p
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
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10-07-2006, 10:27 PM #13Loudmouth
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X, just get him to work on it with a butter knife before you hone another edge. I'm just scared of you teaching him to hone
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10-08-2006, 05:45 AM #14Super Shaver
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That's a very good suggestion and I know it has been suggested before so I don't know why I didn't think of it. Thanks for the reminder. Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT
X, just get him to work on it with a butter knife before you hone another edge. I'm just scared of you teaching him to hone
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10-08-2006, 05:48 AM #15Loudmouth
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You should have done that with me as well. I still thank God that I didn't put any nicks on your TM strop lol.
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10-08-2006, 08:30 AM #16Senior Member
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I recently lent a stack of old gear to a friend. A 1940 Gilette SS, Edwin Jagger badger brush, GFT Violet cream, Palmolive cream, GFT Coral skin food, and some Derby DE blades. I also gave him a DE shaving lesson.
After a couple of weeks I asked how he was getting on and he said he was loving it, after years of irritation using a Mach3 or electric shaver. So now he's giving me some money for all the (redundant) gear I lent him, and he's also buying 75 surplus Derby blades off me.
I'm not sure if I can coax him over to straights, in fact I think it's unlikely. But DE is far better than the alternative.
Keeping the scene alive.
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10-08-2006, 03:19 PM #17Loudmouth
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And you get to get rid of all those Derby blades
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10-08-2006, 05:32 PM #18Senior Member
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Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT
And you get to get rid of all those Derby blades
Well in fairness I quite liked them when I was using a Merkur Futur. But these days the only DE razor I use is the Merkur Slantbar, and I only use Feather blades in that. And I only use that for touching up after a straight shave now, while I'm learning my straight shaves aren't yet perfect.
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