Thread: 2nd Annual 2015 Greater Pacific Northwest Meet-Up

Originally Posted by jmercer

Note on the BB and it is nice but it is only suitable for one sided stones and Amazon pares it with a deal on Norton double sided stones. Har! .

That is absurd!

Before SRP I only had a Swaty and a Carborundum 102. After seeing Lynn honing on Nortons I knew I wanted to try them but I immediately recognized that I did not want the two-sided hones. I hated the idea of the lower hone picking up lint or crud when it was sitting on a towel or whatever. For that reason I got the Norton Tri-Hone kit. I got it in 2007 and I'm still happy with it! I think that I paid $180 for it back then and I got it HERE.

Originally Posted by MattCB

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Matt my friend, you are confused THIS is a pic of Glen doing what Glen does best hehehehe

Good Beer Good Food Good Friends Good Times

That sweet SRD strop is hanging next it's brother in the shave den

Oh course everyone that knows me, knows I snagged some of that Ogallala Bay Rum Vanilla Mmmmmmm good

Originally Posted by MattCB

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and Glen doing what he does so well

Counting to four?

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Counting to four?

Might be a self administered sobriety test.

At this point in time, how many fingers do I see?

Just wanted to give one more shout out to the fine vendors who contributed to this years convention. Please check them out as they truly given back to the shaving community.


Captain's Choice
Luxury Barber
Mama Bear Soaps
Simpson Shaving Brush
Los Angeles Shaving Soap Co.
Wet Shaving Products
Gingers Garden
Krampert's Finest
Ogallala Bay Rum
Fendrihan
Executive Shaving
The Shaving Edge
Badger Balm
Whipped Dog
Muhle USA Shaving
Barrister and Mann
Shave Mac
Edwin Jagger
Dr. Mike's Shaving Emporium
Griffith Shaving Goods
Badger Shaving Company
iKon Razor
The Shave Doctor
Straight Razor Designs
Classic Shaving
Goodfella
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements
St. James Of London
Through the Fire Fine Craft

And of course MattCB deserves a shout-out for putting in the effort for dealing with that many vendors and arranging the whole thing. I hope to get there some year.

Originally Posted by Prahston

... that is exactly what that Blue Box is in the pic... Some lucky guy got it about 3 minutes before my name was called, danggit!! Luckily Amazon has a killer price on them so on the Wishlist it went!

That would be me :-) I still need to post a detailed thank-you post with the stuff I got, but the hone box is definitely my fave catch. Now I don't have to keep my Nortons in a bucket!

Originally Posted by WhoAmI

That would be me :-) I still need to post a detailed thank-you post with the stuff I got, but the hone box is definitely my fave catch. Now I don't have to keep my Nortons in a bucket!

Let me know if you have any questions about it. I doubt it, of course, since it ain't very complicated, but I will give you one bit of advice. Store it with the 8k above water, with the 1k and 4k submerged. That way when you go to hone, the two lower grits, which take more time to soak in water, will be ready to go. By the time you want to use the 8k, it will be ready as well.

OK, two bits of advice...
The water in the tank can get pretty nasty but it does not matter because as you hone the grit settles down to the bottom. Use a spray bottle to wet the top of the hone and the tank will catch the water.

Photos from the event photographer are in! I don't want to try and post 50+ photos on here, but there is a photo gallery on the event website 2015 Seattle Convention is a Wrap - Seattle Shave Convention. Enjoy

Just had a chance to try out the PAA 'Flannel In The Rain' soap and it was really nice. I'd never tried PAA soaps and this one did not disappoint... Great cushion and glide with a nice, clean scent!!

Thanks to PAA for helping to make our Meet just that much more memorable!!