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10-03-2013, 03:26 PM #1
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Thanked: 1Thanks Eddy. What are the ADs? Vendors?
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10-03-2013, 08:07 PM #2
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10-03-2013, 08:33 PM #3
Welcome! Beware of RAD. I am only now beginning to recover after a year of razor acquisition madness.
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10-03-2013, 09:43 PM #4
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10-04-2013, 11:15 PM #5
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Thanked: 1haha. Thanks for the heads up on the RAD. I can already see it happening...
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10-05-2013, 02:57 PM #6
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Thanked: 1I am about to embark on my first shave. I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes. I'm going to take little steps as I read in one of the shaving for beginners forums I read in here. With the grain, one side from side burn to jaw bone, finish as I would normally.
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10-05-2013, 06:24 PM #7
Welcome Rub1401! Looks like our WA Clan is growing... SWEET! We have a Meet coming up in the Spring (Date TBA) in Yakima and have a discussion here:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...ttle-meet.html
.. about trying to set up a Meet for the Seattle/Portland crowd.
This would be an SRP location to find someone to Hone:
Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds
Best of luck with your Shaving and have fun! :-)
Shawn
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10-05-2013, 08:28 PM #8
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10-06-2013, 11:34 PM #9
I believe that you would require different relative angles depending on the blade width, also 5/8 razors are the recommended size when starting out from what I have seen.
If you like the gold.dollar, then keep using it, I have heard that they are not well liked is because they are quite hit and miss with quality control, but once they are actually honed to shave ready they are perfectly good razors, though I have never owned one so that is based on various comments I have read by others.
I would refine your technique with the gold dollar if that's your preferred razor, then once you have got good shaves reasonably consistently then revisit your other razor.
Sorry if you have said but where did the no name come from? Bear in mind that shave ready means different things to different people. I saw a razor on eBay that was described as having been honed on a 12k stone and should be shave ready. The should is the worrying part there, either it is or it isn't as far as the seller is concerned.Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast
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10-13-2013, 03:04 PM #10
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Thanked: 1I think I'm going to take your advice Ed and send my "shave ready" out so that it can actually get shave ready. I tried again yesterday after using the gold dollar for a couple days with the no name vintage just to see if the first shave with it was a fluke. Sure enough, it still didn't feel right in my hand and it was an uncomfortable shave. Seems like it pulling my hair. That was definitely the last time using it until its professionally honed. I bought it off of ebay and the seller wrote in the advertisement it had been honed on 4k, 8k, 10k stones. I have another razor to send out as well so I'll send out both of my vintage razors while continuing with the gold dollar.