Thread: Hello from Boulder, CO

That was my first thought but I've only uses the water from my brush that was soaking for three minutes or so. Would that by its self be too much water? I always shake it out then go to the soap tub.

You are on the right track. As it is a matter of building the lather. Shake it out good then start to build the lather, if needed add a little water very little and build it some more. If that makes since, hard to tell and it would be easier to show.

Tim

I've watched lynn's lather video a few times but if I remember right he didn't have a problem with soap flying out of the container before he had the lather built up. I end up with more soap on the side of my soap container then I do on my brush. Perhaps I am pushing too hard into the soap?

Don't be discouraged by a steeper learning curve than you expected. Just practice more, get some cheep but good soap and waste it by lathering multiple times. Arko and Williams are good cheap choices, under two dollars if you can find some locally. Try to stick with one soap and brush combo until you learn.

It is easier to add watter than to add soap to a brush. So I start with a rather dry brush and add watter after heavily loading with soap.

In a few hundred shaves lathering will be old hat and you will be able to make it look easy.

Jonathan

Have yet to shave today so I will give that a try. On another subject, my razor has these small pieces of leather on it after stropping. The only reason I noticed them was the small residue on one side of my razor. Would this be an issue in the razors sharpness? Or is it the blade having a problem? I will try and upload photos here shortly.

These are the pictures, they show up better on my phone.

The photos must, I can't see them at all. Hopefully you can get pictures sorted out.

Is the razors spine worked? Are you using the smooth side not the fussy side? Sadly the other option is you may have some chips in the edge.

Jonathan

hopefully this one will show up better. I am using the smooth side, what do you mean by spine worked?

yeah the little brown bits circled in the picture appear on that small section directly after stropping. I am not sure what the deal is.

Here is a thread about a Boker with worked spine. Worked spine refers to the decorative file cuts in the spine of the razor.

But from your photo you have dovo bismark. I don't think any have file work from the factory.

I think you may have some damage to the edge in the circled area. Leading to the razor scraping some of the leather up. If so it will need honed to fix the issue. Use a soft cloth to remove the debris. Try a LRT, Light Reflection Test, on the edge. With a strong light behind you rotate the blade trying to catch a reflection off of the very edge. If the edge is in good shape no light will be visible.

Jonathan

Alrighty, I am pretty sure that it does not pass the LRT, which is annoying as I've only had the razor for a week today. But any who, does it need to be done asap? I have a second razor arriving soon here hopefully, once it arrives I could send this one back to Lynn for a honing.