Face Scrapin' in NC

Greetings Gents!

I've been doing the traditional wet shaving thing for 6 or so years now, but I've only gotten into straights since last May. It's lots of fun, but I'm clueless about maintenance, and honing costs are breaking the bank! I've got a a nice, little stable of straights to look after, and I hope you gents can learn me how to treat them right. :-)

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Nice razors. I use paste from the art of Shaving on the canvas. Strop on the canvas first then finish on leather. If you strop correctly your edge should last a long time without rehoning.

Those are some beauts! Careful, once you buy a stone or 4, you'll want to try them all

Wow, that's quite the stable of razors. Some good looking brushes too. What brush is in your first and third pictures? There is a gathering coming up in Pittsboro on February 27 at the Carolina Brewery & Grill from 10:30 to 3:00. The focus is on honing. There is a thread on here about it. I think it's titled triangle area get together or something like that.

Blades like the beauties you have will go a long time between honongs once you strop and care for them well. At the beginning, I could ruin an edge in 5 or 6 shaves. There's a meet up in the Triangle area in a couple of weeks. You could meet some others and learn some new tricks/techniques: http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...-together.html

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Those are some beauts! Careful, once you buy a stone or 4, you'll want to try them all

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That's what I'm afraid of.. [emoji39]

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Originally Posted by crazy4str8tsinnc

Wow, that's quite the stable of razors. Some good looking brushes too. What brush is in your first and third pictures? There is a gathering coming up in Pittsboro on February 27 at the Carolina Brewery & Grill from 10:30 to 3:00. The focus is on honing. There is a thread on here about it. I think it's titled triangle area get together or something like that.

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The brush is a custom by Alan Zenreich of Studio Z42. I don't know how popular he is in the traditional forums, but he's got a nice following in the Facebook shaving groups. It has an extra dense, silvertip knot from Nathan Clarke, another custom brush turner.



Nipper and I talked on the phone earlier today, and I am definitely going. :-)

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Nipper and I talked on the phone earlier today, and I am definitely going. :-)

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I will see you there

Hi and welcome aboard. Any questions feel free to ask

Welcome to the forum and those are some lovely brushes, especially, that 'pink' one!

Welcome and Ill see you at the meet up also!!!

Welcome. That's a nice stable of razors you have. I count six, that means you need one more for a seven day rotation. After that you can start on another seven day rotation..........have fun with the addiction.

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Welcome to the forum and those are some lovely brushes, especially, that 'pink' one!

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Thanks Celestino! I recognize you from a couple forums down the street. :-)

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Welcome and Ill see you at the meet up also!!!

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I look forward to it!

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Welcome. That's a nice stable of razors you have. I count six, that means you need one more for a seven day rotation. After that you can start on another seven day rotation..........have fun with the addiction.

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I do have a 7th, a GD 66 that was given to me by a guy that had just started honing so that I could give feedback on his edge. It shaves ok, but it doesn't look sexy in SOTD's, so I don't have any photos of it. The USPS also did a number on the Shumate in the first photo (packaging destroyed, scales cracked and blade chewed up), so it's out of commission and not worth enough to pay someone to fix. Maybe, after I get some practice under my belt, I can get it back to shave readiness myself. :-)