For about 12 days, I've been shaving with a no name straight razor, that takes 1/2 DE blades. As someone somewhere suggested, I have been slowly expanding the amount of my face I do with the straight. Today, for the first time, I finished the job, without resorting to the dreaded triple blade.

I found a vintage, USA, "Spike" straight on Cragslist, with strop for $20. The blade had a nick, and a slight S curve. I soon sorted that with diamond stone, and Buck Crocksticks, but it still wasn't quite right. (no surprise, I need more stones to do the job correctly.) So, today I dropped the razor off at Ross Cutlery Untitled Document, in downtown LA. They have a nice selection of new, restored., and NOS straight razors. I spent so long looking at knives, barber supplies, and razors, that I missed having my motorcycle towed from the no parking parking after 3pm zone by two minutes. As I pulled out, the tow truck was backing up to get the car behind me. That Spike, nearly went from around $40 shave ready, to $300.