MickR, thanks for the smile :)
Yeah, well I did cheat a bit and shaved a few bold patches on my legs first, but pretty well jumped right in. It kind of went like this:
1. google lots
2. youtube lots
3. buy some decent steel Preferably old)
4. cut a 2' long, 3" wide bit of 8oz leather and add a buckle cut out of an op shop belt to mount it to something solid
5. glue another piece of veg tanned leather to a flat board so I can annoy the wife and strop while watching tv
6. head down to a tile shop, ask for a bit of polished tile/ stone and get them to cut it for free :)
7. watch more videos on honing with film
8. buy all the grades of honing film available from a jewellery/ gem polishing store
9. carefully hone the 3 razors as best I can
10. strop on the leather (no compound yet)
11. try the hanging hair test, swear, strop, try again, strop, try again, hone back to film3, then film1, strop, try again, swear, strop, try again, "oh yeah...", show the extremely disinterested wife, be laughed at...
12. look at razor, look at hairy leg, ... yeah, why not ..., gee that bald patch looks funny ...
13. try the 1/4" off the leg test- it almost works- kind of grabs them, but obviously not as sharp as it should be
14. think what the hell, and head to the mirror
15. have a shower, sqeeze some of the highly hyped Proroso (green) into a ceramic bowl which has been sitting filled with hot water along with the brush while showering
16. stand in front of the mirror for 10 minutes in complete fear
17. delicately shave my cheeks and neck WTG
18. get completely addicted and really annoy the wife buy buying more stuff
19. Discover cheap indian creams and faulding shave cream that the missus loves the scent of and all is forgiven :)
All in all it has been an awesome eperience, and hopefully I will get that BBS shave soon.
Thanks heaps for the warm welcome
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