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Originally Posted by Maxi

This is my second JaNorton Shave. I'm up at the cottage, and I pare down my stuff when I come up here.

Razor: Dovo Best Quality, 5/8 Round Point
Brush: Omega Boar
Cream: Palmolive Cream
Strop: Homemade traveller, compiled from cut down SRD webbing and a piece of Bridle from Larry A's PIF thread a while back.
A/S: None, I'm at the cottage.

Two pass shave, from a lovely razor honed off the Norton 4/8.

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The first shave:

Originally Posted by Maxi

I shave tested both the WB and the Dovo tonight.

My results are: The Dovo is winning.


It was smooth, comfortable, and irritation free. It really was great.....I was completely happy with this shave. I was actually thinking while I was using it "Man, why don't I do 8k's more often, I like this...."

The WB had a bit of pulling and tugging. I'll go back and tweak it a tad, and see what I come up with.

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Hi all,

The JaNorton thread is getting pretty long, which is amazing. For those who are curious about the honing that's been going on, I've decided to root through the thread and find my posts in which I talk about the honing progressions I've used, and the stropping.

Cheers,


QUOTE=Maxi;898189]Alrighty then....I'm up and running.

The two warriors:

1) Wade and Butcher, 7/8, full hollow.
2) Dovo Best, 5/8, full ...