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  1. Gerbruder Krusius.

    by , 04-28-2012 at 09:23 PM
    Primrose trademark was used by Gebrüder Krusius (Krusius Brothers) company. The company was founded in 1856, in Solingen. In about 1889, Ewald Krusius and some other members of the family opened an import agency in New York City at 321 Broadway.
    In 1894, they moved to 373 Broadway, and by 1906 were at 296 Broadway. They remained at that address until after 1916.
    Hulda Krusius joined the import firm, and after the death of Ewald, the firm was moved to 11 First Street, Weehawken, New Jersey. ...

    Updated 12-24-2012 at 11:02 PM by manah

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  2. Diamond Plates VS Naguras

    by , 04-22-2012 at 10:11 AM
    [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times]I know many will maybe disagree with me but her you go :)
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    [FONT=Times]I’ve always been against using diamond plates on Fine Japanese Natural Stones for making slurry![/FONT][/COLOR]
    [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times]Below, I outline the most obvious pros and cons of using either. With this information you can then decide for yourself what you want to use on your hard Japanese Natural Stones. :)[/FONT][/COLOR]

    [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times][B][U]Diamond ...

    Updated 04-22-2012 at 10:16 AM by maxim207

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  3. Random Thoughts on Straight Razor Shaving

    by , 04-21-2012 at 10:01 PM
    Many factors may influence the various facets of straight razor shaving and these are typically well, and repeatedly, discussed throughout the forum. Honing, stropping, technique, lathering... these all have had, and will no doubt continue to have, very thorough and close thought applied to them by the many and varied members of SRP. However, there is one important aspect of the topics of discussion that is always overlooked (or at least under-thought), and that is of role of stochastic or random ...
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  4. Am I really blogging about wet shaving?!?!

    by , 04-20-2012 at 09:28 PM
    Seriously, have I come this far in only a few months? :rofl2: Is this progress or just plain crazy. :hmmm: A couple of weeks ago I completed my leg shave entirely with straights (what, you don't use more than one at a time?!?) No DE assistance required on that shave. Yay! It was pretty funny because I forgot to bring my DE into the bath and I wasn't willing to get out and grab it. Kinda forced the issue there. LOL.

    I can't wait to try that challenge again, it REALLY is ...
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  5. How not to contact us...

    by , 03-26-2012 at 07:14 AM
    Hey guys,

    I thought I'd share this with you, so that you can see some of the people we have to deal with.

    A member had an issue with posting classifieds ads. As it turns out, there were a number of items in a separate area, which were moved there because there was an issue with them (for example: the ads did not follow the rules). As it happens, these ads count in the max number of items you can have up for sale. So if we forget to remove them (because they were still ...

    Updated 03-26-2012 at 07:18 AM by Bruno

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