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Thread: Is this too much swiss...
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03-16-2012, 07:31 PM #11
You are making the assumption all barbers back in the day gave as close and irritation free shave as we are all seeking.
On one hand...yes, KISS. On the other, I would bet for most of us, this isn't our trade. This is just something we enjoy, so we do what anyone does when they have a hobby they enjoy...we obsess over every little detail.
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03-16-2012, 08:08 PM #12
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03-16-2012, 08:30 PM #13
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03-16-2012, 09:45 PM #14
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That is the fun
If it was just about shaving, this forum would have been DOA, it is the minutae that is what we actually love to discuss, trust me we all know how little it takes to actually get a good shave, and many of us can do it blindfolded , but where is the fun in that
There are many different types of members here, many are like you and keep it simple, most are in between, and some of us take this as a hobby and not just scraping our faces clean in the morning
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03-16-2012, 10:54 PM #15
I personally use 100x microscope when honing as I want to give my friends (as I mostly give straight razors to friends os my) best experience I could possibly ever create. I guess wet shaving is an art, so with art comes perfection... so who is is an artist on this forum..?
I guess which my question I have put "stick into the wasps nest"... hope not:-) I like all of you:-)
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03-16-2012, 11:11 PM #16
Like I said it all makes sense to me, and I do love this, not just the shave, I want to start restoring old razors and collect them, I would love to start a hone service one day as where I am there isn't one. I am new to all of this, and I have learned much in a short span of time( I started this two months ago) I love the shear amount of content there is for straight shaving. The diversity of the products and techniques, the supporting community, it's all very impressive and just, down right manly
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03-17-2012, 09:20 PM #17
Uhm... If you are scared by this, you should see my John Barber. It has deep pitting along the edge, quite diffused. Sooner or later this pitting will become chips on the edge. But I just used it this morning and I'm happy with the result.
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03-19-2012, 09:21 PM #18
Barbers went to school to learn their trade and had lots of faces to practice on every day. We are learning by doing and usually the only face we have to practice on is our own. There are so many different opinions about how to do things you have to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Some kind of magnifying device is just one more tool to see if you are totally screwing up before you take a hunk of your face off.
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03-19-2012, 09:32 PM #19
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03-19-2012, 09:34 PM #20
[QUOTE=Some kind of magnifying device is just one more tool to see if you are totally screwing up before you take a hunk of your face off.[/QUOTE]
To follow this logic, do you think "tools" we are using will improve shaving experience or make it worst? Does 100x magnification will give use sharper blade? I don`t think so, I guess smother, maybe.
I know professional barber who always shave half of face and continue other side after stropping. I ask him why he does that? His answer was simple: "that`s they way they (other barbers) teach me". Saying that, professional barber profession is still existing in country I`m coming from and they still tech it in school. More... you need to pass not easy to score exams.