Thread: The Strange Case of Lt. Toshiro Kawasaki

Great news! Where do we stand on the list? 1, 2, 3? Just curious.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

The razor will be moving shortly.

Whoa! You mean it moves.....all by it'self? It IS cursed!

Gentlemen,

I welcomed the Admiral to my home yesterday. It came from Texas where it was posted on 07.18.2013, straight to New Jersey. Not too shabby for the USPS.

Admiral Yamamoto and I will become better acquainted tonight after a long cool shower that I like to indulge in after riding on hot days, and will report back with my first impressions.

Snake welcomed the Admiral into his home over the weekend and hasn't been heard from since. Not implying anything here, but........... a casualty perhaps??

Just a busy week... besides, suspense makes things interesting and yearning is a good thing!

So, I did as planned for the most part. Cold shave, which I've been doing quite a bit lately (no joke, you guys have got to try it if you haven't) after a cold shower. Lathered up with my favorite cheap brush, on account of not having any expensive ones, stropped on a Heritage, with some difficulty but no incident and got down to it. Smooth WTG pass, more fluffy stuff on the face, smooth XTG pass, fluffy stuff, ATG was less smooth but highly acceptable. Missed a little spot on the upper lip, right by that cut on the nose (I swear they are totally unrelated) that I harvested without lather.

Usual finish with the block and Thyers lemon witch hazel. And a touch of styptic. I lied about that little cut on my septum, it was totally related to those three little hairs that I missed.

I expect the next shave to be as nice, and also to be more comfortable with the blade in my hand since I've not held a kamisori since The Big Spendur's last bout of generosity, and it was a bit awkward, you know, to think you know what you are doing and not really.

On the unexpected and unimportant things department, the handle wrapping is really nice to hold and I find this nicer to hold than the General.

I may report back after my next shave (yah, I shave twice a week) or I may keep you guessing. In all I expect to shave five times all together and I totally expect not to hone it at all. (I know someone is smiling)

Don't forget this is really not a kamisori. So, that makes it much easier to use since you can shave with both sides with ease. Also remember this razor started out life as a typical kamisori and some dude in japan made the conversion.

Yes, I try to keep that in mind, even when I think it is a kamisori while I'm looking in the mirror. I did use both sides of the kamisori on the last one just because I couldn't figure out how to shave some spots... I do know it's my lack of acumen and knowledge, but although two weeks is a long time, it still is not.

Another thing that dawned on me last Friday was that I'm using much longer strokes with this razor than with the General. Though I started with easy short strokes it quickly developed into longer strokes that came more natural to me. The second time around I also had to fight a tendency to hold it like a western blade, with a modicum of success.

I will shave again tonight, which due to my skipping my Thursday shave and doing it on Friday it's... uh... an easy shave (?)

Just curious - why was the razor converted from a kamisori? What was the motivation?

Look in the OP! A strange phenomena !!!!!!

yes, and I'm told if the razor isn't treated right it starts to bleed.