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11-11-2008, 12:04 AM
Thread: I have a defective X stroke...
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Yeah, it really is... I had no idea I was so far...
Yeah, it really is... I had no idea I was so far behind on the sharpness curve. Glen's blade feels just darn near as sharp as a brand new Derby blade in my DE Gillette.
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11-10-2008, 11:52 PM
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Post shave update: Tonight was my very first BBS...
Post shave update: Tonight was my very first BBS shave with a straight blade. Glen's honing job on my red-injun let me successfully go XTG and then ATG. Total time was about 35 minutes.
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11-10-2008, 10:55 PM
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Well, my GSSIXGUN honed Red-Injun #101 came back...
Well, my GSSIXGUN honed Red-Injun #101 came back to me today. I must say that I had *no idea* how *sharp* a straight razor could be until I sampled Glen's work. "Glen Sharp" will now be the standard...
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11-10-2008, 04:10 AM
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Think I'll go do that right now.
Think I'll go do that right now.
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11-10-2008, 03:15 AM
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I had already lapped my Swaty stone using 40...
I had already lapped my Swaty stone using 40 micron 3M film, but after reading about how the DMT's work better after they're broken in, I went ahead and re-lapped my Swaty with both of the DMT's to...
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11-10-2008, 01:12 AM
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Cool! Its a nice site isn't it? I'm not sure...
Cool! Its a nice site isn't it? I'm not sure we've really diagnosed the problem yet though. I think we'd need to discuss it a little longer. Given the common issues with beginners (if you don't mind...
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11-09-2008, 11:20 PM
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Wow... I just learned more about honing in this...
Wow... I just learned more about honing in this one post than all the youtube videos I've watched so far (and that's *alot*). Thank you *very* much! :)
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11-09-2008, 04:14 PM
Thread: I have a defective X stroke...
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I have a defective X stroke...
I've been having pretty decent success using my new DMT dia-sharp stones, but only when using straight-down-the-stone, heal-leading strokes. Everytime I try to do heal-leading X strokes, the back of...
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