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Here's an interesting old traveling barber's kit from a recent e-bay auction.

http://aolisi.net/images/Razors/OldTravelingBarbersTools.jpg

Of particular interest is that it contains a hone...

Yes, Tony, you understood my point.

It is indeed a trade off of one technique for another. A couple of licks on the hone is quite a bit quicker and less fuss than stropping. However, 20...

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OK, you force me to admit that in addition to having one of Tony's strops with all the hardware hanging in my bathroom, I also have one of his seconds with no hardware that does indeed roll...

X, you may be on to something very interesting. No offence taken.

One of the things that attracts me to the straight razor is its simplicity and its ability to "get the job done." While it is...

I'm back from my vacation, and my experiment is complete. Here are the results.

I shaved each day with the "Wednesday" razor from a 7-day set of Henkels. I used the "Thursday" as a control for...

I hadn't thought of that. I barber could easily put multiple lifetimes of hone wear on a razor.

I think I have the opportunity for a good test. I'll use one single razor from the kit every day,...

I hardly ever hone my blades once they're sharp. I do use some of the white paste on the linen side of my strop so the razor is getting a little sharpening each time I do that.

I see many of the...