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I also find the shaving experience very relaxing. I agree that the choice of music be very conducive in setting the mood. (My career as a university choral conductor almost totally involved...

You are moving right along. Stropping really does help. I am finding that using a barber stone can also keep a sharp edge really refreshed. I just honed several of my razors with a Swaty barber...

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I have a set of German Chroma kitchen knives designed by F. A. Porsche that uses Japanese Type 301 stainless steel and incorporates a Japanese style 15 degree angled bevel. They are razor...

It must be something in the air. After two weeks of blood-free shaves, I let a spike bite me. Fortunately, it was a clean cut that immediately closed up.

Getting a truly BBS on the chin is not...

Congratulations. You must be a really quick learner. It's fun and immensely rewarding, is it not?

Lapp,

I have to confess that, in the beginning, I cheated by taking a couple of WTG passes on my upper lip and chin with the straight razor and then switched to a Edwin Jagger DE89L for the XTG...

It took me almost a month of shaving with the straight before I could begin to get a decent shave on the upper lip and chin. It is just tough to learn. I did find that the blade must be sharp and...

Great video. You did much better than I did with my first straight razor shave. I can tell that you are now hooked. I have only been using a straight for three and a half months and love it. At...