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Day 26 of this fine experiment and I've learned as much about my preferences for razors as I have about how to hone them.

My regular rotation includes 30 some-odd razors, so I hadn't ever really...

I've now gotten a couple shaves off the Clauss. It's performing spectacularly. I think I could get it a little bit sharper (and I may have to try that neat lather trick), but I'm not feeling any real...

I was just commenting to my wife earlier that I can't wait for PHIG Februrary. :D

The shaves I'm getting of the 8k are really good. I mean really, really good. But I'm itchin' to see how much...

It's been interesting going here. As an experiment, I took the Wm. Allen razor over to Ogershok's place and he gave it a quick one-two on his Norton. The edge wasn't very good (forgot to account for...

I shaved with the Greaves yesterday and today.

Yesterday's shave sucked.

Today's was very good.

The difference was all in shave prep. Yesterday I got up too early to have enough beard to...

Awesome! That is exactly the what I was hoping for!

And to the other newbies out there, it's worth noting, I got a usable razor *and* made that many mistakes. This is a doable thing!

A couple...

Ran the Greaves over Mr. Norton's thousands of grits today. It went much better than the Elliot (he says now, before shaving with the Greaves).

I'm starting to feel like I have some perception of...

I wasn't feeling particularly full of oomph last night and I didn't have time today, so instead of taking the Elliot back to the Norton I just stropped it really a lot this morning. Whattya know, it...

You know, for when the carpenter ants come along and put down flooring on everything! Sheesh!

Just show them the video. No one can copy my amazing style and technique, and it'll be apparent almost immediately that no one should even try!

Alternately, use your imagination and suggest this...

I've threatened it.

Now I'm doing it. The video of me honing the first of my two JaNorton razors. As soon as I hit post on this, I'm going back to watch all the other videos posted here. But this...

I figure I'll do that and the Greaves later this evening, if I'm feeling up to it. I think now I'm going to wrestle with YouTube and try to get the video I shot posted. I'm working on the theory that...

To anyone concerned that just using the razor on the Norton doesn't count as resetting the edge, gather round! I've got a story!

In the beginning there was a little William Elliot razor. He worked...

The last few days have been hectic.

I did get in a second shave with the Wm. Allen and it performed well. I'm going to be refining the edge a bit now that I'm home.

Didn't get in a shave...

I'm currently away from home, so getting the videos I shot of the honing up here probably won't happen until I get back, but here's a brief summary:


It feels like it takes me forever and ever...

Hooboy. I took the William Elliot to the Norton today. Shot most of the process with my camera. The battery died before I got to the end, which means I'm currently uploading over an hour of video to...

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Here are my razors for JaNorton. My brilliant idea was to pick two razors as different as I could without buying new ones. I don't need another reason to do that. Really!

Also, I needed...

I hope it's not cheating that I'm using a low-grit diamond plate to work the nicks out of this Greaves... But I don't think January is long enough to get them out on the 4k. :D

This is really tempting.

Especially considering I've gotten into a bit of a rut where I get a razor, loan it to Ogershok for honing, then clean it up and shave with it.

This method hasn't...