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so I gave the wedge one more chance today before deciding whether I was going to not use it before I have work done on it, or if I was going to throw it into a rotation (does it really count as a...

sounds like a plan thanks.

gives me plenty of time to plan. i think I'm going to be having the wedge fixed up soon anyways now that i have another straight and two des.

thanks for the advice what I've been doing to remove rust up to now is using olive oil and a micro fiber wrag with some very careful elbow grease. any other options come to mind for rust?

well comparing the new Boker king cutter that larry sent me and the bowdins are night and day. by all rights a wedge should be mowing more hair easier and its the exact opposite. the Boker just seems...

Im thinking that once I get my new razor and a little bit of money I might be sending this one to mr. G6guns to get an overhauling (needs new scales and has a bit of a rust issue)

For the record...

Im sorry if I sounded whiny that was not my intention lol. What I'm trying to do is get a continuing log of what I'm doing with good feedback that way I know what I'm doing wrong and what is normal....

The book Larry gives talks about laying the razor flat on the face and taking some length of the hair off so you can follow with a second easy pass and cut it off skin level with a normal pass.

I...

Ok I spoke with Larry yesterday and today. I didn't do a beard thinning pass very well which is probably part of the problem (I had a three day growth). I threw it on the Balsa strop and then gave it...

ok I'll check the honing services offered in the sections. the other question I had for some of the people that have used Larry on his sight unseen razors, not the defective ones but the normal ones....

Well I made a mistake tonight apparently. I ran 60 strokes and it helped tremendously. after cleaning up after a thinning pass, a WTG pass and an XTG pass I tried to clean up my cheeks a bit with...

I'm going with two spine widths for angle wtg and one across, my shavette is easily 40 degrees.

I've been stropping 30 to 40 on leather and don't have a fabric. I'll bump up to 60.

feeling my...

My new straight is doing pretty well. i shave tested it and it worked.Ive used it twice for full shaves. (I have shavette experience but this is my first straight.)

I'm using a wedge that i got...