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Well, I've been away a while but am still shaving...just no time to post, but tonight I thought of you guys and thought I needed to share my use for tape. It matters not, what brand or mil, but it...

Have gone back to my originals for the last two weeks, two R. Aust's (5/8 & 6/8), a modern era Böker Silver Steel 6/8 and my original 35 year old first a Hoffritz 5/8. It was an "experience" to go...

It is the easiest blade I have to shave with, and for a heavy grind (re-grind?), and it seems to need less strop than most. Some of the really big ones I strop a lot. I wondered as I was shaving...

Well, it's a Henckels kind of week! I shaved today for the first time in a few weeks with this Henckels 66 in beautiful MOP scales

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As usual, it gave me an amazing shave in 2 passes. It...

So, what did I learn today with my Henckel's #50 shorty?!? Overall, I guess I re-learned that it is a different razor on the face and in the hand than its heavier rotation-mates.

It is very sharp...

Nah!

Actually, through some work I've been doing I've learned a lot about Procter & Gamble which bought Gillette (along with lots of other companies). Similar to General Mills buying Pillsbury....

I'm back, this being post-Easter. My wife and I agreed, painfully, to give up the internet for Lent except for business and banking....:drop jaw:

It was painful, as I had become addicted to SRP...

After a week on the road (again), I got home Friday and sent some time stooping the FBU. 20 SRD premium fabric, 30 on SRD English Bridle on the paddle strop, 30 on SRD Premium 1 leather and 30 on my...

Well, after all this enthusiasm and success, I've hit a bump. Changing nothing (that I'm aware of), I've had 2, maybe 3 subpar shaves with one of my favorites, the W&B FBU, pictured last week and in...

I have said this before, and had a discussion with a new member about it today...the posts that Razorfeld and aDavidson made are exemplary of what SRP is about. Keep it up all, this is a wonderful...

I had a shave like that today. Same great razor as yesterday, same prep, same soap and brush, but I just wasn't doing well. Gave up after a pass and finished with a DE. Figured walking away was...

I use a DE when the sideburns need to be evened up, but I have one reserved for that chore, because it seems to really muck up the edge on a DE blade. I only do it about 1/week.

I've always splashed my face before lathering. Since I start with only a "damp" brush when loading, it doesn't seem to add much mess. I can't stand it when lather drips/runs/slashes/slings. ...

Having shaved successfully again today with the Hess 5/8 wedge, I decided to treat myself, in spite of past advice from Richard :hmmm:, and use my heaviest and one of my top 3 favorites, this W&B...

Well, now that I've been reminded again (told you I was forgetful, Tom) that the Hess was a small wedge, I grabbed it this morning and went at my face again (3d time this week), fortified by newly...

I'll look it over carefully first and maybe just leave it alone and cope with it. I love the scales.

That was part of my adjustment issue, Tom. I was treating it like a hollow grind, which it isn't, but feels like in the hand after using the heavy guys. The pivot pin also needs to be tightened,...

Must be change week!

As originally planned, I picked up my 6/8 Ralf Aust, but while I was stropping it, a fairly new "old" one of mine, a Hess Stainless small-ish 5/8, that I bought on the...

Nah, it's not just you Tom. I thought the same thing this morning. I took yesterday off since I wasn't leaving the house, and this morning's shave was a major task. Everything seems denser, drier...

Two completely random observations.

First that observation about it being one's own face almost never comes up in all the questions new SR shavers ask or the answers they get, when in fact,...

You're correct, and I will attempt to self correct by expanding my circle of razors, which is what this whole thread was originally about. Thanks for the course correction. As a reminder, I've...

Razorfeld, that is eerily similar to my experience when I go from the big guys to the lighter weights. A shave takes more passes, which to me is mentally irritating, more passes mean more irritation...

Back from traveling and a week of Mongoose shaving and craving the SR experience, I picked a different blade than the Elliott, this one a Geo. Butler "Art", a tad over 6/8, hollow ground, and a great...

I'm in a hotel this week on business and while at home I have a telescoping mirror, here they have this luxurious granite sink surround the puts me (given my "keg" abs) about 3 feet from the mirror....

You're right Tom. I didn't look closely and see the angle to it. I have a square point that was muted, then when I next honed it, I left it sharp, and now when I use it I stay "focused".