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Thanks again.
I remembered after I asked about carbon damage.

Before sulfuric acid they used alum to pickle metal that had been burned. Pickleing removes carbon from metal.

I think a light...

Lamp black? Is that the soot from a kerosene lamp?
And if I finish my ash stropping on a clean felt and leather strop, then apply mineral oil, will that protect the blade from corrosion?

Actually, I've been searching the internet for weeks on this subject; and might know more than some people here about it.
But I haven't found any way of comparing stone grits with tooth paste,...

Now I understand why people collect razors.
I need one for stones, and one for comparing with stone replacements. LOL
But no way am I gonna collect a bunch! RLOL

Now that I own four 8"x3" Arkansas stones, I don't want to carry them. A guy asked me, What do ya got in there? rocks?
I've read that glass and ashes work, and newspaper... can you recommend light...

On the translucent stone I was able to dry shave with, across, and against the grain. The sued strop with ashes makes the shave even nicer. I just want to see how sharp I can get it.

I'm not having trouble sharpening the razor. I just want to know how many strops on sued and ashtray ashes should it take before I can move to a finer grit.
One I max out the sharpness, I can cut...

I have a question... I bought a full set of Arkansas stones and a sued bench strop. I read that ashes sharpen better than paste, but are finer and take longer.

The question, after the Arkansas...

I'm interested in making shaving soap; because, I read that most shaving soaps are just soap with clay in them.
I'm interested in the ingredients to make my own soap better.
I'm infusing some oils...

I couldn't get the goat milk soap I wanted.
I got some Dr. Bronners unscented bar soap which didn't lather much; so, grated it, added some castor oil, some bentonite clay, kaolin clay, and honey to...

I've been trying to resond to each post; but can't post most times I try.

I got it!
I tried the bottom of my neck the other day, and my whole neck today.
And... not one drop of blood so far.
Hopefully I'll be back in a few days, saying the same thing. ;)

Thanks...

I hope I don't need that alum block at all! LOL

I can buy castille soap from the health food store on the same block... whick I read yesterday works fine. But, the goat milk soap has a nicer creamier lather.
I also read some nice recipes for...

Pahoa, home of the Daggers... we probably still know some of the same people. Ed from the Flip Flop Swap Shop used to have it in Hilo...

Thanks Cuda. I read First Shave, and planned on modifying Lynn's advice a little. My idea is to work on small sections of my neck, since that's all I usually shave anyway.

Thanks for your encouragment, everybody.
If I didn't have access to this site, I would've bought a prettier razor that probably isn't as good, a 3" strop, and a boar brush... for a lot more money....

I got the cheapest Ralf Aust, with the plastic handle; because I read on here it's better than high end Dovos.
I got it from Straight Razor Designs, shave ready with an extra sharpening, with a...

I bought a straight razor!
I remembered shaving with a Swiss Army knife as my mirror and blade without cutting myself, and shaving with a de that wasn't adjusted right, that gave me the worst...

Oh yeah, I forgot, I wanted to say... I don't know of anybody in Hilo who shaves with anything but a cheap disposable razor... I just found out about people still using DE's and straight razors this...

Thanks Brian, I lived Hilo over 30 years; we probably know some of the same people. Rents are so high now in Hilo and they tore down the Filipino camp where I used to live behind Hilo Shopping...

P.S. I'm shopping for a DE first.

Mahalo nui loa for the warm welcome. I spent most of yesterday taking Phrank and Cris's advice, reading in the library, and watching videos...
I read "First Shave" and was about to by that old...

Hi,
I'm Aloysious, and I haven't seen my face without hair, since my beard was brown and blond. It's mostly gray now.
I quit shaving because I couldn't wrap my brain around the price of razor...