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12-09-2010, 12:32 PM #221Senior Member
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Oozuku Assagi | Rex | Kanayama (Leather Only) | Acca Kappa 1860 | Shavemac | Thayer's Rose | S70 Eucalyptus | CarrieM ASM | Divine L'Etre Aime
Stone test Day 2: Today I repeated yesterday's honing on the same Rex razor. The result was very smooth again. I noticed a considerable difference in keenness of the two razors - the Suita stone yesterday seemed to definitely win. I thought smoothness was going to the Assagi until I went ATG. The Suita then pulled ahead once again. Tomorrow begins the nagura progression comparison!
Great shave! Gentlemen, your SOTDs continue to inspire and awe me!
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12-09-2010, 01:30 PM #222CTHULHU FHTAGN!
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Woke up late. Not time to prep the straight or take a pic..
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12-09-2010, 01:31 PM #223Senior Member
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Vulfix Strand+ badger knot : Henckels Friodur 17 1/2 : Cella soap : Weleda balm
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12-09-2010, 01:32 PM #224OlllllllO
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If you woke up late you should rather go to bed earlier today
Originally Posted by mbeem
Woke up late. Not time to prep the straight or take a pic..Last edited by Maximilian; 12-09-2010 at 03:49 PM. Reason: compressed quoting to help keep our SOTD tidy
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12-09-2010, 01:34 PM #225CTHULHU FHTAGN!
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I plan to! Originally Posted by eTom
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12-09-2010, 01:57 PM #226Senior Member
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Love those blades, Dylan! The DePew's intrigues me! Originally Posted by holli4pirating
Great looking shave, Fonti! Originally Posted by fonthunter
Great image, Tom. Your Buddel makes me very anxious to get mine! Originally Posted by eTom
I would like to extend a very warm appreciation to you for inspiring so many others to reach out to Jacky! You are a truly incredible man!
Great looking shave, Mikael! Originally Posted by Mikael
Glenn, What a great shave! If you're becoming a vetiver addict, I've got something to fuel it. Shoot me your address in a PM! Originally Posted by sharp
BTW, the brushes turned out absolutely fantastic!Last edited by Maximilian; 12-09-2010 at 03:52 PM. Reason: compressed quoting to help keep our SOTD tidy
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12-09-2010, 01:58 PM #227Senior Member
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As always, Jose, your image is stunning! Originally Posted by du212
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12-09-2010, 03:09 PM #228< Banned User >
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Thursday, 12.9.10
They might be Giants..
Hot Towel Prep
Proraso Sapone Da Barba
New Forest #2211 Finest Silvertip
J. Holler Tower Brand 6/8ths
SRD Premium I Strop .. 30 Linen/50 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm
Proraso Dopobarba
An All Proraso shave..
The Tower Brand straight is a real favorite. It's sharp as a tack, and due to meet Mr. Coticule after today's shave, so my analytical mind
can compare...
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12-09-2010, 03:21 PM #229Senior Member
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Great shot today, Bill. I love the way the colors pop! Can't wait to hear how the Tower Brand stands up to Mr. C! Originally Posted by BlacknTan
Last edited by Maximilian; 12-09-2010 at 03:53 PM. Reason: compressed quoting to help keep our SOTD tidy
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12-09-2010, 03:47 PM #230At this point in time...
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Thursday Morning !!!
What a fun honing 2 days on this one,
This Kamisori came in for honing, and I have to share the tale, when I first looked at it I said to myself " Huh shouldn't be to tuff just a quick touch up"
So I set up to hone on it Tuesday with a few others, but I wanted to try this one out, so I lather real quick, and go for a test shave, "Nuttin Honey" nary a hair cut.
Well I finally notice that this thing has a frown, I start thinking to myself how the heck do you put a frown on freaking 1 inch of blade. Well sure enough a quick check with a straight edge shows it to be true, I of course find out what the story was from the owner, the razor has not been used, since it was purchased, they sent it to me to touch up before they give it as a gift...
So I set out to take the frown out of 1 inch of blade, which I must tell you guys was not so easy
You just don't have the ability to do the gymnastics that you can on a longer blade...
I ended up using a variation of the side honing technique to get out the frown, then figured out that this razor only liked the 5/1 ratio for honing. Every single time I tried to vary from that I would lose the edge..
Finally this morning I got it all sorted out and ended up on my Nakayama Midori (of course) to finish the edge, and had a nice smooth shave with this baby...
Razor = Yaksukisteel (in English)
Strop = Nichiri Pelican
Soap = Prairie Creations Bay Rum
Brush = Restored Solid brass 22mm SilverTip
AS = Lucky Tiger
ps: Rest easy the vendor that sold this was banned from SRP years back.
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