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Mama Bears Lime Oil - Semogue 830 - Red Point 917 - TOBS Victorian Lime

The same set up I used two years ago today, on my very first staright razor shave. It was a relly nice shave.

Amazing how much your technique improves over time isn't it?

TUESDAY
Hot shower prep
Soap: P-160
Soap box: Japanese
Writing brush box: Japanese
Strop: Kanayama 50K
Mug: Japanese
Hone:Japanese
Brush: Sta-Fast
Razor: 5/8ths” "Hadosan" ( Made in Tokyo )
Aftershock: none needed
Splash: none

Today: 2ºC expected, partly sunny. The Shave: Very good but the blade will be back on the Thuri for smoothening.
I was fortunate to find this little gem. It took a few hours, literally, to unpin, renew, and hone it. The work was all by hand. I used small moldmakers' hones to get as close to straight contours as possible. I think my Schick blades are thicker than that one. It definitely has returned the favor. I was concerned that the corrosion was through the bevel but it did hone clean. It seems to have had a tiny 2mm round stamp struck into the blade near the heel on the blade back. The blade, inserted and brazed in place, appears to be of a mixed composition steel.
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker
~Richard

Have I just fallen over or did you fall over? Might be the ale...[/QUOTE]

It's a bit of the ale, a bit of an iPhone with no discernible logic to the way it orients pics.

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

Amazing how much your technique improves over time isn't it?

Yeah, it's effortless now.

I remember the first shave being more than half an hour of near panic, that resulted in a pretty poor shave. Now it's about 10 mins, 2 passes and consistantly nice results.

Taking advantage of my poor health for a afternoon shave
Soap: GFT Eucris
Brush: koh-i-noor Badger
Razor: Tridente
Strop: Self made
Post: D&G Light Blue

P.S. Geezer the Mug is very nice!

Tuesday afternoon
Hot water prep
Gebr. v.d. Sanden razor - Acca Kappa 1869 SC - Silvertip badger brush - cold water splash - Acca Kappa 1869 ASB - hot towel - Acca Kappa 1869 AcD

An all Acca Kappa shave is all I needed today. Accompanied by Blue Mitchell once more and finished with a good hot shower. Today's shave was dedicated to AIDA. The association for the defence of artists who fled from their home countries and have sought asylum elsewhere. The postcard that I bought is a work from Qiangli Liang originating from Guangzhou, China.

Today starts what I'm calling "Operation Annihilation." I'm not allowed to buy any more stuff until I finish some of the stuff I have. So I picked some I don't like as much or is almost gone.

W.H. Morely & Sons
RR Black Hammer w/ Voskod
22mm Silvertip from Whippeddog
Proraso old formula
Nivea Cool Kick

SOTD-



Prep- hot shower

Razor- Boker King Cutter 5/8

Brush- Rooney silvertip in black

Soap- AoS Bay Rum cream

Bowl- stainless steel

Post- hot water followed by witch hazel

Honed the razor myself, this was the test pilot shave. I am pleased with my work.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Hi mad, can I call you mad? I'm no honemeister, but 30 laps seems a lot for a touch up. I've no idea about Welsh slate, but I normally only do about 10 on a Shapton 16k. Maybe someone with more honing experience will chip in?

I was hoping someone would chip in!. perhaps I don't fully understand the terms touching up and honing. Welsh slate is very hard.....probably similar to a Chinese waterstone. I have seen some recommendations for finishing with a Chinese WS and most of them seem to start with 50 laps. I thought I was being quite conservative using 30! I would be quite happy to be pointed in the right direction