Originally Posted by
bcw
I, too, have a fascination with straights. I used to watch my grandfather shave with his, and I also remember his sharing other uses for the strop...At his death, my grandmother got rid of them, and I mourn that. Wish I had them. The De shave yesterday was good. Lots of conflicting thoughts about stretching skin using a DE, blades, etc. I'm working on the virtue of patience...The only child would like a 7/8 quarter ground Hart, but that is on the back burner. Thanks for the input. Shouldn't be,this complicated to remove whiskers from one's face...