These are all floating around SRP so I put them in one thread.
Pictures are worth etc etc.
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These are all floating around SRP so I put them in one thread.
Pictures are worth etc etc.
Wow, reading those would eliminate a lot of questions on the forum :hmmm:
Prime old notes
Still not sure about that palm stropping bit by Boker even after watching Livi do it in videos also
The palm strop is the best you can get. If you nick it, it repairs itself. Brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Substance
Very good advice in those old razor instruction sheets! Please note that they said to keep the razor "quite flat" when stropping, not "completely flat." It is a subtle but very important distinction!
I wouldn't read into it too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffR
The standard barbering text from the 50's says:" Draw the razor edge perfectly flat and straight over
the surface of the strop."
I like the unskillful shaver bits in Boker and Torrey.
Thanks for the encouragement :)
I agree that quite flat could easily have meant completely flat in the language of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
Yeah I see what you mean - the last article also says to "wipe razor quite dry", which wouldn't mean "almost dry."Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
Well, how about us poor folk who only made it to the second grade and can't read too well?
Do you think you could scan those for the vision impaired members?