Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

Originally Posted by OldTraf

3 Dovo SRs
Strop
Merkur 25C
20s Gillette DE
Couple of razor and brush stands
Variety pack of COL Conk Glycerin Soaps
Small Nagura
100 Feather DE blades

Shopped locally for another VDH set and Neutrogena shave balm.

OldTraf
Wannabe honemeister

Wow - yes, welcome to RAD, great isn't it!

Good form on the DE and the SR's....

Taz, how did the wedge go?

Chosera 800
Norton 4/8K, 12K
DMT
2 stone holders
All in a Pelican 1200 case

Just ordered from Maggard
3" Premier latigo strop
Proraso Sandalwood soap
Proraso Green Tea and Oat soap
Parker LGPB pure badger shaving brush
several samples of different pre, post and shave creams

J. A. Henckles #70 I won for $12 on eBay

I think my RAD is fast approaching warp speed.

Wedge is OK, didn't touch the handle yet. Been working on honing them and trying them out. I am letting my beard grow for another day so I will be able to compare the near wedge Findlay to the other razors and see if I like it or not.

Originally Posted by taz575

Wedge is OK, didn't touch the handle yet. Been working on honing them and trying them out. I am letting my beard grow for another day so I will be able to compare the near wedge Findlay to the other razors and see if I like it or not.

lol. The suspense is killing me. Since you beat me to it, you could at least have the courtesy to use the thing.

This arrived not too long ago.

I've used it, but I didn't have much growth on the face when I used it, so it was harder to tell how it was doing for me.

Originally Posted by taz575

I've used it, but I didn't have much growth on the face when I used it, so it was harder to tell how it was doing for me.

You don't sound too impressed! I'll be waiting by my private message folder then.

Well, I think it is my honing skills. All 5 razors will pop hair off of my arm when the blade is off of the skin, but I am still learning how to hone/strop. I have a short haircut, so no hair for the HHT. Under 20X magnification, the edges look good and clean, so it may also be my technique. I plucked some boars bristle out of my Omega 49, and it will pop the hairs if I drag them perp to the edge (catches and then audibly pops and hair jumps), but the board bristle is pretty thick to begin with.

Originally Posted by taz575

Well, I think it is my honing skills. All 5 razors will pop hair off of my arm when the blade is off of the skin, but I am still learning how to hone/strop. I have a short haircut, so no hair for the HHT. Under 20X magnification, the edges look good and clean, so it may also be my technique. I plucked some boars bristle out of my Omega 49, and it will pop the hairs if I drag them perp to the edge (catches and then audibly pops and hair jumps), but the board bristle is pretty thick to begin with.

I thought Cedric would have put a pretty good edge on it before auction. Or it could be you're not used to wedges? I don't think they need a different technique, per se, but they perform a bit differently. Well, have fun with it, but take care, yeah? It looks a beautiful piece.