Thread: Soap, mugs and water...

Phillip,

Crazier than shit house rats. Just look at my avator, a
hillbilly, what better to represent someone from West Virginia?

As far as the soaps those from Sue www.saintcharlesshave.com
are great. The only other sopas I ahve used are Williams and
Lime coconut from classicshaving. I did order a tub of Taylors
Lavender cream and Trumpers Violet cream. Though I do like
them and will probably reorder, they aren't really any better,
just more expensive.

If you run across a tube of Palmolive Lather cream in the red tube,
give this a try, not a bad scent, I guess you would call it a clean
scent. One way I look at the scents though. Once you rinse your
face at the end of your shave - down the drain goes the scent.
But, I like the stuff and will continue to buy it.

Best of Luck,

Terry

.Terry
Never tried a paste only bar soap. I have the Williams, not crazy about the scent. But it is not too strong. I would like to try a soap that lasts a while. Still not breaking any speed shaver records. Man I just finished straightening out the bevel on one of my new old razors. It took over two hours to level the bevel and create a new edge on the 4/8 Norton. Looking forward to a good close shave in the morning.
Nothing wrong with a little crazy, and nothing wrong with being a hillbilly. If the world only knew!

Phillip,

The shaves will get quicker. Besides as I read on classicshaving.
" No one ever won a medal for shaving fast " or something to that
effect.

Honing is something I need to learn. I eventually will give it a try.
Sound like you are pretty good at it.


Terry

Terry

I don’t think honing is rocket science. You just slide the razor around a little and presto. Well not quite but it is not hard. Start with a razor that is not your favorite and is dull as a bone. Read some of the posts and get after it. I have been around knifes and sharpening all my life (I live in the south we hunt we kill we skin most things on four legs and a few birds too) but SR-ring is a new animal for me. You are working with so much less metal, and you have to be very careful and go slow at first. You have been around here longer than I have. You know there is a wealth of info available on this site. I try to pick as many brains as are available. Some of the brains around here are very good all be it some of them have a little warp going on.

Phillip,

Well I don't know if West Virginia is considered the south or
not but I have skinned and eat my share of squirrels, rabbits
and whatever else. As a kid, I trapped and skinned muskrats.
Did not eat those, sold the hides. I have carried a pocket knife
my whole life, won't leave the house without it.


Terry

Of course WV isn't a northern state either. I quess you can
say were " stuck betwixt and between ".

Terry

I always try to be careful when talking about West Virginia and whether it was Yankee or not. I know there was great division in the Virginia area during the time of the war. Thank goodness that we are all brothers now. You know here in the Deep South the wounds of the War of Northern Aggression still linger to this day in some of the old old timers.

Me I just love everybody especially a dang West Virginia squirrel hunting musk rat skinning straight shaving Hillbilly!!!! Yea Ha