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- Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:14 am
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Feather Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10549
Is it truly sanitary to use the same razor with a new blade in it? If Barbasol or similar is the answer, then why not for the blade as well? A Feather straight is a lot harder to get clean (in the areas that contact the customer) than an ordinary straight. I guess it depends on how it's sanitized. ...
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:09 am
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Feather Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10549
I'm distressed but not surprised by the comments above. Like a lot of other things, barbering ain't what it used to be. Or at least what I'd like to remember it being. When I see a lack of attention to things like changing blades I almost always see problems with other aspects of sanitation in a sho...
- Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:57 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Omega 106
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6168
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:03 pm
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Feather Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10549
I use both conventional and Japanese style Feather AC razors for barbering. Do barbers that use these change the blades for each customer? :?: Yeah, I do. It's mandated by the local health code. Even if it wasn't, I'd do it anyway. Much like the Feather DE blades, I find the AC blades often exhibit...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:04 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Pear's Shaving Stick circa mid 1800's
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3779
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:11 pm
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Feather Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10549
I use both conventional and Japanese style Feather AC razors for barbering. I prefer the Professional blades over the Super Professional blades and prefer those to the Light blades. Shaves, neck shaves - any thing that requires an open blade - they're a fabulous tool... when used on someone else. I ...
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Maybe It's Not Your Technique
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1287
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Maybe It's Not Your Technique
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1287
Maybe It's Not Your Technique
From the August 21, 2010 issue of New Scientist magazine: Nickel allergy is the most common contact allergy in the western world, with people affected reacting to costume jewellery, coins and even medical implants. Now we know why: it seems nickel imitates the action of bacteria. Matthias Goebeler a...
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:09 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Debating DE vs. Cartridge
- Replies: 109
- Views: 15876
- Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:34 pm
- Forum: Colognes & Aftershaves
- Topic: Ajaccio Violets
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8388
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:39 am
- Forum: Colognes & Aftershaves
- Topic: Puig Aqua Lavanda
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7202
The real Yardley English Lavender soap is still made in England but is very hard to find in the US and is sold for high prices by the few outfits that do stock it. It's still excellent although not as good as it was now that they too have gone to a veg. oil base. Regards, Gordon We can get both soa...
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:20 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: is your hotmail working?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1369
- Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Campbell Latherking - How do you make it work?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13942
I barber as a trade. Some barbers I know swear by the Latherizer. Some hate 'em. My co-worker and I got one and, having established that the Campbell concentrate wasn't what we wanted, had a fairly good run trying all different kinds of shave creams at different dilutions. I think our two best outin...
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:38 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: This forum, so far...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5116
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:26 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Best DE blade on current market?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6816
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:12 pm
- Forum: ShaveMyFace University
- Topic: Hawleywoods Straight Shave
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4872
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:28 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Trac II cartridge disassembled.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2818
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:24 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Omega 106
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6168
I think, despite the slight size differences, all these big Omegas feel and perform about the same. I agree. You can look at different vendor's sites and see the same brush models listed with slightly different knot sizes. You know, the knot being a millimeter wider - the loft a few millimeters lon...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:48 am
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: A Mans Barber Shop
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5330
I don't have any problem with women coming into the shop I work at. Ladies are welcome to wait for their husbands or boyfriends. Mothers are welcome to wait for their sons. Ladies are conversed with and made to feel comfortable. If there's anything being said that's off color the tenor of the conver...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:22 am
- Forum: ShaveMyFace University
- Topic: Hawleywoods Straight Shave
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4872