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Nice!

You are off to a great start.

I want to get into straights.

I think I will also try some TGQ soaps.

I could not agree more.

Start with a carbon blade, hollow ground. To me these are the easiest to maintain. If you find you still like it, the market is wide open.

Please, as oscar pointed out, PLEASE, don't use bleach.

Given the redness I'd say too much pressure? Wrong blade?

Congrats .

Hi ralph. There are two products here in the US that work great. They are "Scrubbing Bubbles" and "CLR" CLR stands for Calcium, Lime, Rust.I don't know if they are in Scotland but if you find them a soak in either one, then scrub with a toothbrush and rinse. It should remove the ...

hamelfarm1 wrote:What do you get if you cross an elephant and a rhino?

An elephant-rhino hybrid which is accepted by neither species and is destined to die out after one generation.

B'BOOM!

What do You get when you cross an elephant and rhino?

Elephino.

As this is my first year at this.......everything!

That would be,
63 razors
9 brushes
23 soaps
14 creams
and I don't how many different blades.

So, am I off to a good start?

Edit......
OH yeah,
16 kinds of aftershave, and four shelves to put it all on.

boyextraordinare, is a fine person to deal with. Everything is as, or better than, he says.

I have looked at those "straight razors" that have disposable blades but they felt kind of light to me. The few straights I been able to pick up had a bit of heft to them. I was afraid it would be like changing from cartridge razors to double edge. I didn't want to have to relearn after us...

Thanks Dave, I think you explained just fine.

AHHH....."roll the edge".

This is what I'm looking for.

What is "roll the edge"?

I thought (I know nothing) stroping made a fine "edge".

Well, that makes sense! Thank you.

It does bring up one thing, should I get another razor to see if I can match the ready one? Or should I just try to keep the one as sharp as when I got it?

I am unfamiliar with it. I guess that was what I was asking, should I learn the care and feeding of a razor first?

Or do I just jump in and let the rest kind of fall into place?

O.K 1st question, should I buy the hones or get a "shave ready razor" and send it off to be honed as needed?

After taking what I learned form the great people here, I have been wetshaving with double edge razors for about a year now.

I think I may want to try using a straight.

I hope you don't mind if I pick your collective brains.

P M sent.

Thank you for confirming this is not something anyone uses

Hey! Does anyone here do geocaching? I'll send you the gps for the local landfill .

Yes, this is my weekend A/S. Also I melted some VDH "Deluxe" and added the scent as well.

One "Gem Mircomatic" razor and nine "Treet" blades (out of a pack of ten). The razor has some plating loss but works fine (if you know how to use it that is, I shaved with it this morning and I swear I've got 2nd degree burns on my face. I'm not kidding. I've never used "Neo...