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Tuesday Aristocrat #15 First shave with what is probably my highest market-value razor. It is absolutely mint, probably only used a handful of times by its original owner. A very nice shave. Nice :) I have a hard time resisting quality pieces like that but even with money to burn I don't think I co...

Well I've been shaving for almost 10 days now with my N injector with the underrated German made Schick blades. Incredible. Irresistable. After ignoring this combo for 6 months I started out using this for variation but it's turned out to be an epiphany. Not only are shaves very quick compared to th...

Maybe this is the mysterious Swedish blade plant that used to produce the beloved "Swedes" and now produces the Viking Sword......

I'm reminded of a cleaning show I watched while in Britain... of two ladies going around people's grotty houses and cleaning up... One featured gent had decided that cleaning the toilet was redundant... that it was going to get dirty again anyhow... the video of the toilet still haunts me to this da...

Steve if there's anything I'd recommend above all... that would be the Spyderco ultrafine 3" wide stone... absolutely brilliant and the only hone I have needed since I put the first edge on it. The Norton should be fine to get it up to final polishing with the Spyderco. Also I'd recommend you t...

I'm a long stroker in general.

Cheeks and neck have 4-5 cm strokes.

Other areas are variable but are from 1-3 cm.

I also move the razor rapidly over these areas in 'speedstrokes' to increase cutting power and minimise skin shaving.

During my first month, I found a good deal on ebay for 100 Derby Extras, and I thought I would spring for that. But I waited and continued to try different blades, and now the Derby is one of my least favorites. All of the ones I tried later I like more! In my first month I did the same but ordered...

the first shave is the hardest.

Try a butter knife first to get your technique in the mirror.

I think I was the discoverer of the British Superspeed... http://www.shavemyface.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28744 I notice someone else found one in bad condition and sold it: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=766248 (note that one has 9 rings). My example is mint condition and has its ca...

Motto

Vide et tondere

See and shave...


Tondere disce

Learn to shave...

Thanks, Books, for the experiment. I'll look forward to your findings. Contrary to what one would expect, razor blades of different brands coming out of Germany have been a disappointment, in spite of Germany's reputation for precision and quality manufacture. On the other hand, though China has a ...

Everything I've ever stockpiled has gone out of production... now that might be the reason people stockpile but I almost think that the stockpiling might be instrumental to a degree in the demise of these products. In fact if everyone stockpiles then you can imagine the scenario... the small buying ...

It suddenly struck me that no one had answered this mans problem.

There is a way in fact.

Castration. In a few months you won't even have to shave.

And, can someone explain to me how "really really sharp" equals "designed for thin, sparse beards"? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Sharpness... is really a measure of how thin an edge is. You can sharpen a blade to molecular thickness... and it will be wickedly sharp howe...

I've bumped this thread because the iphone has no copy paste and this issue came up again today on another thread.

i posted on the blade ethnicity issue a while ago.

Ill try and find the post now the search engine works.

As I can't copy paste on the iphone I've bumped the thread on the Safety razor and blade forum. The thread is entitled "Origin of blades important?"

they were probably last manufactured in 1910... and have been trying to sell them ever since....

notthesharpest wrote:This is a perfectly normal look, and a great many men have it.

Not to mention that many great men have it too

I first thought MWF was a joke when all I could get out of it were thin lathers... then I learnt a bit more and called MWF mediocre... not overly impressed etc... Finally when I had mastered the art of getting it to work - dry followed by face lathering on a pre-wetted face... the results are stunni...

wow... This must be a case of synchronicity since I just shaved with my type N injector today for the first time in more than 6 months. I used a fresh German modern blade and the result is no worse than a DE shave and very comfortable to boot. Its my most comfortable chin and under chin shaver and i...