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Not to move the thread in a disreputable direction, but this reminds me that the latin slang for the male generative organ was 'dum pendebat' - which was also a respectable phrase from the Stabat Mater.

Chris
Born to be hanged

Nathan, all members joining this forum have agreed to the following as part of the registration process: You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being ...

I have always been a user of Jemico/Dovo strops. The plain models are good for pastes and the red russian has been my finishing strop. I recently acquired one of Tony Miller's red latigo strops and found it excellent. But it has set me off comparing strops not just for beauty, but for actual benefit...

Whilst the Nancy Boy online shop doesn't ship abroad anymore, anyone outside the US who has ordered from them in the past can contact Eric and plead their case. Provided you did pay any duty on your previous order, and didn't leave Nancy Boy to both pay the duty and fees plus pay for return shipment...

Hope these help: http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/normal_L1000744.JPG http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10019/normal_L1000746.JPG There is a slightly wider gap between the blade edge and the safety bar at the 'wider' end, though it is hard to see. The other p...

I'm on my second Norton 4k/8k - the first came apart and wouldn't stay reglued. But I've not always been happy with the results. The Shapton 2k, 5k, 8, 15k are great and soon the 30 k will be here. Should last me out!

Chris

It's true that a pasted strop will delay the need for honing, and if done frequently enough a fine Swaty-style barber hone will keep the edge where it should be. There are aggressive metal-eating pastes available - Flexcut Gold will serve the purpose of a fairly coarse hone and quickly at that. It i...

I can dual boot this MacBook Pro into OS X or XP. Easy, no IT department required.

Chris

I think you can just use it, try not to abuse it, and it will outlast its owner! The 150 year old razor I shave with every day looks a lot better than I will at its age!

Chris

Clive, The Hippocratic Oath has not been administered to UK medical graduates for decades. I believe it is still used in the US, no? I am not trying to say that such an oath or any other standard has to be respected by all, no matter what. I am saying that your rights and freedoms only extend to the...

physicians must aggressively respond to the needs of patients at the end of life. You mean stop in and say hello on the way to the opera? Sorry, Stan, but I'm ultra cynical today. Clive I'm sure you don't mean to begrudge me my three weekends a year when I leave town and do something I want to do. ...

I might be a little biased in my answer, but I do like the ceramic cream scuttles!

Chris

The original scuttle was a broad lipped jug with a soap dish mounted on top. It was used in the days prior to piped hot water, and would be carried to a gentleman's dressing room with hot water in the jug. The brush could be fitted into the broad spout to soak, and then lather made on the soap cake ...

You should definitely mail Bernd - this is not the behaviour you have paid for - and he will feel the same way about it.

Chris

I always liked the BK handles both visually and also in the hand. It is strange how the BK4 whips up Trumpers soap isn't it? A very soft brush that might be good for dusting the soap, or tickling it when aggressive, yet it makes oodles of thick lather. Some combinations just synergise together and r...

Yukio, I wasn't fishing for complements, but thanks. Canada is all about landscapes...our architecture..well...isn't. A few months back I thought I spotted a photographic project in this vein. In the downtown area of Toronto there are a number of interesting buildings - some from the grand age of a...

Chris, I don't think you realized this when you posted it, but you just explained why owning and maintaining a straight isn't all that easy and cheap as it first seems. Not for the obsessive types (like myself), anyway. This explains why the honing forum on SRP is the busiest. If it was so darn eas...

Ilija, You're right about diamond paste. I've given up on it, and have stuck to CrO2 as my only paste - not so sharp but nicer on the skin. If you'll bear with me, I can go a stage further. Using an extremely fine hone upgrades the CrO2 finish just as much as CrO2 does over diamond. My chrome paste ...

Classicshaving haven't replied to my question about restocking Dominica brand Bay Rum, so I guess that means they are going with the Caribbean in the future. A great shame, given that the Dominica is far superior.

Chris

Very nice. I still run the odd roll of Tri-X through my M7, but now with the M8 tend to spend my time converting the DNGs to B&W. Lots of ways to do this - the least useful of which is just to desaturate. One of my favourites is to use Photoshop to convert to LAB colour and use the Lightness cha...