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Brilliant job! This is exactly what I've been looking for, as a straight razor newbie. Cheers!

+1 for the Economist. I read it once, canceled all my newspaper subscriptions, and signed up for it. I've never looked back; it's, in my opinion, the world's preeminent news publication, and one of the only ones I'll actually read, front to back, in its entirety. Cheers, Justin

You know, I've never smoked a churchwarden, but I've always wanted to. They just look so neat! I'd always be afraid of snapping the stem, though, being the clumsy person that I am.

The Waterman Phileas was my first venture outside of Sheaffer country -- and I must admit I'm rather fond of it, though I find it to run a bit to much with the medium nib, making a thicker line than I'm accustomed to. When writing I'll usually just use my Prelude.

Great! Thanks for the welcome, guys. It's good to find I'm not the only twenty-something on the site -- or Western Canadian, for that matter (though I was born in Nova Scotia...)! Slainte Mhath, Justin

I'm new to pipe-smoking, as well, and I have a 3/4 bent and a straight. I also have trouble keeping the bent from gurgling and juicing -- no such issue with the straight. I find the straight is also infinitely easier to clean.

I see! That makes sense. So what grit of sandpaper would I use for a 4000/8000 Norton? And is it the kind of thing I can pick up at Wal-mart?

Lap the hone? I'm going to have to plead newbie ignorance here!

Perhaps 1/16" was a bit large... I've actually been able to all but get rid of the crack just by passing it up and down the 4000 side a couple dozen times.

Right now -- "A Love Supreme, Part IV: Psalm" John Coltrane Generally -- Zeppelin, the Who, anything by Clapton, and a brilliant instrumental band from Ireland called "Lunasa"

Damn! I can't even *buy* that where I live, let alone carry it around :ohmy: !

I'm sorry... but I just can't take seriously anyone who wants to dismantle the Fed and go back to a gold standard. Getting rid of a central bank and expecting inflation, interest rates, and unemployment to stay under control is tantamount to taking forty dogs in heat off their leashes and...

Thanks very much for the advice! I do think that I'll be buying a new razor in short order, and likely throwing my Pakistani one out the window. I'll just have to wait until September when I'll once again have access to my lovely student line of credit (should I feel guilty? Nah...). I think I'm...

I too enjoy single malts most of all. My favourite has to be Dalwhinnie... but I'm also quite partial to Bowmore, the Glenlivet, and Lagavulin (well, I love Islays in general). I can't say I'm much of a Talisker fan, however, as I always thought it had a bit of a seaweed taste to it... I'd...

Mais bien sûr! Je n'avais pas remarqué que tu te trouves en Belgique!

Ahh... c'est bien rassurant de voir que la belle "langue d'amour" n'a pas complètement disparu parmi les Anglophones!

Reagan, Term 2... Not that long ago! (Brian Mulroney up here in the Great White North...) Justin

I can speak French -- I may be able to help you out. Justin L.

Oh, and if it helps, my grandfather's razor is stamped "Bigelow & Dowse, Germany", while the other is just stamped "Pakistan" (perhaps I should have known better than to buy it...)

Hi all! I'm still new to the straight razor world, but I knew enough when I bought a razor off Ebay that it would likely need to be sharpened. Of course, I was right -- I'd have been better off using a clamshell :eek: ! Anyway, my shiny new Norton 4000/8000 waterstone just arrived in the...