A while ago I built the three balsa wood strops and diamond pastes necessary to follow @Slash McCoy’s ‘Merhod’.
I remember that the very first razor I did on it blew me away, I never knew things could get so sharp.
But little by little I moved back to the softer feel of my natural stones.
I kept one razor with the balsa edge but hardly used it and didn’t keep up with the maintainsnce advised by The Method.
Lately I’d been considering giving my balsa strops and pastes away to any struggling beginners as I felt it was a great experiment but that I’d probably never go back to using them with any regularity.
So for that past year I’ve been using stone and have been happy.
But today just on a whim, I took my method edged Gold Dollar back through the .5, .25, .1 diamond progression for this mornings shave.
As I was finishing the process I was struck by the brilliance of the shine on the edge and spine.
As soon as the shave began I felt a softness and smoothness to the shave.
I’d genuinely forgotten how sharp an edge the balsa delivers.
Also I hadn’t remembered it feeling so soft.
Maybe my shaving has improved since I last tried the method edge, who knows, but the edge id done was a real winner.
Where it really stood out was atg especially on my neck and top lip. Soooo much more efficient and easier than my stone edges.
I thought my stone edges were pretty good but the balsa edge makes them pale by comparison.
Today I got one of the closest most comfortable shaves I’ve done in ages, probably made all the more special due to the long absence.
I remember that the very first razor I did on it blew me away, I never knew things could get so sharp.
But little by little I moved back to the softer feel of my natural stones.
I kept one razor with the balsa edge but hardly used it and didn’t keep up with the maintainsnce advised by The Method.
Lately I’d been considering giving my balsa strops and pastes away to any struggling beginners as I felt it was a great experiment but that I’d probably never go back to using them with any regularity.
So for that past year I’ve been using stone and have been happy.
But today just on a whim, I took my method edged Gold Dollar back through the .5, .25, .1 diamond progression for this mornings shave.
As I was finishing the process I was struck by the brilliance of the shine on the edge and spine.
As soon as the shave began I felt a softness and smoothness to the shave.
I’d genuinely forgotten how sharp an edge the balsa delivers.
Also I hadn’t remembered it feeling so soft.
Maybe my shaving has improved since I last tried the method edge, who knows, but the edge id done was a real winner.
Where it really stood out was atg especially on my neck and top lip. Soooo much more efficient and easier than my stone edges.
I thought my stone edges were pretty good but the balsa edge makes them pale by comparison.
Today I got one of the closest most comfortable shaves I’ve done in ages, probably made all the more special due to the long absence.