Current shave routine, telegraph style

[noodles hovar]

So here's a place to succinctly describe the main points you're focusing on in your shave routine. Ultra-brief like an old-time telegraph message (see below).
When you change your routine (like I often do!) feel free to re-post. This can become a quick and fun-to-read resource to see what others are up to,

I'll start:

Yaqi slant head on German 37 handle 1 pass WTG slightly riding cap finishing up Arko puck can't wait to get into Cella red for 1st time ever

 

[dmshaver]

Fun idea for a thread STOP
I'll play along STOP
Here's my routine for today STOP

PreWar Tech with Wizamet & MdC Fougere. Shallow angle & marvelous result!

 

[BigJ]

Great idea!

Enjoying a‘top-tier’ blade (Personna red, Israeli), before exploring blades I have not used in a long time!

 

[Trollky]

I like it!

Hot flannel prep, face lather, 2 passes, aftershave, done

 

[dotKomo]

Jawline stubble STOP
No neck irritation STOP
Best soap to water ratio STOP

 

[Ravenonrock]

Sheffield straight razor STOP

Tobacco soap, boar brush STOP

Single pass STOP

Million bucks STOP

 

[Ravenonrock]

Great edge on the Torrey STOP

Bathroom smells like a florist shop STOP

Enough lather for three passes, did one STOP

No regrets STOP

 

[kingfisher]

Rhodium toggle STOP
Wide open STOP
Soapy Science Citrus STOP
Revelation STOP

 

[Ravenonrock]

Great enjoyment wielding the Greaves this morno STOP

30 rear old Conk brush is a miracle STOP

Will search for MWF tallow, although said wouldn’t STOP

Shaving nirvana FULL STOP

 

[Old Hippie]

4NOVEMBER2023 1506Z CK1

OLD HIPPIE AA
KAMLOOPS BC AA

SHAVED

 

[Old Hippie]

Funny thing. The clerk mis-spelled "Orville" as "Orevelle." It's funny because it doesn't really change anything; "I" is two dits, "E" is one in both Continental and Morse codes.

O.H.

 

[Ravenonrock]

10k and 12k touch up a success STOP

Shannon’s soap was a weird paste but good STOP

Post shave miracle STOP

 

[kingfisher]

Ethos Bergamotto best ever STOP

Feather SR with Kai STOP

Smooth and comfy STOP

 

[KQY61]

Funny thing. The clerk mis-spelled "Orville" as "Orevelle." It's funny because it doesn't really change anything; "I" is two dits, "E" is one in both Continental and Morse codes.

O.H.

Hi,

Well, you need another inter element time for two Es as opposed to one I....

When I read the title of the thread, I thought maybe someone had a razor made from a J38 straight key.....

Me, I use Bill Nye Speed-X keys. One a Deluxe and the other a Master Key. I never liked bugs and never saw the need for a set of paddles. 25 WPM is fine by me, and that's within the straight key capability.

73

Stan -W2CK old school 'coded' ham.

 

[Old Hippie]

Hi,

Well, you need another inter element time for two Es as opposed to one I....

There is that.

Me, I use Bill Nye Speed-X keys. One a Deluxe and the other a Master Key. I never liked bugs and never saw the need for a set of paddles. 25 WPM is fine by me, and that's within the straight key capability.

My favourite key is a Nye Deluxe that my mother gave me for Christmas when I was 16. It's hammered out a lot of contacts, and I keep it plugged in next to whatever else I'm using as a bailout. "Whatever else I'm using" could be a bug (I have a couple of very nice verticals, an old-style Japanese coffin bug, my old Vibroplex and a left-hander just for grins). It could also be a sideswiper. I have not used an electronic keyer since 1978.

On the non-radio side I have a couple of Menominee KOB setups that I've used on the wire. Somewhere I have the microphone for the rig, but I've never used it.

O.H.
VE7PJR/WB7PJR/ex-Sine CH at IC

 

[KQY61]

Hi,

At the risk of turning this thread into:

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I also have a J38 key that clamps to my leg. It was my Dad's during WWII as he was a radio op in the ETO. He taught me the code, even though he never had an interest in ham radio. Same guy taught me to shave a few years later.

My uncle (dad's older brother WB2ZSO) got me interested when I was eight. He bought me that Nye Deluxe. And I hammered out DXCC on the old Novice bands on 80m and 40m with it. And I still use it on my primary HF rig. The Nye Master Key is on the old HF rig and used only on 160m. And this part has bored everyone else in the thread. Sorry.

For those still awake and reading, my dad and I would practice every night after dinner. He'd use his old key and we'd have the oscillator in the middle of the table, and I'd use that then brand new Nye key. He'd send an article out of the newspaper to me, then we'd compare what I copied. Then, I'd send one to him.

Anyway, to bring this back to shaving, I have this wild idea. Next hamfest I'll pick up a cheap key and turn the armature (the part that goes up and down that one works) into a razor handle.

Maybe a brass as opposed to plated handle.

We do call it Pounding The Brass, after all. And I have several unplated brass razor caps and baseplates.

73 - W2CK

Stan

 

[Gamagrass]

Karve brass, plate c, short handle, GSB blade, Dove fragrance-free hand soap applied by lathering in hand and putting on face by hand (this is horrifying to many, I expect, but that's how I roll)

 

[noodles hovar]

Still rocking Yaqi slant head discovered additional benefit of short quick strokes while just riding cap makes for a very clean shave indeed