A one pass BBS shave off of a wavy chunk of glazed and encrusted who knows what stone. That dude is getting it done.
Check out this guy’s hone
Check out this guy’s hone
Equipment snobs eat your heart out
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Hmmmmm, a little too much side-to-side action for my comfort level. I’d mess that up.
But he's not this fast:
The sound of the toe of the razor scraping at the edges of his lips... 
The Adze I just got in the mail yesterday is sharper.
The Adze I just got in the mail yesterday is sharper.
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The sound of the toe of the razor scraping at the edges of his lips...
I know but if you look at the shave he’s giving that guy and other people (there is a whole YouTube & TikTok channel dedicated to him) it appears that he is giving them a nice clean shave. LOL! How does he do it? Maybe he’s using some shaving voodoo.
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That barber is amazingly talented. He laughs at your $400 straight, $200 brush, and $75 soap.
The guy getting the shave wasn’t laughing. I saw some wincing…
Doesn't take a lot of sharpness to cut hair... hence all the guys doing it with pocket knives/axes/etc to prove how sharp they are.
Doing it close and without irritation is a bit more demanding.
Doing it close and without irritation is a bit more demanding.
I am going to have to try that pant leg femoral artery sharpening technique, looks safe.
The sound of the toe of the razor scraping at the edges of his lips...
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Sequatchie Handles for Striking and Edge Tools : Catalog B : Sequatchie Handle Works, Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
12 p., illus., 27.0 cm, trade catalog
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What was the second thing he stropped on? Maybe petrified wood or loaded wood?
Just looked like the regular wood box he had the stone set in. If it is loaded with anything I suspect it is just grime.
I'm trying to work out what the stone is. Almost looks like a very well worn Norton fine India pocket stone.
He's obviously making better edges than I did when I was starting out. Stropping on the box is interesting. Grime can be fairly abrasive.....
I really want to know what that stone is. Quartzite maybe? I does also look like a India also.
I really want to know what that stone is. Quartzite maybe? I does also look like a India also.
Thanks for the link, very cool catalogue.
My guess for stone was just some local found stone. Appeared in the 600-1.5k grit range like a lot of random sandstones I've seen.
My guess for stone was just some local found stone. Appeared in the 600-1.5k grit range like a lot of random sandstones I've seen.
Someone send this man a coticule. Don't want to think about the aftershave sting from those shaves.
It seemed to be a desert location. All wood, plants and trees absorb silica through their root system. Silica in wood dulls the saw blade, or in his case, in an arid location, with skill the surface of his wood box tunes up his razor.
This is my go-to resource for old handles, with links to some old catalogs.
Hickory Tool Handles Made in USA
A running list of all current known United States manufacturers of hickory tool handles. We will include links and note where handles are sold directly. Comments welcomed!
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I watched another vid of his and he was using the edge of the box.
His sideways honing strokes would help negate the fact that his hone isn't flat.
What are the chances his box is loaded with fine wood ash? Any of you primitive Petes experimented with ash as a stropping compound?
Yes, the stone clearly is one of those Dead Flat, Precision Ground India bench stones, and the wood block, is concaved to a 28.5 foot radius. The stropping robe is .03um diamond impregnated.
If there is no blood, it’s all good!
If there is no blood, it’s all good!
My personal benchmark for 'good shave' is a few orders of magnitude higher than 'didn't bleed'.
That video has been around a long while, there are a bunch of similar productions, including one where a smith makes a blade in a rather questionable fashion and then shaves someone with it.
Hard pass on all of it.
There are also videos showing people pouring soda and eggs into a hole and fish jump out of the hole into waiting baskets.
Let's not forget Sharknado while we're here.
Certainly, long ago people didn't have access to things we take for granted today. Synthetic stones weren't readily available until the late 1800s, for example. But people were shaving long before that and they made do with what was available. I had a barber's kit fro the late 1800s and in it was a badly dished Carborundum and a lot of abrasive compounds and a few charged leather strops..
Does that mean honing on a sketchy 500x grit stone in bad condition makes sense?
No, it doesn't, and following that lead because 'it was good enough for so-and-so" would be willful ignorance in action.
Over time, science created advancements in steel quality, and abrasives technology for good reason. Becoming aware of and subsequently learning how to apply the laws of physics to maximize the new tech's potential enhances those advantages.
Availing one's self of those advancements isn't snobbery, it's using progress advantageously.
We all know that a $500 customer 10/8 razor and a $2k worth of hones isn't necessary, but if someone has those things, good for them. FWIW, I'd rather shave with that gear than a Pakistani razor sharpened on a brick.
That video has been around a long while, there are a bunch of similar productions, including one where a smith makes a blade in a rather questionable fashion and then shaves someone with it.
Hard pass on all of it.
There are also videos showing people pouring soda and eggs into a hole and fish jump out of the hole into waiting baskets.
Let's not forget Sharknado while we're here.
Certainly, long ago people didn't have access to things we take for granted today. Synthetic stones weren't readily available until the late 1800s, for example. But people were shaving long before that and they made do with what was available. I had a barber's kit fro the late 1800s and in it was a badly dished Carborundum and a lot of abrasive compounds and a few charged leather strops..
Does that mean honing on a sketchy 500x grit stone in bad condition makes sense?
No, it doesn't, and following that lead because 'it was good enough for so-and-so" would be willful ignorance in action.
Over time, science created advancements in steel quality, and abrasives technology for good reason. Becoming aware of and subsequently learning how to apply the laws of physics to maximize the new tech's potential enhances those advantages.
Availing one's self of those advancements isn't snobbery, it's using progress advantageously.
We all know that a $500 customer 10/8 razor and a $2k worth of hones isn't necessary, but if someone has those things, good for them. FWIW, I'd rather shave with that gear than a Pakistani razor sharpened on a brick.
