What does the second hand do, in a two-handed shave? Hold the wrist of the first hand? Maybe something else?
Farmer Tan's Foray Into SR Shaving
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That's kinda what I did, wrist and palm.
All I accomplished was having both hands shake!
I wonder whether some sort of elbow rest would help. I'm half tempted to stack books to the right height, wrap them in three layers of plastic wrap, and try it myself.
I'd pay cash money to see the look on my wife's face when she walked in on that sight!
Yes, generally my steady hand holds the wrist of the shakey hand.
But I also sometimes use it to just stabilize the back of the tail and scales independent of the shakey hand. Kind of like holding a piccolo.
But I also sometimes use it to just stabilize the back of the tail and scales independent of the shakey hand. Kind of like holding a piccolo.
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rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
It has been three weeks since we last heard about @FarmerTan's foray into SR shaving. I wonder how he is progressing - or has he thrown in the towel?
No, just lazy! Or busy. Health has been stinky. But I did shave yesterday with the straight! Or, I should say, I shaved half my face. I had about a weeks worth of a goatee going on that I hadn't shaved since the day of my mom in law's funeral. It was looking good too, but I decided to shave it off and maybe start over in winter.
I rushed it a bit, and had to finish it off with a Gillette NEW Long Comb.
Thanks for the reminder my friend! I have to learn to touch up this thing. It feels like I've dulled it already!
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rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
How do you plan to refresh your SR edge?
I'm a firm believer in diamond pasted balsa stops but that takes time to get it all together. Once together, it is perfect for my needs and is quite economical when compared to most good finishing stones. Materials for a set of three (0.5μm, 0.25μm & 0.1μm) should set you back well under USD 100.
I'm a firm believer in diamond pasted balsa stops but that takes time to get it all together. Once together, it is perfect for my needs and is quite economical when compared to most good finishing stones. Materials for a set of three (0.5μm, 0.25μm & 0.1μm) should set you back well under USD 100.
Happy to touch it up for you if you feel like enduring the hassle of sending it my way again.
I may take you up on that my friend. But I'm going to give it another go on my face before I do. It might just have been lack of practice.
If it tugs at your beard hair, ever, it's definitely too dull. If you find yourself making a steeper angle to your face to get it to shave, it's probably too dull.
That's probably it then. Thanks!
Going through some stuff for the estate sale coming up, my wife found an old "sterilizer cabinet" I bought and displayed in my old haircut shop. Think I paid $20 for it.
Plan to use it for display/storage....
Plan to use it for display/storage....
Look what also popped up! No idea when I acquired it, but probably bought it the same day as the sterilizer, maybe early 90's?
I may try to strop it and try it tonight? I'm pretty sure my tetanus is up to date?
I wonder how much I paid? More than $3 ?
I know the War Department was with me, so I'll bet ya even money it was $5 or $10 tops.
I may try to strop it and try it tonight? I'm pretty sure my tetanus is up to date?
I wonder how much I paid? More than $3 ?
I know the War Department was with me, so I'll bet ya even money it was $5 or $10 tops.
Steve56
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That’s a very nice razor. Have Alfredo clean it up and hone it for you.
I'm so ignorant I'm not sure who Alfredo is! I'm too new to this!
So that is a decent razor? I think it's wider than my other one, which I really wanted! I need to get educated on the Straight side of things here on B and B.
Are those scales horn by chance? Seem a little dryish, but completely intact.
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rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
So now we know that deep down you have been secretly collecting SR's for about 20 years!
That SR looks pretty decent for something that has been neglected for so long. To measure the blade width, just lay the blade across a ruler.
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