Got the bug again (I should spend less time on line I think) and got the stones out. Honed up one of my Gold Dollar 208s, easy peasy, and set the bevel on a Bester 1200, polished on a Naniw Blue Aoto, then a King 6k, and finished on one of AJ's slates (not sure which one) and stropped. Couldn't find my pasted wood strop, I saw it a couple days ago, but it's gone into hiding so I didn't use it like I planned.
Being a nut case, I then whipped up some cold lather and slapped it on and started shaving my cheeks.
Believe it or not, it wasn't bad. Blade is not sharp enough yet, so will probably go back to the bevel setter this weekend and work it up again, taking more time, but I actually have a BBS shave where I ran against the grain, at least as close as I usually get with a DE, and only a few tiny weepers. A little irritation from scraping, and I expect I'd get a better shave after a shower, but I and the blade both survived the experiment!
I can see why using a straight is popular, once I figure it all out and learn not to slice any body parts off, the shave is wonderful, and once I go the pressure right, pretty comfortable too. Very close where I managed the ATG well too!
So I guess my DE blades are gonna end up lasting me more than 410 years if I figure this straight razor thing out.....
Being a nut case, I then whipped up some cold lather and slapped it on and started shaving my cheeks.
Believe it or not, it wasn't bad. Blade is not sharp enough yet, so will probably go back to the bevel setter this weekend and work it up again, taking more time, but I actually have a BBS shave where I ran against the grain, at least as close as I usually get with a DE, and only a few tiny weepers. A little irritation from scraping, and I expect I'd get a better shave after a shower, but I and the blade both survived the experiment!
I can see why using a straight is popular, once I figure it all out and learn not to slice any body parts off, the shave is wonderful, and once I go the pressure right, pretty comfortable too. Very close where I managed the ATG well too!
So I guess my DE blades are gonna end up lasting me more than 410 years if I figure this straight razor thing out.....