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Danielbz

Hello Everyone! So I began my straight razor journey as I'm sure some others did, with hating shaving. I can grow a beard pretty quickly, so shaving is a chore, and I'm not a huge fan of sticking something with five blades up to my face. Likewise, I'm not a huge fan of sticking something with five electric blades up to my face. So I decided to give straight razor shaving a try with one of those dovos that has replaceable blades, and I was immediately impressed because it was an extremely close shave. Well, first I was shocked because I cut myself twenty times, but then I was impressed =p. Unfortunately, I lost my dovo while visiting some friends, but I decided it was time to purchase a real SR. Aaaand, I may have bought three.

The Jackson is shave-ready (actually needs to be stropped) and the other two need to be honed. I'm willing to pay to have them honed, but I'm not looking to spend very much, and I was hoping someone here might be interested. My plan is to hone them, shave with them, determine which of them I like the best, and then maybe sell the other two perhaps to friends who are interested in trying SR shaving, or online.

My blades are:

Simmons Hardware - St. Louis - Barber's Pet #421 - Barbers Notch
Jackson Pre-1920s Carbon Steel Hollow Ground 11/16
Griffon Carbo-Magnetic Razor

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The last two photos are of the Griffon Carbo, which is very very shiny. Anyway, if you guys are interested, I can write a post about which of the blades I find shave best after I have them honed. I'm really looking forward to trying out the Griffon-Carbo.
 
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Oscroft

Danielbz said:
My plan is to hone them, shave with them, determine which of them I like the best, and then maybe sell the other two perhaps to friends who are interested in trying SR shaving, or online.
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I'd recommend keeping at least two - that way you'll still have one to shave with whenever one is out being honed.
 
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Danielbz

That's a good idea. I also like the idea of keeping multiple straights around so that my face doesn't just get used to the blade. I'm not sure if that happens with straight razors, but after using regular razors for a long time, they would just stop being as effective even if they were still sharp, or recently sharpened.
 
raccoonandbrush

raccoonandbrush

I'll hone them for you. All I ask is for you to cover shipping both ways. I'll finish them with my super awesome Nakayama Maruichi Kamisori. If you're interested, please PM me.
 
Brooksie967

Brooksie967

Highest quality, kamisori, blah blah, they don't REALLY matter but they're friggin' cool. They disappear after first lapping unfortunately.

The Nashiji I think I see are the spots that look like 'pear skin'.
End of the day, it'll work!
 
raccoonandbrush

raccoonandbrush

Brooksie967 said:
Highest quality, kamisori, blah blah, they don't REALLY matter but they're friggin' cool. They disappear after first lapping unfortunately.

The Nashiji I think I see are the spots that look like 'pear skin'.
End of the day, it'll work!
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The only parts I needed to lap were the edges. The main part of the stone thankfully came smooth so I didn't have to lap off the stamps.
 
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Danielbz

That's a cool stone, and the stamps are sick. The thought of learning how to use it is a bit intimidating though! So, I'm glad you offered haha. Thank you for honing my blades for me, and I sent you a PM.
 
Brooksie967

Brooksie967

Danielbz said:
That's a cool stone, and the stamps are sick. The thought of learning how to use it is a bit intimidating though! So, I'm glad you offered haha. Thank you for honing my blades for me, and I sent you a PM.
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You shouldn't be intimidated by it learning jnats. You raise a slurry and get honing. WHen slurry breaks down you're done.
The cool thing is when you get a nice hard base stone and can use multiple nagura (rubbing stones) starting out at a low grit and moving up to finishing all on the same stone! If you have the right nagura all you need is a stone to do repairs/set the bevel on and your Jnat (and nagura progression).

There are SOOO many videos that show the breakdown of slurry that it really makes it super easy.
 
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Oscroft

Brooksie967 said:
You shouldn't be intimidated by it learning jnats. You raise a slurry and get honing. WHen slurry breaks down you're done.
The cool thing is when you get a nice hard base stone and can use multiple nagura (rubbing stones) starting out at a low grit and moving up to finishing all on the same stone! If you have the right nagura all you need is a stone to do repairs/set the bevel on and your Jnat (and nagura progression).

There are SOOO many videos that show the breakdown of slurry that it really makes it super easy.
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You really shouldn't say encouraging stuff like that with me watching, you know :001_cool:
 
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Danielbz

Hey guys,

I just wanted to post/update because raccoonandbrush honed the blades for me and did a phenomenal job. I had one of the (if not THE) closed shaves of my life with the Griffon. Here's a link to him finishing off the Griffon on his super awesome Nakayama Maruichi Kamisori: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKL3G_K_0TU
 
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Danielbz

Yes you did ;p. It is the pride and joy of my collection (which has grown a little bit since I first posted). I now also have a geneva cutlery which shaves very well and I dubl duck I'm quite excited to try!
 
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