Wiki Help for Straight Razors

[richmondesi]

Hey guys,

As all of you know, our Wiki is rather light in the straight razor area and needs work in many other areas as well. I am going to start to work on this personally, and I'd like some help.

In this thread, lets discuss needed articles, contributions, pictures, etc.

If you want to contribute some information, but aren't into creating pages, you can PM them to me or any other member with a wiki badge and we'll help get it up.

Thanks.

Obviously Needed Articles:

Honing:
- Types of hones
- Honing technique
- Sharpness tests
- Progressions
Stropping:
- types of strops
- Strop technique
- When to strop
- Purpose of stropping
Razors:
- Types of Strokes
- History of brands
- Database of razors with pictures
- Restoration techniques

I think this will be a long term project, but what we have definitely needs improving.

Thanks for any help guys.

 

[soapbox]

Paul, this thread is a great idea! Some information for a few of your proposed articles could be taken from the stickied threads on straight shaving. I'm only just starting my straight shaving adventure; the wiki straight-shaving articles needs help from folks more experienced than I. Plus, there's such a huge variety in straight razors -- far more than in DE or SE shaving -- that there's ultimately more ground to cover.

I'm happy to help folks with wiki-code questions and other tasks, but the expertise will be ya'll's, not mine.

Again, Paul, thanks.

 

[lamontqsanford]

Possibly a section on restorations such as scale repair, re-pinning, etc.

Edit--Nevermind I see you have a restoration section already.

 

[soapbox]

(hey Tracy! nice to see you)

 

[lamontqsanford]

(hey Tracy! nice to see you)

Good to see you as well. So how is the straight shaving treating you? I switched about 2 months ago and love it. I was lucky it was virtually no learning curve and I get the best shaves with straights!!!

Paul--another idea would maybe be a do's and don't's section. Don't buy a zeepk etc, etc.

 

[richmondesi]

Good to see you as well. So how is the straight shaving treating you? I switched about 2 months ago and love it. I was lucky it was virtually no learning curve and I get the best shaves with straights!!!

Paul--another idea would maybe be a do's and don't's section. Don't buy a zeepk etc, etc.

Yes, I agree!

 

[soapbox]

Good to see you as well. So how is the straight shaving treating you? I switched about 2 months ago and love it. I was lucky it was virtually no learning curve and I get the best shaves with straights!!!

My morning ritual is still DE, but I practice straight shaving on the weekends. I'm not doing very well at present, but I've got a few good razors and am getting used to stropping. My straight shaves, currently, are uneven and loaded with razor burn (because I go over the same spot several times). I'm pretty sure I'm not consistently holding the razor level with respect to my face, and I'm only now getting the hang of skin-stretching. Plus, there's some spots I can't get with my preferred hand, so, well, I'm working on it. I'm not buying a hone yet, or even a Tony Miller strop set, but I'm not discouraged either.

 

[lamontqsanford]

My morning ritual is still DE, but I practice straight shaving on the weekends. I'm not doing very well at present, but I've got a few good razors and am getting used to stropping. My straight shaves, currently, are uneven and loaded with razor burn (because I go over the same spot several times). I'm pretty sure I'm not consistently holding the razor level with respect to my face, and I'm only now getting the hang of skin-stretching. Plus, there's some spots I can't get with my preferred hand, so, well, I'm working on it. I'm not buying a hone yet, or even a Tony Miller strop set, but I'm not discouraged either.

Your well on your way to great shaves!! Once the stropping and streching and mainly the feel of the razor come you will be in shaving bliss!!!!!

 

[jadam318]

Hey fellas. Great idea here. I can't think of anything right off hand, but I'm also at work and not exactly focused on B&B at the moment. If I think of something I'll chime in. Being fairly new to all of this myself, I'll probably have some things I did wrong in the beginning that I'd like to see newbies steered away from.

 

[leighton]

You can copy and paste my threads.

 

[professorchaos]

Count me in! In particular, I'll be able to add a razor or two to the database. Best of all, I'll finally have to pick up a light box.

 

[arghblech]

I can't provide content but I can mark up the provided content. I have a high quality text editor and I'm not afraid to use it!

 

[luvmysuper]

I'm in to help any way I can, which (with my noob level of experience) means grunt work.
If you need something researched or tracked down I'll do my best to help.

 

[CraigJ]

Great idea. What I would like to see is sort of a FAQ with links to short video clips. A recently had to wade through (2) five minute clips to see 7 seconds of a scything stroke. A rolling X on a strop only needs a 10 second video clip not a protracted 10 minute lecture. Granted some things will take longer to show but not everything.

In brief (I like brief) short videos to clarify a point rather than long detailed videos to explain a point.

 

[Tolduonce]

This may be a bit esoteric, but I'd love to see something about mustache shaping. I really like the precision mustache look I see every so often, but every effort has either left me with an uneven 'stache or one that is way too bushy.

 

[soapbox]

I'm in to help any way I can, which (with my noob level of experience) means grunt work.
If you need something researched or tracked down I'll do my best to help.

That's most of what I do, anyway. That, and promote the wiki!

This may be a bit esoteric, but I'd love to see something about mustache shaping. I really like the precision mustache look I see every so often, but every effort has either left me with an uneven 'stache or one that is way too bushy.

I'm curious about the "Clark Gable" thin mustaches myself; I figure I know how to do that, (and the look is not for me) but with a straight? Wow.

 

[Bacchus]

Great idea about making B&B more straight friendly, any way I can help I will, but I doubt I have much to add

A rolling X on a strop

Der... what?


But I do like the idea of short precise video clips for a quick example as long as there are some longer explanatory videos on technique

 

[adamant]

Can we get an intro page like your original post, except replacing each line with a link? Making it like a table of contents.

Example:
Razor


etc.

 

[soapbox]

Can we get an intro page like your original post, except replacing each line with a link? Making it like a table of contents.

Example:
Razor


etc.

Seems like Paul's outline might be a useful addition to the wiki page on straight shaving, with each of these individual pages linked from the main straight razor page.

 

[richmondesi]

I'll get started on organizing the links for this either tomorrow or Friday.

If anyone wants to contribute articles for it, feel free to PM them for me to work on. Also, I'm thinking a lot of synopses on the first page that Jesse linked to full articles on the topics in the OP... thoughts?