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Ramblings of a MilkCrate
- Thread starter MilkCrate
- Start date
I will try to remember to get some on my way to work one night this week.
No, no, no. You need Whataburger made in Texas. I'll have to kidnap you with consent someday.
@bentheduck I think I owed you some notes on lapping films.
Equipment:
Lapping film (not paper) at least these grits - 9u, 5u, 3u & 1u
Marble tile, granite or heavy glass. I use a 4x12” marble tile from HD. (2 pack $7)
Squeegee. I use an old, plastic gift card.
Spray bottle of water.
Clean hand towel.
All of my work is edge leading for honing. I only use spine leading strokes for stropping on balsa or leather.
My progression:
600 grit WD sandpaper (if needed for chip removal on edge). Can also use 30u lapping film.
1000 grit WD sandpaper (bevel set)
Bevel set using the burr method. Can also use 12u lapping film.
Lapping film- 9u, 5u, 3u & 1u (40-60 laps on each film)
Use a loupe or pocket microscope to watch your edge through the entire progression. Edge should run full length of blade. Each film removes scratches of previous film. When finished on 1u, the edge should be mirror smooth.
Finish on pasted balsa.
Pasted balsa- .3u and then .1u (Chromium/Iron Oxide) 40-60 laps each balsa. Wipe blade when changing media. Do not cross contaminate the compounds.
Maintenance:
50 laps .1u balsa after shaving. 12 laps on leather. Then 50 on leather before shaving again.
I’ll find you the videos I used also.
Equipment:
Lapping film (not paper) at least these grits - 9u, 5u, 3u & 1u
Marble tile, granite or heavy glass. I use a 4x12” marble tile from HD. (2 pack $7)
Squeegee. I use an old, plastic gift card.
Spray bottle of water.
Clean hand towel.
All of my work is edge leading for honing. I only use spine leading strokes for stropping on balsa or leather.
My progression:
600 grit WD sandpaper (if needed for chip removal on edge). Can also use 30u lapping film.
1000 grit WD sandpaper (bevel set)
Bevel set using the burr method. Can also use 12u lapping film.
Lapping film- 9u, 5u, 3u & 1u (40-60 laps on each film)
Use a loupe or pocket microscope to watch your edge through the entire progression. Edge should run full length of blade. Each film removes scratches of previous film. When finished on 1u, the edge should be mirror smooth.
Finish on pasted balsa.
Pasted balsa- .3u and then .1u (Chromium/Iron Oxide) 40-60 laps each balsa. Wipe blade when changing media. Do not cross contaminate the compounds.
Maintenance:
50 laps .1u balsa after shaving. 12 laps on leather. Then 50 on leather before shaving again.
I’ll find you the videos I used also.
Lots of awesome information here! Thank you!
Do you take me for a basic nerd? Of course I have a pocket microscope for when I need to microscope things!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
For not being a "pro" you're doing a killer job, Tim. Both of the straights you've cleaned up so far are real beauties.
Does have a bit of a frown, hope I can work that out.
Those can be a pain for sure. Good luck. it doesn't look horrible so hopefully it'll hone out ok.
Shave Count (DE: 289 SR: 230)
Pre Shave-
Splash and go
Shave-
J Allen SR
Vulfix badger
Mudder Focker soap
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Mudder Focker AS
The process-
Had a really great shave yesterday and I haven't used the Mudder Focker in awhile. So I thought I would keep using it the rest of the week. Dropped the load time down to 20 seconds and still had plenty of lather to work with. Three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Tried that slightly different ATG stroke again today and it works well. I may have to adopt that into my shave permanently. Another outstanding, buttery smooth shave and ... wait for it ... I am BBS FTW! Wrapped up the shave with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Yup, that's the ticket right there. I am ready to start the day.
Home front-
So ... last weekend I got into chiggers. I don't react well to those bits and I'm still treating them. This past weekend I got into fire ants. My gosh whoever imported these pests should be smacked about the head and neck. With Independence day coming up I have a three day week, which is awesome! But will be crazy busy with the same workload compressed into three days. Of the four straight razors I picked up in that bay lot, I am keeping three: the PermEdge, W&B and the Wosty. The last razor is a Torrey, but it's in a really bad way. I will probably trash it, I don't even think it is worth a restoration PIF. I think that's all I have at the moment. Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Splash and go
Shave-
J Allen SR
Vulfix badger
Mudder Focker soap
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Mudder Focker AS
The process-
Had a really great shave yesterday and I haven't used the Mudder Focker in awhile. So I thought I would keep using it the rest of the week. Dropped the load time down to 20 seconds and still had plenty of lather to work with. Three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Tried that slightly different ATG stroke again today and it works well. I may have to adopt that into my shave permanently. Another outstanding, buttery smooth shave and ... wait for it ... I am BBS FTW! Wrapped up the shave with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Yup, that's the ticket right there. I am ready to start the day.
Home front-
So ... last weekend I got into chiggers. I don't react well to those bits and I'm still treating them. This past weekend I got into fire ants. My gosh whoever imported these pests should be smacked about the head and neck. With Independence day coming up I have a three day week, which is awesome! But will be crazy busy with the same workload compressed into three days. Of the four straight razors I picked up in that bay lot, I am keeping three: the PermEdge, W&B and the Wosty. The last razor is a Torrey, but it's in a really bad way. I will probably trash it, I don't even think it is worth a restoration PIF. I think that's all I have at the moment. Life is good!
I hope I never have or have to deal with chiggers.
Hope the next three days are as stress-free as possible.
Hope the next three days are as stress-free as possible.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
I've lived in TN and KY for 30+ years now and last fall camping and hiking was 1st time I got chiggers and I gottem bad. Pain in the.............. everywhere..........
Shave Count (DE: 289 SR: 231)
Pre Shave-
Splash and go
Shave-
J Allen SR
Vulfix badger
Avon Clint soap
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Avon Clint AS
The process-
The RR Mudder Focker is nice and all, but today I needed something a little more direct. Something that says I could grab you by the throat and squeeze hard ... really hard. Not really JK. But I wanted something maybe darker? I have just the thing, the Avon Clint. Man I really dig this scent. I think the soap I have may be a hand soap, but I broke it out anyway. I produced a good looking lather with a 30 second load time. It is slick enough to shave with, but a modern butter laden soap it is not. Using the badger brush, I actually had enough for 3 passes and a post shave lather. It did try to fade on me while shaving. Not dry up, just fade away some. So maybe more product tomorrow. And the soap scent ... come on man it's Clint.
50 laps on leather and then go time. Three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Had to speed up a bit due to the fading, and ... you know ... stuff, but it was manageable. Not a super awesome BBS today, I missed some on the jaw line and a bit on the Adam's apple today. But a solid DFS for sure. I'll take it. So there ya have it, this soap can be used for shaving. It's not super snot slick for anything. It's just a soap ... a great smelling soap. Wrapped up the shave with a healthy splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Man oh man ... let's hit it.
Home front-
The only change is I'm busier. Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Splash and go
Shave-
J Allen SR
Vulfix badger
Avon Clint soap
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Warm water splash
Avon Clint AS
The process-
The RR Mudder Focker is nice and all, but today I needed something a little more direct. Something that says I could grab you by the throat and squeeze hard ... really hard. Not really JK. But I wanted something maybe darker? I have just the thing, the Avon Clint. Man I really dig this scent. I think the soap I have may be a hand soap, but I broke it out anyway. I produced a good looking lather with a 30 second load time. It is slick enough to shave with, but a modern butter laden soap it is not. Using the badger brush, I actually had enough for 3 passes and a post shave lather. It did try to fade on me while shaving. Not dry up, just fade away some. So maybe more product tomorrow. And the soap scent ... come on man it's Clint.
50 laps on leather and then go time. Three pass shave of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Had to speed up a bit due to the fading, and ... you know ... stuff, but it was manageable. Not a super awesome BBS today, I missed some on the jaw line and a bit on the Adam's apple today. But a solid DFS for sure. I'll take it. So there ya have it, this soap can be used for shaving. It's not super snot slick for anything. It's just a soap ... a great smelling soap. Wrapped up the shave with a healthy splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Man oh man ... let's hit it.
Home front-
The only change is I'm busier. Life is good!