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Nurse Dave's Journal
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Nice photo!!! I am gonna start rescaling my SS soon.
NurseDave said:
who said I knew what I was doing? I’m kinda winging it
Good shave and picture Dave!
Does your strop have snap, or loop or hook or what on it?
The poor mans strop will loop over a door knob.
My Tony Miller has a snap/clasp on it. I just got a small dog choke chain and wrapped it around the the door knob and snapped the clasp into the rings on it. Works great for me.
Does your strop have snap, or loop or hook or what on it?
The poor mans strop will loop over a door knob.
My Tony Miller has a snap/clasp on it. I just got a small dog choke chain and wrapped it around the the door knob and snapped the clasp into the rings on it. Works great for me.
nice Stuff Dave
Great shaves Dave.
I understand about sending out your SS. I have been considering sending my Waterville out to someone to get them to fix the hinge pin. I have every bit of confidence that I can do it, but I don't want to risk messing up on a set of scales over 100 years old.
I understand about sending out your SS. I have been considering sending my Waterville out to someone to get them to fix the hinge pin. I have every bit of confidence that I can do it, but I don't want to risk messing up on a set of scales over 100 years old.
Quijote said:
the SS I am going to rescale is new and I won’t be destroying the original handle just for that reason. I might likely screw up. But it is gonna be fun to try
Sounds like a good shave, Dave.
I still only have the small paddle strop I got from Whipped Dog and my wife makes me store it out of sight. It's actually in the bottom drawer of my chest of drawers.
I pull it out at night to strop up the razor before I go to bed and put it away before she comes up to get ready for bed. In the morning I shave and strop before she even gets up. So she never sees it, and that makes her happy. LOL.
I still only have the small paddle strop I got from Whipped Dog and my wife makes me store it out of sight. It's actually in the bottom drawer of my chest of drawers.
I pull it out at night to strop up the razor before I go to bed and put it away before she comes up to get ready for bed. In the morning I shave and strop before she even gets up. So she never sees it, and that makes her happy. LOL.
2018 shave #101 (DE:15 SE:38 Str:50 Cart:2)
Feather SS w/ Feather Proguard (5)
CBL Damascus
Plisson L'Occitane synthetic in Shave Revolution 24mm handle
Witch Hazel & Alum
Lather Bros Flora Colossus balm
Calvin Klein Euphoria
Straight shave #50. This is when I'm supposed to have gotten the hang of this right?
Went for CBL's masterpiece of soap to give it a try with home water. Yep, like everyone is reporting this has a great, easy to obtain lather that has great cushion and slickness. It's not a slippery slickness, it's creamy. Or I didn't use enough water to thin it to straight shaving levels. It was another out of whack feeling morning, but I sent for the SS anyway. I took my time and made sure I was skin stretching and making overlapping strokes. I tell ya, I swear with as good as I think I do the 1st pass, I have no idea how much hair can still remain, especially on my neck. I mean, I hear the stuff being cut! Well, a few passes later and I'm finishing my last pass on my neck and still end with those trouble spots left. Well, things have been feeling pretty well, no stinging with rinsing, so I go for it with the SS. Somehow I luck into my weird, twisted arm sideways neck stroke and BAM!! We have a BBS folks. And bonus, no alum sting!
I have to say I credit much of the ability to get BBS with the straight to CBL's soap. Without the ability to go over areas several times it wouldn't have happened, and certainly not without the alum sting.
This balm is another from my samples. It's a very thick balm, but does spread well. There was a faint floral scent that didn't last long. And from the tingling I'm sure it had menthol in it as well. I looked it up, but it's not on their website now. I'm not sure if it's seasonal or unobtainium.
Feather SS w/ Feather Proguard (5)
CBL Damascus
Plisson L'Occitane synthetic in Shave Revolution 24mm handle
Witch Hazel & Alum
Lather Bros Flora Colossus balm
Calvin Klein Euphoria
Straight shave #50. This is when I'm supposed to have gotten the hang of this right?
Went for CBL's masterpiece of soap to give it a try with home water. Yep, like everyone is reporting this has a great, easy to obtain lather that has great cushion and slickness. It's not a slippery slickness, it's creamy. Or I didn't use enough water to thin it to straight shaving levels. It was another out of whack feeling morning, but I sent for the SS anyway. I took my time and made sure I was skin stretching and making overlapping strokes. I tell ya, I swear with as good as I think I do the 1st pass, I have no idea how much hair can still remain, especially on my neck. I mean, I hear the stuff being cut! Well, a few passes later and I'm finishing my last pass on my neck and still end with those trouble spots left. Well, things have been feeling pretty well, no stinging with rinsing, so I go for it with the SS. Somehow I luck into my weird, twisted arm sideways neck stroke and BAM!! We have a BBS folks. And bonus, no alum sting!
I have to say I credit much of the ability to get BBS with the straight to CBL's soap. Without the ability to go over areas several times it wouldn't have happened, and certainly not without the alum sting.
This balm is another from my samples. It's a very thick balm, but does spread well. There was a faint floral scent that didn't last long. And from the tingling I'm sure it had menthol in it as well. I looked it up, but it's not on their website now. I'm not sure if it's seasonal or unobtainium.
Cvargo said:
Dagwoodz said:
Thanks guys. Not that I'd ever make a shaving video, but it would be hilarious. "Now, for pass three, you're going to need to put your arm across your face, then twist the wrist down, like this here. Can you see that? If you can see that, you're not doing it right. Now, by feel you're going to place your blade right near your carotid artery...."