After looking at Jamie's pictures of his Michael Waterhouse razor, I have admired Michaels work, and have wanted to add one of his razors to my...
I would appreciate some guidance please from those more knowledgeable than me... I recently bought some pastes to utilise a disused paddle strop...
I Have just bought myself a thater silvertip from ebay, looking forward to getting it lathered up when it arrives. Does anybody else have one???...
After using wet and dry paper on a glass plate to lap my stones for some time now, I finally bit the bullet and bought myself a DMT D8C whetstone...
My fantastic, beautiful wife got me two presents for my birthday on Saturday. ... The first was a Thiers Issard 5/8 "Sparticus straight razor, the...
[ATTACH] I bought a piece of 10 mm glass from a local glazier recently, 360mm x 220mm , put some self adhesive rubber feet on the underside of...
I want to get some good quality chromium oxide paste as I think the last lot I got was of inferior quality, have had a look at a few websites in...
I had a lovely surprise on returning to work on monday after two weeks annual leave, one of my work colleagues had been to an antiques market and...
my 0.5 micron diamond paste arrived in the post today, so I applied it sparingly to the homemade leather paddle strop that I made. Following...
My Wife bought a cut throat shave and mini facial experience for my birthday in April which I used today at The Gentry Grooming Company, I was a...
I was thinking about making a balsa paddle strop loaded with cromium oxide paste on one side and diamond paste on the other, does anybody have any...
This only applies to UK members, Sainsbury the well known supermarket , have started stocking truefitt and hill no 10 shaving products, for a...
It was was my Birthday on the 19th, and while opening my card from my wife , I noticed that I had a "gift Experience" from the Gentry grooming...
I already have a Norton 4/8 k combination stone, but thought it was about time I got a 1 k stone for bevel setting and removing chips and the...
After a lot of trial and error (well mostly error), and quite a bit of time between the hone and the strop, I have managed to get all three of my...
Although I am New to the world of straight razors, I am slowly getting to grips with my technique, stropping etc, but have problems with the razor...
I have just ordered myself a Norton 4000/8000 combination waterstone, I was tempted to get a yellow Belgian coticule stone, I read several reviews...
Had my first shave with my newly honed Hamburg Ring this morning, courtesy of Jamie Mahoney, who did a very nice job , even tightened the pivot...
I have just watched the new bond film "skyfall", there is a scene where bond is seen lathering up with a very nice looking brush, and moneypenny...
I have finally decided to take the plunge and get myself a straight razor, however, unlike a shavette where you simply change the blade I have...
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