August 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Enjoyable SDM shave. Great stuff.

 

fair enough.Myles jumps in quick without warning..wouldn't want nostalgia to do him harm..

 

Great looking setup and picture, Andrew!

Thanks, Evan!
It's peach!

Thank you, Joe!

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Great shave and story Andrew! Two years ago, I bought my first Rockwell razor (6C) and thought that was the all to end all because it was an upgrade from my Van Der Hagan safety razor. I wasn't thinking shavettes or straights and was satisfied with what I got. Now, I have 16 straights, 8 safeties and 2 shavettes plus 16 soaps and just as many aftershaves plus a strop and lapping films to hone my razors. If someone told me that I would amass this much stuff and I realize my collection is small compared to other TSD members; I would say that they are out of their minds! So, here I am today, smiling because I enjoy this hobby and the comraderie here. I am truly blessed!

 

i am grateful for my wetshaving hobby.it has helped me keep my sanity the last few months.as well as my membership here.as for product/hardware? keeping up and trying different stuff has been a blast..there really isn't a bad product if you research a little bit.painting season is ending soon so i can build some great model kits soon once the bodies have cured..a mini retirement per se..

 

I am not quite sure. I believe a majority of them were made as square points, but the modern mass produced razors are primarily round points. Don't forget back then, most men had their father's teach their sons how to use a straight razor and it was a right of passage. Today, most straight razor shaver's use the internet, but it isn't the same. Using a square point requires more focus than a roundpoint and that's why a roundpoint is recommended for novices. They can just learn technique without worrying about poking themselves on the ear or anywhere else they land the razor. Also, you can make tiger tracks if you poke and continue to stroke the blade. Obviously, that wouldn't be a pretty sight and quite discouraging to a newbie.

 

absolutely..i haven't researched straights in great detail,was curious if the straight gurus knew if there were blade choices available upon purchase .many types were around the last 150 years or so..most of course were used by barbers..

 

With most straights that were made in the 19th and early 20th Century, it usually was the square points and barbers notches (I neglected to mention them earlier).

 

very cool Joe..a new portal for you to research and teach sir....would be cool here..

 

Well, there really isn't much to teach. The straight razor makers didn't have the wherewithal to make round points until the 20th Century.

 

and so your journey begins...would love you to be the straights 101 teacher here..

 

Thank you, Joseph.

Thanks Evan. All aftershaves and soaps are back in play now.

 

Well, I think anyone could research and learn about the history of straights and how they evolved from square point wedges to what we have today. Anyway, what I have shared was based on what I have researched and remembered. Again, I wish that I could have cautioned Myles about the razor before he bought it. The impulsiveness of the young people. Alas, I have been there so I do understand.

 

absolutely..their are responsibilities involved with a double jedi knight status....have fun Joe..this is a teaching thread and you are a teacher..

 

True!

 

Having been inspired to go shopping for a jasper hone that I really don't need by that not so innocent enabler, @jgreenepa, I came away successfully unstoned but with a fresh desire to engage in some honing.

One of my earliest ego boosters was this Chinese ZY that was apparently ground by the blind guy on a Friday afternoon. Visually it didn't seem bad to me, straight spin and all. When I first honed it on synthetics I realized it had a wicked warp along the edge. It is what spawned my interest in convexed stones.

As an early 'oh wow' for me, the edge was keen and awesome, or so I thought. I had moved this piece to the 'hone list' by shave 3. I still have not figured it out for sure, but Jeff's recent reminder of the practice of deliberately honing off the apex was shown in one of the vids by the fella supplying the jasper stones.

I chose to mute the edge and re-establish my edge in my most successful way for the wonky razor. A little time using a slurry from the coticule bout on the black ConvArkie proved to be successful. Final finish on cBN pasted balsa and roo strop.



Turned out to be a nice shave. I'll see if I can continue to resist buying more rocks. Good so far. Good to pick up a true straight again.

 

Thanks!
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