Here is what you need to start with a str8. A shave ready, professionally honed razor. A strop with a linen side (forget pastes they are not...
See Comments in red. Get a small sampler. The big ones can get confusing. Remember too that when you change a razor you change geometries, so...
PTFE. I think. I am sure that they were coated. Remember that Pellas are for specimen slicing, not for shaving. We use them for that purpose...
From the many years that I have been hear and gone and comeback. I cannot believe that this war is still raging. Everyone knows that Skin Bracer...
Just my opinion having used both. I find that both Pellas and Feathers are too sharp for my face and eat it like a cheese grater. I hear...
Paddle strops can get kinda weird. I agree that a multisided paddle can have its uses. That is another thread. A double sided strop does not...
SEs 1900 - 1912 Gem or ER. Thats it. They changed the geometry later on by bits that changes the shave. Not sure if that is perception or fact,...
Forgot to say by blot I mean screw the brush into the towel. It is the only way to get at the deeper portions of the brush. This also helps to...
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