Thank you Terry.

I dont know much about straights Danny but I do know the Gold Dollar shaves as good or better than anyting I've used yet . A little more practice with it and I believe its going to be the gamechanger .

4K, 8K, 12K Norton, 16K Naniwa. I also have a JNAT I throw in to finish occasionally. Sometimes I get them sharp. Sometimes I get them wickedly sharp. Not sure why the difference, and I’m not sure that I necessarily prefer wicked sharp over sharp for the reasons mentioned above.

What strop and how many strokes are you using? Im doing 20 canvas and 40 on leather . No paste. Seems to be working fine on the Wagner after 2 uses.

Sounds about right to me. Adam @Drygulch explained to me that the cloth was just to remove any loose metal dust so it doesn’t end up on the leather part of your strop. I probably only do 10 laps on that and 30 or 40 on the leather. My strop is a very smooth Tony Miller, but I think a strop is a strop (pretty much). Mine is just pretty looking.

i plan on taking them with me....

My canvas is old work pants with a D ring glued in and my leather belt does the rest . Aint fancy but seems to get the job done .

You might be planning on it but I doubt you will.

fair enough.i hope to put some miles on them though..

well gents..just hit 100,000 likes on the counter..thank you all so much....i am honored..

Congrats, Gary! All well deserved!

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thank you Jim..

Busy is not always good but last week busy was good.

Good luck to your daughter in the competition.

Skin stretching is one of the keys to a good SR shave.

The DX is an excellent tool, it is similar to a street but you don’t have to strop it.

Are used to pop my pimples, now I just shave them off.

I’ve tried a lot of different approaches to stroping. Here is what I have settled on, 6 to 10 laps on a Fe3Ox strop, 20 on old linen and 60+ on leather.

I hope you get to put a lot of miles on them!

You are a lovable little fuzz ball! Congrats on the 100K mark!

NOVember 2019

November 16

Razor - Soviet Ideal (Black Beauty Clone) (9)
Blade -
Soap - Blood on Steel 2019 (Stirling)
Brush - 30DC Meet-up LE
Post - Alum

Back to a Russian razor today. The Ideal, which is a clone of the Gillette Super Adjustable, otherwise known as the Black Beauty. Of course it's adjusted to 9 which gives it that extra amount of Russian gap. It's not quite the same level of engineering as the Consul but it works fine. I paired it with the Astra SP blade. This is the blade I use for head shaves with the Merkur 23c. It was also the first blade I ever bought in bulk. It's incredibly smooth and effective.

For soap and brush - the Blood on Steel from the meet-up this past summer and the meet up brush from @jtspartan . These two work perfectly together and the lather was outstanding. Nothing surprising since it's a Stirling product. Two passes, some touch up, then a third pass just because. Perfect finish and that's a wrap!! Enjoy your Sunday!!!

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thanks Danny,me too...

thank you sir..i am most grateful....

cool shave Neal..

That must be sharp.

Very nice Neal!

Awesome Russian shave with a little Arkansas throwed in. Take care Neal!