Dorko 7/8 # 401 NOS Caties Le Piment de le vie Floid Blue Brushcraft handle with a 24 mm Franks Shaving knot ( silv tip)
How come it never looked that good in MY pictures? She went to a good home. So glad to see her in the SSotD!
TIPTLE. I don't have nearly as many straights these days to rotate through the SSotD! But soon...hopefully soon ( ) this will be posted here in it's finished form:
7 January 2016 Day 7 - 90 Day Intro to SR Ralf Aust 5/8 L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic Route 66 Lumberjack Alum TSD ISZ AS under Pinaud Clubman Have a great Thursday evening!
Hand forged Rasurpur Western grind Kamisori Rasurpur Western grind Kamisori PRC strop Queen Charlotte Soaps Green Irish Tweed Type Whitehead scuttle Shavemac silver tip Razorock Tight Buns AS Speick ASB Creed Green Irish Tweed
And let me say again, I came away quite impressed with the edge on that Diamond 8k! I'm tempted to use it again but my succumb to the overwhelming urge to give the FON a test drive tonight instead!
They're both golden Kevin. Like all good J-Wests, they take a sharp, smooth shaving edge almost effortlessly. As I've said before, those two I almost couldn't part with, but had I decided to keep them, it would have been my Iwasaki carbon and/or my Tanifuji Cape 77. It was a darn close decision. Historical significance won by a nose. Lindy, the point was called a Spanish by TI, but I think this was only because it kind of defied characterization, and they had to call it something. Since it was ground in 1884, whatever Pierre Theirs was thinking is lost to history. It definitely doesn't look like your typical Spanish point...
Week One Straight Razor Box Score Major Cuts- 0 Minor Nicks - 5 Minor Cuts - 2 Scrapes - 2 Shaves attempted - 7 Shaves completed - 2 (5 FB saves) Attitude - Encouraged
That thing is as close to perfect condition as any new straight I've ever seen...hard to believe it's probably 40 years old.
