Been a while since I’ve done one of these. Still have to unpack @gssixgun ‘s sharpened DOVO (been busy). In the meantime... [IMG]
Honestly I just use boar bristle brushes. I fell in love with the omega 10048, and have enough to solely use it if I wanted to with 4 day drying...
Nice. Anytime. Thanks for helping me get it shave ready and doing a really thorough analysis of how it started off. Much appreciated!
Where do you recommend getting crox then?
Wait what? Rubbing alcohol destroys the scales? Not much shavette experience. Honestly using the shavette is much like using a safety in what...
So just use the Dovo out of the box?
So, I'm prepping to get started with a straight razor -- I've used Shavettes, and I found them to give me good shaves if I go slow and take my...
What about soaking in rubbing alcohol for five minutes?
I'm ready. I've got 4000/8000 grit stones, and a 12000 grit sharpton ready to go. The sharpon is new, the 4000/8000 norton I use for the kitchen...
I think, like other straights, my understanding is to sharpen with BOTH the spine and edge on the stone / strop at the same time? You want both...
Friend moved out of town, and gifted me a bunch of his shave supplies. Looks like some good stuff in here. So I know what some of these are, but...
Water used: Hard (maybe very hard?) Soap: Molton Brown Brush: Semogue Boar Razor: Merkur 38c Blade: Kai (shave 1) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
[ATTACH] Razor is Viking’s Blade “The Godfather” — which is not my favorite, but it seemed appropriate. ...and I’m also Sicilian, if that...
Terror there were plenty in stock. Not sure about the other ones you’re talking about. I know they dropped soap commander.
Soap in the tub is just unscented preshave glycerin soap from stirling. Also the balm is aged spice scented — mama bear doesn’t put a separate...
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Got another smell of Two Kings by Noble Otter. To me it has really deep amber like smell -- I recently managed to get some Tom Ford Amber...
Interesting. To me it has a very sweet scent. I assumed it was the flower, and not the leaf, by the scent. Still, to me, it smells like pez...
I'm also really interested in how the bang performs. The scent reminds me of pez or bazooka joe gum from when I was a kid. Something like that.
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