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I quite agree :)

Interesting........ I put a strong magnet up against my Muhle R89 recently, it is mildly magnetic, much like some of the low grade stainless steels are but definitely chrome plated and heavy. I have not come across any metals named or nick-named 'zamak' before? I made a 316 stainless steel...

I so far have Personna blades in a ten pack, bought with my Muhle R89. Since then I have some Derby blades, sent as a freebie plus 5 Astra blades. I definitely like the Personna and Astra's, about to try the Derby's on my next shave :)

When I was 16 it was 1979... A year or two later there was that whole Mod revival thing, the film Quadrophenia and Madness, the Jam and other bands. I was into rock music, ELO, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and the like. I had a mate called Keith Harrison, he had a scooter and was into the Mod...

I sometimes watch Formula 1 stock cars at Owlerton Stadium ;)

Field archery, NFAS style shooting at 3D and 2D and paper/hessian animal target faces, unmarked distances with either an American Flatbow (longbow in USA) or three piece metal or wooden handled take-down bows.... I have shot compound and crossbow in the past also, as well as GNAS target archery :)

I love the avatar :)

:oops: Ooh it is a little large :confused:

I can see it is without the guard bar, I will plan to keep it that way ;)

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I did mention lathering with either mineral or RO (reverse osmosis) water to Dr Shave at Executive Shaving in an e-mail reply to my review but he advised "no, thats an expensive option" and advised I persevere with more time spent bowl lathering and a drop more water. I have now since done this...

I'm after a razor that is useable, belonged to a relative, is a keeper and I am glad you are able to help me with it, Billy :)

Its strange but the preparation for a shave is a big part of it.... As mentioned in my first post, I have been using cartridge razors. For the last couple of years, a Sainsbury's own branded one with their own heads. I took a Cornerstone subscription out recently. They sent me their razor + four...

It was odd, I was looking through the cupboard as I have an old shoe box with some tools in it, until very recently I had no real idea what it was! I had seen Rolls razors mentioned on this forum when browsing and Googled them, the search brought me back to this site and fergiebilly, I suspected...

I tried a drop of bottled water, just as an experiment. It was bottled water and so called mineral water at that. I can test water for ammonia, nitrates and nitrites etc, also the PH from my fish keeping kit but it does not test water hardness. The cream did seem to lather easier though :)

Well, the blade has been sent to the Republic of Scotland and I've done a bit of "TLC" on the hone and stropping leather.....I have had a go at sanding the hone, firstly with P180 and then P320 wet 'n dry, it is resilient, a bit like sanding silicon carbide or aluminium oxide. Is olive oil...