A few thoughts on events this week. I started back at work (mornings only) after recouperating from heart bypass surgery at the end of October - absolutely no problems and it's good to be back in some kind of routine.
My Monday morning shave was with a Feather DX straight used for the first time and with the Proguard blade. I was thrilled with the quality of the razor and, although I've used this blade before in a Cobra, this was a first for me in terms of a repacement blade straight. The angles are a bit different, but the lasting impression is how could I possibly get this close in the awkward areas like the chin and top lip with a normal straight?
Early on in the week, Jamie posted a video showing Lynn Abrahams honing - I hadn't seen this before and was struck by the pressure used on the lower level grits - far more than I've been using. So, because I have afternoons free, most of my razors got re-honed this week on a simple 4/8k Norton and 16k Shapton followed by a few laps on a 1" Thuringian (which feels like running your hands over silk nightwear).
Tonight's shave was with one of the freshly honed razors, a 7/8" Filarmonic - it was easily as impressive as the Feather.
As my wife is off at a trade show in Hamburg, I spent most of today working on a new set of scales for a razor I picked up months ago and had almost forgotten. I used black horn and spent far too long polishing it because I had nothing better to do. Then honed it and got the sweetest and tinyist bevel imaginable - I'll post some pictures tomorrow.
So all in all, a good week - apart fro the fact that I'm bursting with pride about today's restore, can't stop faceturbating because of tonight's shave and have absolutely no-one to talk to - not even the wife - which is why I've spent so long compiling this missive.
Cheers, Rob
My Monday morning shave was with a Feather DX straight used for the first time and with the Proguard blade. I was thrilled with the quality of the razor and, although I've used this blade before in a Cobra, this was a first for me in terms of a repacement blade straight. The angles are a bit different, but the lasting impression is how could I possibly get this close in the awkward areas like the chin and top lip with a normal straight?
Early on in the week, Jamie posted a video showing Lynn Abrahams honing - I hadn't seen this before and was struck by the pressure used on the lower level grits - far more than I've been using. So, because I have afternoons free, most of my razors got re-honed this week on a simple 4/8k Norton and 16k Shapton followed by a few laps on a 1" Thuringian (which feels like running your hands over silk nightwear).
Tonight's shave was with one of the freshly honed razors, a 7/8" Filarmonic - it was easily as impressive as the Feather.
As my wife is off at a trade show in Hamburg, I spent most of today working on a new set of scales for a razor I picked up months ago and had almost forgotten. I used black horn and spent far too long polishing it because I had nothing better to do. Then honed it and got the sweetest and tinyist bevel imaginable - I'll post some pictures tomorrow.
So all in all, a good week - apart fro the fact that I'm bursting with pride about today's restore, can't stop faceturbating because of tonight's shave and have absolutely no-one to talk to - not even the wife - which is why I've spent so long compiling this missive.
Cheers, Rob
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