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Surprisingly good, that Sport Style splash. More Spanish Cologne than Turkish Toilet Freshener.
Sunday 2 April
I couldn’t put off using the Durham Duplex that I found a few weeks ago for the first time any longer. I have a thing about trying quirky vintage razors, a shared interest with @Dave in KY I guess. I couldn’t see any point using a Durham original blade. Looks good for carpet trimming but shaving …….So I modded a couple of Feather SE blades and after a lot, and I mean a lot, of fiddling got a set up that looked ok.
Thank you Iain - High praise indeedFantastic image P.- I.
Sunday 2nd April
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
BeeClean Peppermint Shaving Pud & Haryali Rosewood w/Pure Bristle 22mm
Gillette Ranger Tech & Wilkinson Sword (Brazil) Super Stainless
Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Based on rapeseed oil, an ingredient not often used for shaving soaps, as well as honey (proper Yorkshire honey), borage oil and sheep milk; BeeClean's Peppermint Shaving Soap also has a very gentle waft of lavender in there.
Wait. What?
https://www.beecleansoaps.co.uk/products/peppermint-shaving-soap < Ha! Out of stock.
With an ingredient set that reads:
Sodium Stearate, Sodium Lardate, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Castorate, Aqua, Sodium Rapeseedate, Mel, Sheep Milk, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Sodium Chloride
... and I know. I know. Where's the potassium, man? Where's the bleedin' potassium? You can't make an effective shaving soap on sodium alone, that'll be just like all those homemade soaps on Etsy, none of which actually perform. Well, this one does! Very well, in fact.
Of course it does - it's from Yorkshire, silly!
Goregous waft of peppermint and lavender with the gentle cooling and soothing that those herbs bring. Lovely! Bringing the burn with the aftershave, though. Perfect!
I've been a member on here for 9 years, and just learnt that there is a shaving soap from YorkshireSunday 2nd April
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
BeeClean Peppermint Shaving Pud & Haryali Rosewood w/Pure Bristle 22mm
Gillette Ranger Tech & Wilkinson Sword (Brazil) Super Stainless
Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Based on rapeseed oil, an ingredient not often used for shaving soaps, as well as honey (proper Yorkshire honey), borage oil and sheep milk; BeeClean's Peppermint Shaving Soap also has a very gentle waft of lavender in there.
Wait. What?
https://www.beecleansoaps.co.uk/products/peppermint-shaving-soap < Ha! Out of stock.
With an ingredient set that reads:
Sodium Stearate, Sodium Lardate, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Castorate, Aqua, Sodium Rapeseedate, Mel, Sheep Milk, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Oil, Sodium Chloride
... and I know. I know. Where's the potassium, man? Where's the bleedin' potassium? You can't make an effective shaving soap on sodium alone, that'll be just like all those homemade soaps on Etsy, none of which actually perform. Well, this one does! Very well, in fact.
Of course it does - it's from Yorkshire, silly!
Goregous waft of peppermint and lavender with the gentle cooling and soothing that those herbs bring. Lovely! Bringing the burn with the aftershave, though. Perfect!
I've been a member on here for 9 years, and just learnt that there is a shaving soap from YorkshireGame over!
Sorry of course - my bad. I've even been to their factory. Doh.If you didn't know Mitchells Wool Fat is also from Yorkshire.
ALL HAIL THE FAT.
Sodium Lardate? Is it made from lard? A fascinating ingredients list!
If you didn't know Mitchells Wool Fat is also from Yorkshire.
ALL HAIL THE FAT.
Sorry of course - my bad. I've even been to their factory. Doh.
Got carried away with the thought of peppermint soap. My favourite scent.
No, I dont know Signature soaps. Off to check them out. Thank you for the heads up!Have you used anything from Signature Soaps? They have a few things with Peppermint. Eboracum is Cedarwood and Peppermint and it is glorious.
Yes, the AC hack does work fine and if I did it again I would try for a slightly more aggressive setting. I really admire what you have achieved with the Durham razor and Duplex blades but I’m not sure that I’ve got the patience however to prep a Duplex blade. I can’t see how to use the back edge of the razor comfortably given the fixed geometry. Maybe that was never the intention though.That AC hack works really very well, doesn't it?
I'm going to have to ask you to put the idea of using those original Durham Duplex blades at the back of your mind and come back to them. I have all manner of ages going back to what I guess must be the 1910s through to the 1950s. I also have a pack of Personna Pathology blades, which have a hone suitable for shaving also.
The vintage Durham Duplex blades are actually a dream to use. You do need some kit, though ...
Once you have a stropper attachment, you're good to go ... and do a bit of DIY. I used some neoprene (yeah, upside down mousepad) glued to a piece of wood and sprayed with diamond 0.25u. Strop the blade with an ever so gentle draw, by which I mean just raise it a tad off the pure strop angle. You're trying to refresh that second bevel.
Strop on leather and have a shave.
Those stropper attachments came with the Derby kits, off the top of my head ... it's been maybe a decade since I was into these razors. The Domino leather rolls also got a stropper piece to fit to the head of the actual razor, but that was less than satisfactory for the purposes of re-honing and stropping. The proper stropper handle is what you want.
If you were brave, yes, you could take a Kamisori-type shave with that. To be frank, it's actually not as nervy as an Artist Club razor for shaving!
Yes, the AC hack does work fine and if I did it again I would try for a slightly more aggressive setting. I really admire what you have achieved with the Durham razor and Duplex blades but I’m not sure that I’ve got the patience however to prep a Duplex blade. I can’t see how to use the back edge of the razor comfortably given the fixed geometry. Maybe that was never the intention though.
Thanks for the heads up on this, really appreciated. Alan
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