Straight & Safety Razors - Shave of the Day
 

Got your smooth on?

Noxema Skin Cream
Arko soap
Semogue/Excelsior #1305 boar brush
Wostenholm Celebrated XL quarter hollow ground 13/16
Witch hazel/aloe/lemon post shave
L'Occitane aftershave

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxjebzh89k...94127.jpg?dl=1

Razor just off a 6-lap synthetic coticule barber hone refresh x 25 pasted linen x 50 horsehide. Shaving smooth as glass. :D

Wet shaving?

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Love it. I am a straight razor guy myself. Just startedas fall, so I bought one with replaceable razors. Want to make sure I liked it be for Going pro and getting a permanent blade that needs maintained. Cost spent on shaving is now a few pennies a mounth.

I plan on getting amother one once all my sharks are gone. So 100 pack multiplied by 1.5 months per blade....

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Make a good pair of strops from a seatbelt.
Barbers hone on ebay probably under $25 or abrasive strop treatment crayon $4.00..
One of my best shaving razors came from a flea market for $7.00*.

These's probaby even a qualified guy or two here who would help a BOTL out by honing a razor gratis.

*OK - so it was nasty, dirty, rusty, needed some sanding, polishing and a new edge but that was + nothing.

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Alright, so I blame you for pushing me down another slope! I did some ebay watching and ended up with 2 vintage straight razors. From what I have read they where made between 1920 to 1940.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...pskxzd2m3d.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps5yhl5mi8.jpg

Picked them up for $10.50 each.

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I don't have the nerve nor precision to attempt a straight razor shave. Nuts!!