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The white handled razor up close ..it is a Solengen from the 1930's

straight-razor question; while i got the hang of shaving with a straight-razor, i still can't shave my chin. any solutions?

I find no small issue with taking sharp antiques to my face.

At 4/3/09 05:49 PM, Proteas wrote: I'm not going to give details on who I gave hell to or what was said, but let's just say that I look forward to just being one of the gang again.

Fair enough. At least you're sticking around, since you've always seemed like a nice enough guy in here.

My my more, those are some razors, though I know next to nothing about them. It's all good. I think if I had that Swastika-Werk one though, I'd be too busy showing people it every time, and not spending enough time, you know, doing whatever with it.

My inexperience with sharp-objects is well-founded. I only just recently bought my first pair of scissors, since finding left-handed ones has been a bit of a job. Otherwise, things come out all squiggly and nasty when I cut them.

I wish I had some cool collectibles to show off. I have... well, I have some Final Fantasy character display figures... and my DVDs. Nothing like razors or flashlights, such as in the case of Mr. Wade Fulp however.

I have to say i have been shaved with the black one in the bottom of the frame, I have never shaved myself with one... It is illegal because of Aids to be shaved in a shop by a straight razor...except for the one in the top of the razors...it is one of the 'new' razors & if you look close you can see the blade slides out of the spine & is discarded after each use.
Who ever it was that decided that 'barbesal' wasn't good enough to kill germs was IMO a real moron.

Here's a shot of the black Razor being sharpened befor my shave.
I had to get him to stop because his hand was a blurr in my photo attempts...& that is lather from his hot lather machine on the stone.

At 4/3/09 06:08 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Ever seen one of these?

*tilts head*

I can't say that I have. The most exotic thing I own shaving wise is a safety-straight razor; it looks like a typical straight razor, but it's got the head of one of those old gillete "fatboy" razors where the blade is supposed to go, and you can replace the blade on it.... with those oblong looking carpet cutting blades that have the hole in the center.

They will be mine someday.

Lucky. ;-D

Check out the old Japanese water stone on the right edge of frame...its a natural stone & you can see the two different colors for the different textures if you look close. They are not uniform when you look at the whole stone ( I think its pretty cool.)

Natural as in "solid chunk of rock?" Hm... I've seen such things, but they are rare. Are they in good shape?

"Swastika-Werk?"

*arches eyebrows*

At 4/3/09 06:20 PM, SolInvictus wrote: straight-razor question; while i got the hang of shaving with a straight-razor, i still can't shave my chin. any solutions?

You have to remember that when you shave normally, your blade is fixed in the cartridge. What does it do as you go over your chin? It changes angles as you go. So start with the same angle you normally would feel comfortable shaving with, and keep that angle the same as you go over the curve of your chin. It's just one of those things that takes practice.

At 4/3/09 06:27 PM, Scarab wrote: Fair enough. At least you're sticking around, since you've always seemed like a nice enough guy in here.

I've REALLY mellowed out since I got on meds for my o.c.d. about two years ago. Before that is a wonder how any of you could even stand me.

you know, doing whatever with it.

The nice thing about a straight razor is that they're not only useful for shaving, I'll grab mine and cut cloth with it or for whenever I need a good sharp knife. Why? Because it's the sharpest knife in the house. ;-D

Otherwise, things come out all squiggly and nasty when I cut them.

My sympathies, friend. My brother is left handed and has had such problems for years.

such as in the case of Mr. Wade Fulp however.

I've never really understood the fascination with flashlights. Yeah, they're cool to have around when you need them, but beyond that... big deal. And his knife collection just confuses me. He just has them, I have knives I've collected, but most of them are knives I've actually used or carried at one point or another.

At 4/3/09 06:35 PM, morefngdbs wrote: it is one of the 'new' razors & if you look close you can see the blade slides out of the spine & is discarded after each use.

Not going to look down on the quality of shaves you get from those things, but... meh.

I had to get him to stop because his hand was a blurr in my photo attempts...& that is lather from his hot lather machine on the stone.

*arched eyebrow*

I DESPERATELY need a hot lather machine to shave with, my mug soap and brush just ain't cuttin' it. I've got sensitive skin, and if I don't have that water just right in the mug it feels like someone is scraping a piece of glass across my face when I shave.

At 4/3/09 06:48 PM, Proteas wrote:

I DESPERATELY need a hot lather machine to shave with, my mug soap and brush just ain't cuttin' it. I've got sensitive skin, and if I don't have that water just right in the mug it feels like someone is scraping a piece of glass across my face when I shave.

Those things are so cool but I feel that with the propotionally small amount of my face I shave it would be needless extravigence.

I wanna start learning how to shave with a straight razor. I tried at first just using a single bladed razor, but that ended up being too annoying.

Does anyone have a link that would prove helpful? Or is it one of those things you have to find someone to show you?

At 4/3/09 06:48 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 4/3/09 06:08 PM, morefngdbs wrote: Ever seen one of these?

*tilts head*

I can't say that I have. The most exotic thing I own shaving wise is a safety-straight razor; it looks like a typical straight razor, but it's got the head of one of those old gillete "fatboy" razors where the blade is supposed to go, and you can replace the blade on it.... with those oblong looking carpet cutting blades that have the hole in the center.

;;;;Actually it is a sharpener for sharpening a blade that has an edge on both sides.
The blade is inserted into the guide one side of the container is a stone the other side is a strop.
it is very precise & still works...but you need the shavor handle & those style of blades.

Check out the old Japanese water stone on the right edge of frame...its a natural stone

Natural as in "solid chunk of rock?" Hm... I've seen such things, but they are rare. Are they in good shape?

It is in perfect shape...has only been used by professional barbers, & he got it from the original Barber who owned it when he was first starting out over 40 years ago.

The nice thing about a straight razor is that they're not only useful for shaving,

Ouch...telling him that would 'hurt' his feelings. He sees these as tools designed for one job & should be respected & used for that , although a few years back a guy came into his shop with a knife to rob him & he told the would be thief to come closer as he popped a straight razor out of his shirt pocket & flipped it open...buddy ran like he had a gun... L o L

At 4/3/09 06:35 PM, morefngdbs wrote: it is one of the 'new' razors & if you look close you can see the blade slides out of the spine & is discarded after each use.

Not going to look down on the quality of shaves you get from those things, but... meh.

;;;They are no where as good, he actually has customers who bring in their own razors he then shaves them with their own razor.
He says by putting the new style blades over the strop a couple of passes takes the 'burr off it' I don't know exactly what he means..but when he explained it was that the factory sharpener puts tiny imperfections in the edge & this 'smooths it out so it works better.

I DESPERATELY need a hot lather machine to shave with, my mug soap and brush just ain't cuttin' it. I've got sensitive skin, and if I don't have that water just right in the mug it feels like someone is scraping a piece of glass across my face when I shave.

;;;
The old style ones can be found but often people who get these handed down to them have no idea what they've got.
He had one from an old Barber who retired a few years back & he sold it to a young guy who has set up an old style Barber Shop for $150 bucks. He still has the one he bought from the 1960's all that's ever gone wrong withit was the heating element had to be replaced.

In the photo you can see the black stone & the red strop if you look into the side of the mechanism you can see the little teeth that the holder travels back & forth on.

At 4/3/09 06:48 PM, Proteas wrote: It's just one of those things that takes practice.

dammit! the fact that magic solutions to life's problems don't exist keeps biting me in the ass.

At 4/3/09 07:29 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I thought of all of you.

BECAUSE I'M SLOW WITH THE MATH??????

matrices are horrible. They make Macroeconomics frustrating.

At 4/3/09 07:29 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I thought of all of you.

should i be scared?

At 4/3/09 07:29 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I thought of all of you.

;;;Whoooo a crossbow...what kind is it ?
:)

At 4/3/09 08:13 PM, morefngdbs wrote:

At 4/3/09 07:29 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I thought of all of you.

;;;Whoooo a crossbow...what kind is it ?

)

The kind that kills :P

you mean people don't keep a crossbow in their work desks?

At 4/3/09 08:34 PM, Malachy wrote: you mean people don't keep a crossbow in their work desks?

Of course not. Just my sunglasses and an unreleased script of CSI: Miami.

The one liners drive anyone away.

At 4/3/09 07:00 PM, stafffighter wrote: Those things are so cool but I feel that with the propotionally small amount of my face I shave it would be needless extravigence.

Well, think about it this way; when you step out of the shower in the morning to shave, doesn't that razor feel so much better on your face when the skin is all warm and moist than it would if you just applied cream and started shaving?

It's the same difference. Hotter lather = softer skin = smoother shave.

At 4/3/09 07:04 PM, hansari wrote: Does anyone have a link that would prove helpful? Or is it one of those things you have to find someone to show you?

Youtube has several good instructional videos, but it's like anything else; trial and error until you figure out what works.

For me, it was coming to the realization that I don't have to hold the blade 45 degrees against my face like on tv in order to shave, a lower angle suffices easily (NOT saying that you should lay the blade flat against your face and start shaving, you'll loose skin doing that). Just tilted up enough to get a little bit of friction going.

And, have a good hot lather too. That makes the shave that much easier.

At 4/3/09 07:22 PM, morefngdbs wrote: ;;;;Actually it is a sharpener for sharpening a blade that has an edge on both sides.

Oh, like the Buck "Honemaster." I gotcha.

It is in perfect shape...has only been used by professional barbers, & he got it from the original Barber who owned it when he was first starting out over 40 years ago.

It's nice to know someone out there actually takes care of their stones. My friend Bruce (coworker that went AWOL) had what he called "an old fashioned wit-rock" that he used to sharpen EVERYTHING with, from straight razors, knives, swords, and the Gerber Mark 2 dagger and Ka-Bar he carried with him in special forces. He showed it to me one day and it had HUGE valleys eaten into on both sides from where he had used it so much over the years, and all it turned out to be was a Surgical Black Arkansas Stone (comparable to a 4000 grit Japanese Water Stone).

He tried telling me that a stone like that was all I could/should use to put edges on those blade blanks I got for Christmas, and I wanted to slap him.

thief story

He'd probably seen somebody given or with scars from a Chelsea Smile at one point in time. That's why they're popular in some parts of the world as gang weapons; it takes NOTHING to sharpen one up.

He says by putting the new style blades over the strop a couple of passes takes the 'burr off it' I don't know exactly what he means..but when he explained it was that the factory sharpener puts tiny imperfections in the edge & this 'smooths it out so it works better.

The keyword here is "planned obsolescence." Disposable razors like that aren't designed to last for years on end, they're meant to be used a few times and then discarded. In a factory setting like that, they're sharpened using power tools, and attention and care is not taken with regards to putting a good edge on it the same way you would with a straight razor (or any other knife), so the edge itself is indeed rougher and won't take to stropping near as well.

In the photo you can see the black stone & the red strop if you look into the side of the mechanism you can see the little teeth that the holder travels back & forth on.

Sweet. :-)

my electric shaver hates me. It has the taste of blood, and...and keeps chomping down on my neck. Although, I usually don't shave very often, so when I do my facial hair is long and gets eaten up by the blades and then my skin gets sucked in with it.

I have a mach-3 that I use if I'm not willing to fight with my electric razor. It gets the job done for my rather pathetic facial hair. It grows in small patches or just a single file line of hairs along my cheeks.

At 4/3/09 10:19 PM, Malachy wrote: my electric shaver hates me. It has the taste of blood, and...and keeps chomping down on my neck. Although, I usually don't shave very often, so when I do my facial hair is long and gets eaten up by the blades and then my skin gets sucked in with it.

.... have you taken the damn thing apart and cleaned it recently?

At 4/3/09 10:25 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 4/3/09 10:19 PM, Malachy wrote: my electric shaver hates me. It has the taste of blood, and...and keeps chomping down on my neck. Although, I usually don't shave very often, so when I do my facial hair is long and gets eaten up by the blades and then my skin gets sucked in with it.

.... have you taken the damn thing apart and cleaned it recently?

after every use. I suppose I should just shave more often to avoid the whole fiasco

At 4/3/09 10:29 PM, Malachy wrote: after every use. I suppose I should just shave more often to avoid the whole fiasco

How old is it? Have you replaced the blades... ever?

At 4/3/09 10:31 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 4/3/09 10:29 PM, Malachy wrote: after every use. I suppose I should just shave more often to avoid the whole fiasco

How old is it? Have you replaced the blades... ever?

about a year old, and I've only used it about a dozen times total. I'm pretty sure it's just a low-end model and I am so bad about shaving, I let my hair grow to a few cms before I shave it.

At 4/3/09 06:48 PM, Proteas wrote: I've REALLY mellowed out since I got on meds for my o.c.d. about two years ago. Before that is a wonder how any of you could even stand me.

I wasn't around then, so I don't have the bad memories there. That's good anyway. It's a similar way, though you're obviously on a much larger scale, to me a few years ago. Whether I've coped with it appropriately is a different story, but looking at good things ahead is a good thing in this case. Rather than my usual misplaced optimism, things are pretty genuinely mellow for a while.

I've never shaved with a razor. I've always gone for the easy electric method because I suck or something. I've only been shaving for four or so years though. Through you guys and a few people I know, I may well discover the joy of razors sometime soon.

At 4/3/09 07:29 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I thought of all of you.

I'll take that line and like it!

At 4/3/09 10:35 PM, Malachy wrote: about a year old, and I've only used it about a dozen times total. I'm pretty sure it's just a low-end model and I am so bad about shaving, I let my hair grow to a few cms before I shave it.

That may be your problem right there; electric shavers are meant for daily use, trimming off fine stubble and the like. I'd recommend using it a little more often on short hair (five o'clock shadow or less), and pretreat your face with something like Lectric Shave.

At 4/3/09 10:41 PM, Proteas wrote: That may be your problem right there; electric shavers are meant for daily use, trimming off fine stubble and the like. I'd recommend using it a little more often on short hair (five o'clock shadow or less), and pretreat your face with something like Lectric Shave.

that's what I'm thinking. I also have really dry skin that gets upset if I do anything to it.

I didn't know there was anything special for shaving with an electric razor..i'll look up this "lectric shave" you speak of.

At 4/3/09 11:25 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I don't shave my legs, but there are other parts of my body I shave, and straight edge razors wouldn't work in those areas.

It can be done... I just don't recommend it, for the simple fact that if you should screw up, you may need stitches which would be rather embarrassing to explain to an emergency technician.

It's cold in here.

*snuggles*

At 4/3/09 10:41 PM, Proteas wrote: pretreat your face with something like Lectric Shave.

Is that the stuff that makes your hair stand up on edge? Is it chemically fine?

If you're talking about pubic shaving/shaping...
then what's the deal with the not shaving of the legs?

I dunno...
I sort of equivocate this as putting on your best suit (or dress) for the midnight ball-- but also putting on a pair of dirty smelly sneakers.

The effect is similar to what happened to Julia Roberts.
She spent hundreds of dollars on make-up...
thousands on the dress...
and probably more thousands on the shoes, purse and other accessories alone.

But people could ONLY concentrate on the SMALLEST part of her body--
The armpits.

I dunno.
I'm personally am a manscapist-- and when I fix the downstairs... I also fix the upstairs too. (Fix my beard-- when I have it... trip nose hairs, pluck out ear hairs, make sure my eyebrows aren't going bushy.)

Guess it's a matter of taste.

Oi-- forgot the pic of Julia Robert's armpits.