L. Joel
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Anyone here collect/use straight razors?
Mar 04, 2015,19:10 PM
It's another hobby of mine. Classic, traditional wet-shaving.
Best wishes,
Joel
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'...Quintessential Shaving...'
By: DRMW : March 4th, 2015-19:31
Hello Joel, Our fellow PuristS and Patek mod 'small-luxury-world' did a nice post called 'Quintessential Shaving', he had the Solingen brand that you do: Have you seen our GM's line of products? Checkout Twinluxe by 'AnthonyT': How long have you been co...
Great resources
By: L. Joel : March 4th, 2015-19:48
Thank you for the links. I got started into the hobby last year when a fellow collector gave me a Dovo razor to try out. Complete with a leather strop it was a thoughtful gift. My focus is vintage razors that are 'new old stock' though the Dubl Duck is no...
re: Great
By: DRMW : March 4th, 2015-19:55
When I was in undergrad, the barber I went to did the hot towel/warm shaving cream then to the straight razor. Scary at first but he had surgical precision and always did a smooth cut. It's a pretty cool feeling once you shave this way, wouldn't you agree...
The 'art of shaving'
By: L. Joel : March 4th, 2015-20:30
Using an unguarded razor does involve a learning curve. Once straight razor shaving skills are mastered the next important task is refreshing/honing/stropping the razor to maintain its keen edge. Maintenance skills are overall not hard to learn with enoug...
Damascus
By: L. Joel : March 5th, 2015-18:41
Hello Anthony, There is a German company called Böker that has razors made using damascus steel. It's suppose to be one of the better modern razors. One day I'll add one to the collection. Also I'll send you a Facebook message about TwinLuxe products. Tha...