If you don't have access to a press then you could sharpen it like a pocket knife. Instead of going from one end of the stone to the other run the blade off...
I just tried to add photos to my folder, and I'm getting a message that I've used 29.69 Mb of 30 total, and that I'm 98% full. Problem is, there's NO files in...
... Um, this is really not a good plan with stones that are designed to be used with either water or oil. I note you also refer to sharpening knives, rather...
Oilstones don't need to be "soaked" but the coarse stones soak up more oil than fine stones. I use a rag to soak up the oil (with debris) while sharpening. ...
... Also watch out for ''handle awareness'' issues with the rest of your face. Have caught the handle on my nose and ear by paying too much attention to the...
I'm curious ... is there a specific time-frame that full & 'mostly' wedge blades changed over to the deeply hollow ground blades? Knowing nothing factual about...
Jeff, I had the same problem when I was posting my photo's (UTZ-Razor)....I is because there is only so much space aloquated to the group. I'll tell you what,...
Can anyone give me information on "F.W. Engels" Razor's. I have a few that I enjoy shaving with and was wondering about the history of them. Thanks! ...
In the books I have, versions of hollow ground blades started appearing around 1825, hollow ground blades became more common than wedges around 1870, and the...
Hello, I just bought my first straight razor and I am looking for someone to make it shave-ready. Does anyone know a place near Minneapolis where I can bring...
How wide should a strop be? I have a new paddle strop that is quite a bit narrower than the length of my blade. Is that a problem? Also, if I were to get a...
On a paddle strop you simply use the same diagonal stroke as you would on a stone except you lead with the heel. A good hanging strop is about 2.5 inches wide...
I am new to the board, but have found the information to be extremely helpful. I purchased my first razor about three weeks ago, and found the board a few...
Hi Paul, Showed my wife your #2511:inaccesible hair-- has been the wife repellant of my life.Yech-"but honey you used to love the way I annoyed the hell out of...
"Hi I'm Richard and--" "[in unison] Hi Richard." "...and I'm addicted to razors" ... <image.tiff> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
lmao! I was in denial myself. But now I've accepted it...unlike a crisis intervention bunch, this group ENCOURAGES! Would be like if AA met on 2-for-1 nite ...
Canton? That place makes Del Rio seem like a metropolis.. You were visiting right?? Just kidding...Texas is fine...Laredo is scary though. =) RUST wise, once...
Okay, so I'm on a roll with dumb questions. I've had a developing interest in knife-making and blacksmithing but can find no info on how one would go about...
Yo! Spoke to John the other day, he just went under the knife to have some kind of hernia fixed. He had just come back from a couple of days in the hospital ...
Paul, Pinuad makes a great smelling Talc and Shave Talc... if I knew the difference between the 2 I would tell...I think the shave one has a slight tint as ...
Stefan, Wal Mart (out in Nevada--probably everywhere else too) carrys a digital postal scale that can weigh from materials under a gram to whatever our razors ...
I have not been on this website for quite sometime but I wanted to thank the person who posted the information about using King of Shave's Shaving Oil. (It...
I thought gram was only in crackers. In a message dated 2/3/2003 7:54:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, lvheretic@... writes: << .a nickel is half a gram >> I...
What I'm saying is that no matter what the hone is supposed to be used with, whether oil, water, or dry, I *always* get better results using it dry. During...
Being somewhat intelligent (or so I thought) I took my wife with me to Walgreens. Well, after loosening the top a litle on the Clubman she informed me that it...
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