Old Core, Hard School Shaving
New razor still isn't here. I am quite the pissed off man about that as its been a weeks since it shipped. Granted it was sent only first class with no tracking number, so i have no right to be, but its still there. Guess pissed isn't the right word, more of a dissappointed. I want to get it to get used to using it and i can't yet.
On a similar note, the shaving brush and such have been ordered. The brush i am getting is from Classic Shaving and it looks like this:
Its not the badger brush that i really wanted, but to get those we are talking about 50 bucks for a decent one and they go up into over 100. I can't get that now though at some point having that with the ability to get a 'true' straight blade is on the list. The one i got is a pure boar bristle brush. Spose to be much better as regard to creating lather and holding water in the bristle compared to synthetics and more than good enough. The bowl I am getting is pretty hot too, its a covered black stoneware bowl in all black and its getting imprinted with the army seal. More than hot in my opinion. It looks like this: 
Hopefully that stuff will be here soon but i am much more excited about the razor. Thats really not the way it should be as the lather has the bigger impact on my shave since i am using the DE. And since Sara has informed me of a store that has good shaving supplies, I am going to see the selection there and look for feather blades. If you don't know what feather blades are (and i assume no one does) its blades that are made by a company in Japan. They started out making surgical cutting tools like scapels but have lended their crazy sharp blade making ability to razors now. Their primary product is a very nice disposable bladed straight razor known as the "Artist Club." The blades are reported to be even sharper than you can get with a normal straight blade with honing and stroping. Like crazy if you even touch it to your skin it touches you sharp. Yeah, thats scary sharp. But they also make DE blades that will fit easily in my razor. Still pretty cheap and once you get used to shaving with a DE, its supposed to be a better shave and the blade is good for more shaves without losing the edge. That might be fun to use. Oh and here is a picture of the Artist Club:
On a similar note, the shaving brush and such have been ordered. The brush i am getting is from Classic Shaving and it looks like this:
Its not the badger brush that i really wanted, but to get those we are talking about 50 bucks for a decent one and they go up into over 100. I can't get that now though at some point having that with the ability to get a 'true' straight blade is on the list. The one i got is a pure boar bristle brush. Spose to be much better as regard to creating lather and holding water in the bristle compared to synthetics and more than good enough. The bowl I am getting is pretty hot too, its a covered black stoneware bowl in all black and its getting imprinted with the army seal. More than hot in my opinion. It looks like this: 
Hopefully that stuff will be here soon but i am much more excited about the razor. Thats really not the way it should be as the lather has the bigger impact on my shave since i am using the DE. And since Sara has informed me of a store that has good shaving supplies, I am going to see the selection there and look for feather blades. If you don't know what feather blades are (and i assume no one does) its blades that are made by a company in Japan. They started out making surgical cutting tools like scapels but have lended their crazy sharp blade making ability to razors now. Their primary product is a very nice disposable bladed straight razor known as the "Artist Club." The blades are reported to be even sharper than you can get with a normal straight blade with honing and stroping. Like crazy if you even touch it to your skin it touches you sharp. Yeah, thats scary sharp. But they also make DE blades that will fit easily in my razor. Still pretty cheap and once you get used to shaving with a DE, its supposed to be a better shave and the blade is good for more shaves without losing the edge. That might be fun to use. Oh and here is a picture of the Artist Club:
posted by Maddawg at 2/28/2006 07:56:00 AM
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