shakin_jake
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My name is Jake (shakin_jake=, I became a coticule.be member over the August holiday...thought I'd say hello and introduce myself. I've been following this board off and on since last spring but never joined until several weeks ago. Anywho...I picked up my first straight razor in March of this year...I'm 54 so I've been shaving for a while now, to the best of my abilities with carts for most of those years and an odd electric shaver here and there. As for cotis, my first was (I still have and use it) an LPB bout, here-
A while back I became intrigued with trying my hand at using a BBW in progression so I acquired this stone
From Jarrod (superiorshave) (the LPB bout came from Jarrod as well)
then I picked up this coti (Les Lat) from Steffen (Belgishcer-Brocken)
to be used on the tail end of the progression on straight water
I've gone through buying spells picking up the odd vintage straight razor sourced mostly from the wilds (ebay)...and I've had a lot of fun acquiring STR8 razors from the bay. I'd have to say just about all of the buying experiences gaining STR8's from ebay have been pleasant
I was perusing posts here yesterday and came across someone mentioning (maybe this was advice to somebody else?) it was a good idea to hone a straight razor, one where the bevels are already corrected..hone it 300 laps (presumably X-Strokes) everyday for 7 days straight...using the same razor each day, in order to get to know your stone, or some such. Anyways, I thought about that and yeah, I'm in!= here's my seven day razor for this trial-
I just finished giving it 300 laps on straight water on the Les Lat you see next to the razor, with the coti un-cleaned from the honing...and you can see a little chip in the right hand corner of this stone with metal shavings that collected in the chip. I basicially sat on the couch with the coti/razor and a bowl of water and would sprinkle some water every 10 laps on the stone w/o cleaning the stone at all during this 300 lap exercise. I shaved with this straight on Saturday, honed it and today (Sunday) will be day 2 and I'll hone it again 300 laps Sunday (tonight) night, and every day after for a total of 7 days. Again, I thoght this sounded like a fun idea and a very good way to get to know this stone better. Here's a nicer pic of that razor by itself, after I cleaned it up some
On the tang it says Chas A Smith Phila, I'm guessing Phila is short for Philadelphia, as in philidelphia Pensylvania (city of brotherly love?= It's a nice shaving razor...11/16", square point, must be full hollow (thin grind)
Okay, thatis about it...I'm just an amatuer doing a pro's job with the hones yet it is quite a bit of fun taking care of my own razors
Best,
Jake
Reddick Fla.
A while back I became intrigued with trying my hand at using a BBW in progression so I acquired this stone
From Jarrod (superiorshave) (the LPB bout came from Jarrod as well)
then I picked up this coti (Les Lat) from Steffen (Belgishcer-Brocken)
to be used on the tail end of the progression on straight water
I've gone through buying spells picking up the odd vintage straight razor sourced mostly from the wilds (ebay)...and I've had a lot of fun acquiring STR8 razors from the bay. I'd have to say just about all of the buying experiences gaining STR8's from ebay have been pleasant
I was perusing posts here yesterday and came across someone mentioning (maybe this was advice to somebody else?) it was a good idea to hone a straight razor, one where the bevels are already corrected..hone it 300 laps (presumably X-Strokes) everyday for 7 days straight...using the same razor each day, in order to get to know your stone, or some such. Anyways, I thought about that and yeah, I'm in!= here's my seven day razor for this trial-
I just finished giving it 300 laps on straight water on the Les Lat you see next to the razor, with the coti un-cleaned from the honing...and you can see a little chip in the right hand corner of this stone with metal shavings that collected in the chip. I basicially sat on the couch with the coti/razor and a bowl of water and would sprinkle some water every 10 laps on the stone w/o cleaning the stone at all during this 300 lap exercise. I shaved with this straight on Saturday, honed it and today (Sunday) will be day 2 and I'll hone it again 300 laps Sunday (tonight) night, and every day after for a total of 7 days. Again, I thoght this sounded like a fun idea and a very good way to get to know this stone better. Here's a nicer pic of that razor by itself, after I cleaned it up some
On the tang it says Chas A Smith Phila, I'm guessing Phila is short for Philadelphia, as in philidelphia Pensylvania (city of brotherly love?= It's a nice shaving razor...11/16", square point, must be full hollow (thin grind)
Okay, thatis about it...I'm just an amatuer doing a pro's job with the hones yet it is quite a bit of fun taking care of my own razors
Best,
Jake
Reddick Fla.