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Darren, you are so right! ;) Yeah, Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a great week my friend! :) #Heart
Hey Eric, it’s been quite some time since you’ve made a new video, just curious how your doing, hope all is well with you, way back when I first got into straights you were very instrumental in helping me get going I appreciate that very much I just want you to know that and to say Thank You! Take good care my Friend
Perry thanks so very much for checking on me my friend! I am getting better each day, and hope to be back soon. Thanks for your encouragement it means a lot! Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@@AdventuresInWetShaving Hi Eric, good to hear from you I appreciate you answering back I’m Praying for your good health I’ll be keeping watch on your channel and hope to see you in a new shave video when your where you can jump back in, I always enjoyed your videos packed with good information for new and experienced straight razor users a big 👍🏽 from me I hope your having a great day and great week ahead, Take Care
Shannonandsheila1 thanks so much for checking in on me my friend! Almost there! Thanks for your encouragement! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe buddy! :) #Heart
You got that right Big Dude Barbus! ;) Yeah, Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a great week my friend! :) #Heart
Randall thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! I'll email you :) #Heart
oh yeh . nice razor buddy . yes sir it’s all about that edge got to be keen or you not going to have a very good day 😜 . nice sandal wood sunday my friend 👍
You got that right, Paul! ;) Yeah, Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Thom it's always good to see you! ;) Yeah, Buddy will do! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Good morning, David! ;) Yeah, Buddy I hope you had a good shave! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Good choice Ken! ;) Yeah, Buddy Thayers Lavender is one of my all-time favorites! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a great week my friend! :) #Heart
Great #SSSOTD Eric! Congrats on 70 Shaves on Your Ace Of Spades, That's Awesome! I had a Great 2 Pass Saturday SandalWood Shave. I used AOS SandalWood Shaving Cream(Good Stuff), WH.Morley & Sons SR, Maggard 22mm Synthetic Brush, Thayers Rose petal Witch Hazel, OldSpice AS & Nivea PSB. I Love The the Ritual of Straight Razor Shaving & IMO Nothing beats a Straight Razor Shave! Good Advice on keeping an eye on where the Razor is on your face. If Your not Careful You'll get Bit. It's Coming up on 5 Years of Shaving with a Straight & I still Look Forward to Every Shave. Eric I hope you had a Good Weekend. Have a Good Evening My Friend!
Jody, it sounds like You had a Great #SSSOTD as well using some Fantastic Hardware and Software Nice Combo! Almost 5 years Congrats Buddy! I couldn't agree more Nothing Beats a Straight Razor Shave, but keep Your eye on the Blade at All Times. Thanks for Your Great Comment and Encouragement, and thanks for Watching! :) Have a Great Week, Take Care and Stay Safe My Friend!
Thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement Dapper Shaves, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great weekend, Take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Dapper shaves thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement! Sorry I'm so late replying, but you got caught in my "Held for review" section. I'm hoping to start filming again soon. Have a good day take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Jason, thanks so much for checking on me! I'm feeling better and hope to have some new videos coming soon. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Glenn that's great! ;) Yeah, Buddy it may seem scary at first. But you'll get a great shave, unlike anything you've ever had before! I'm so happy you found the channel. Thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Luigi, things are starting to slow down here at work. Now I'm only doing the job of two people. I am well and getting more sleep. Hoping to start posting videos again soon. Thanks so much for checking in on me it means a lot! :) #Heart
Its been a while hope you're doing good, looking forward to another video if you are still doing them! I'd love to know how many shaves you got out of that thing!
So I just traveled on a trip and ended up bringing a regular razor because I had no idea how to travel with all my strait razor stuff. Can you do a video on traveling with your strait razor?
Great question Donald! ;) Let me see what I can put together for you on traveling with a straight razor. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching. :) Have a good week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Been putting off learning how to hone a straight for ages out of fear of the learning curve. So I bought a Gold Dollar 66, 30x loupe and some stones for practice and so far haven't killed it. Took me about 2 hours on a 1000grit to set the bevel, as the factory bevel was atrocious. Does it normally take this long people?
Great question @WogChilli ! It all depends on the shape of the blade, with most straight razors it will go a bit quicker. The next time your Gold Dollar 66 will be easy to set the bevel. A lot of times you can get a vintage straight razor on the cheap and the blade will be easier to set the bevel. I look for razors with at least 6/8 to 7/8 blade width in good shape. Thanks for your great comment and question, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Dave thanks so much for asking! Work has been crazy and is starting to smooth out a bit. I am well with a few little things to get sorted out. But all in all, I'm hoping to start up again soon. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Hi i am new in into sharpening the straight razor. I have a Dovo Nr.41 Inox Steel. I have 1k/3k wetstone and a blue Belgien broken 5 to 6k natural stone for my kitchen knives. My question is if i need a other stone or is it fine to do the Job with what i have?
Great question Lycanta! I have found I need at least a Shapton M5 12k for an extra keen edge or an ILR (Imperia La Roccia ultra fine) to get a smooth shave-ready edge. Check this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3b2uh_pdm9g.html "If I Could Only Have One... Set of Hones to Maintain My Straight Razor". This can give you a better idea of what is out there. Let me know how you get along, and if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great comment and question, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
i have found the biggest adding to comfort in my shave is to use 3.5 passes using mostly with the grain and across the grain as well as a few against the grain in a few areas. do you find there is an area on your neck that regardless ofthe razor you use. going across or against the grain are uncomfortable? just going across the grain on my left neck is always uncomfortable regardless of the straight razor i use. even used one that was finished on a japanese natural. i wonder what i could do to make it less painful in that area
Great questions Snuffman! On the sides of my neck both the north-to-south, and south-to-north passes are across the grain, and it's comfortable for me because I shave with a very shallow shaving angle. I believe when you're shaving your neck you need a shallower shaving angle, try holding your razor flatter to your skin. Please let me know how you are getting on. Thanks for your great comment and questions, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Sorry I've been off-the-grid Snuffman! Have you looked at your shaving angle on the left side compared to your right side? It may be different from side to side. Does the same thing happen if you use a shavette? A straight razor is hand sharpened where as a shevette is machine sharp. :) #Heart
Hello there, do you happen to know why some of the old straight razors have a kind of inner round cut at the front of the blade? I never found a new made straight razor with this kind of shape. Thank you!
Great question Ed! I believe that is a barber's notch, barbers would use this the hold on to that end of the straight razor to give them better control over the blade. I only know of one person that uses that barber's notch to shave with today, but there may be more. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Another great question Ed! I found some made in the UK here's a link www.ebay.com/itm/264951538326 check them out. Their straight razors look lovely! :) #Heart
Great question Παναγιώτης Δε! ;) Pre-shave oil does work really well for DE razors. I have tried both pre-shave oils and creams and I've found the creams works better for me than the oils. What I believe works the best as a pre-shave is to lather up your face with a gentle bath soap let it seat on your face for a couple of minutes rinse it off and than dry your face off. This will clean your beard and remove any oil or dirt in your whiskers making them stiffer for your Straight Razor to cut through without bending. Give it a go and see if it will work for you, everybody is different. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Hello Eric, and thanks a lot for all of your very informative videos. I have a great honing challenge and I hope you may give me some advices. I’m using an ILR as a finishing stone, and my razors pass both the treetop test as well as the hanging hair test. The hair pops off easily all along the edge. But still the razors don’t give a comfortable shave. At one occasion recently I had to switch to a shavette for the second and third pass to finish my shave. Could you direct me to a certain stage in the honing process where I should start to figure out the problem? None of my razors fail the wobbling test (ref. drmatt357), thus I consider the bevels to be well set. I would appreciate your advice very much. Have a great week!
Great question Morten! ;) Sharpness doesn't seem to be the problem. I would try a very shallow angle when you're shaving. Lay your straight razor flat and just raise the spine slightly that should give you a more comfortable shave by itself. What does your honing progression look like? Are you using the under-running water technique to finish on your ILR? Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a great week my friend! :) #Heart
@@AdventuresInWetShaving Thanks a lot for your kind reply, Eric! Yes, I always use a very shallow angle when shaving. I recently tried a shavette for the first time, and that’s now my preference for a shave ready razor. Though I know that a straight razor probably never will be that sharp. The shavette became a very good tool for me to develop my shaving technique, since it shaves so effortless and smooth. Maybe that could be a good topic for a video, Eric? Some believe that a very sharp razor is very dangerous. But in my world a dull razor is far more dangerous. When finishing on my ILR I do these three steps: Honing with slurry, honing on water sprayed stone and then under running water. Then I do 30 laps on a strop pasted with chrome oxide before stropping. One important question: When the ILR gets sticky during the under-running water process, does it mean I have reached the full potential of the ILR, and there is no reason to go any further? Have a great day, Eric!
Yes, Morten once your straight razor gets sticky on your ILR you have reached the full potential of the stone. You may very well be over honing your razor. As soon as your razor gets sticky I would go straight to the smooth leather side of your strop with 40-60 laps. Skip the pasted strop altogether and try shaving with your razor from there. You may find it works better my friend! :) #Heart
@@AdventuresInWetShaving Eric, you have probably hit the target! Over honing!! It could very well be that I’ve pushed the razor too much after the ILR got sticky… What effect does that have on the edge? Where should I begin to restore the edge again? Should I go back to a 10k stone? Thanks a lot for your help, I appreciate it very much 🙋🏼♂️
Great question Morten! ;) This tends to make the edge harsh and uncomfortable. Start on your 10k stone then go to your ILR under running water until your razor gets sticky. Do 7-10 laps on your smooth leather strop, then go back to your ILR under running water until it gets sticky again and finally strop on the smooth leather 40-60 laps and give it a go :) #Heart
