Straight Razor Shaving with Burma-Shave 

@@horizondrive2039 Verbiage totally worth of a steward to the Nuclear Codes. 😮

@@seanstapelfeld It was pretty nice. It was done on 2 curves, when I redo, I will deepen the hollow in the back of the bevel a bit. Great steel.

@@JT-nf9tk Thanks Joe. I don’t usually pursue ornate type shave pieces, but the cost was low enough to bring this one home.

@@BigEShaves I’d like to see her on Oprah again. 🤣

@@borbelyhaz321 I always say I am a fan of super thin grinds, but come to thing of it I don’t think I have used anything heavier than a half-hollow

@@SeanG8282 I do like the couple that I have.

You can also use a good heavy spoon, I'm willing to bet he's already aware of this though.

@@horizondrive2039 that spoon trick is a good tip, thanks for sharing.

@@michaelshults7675 Hi Mike. Unfortunately this one has been peened almost flush to the scale

@@horizondrive2039 Thanks for tuning in again. I do not have a long storage differentiated from general storage. After a razor dries I do apply a thin coat of renaissance wax and buff off. Some go in a silicone impregnated Sackups style pouch, some into the coffin box or leather case they came in. All go into a plastic bin that contains desiccant pouches. If I did not have more aftershaves and soaps than I will ever use, I might get some of that Hotel Cecil. Thanks for sharing that information.

@@Martins-Shaves123 Thanks Martin. I did work on peening these pins to the safe extent of my skill set. The pivot pin and center pin are the washerless type and have been mushroomed into the scales from some time ago. They currently have very little protruding stock left. I am not sure the last time I saw a non-plastic toothpaste tube here in Murica. I had totally forgotten about those lead tubes until I started looking into the genuine Burma-Shave. For centuries in my trade, lead alloys were used for type in print production. I saw on a documentary on Linotype machines where it was common to use an allow ‘cast type slug’ to stir one’s coffee in the optional cup holder built into of that world changing invention. When I was in the ink business, I remember in the 80’s seeing a Linotype machine on display at the Smithsonian Museum and commenting to my wife that I had customers who still used this type of equipment then. One of these businesses that I know of still uses it today.

@billm.2677 good technology never dies . Computer chips and modern stuff is junk when barely a generation old .

@@Martins-Shaves123 I was involved in the acquisition of a new piece of nice printing equipment. Older similar equipment could take a 2 man crew a full shift to put in a complex changeover. The new gizmo (without a single gear) would allow me to single-handedly put in a more complex change in less than 1/2 shift and run at 3-4x speed. While the Confusah Computah had a self diagnostic mode, the replacable electronics had market cycles were way too short. It really sucked to find that a component is no longer made and out of stock. Then you need the engineer, the electrician, and the programmer to work together and do the impossible. Glad to be out of that hot box. 😃