• Obie's Conversations

    Conversation with Mantic59 

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    Obie
    Published on 02-01-2012 05:00 AM
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    Mark
    Mark
    Obie
    Obie
     Mantic59 is a legend in wet shaving through a series of informative and entertaining videos. Mantic59 is the signature for Mark Herro, a gentleman wet shaver who has inspired thousands into reaching beyond the electric shaver or the plastic cartridge razor to discover new worlds. His videos cover almost every aspect of traditional shaving, from making the proper lather to shaving with the double edge safety razor. Nothing on the straight razor yet, but there’s always hope.

    Obie: Didn’t I read somewhere on Straight Razor Place that you contemplated a fling with the straight razor? What happened to that?
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    Conversation with Neil Miller 

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    Obie
    Published on 01-01-2012 05:00 AM
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    Neil
    Neil
    Obie
    Obie
     The love affair between the straight razor and the strop is like reading Jane Austen by a warm fire, or savoring port wine with Stilton cheese. For me, aside from tuning the blade as if a musical instrument, stropping paves a link into a state of bliss. I often find myself stropping far more than I need to just because of that. No wonder I continue to explore the world of strops and strop makers. One such world belongs to British strop maker Neil Miller, whose vast interests and talents have amounted to a string of successful careers.
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    Conversatrion with Randy Tuttle 

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    Obie
    Published on 12-01-2011 05:00 AM
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    Randy
    Randy
    Obie
    Obie
     A straight razor without a properly honed edge makes for an unpleasant shave. Whether a basic blade or a high-end custom, it needs the master’s touch to paint silk over steel. Anyone can stroke a flat piece of rock with his razor and call it honing, but a selected few can claim the throne as the masters of the hone. They not only know the wide range of sharpening stones, but also how to use them. Of those the name Randy Tuttle reigns among the top hone masters. ...
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    Conversation with Robert Williams 

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    Obie
    Published on 11-01-2011 05:00 AM
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    Robert
    Robert
    Obie
    Obie
     A custom razor by Robert Williams is like that dazzling Lamborghini that circles the neighborhood like a sweet recurring dream, or that elegant Rolls Royce once sported by the stars from the golden age of Hollywood. The custom razor world has an impressive, although small, group of masters who create magnificent razors. Robert Williams is one of them with a corner seat all his own. He is an articulate and an unassuming craftsman always ready for an in-depth conversation about his art: the custom straight razor. ...
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    Conversation with Joe and Carrie Davidowicz 

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    Obie
    Published on 10-01-2011 05:00 AM
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    Joe and Carrie
    Joe and Carrie
    Obie
    Obie
     Once upon a time, for gentlemen and pedestrians alike, shaving with the straight razor was the way to go. The only way to go. Today, much to our disappointment, straight razor shaving has a relatively small following. So it is rare to find the straight razor a family affair, right in our own neighborhood, too. It is so with Joe and Carrie, SRP moderators and vendors, and son Joe Jr.
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    Conversation with Dr. Christopher Moss 

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    Obie
    Published on 09-01-2011 05:01 AM
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    Chris
    Chris
    Obie
    Obie
     In the colorful world of traditional shaving the name Moss comes in quotes. That is Dr. Christopher Moss, the creator of the noted Moss Scuttle, as well as the author of an excellent little book, The Art of the Straight Razor Shave. Dr. Moss, who was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1958, and trained in London, moved to Canada, in 1985. He works as a rural doctor in the town with the exotic name Tatamagouche.
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    Conversation with Lynn Abrams 

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    Obie
    Published on 08-01-2011 05:01 AM
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    Lynn
    Lynn
    Obie
    Obie
     I have never met Lynn Abrams in person, but have developed a friendship with him through many phone conversations and e-mails. Lynn has also been my teacher and mentor from the start of my straight razor experience. I call him the Noble Lynn and he calls me Doctor Obie.
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