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    Featured Shave of the Day 2012-01-29 

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    Maximilian
    Published on 01-29-2012 05:30 PM
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    Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
    Razor: Genco 'Gold Seal'
    Brush: SRP 2011
    Soap: La Toja manantiales
    Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
    AS: Alt
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    Beginners Tips: January 2012 

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    gssixgun
    Published on 01-18-2012 09:59 PM
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    Hope everyone is having a fantastic 2012 so far

    This month I decided to write about what I call "The Perfect Storm" of beginner problems, I was going to go through and pick out several topics as I usually do but this past week I received an e-mail for honing services, and it was all too familiar... ...
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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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     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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    Stropping Video 

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    AFDavis11

    Okay, so here is an attempt at a stropping video. I'm trying to video in very close so you can see the finger motion.

    YouTube - 110103-193326.wmv

    YouTube - 110103-194239.wmv