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    Featured Shave of the Day 2012-05-16 

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    Nuntits
    Published on 05-16-2012 08:48 PM
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    Razor: Stiz Spartak 55
    DE: Gillette super speed*
    DE blade: Vintage Minora of Canada
    Strops: Red Imp 700c, Illinois Cordovan Shell. 20 linen,
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    Beginners Tips: April 2012 - A Rear-View 

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    gssixgun
    Published on 04-19-2012 10:00 PM
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    (These pics started appearing at the same time we started putting things on the front page )



    So this month I decided to be lazy and have a review

    This series started in January of 2010 and has pretty much gone on every month since then, here are all the threads in one spot for your browsing pleasure it is interesting to see some of the reccuring themes over the last 2 plus years, and to see how some things have totally changed


    1st Year

    http://straightrazorplace.com/beginn...an-2010-a.html ...
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    Conversation with Neil Jagger 

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    Obie
    Published on 04-02-2012 02:00 AM
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    The double edge safety razor (DE) has come far from King Camp Gillette’s days, serving in three wars, as well as shaving millions of civilians. Yet the changes in the DE have been mostly functional and cosmetic, but the principle idea remains the same. The distance between the 1904 Gillette and the current crop of DE razors is about that of yesterday’s shave and today’s. The old Gillettes are still preferred by some shavers. Then again, who can resist the gorgeous Edwin Jagger DE razors? I haven’t been able to. I have several models and am currently considering several more. You can never have too much of a good thing, is what I say. These days every time I shave with an Edwin Jagger DE, which is often, I send silent thanks to Neil Jagger, who founded the company in Sheffield, ...
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    Stropping Video 

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    AFDavis11
    Published on 03-27-2011 01:51 AM

    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.