You've been reading posts about the latest greatest hone, the Shobudani or the Oozuku, the Maruka or the Maruichi, and all those people talking about velvet squeegees and crazy great shaves, and you think "Man, I sure want me one of them there rocks!" But you don't know where to start, right? The names are foreign and scary sounding, and they're so expensive, you don't want to get the wrong stone. Indeed, you really really want to get the RIGHT stone, RIGHT NOW. ...
I have this little marker next to my name here that says "Vendor." That means I regularly sell things related to shaving, to people who read this (and many other) forum(s). Mostly strops, but also razors. Now, it may be hard to believe (especially for those buying the products) but I don't really do it for money. I have a good-paying job, and so does my wife--between us, we're comfortable enough. The profit is for Kanayama, anyway; it's their sole source of income, these ...
Updated 08-07-2011 at 11:38 AM by JimR
Well time really does fly. It doesn't seem like that long ago that I was searching the web for information regarding wetshaving and straight razors and I could find virtually no information. That was the start of it all. After almost a year of frustration, I decided to start the Yahoo Straight Razor Place group in November of 2000. Straight Razor Place was the first wetshaving forum on the internet. It was conceived with the hope of creating an environment to preserve information about ...
Yep thought that title would get yer attention I wanted to take some time to explain the difference between just shaving, and when Straight Razors become an actual hobby...I often relate two of my favorite hobbies Shooting and Straight Razors as both can be taken to the extremes, or can be purely functional, the choice is always yours... How to build an Accuracy load for hunting... First you buy at least 200 pieces of brass in the correct caliber ...
Updated 08-12-2011 at 05:11 PM by gssixgun
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