Thread: oh dear its started

Originally Posted by mike1011

That's a nice line up I particularly like that wade and butcher with the maple scales. I was in two minds whether or not to use wood as a scale material but after looking at your collection I find myself drawn to the ones with wood scales. My decision is made, wood it is...........but which wood.......oh dear

Ta. The one with maple scales was made by Maxi.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Yeah, I do (like them interesting). The De Pews is a great little razor really, though mine has a slightly warped blade which makes it difficult to hone. I use a rocking motion and so a ratio of 1:3 laps each side (1 lap on one side to 3 on the other) to make up for the fact that during the rocking motion not ALL parts of the edge are coming in contact with the hone. It seems to work.

The outrageous tail is, as afar as I can tell, pretty useless though cool looking; though that would depend on how you hold a razor. I use a three fingered grip with all my razors, with only one finger on the tail (as shown). The De Pews is a little hard to strop.

Sorry to be getting off topic Mike, Ed is ALWAYS off topic, and I tend to be bad that way too, so when we get together the thread can go just about anywhere... You wait, in a few posts we'll be talking about whether one should apply polish to one's boots AND buff using just one brush OR if one should use an application brush AND a buffing brush, and, indeed, if one should use a buffing CLOTH and if so, what type is best?

I didn't think i was getting too far off topic, but in response, i use one brush to apply my polishes, and a piece of synthetic fleece to buff, and i am a 4 finger grip man

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I didn't think i was getting too far off topic, but in response, i use one brush to apply my polishes, and a piece of synthetic fleece to buff, and i am a 4 finger grip man

No, Ed, I was getting off topic this time

I've been using one brush to apply and buff lately. Stockings are good for buffing...

What's that saying, ahh yes "if ya can't beat em join em".

A microfibre cloth for buffing all the way

Sorry I have just realised that i was somewhat remiss, welcome to the forum

Back on topic today I have been told by the mighty one (aka the other half, mother of my daughter) via a text while I was at work to "stop buying razors Mike that's 4 in 4 days its just silly". In all fairness she is probably right but eBay is just soooo tempting with those cheep old razors. I didnt have the heart (OK OK the balls) to tell her 3 more should be coming next week he he. Out of the 4 I would say 2 are savable, 1 is quite frankly junk and 1 I'm not sure about.

That first one though (and the one I did actually pay the most for) is an absolute belter, apart from a bit of rust on the spine and tang its in pretty good condition and no visible wear to the spine. I think I just got lucky really.

Anyway I think for the time been 7 old razors that need work is enough to keep me going and if I buy any more I suspect one might be used to remove my testicals

Don't worry mike1011, after awhile they just get numb to it and aren't surprised anymore...

Originally Posted by mike1011

Back on topic today I have been told by the mighty one (aka the other half, mother of my daughter) via a text while I was at work to "stop buying razors Mike that's 4 in 4 days its just silly". In all fairness she is probably right but eBay is just soooo tempting with those cheep old razors. I didnt have the heart (OK OK the balls) to tell her 3 more should be coming next week he he. Out of the 4 I would say 2 are savable, 1 is quite frankly junk and 1 I'm not sure about.

That first one though (and the one I did actually pay the most for) is an absolute belter, apart from a bit of rust on the spine and tang its in pretty good condition and no visible wear to the spine. I think I just got lucky really.

Anyway I think for the time been 7 old razors that need work is enough to keep me going and if I buy any more I suspect one might be used to remove my testicals

Change it up a bit and start buying some hones, soaps, etc.

Switching it up on SWMBO might be advantageous.

Originally Posted by Siguy

Change it up a bit and start buying some hones, soaps, etc.

Switching it up on SWMBO might be advantageous.

I was going to mention soaps and creams, they were my achilles heel for a while, then i bought a set of hones, but i could justifiably say that it is a once off investment.

Hmmm I do already have a fairly extensive collection of hones due to my knife obsession but soaps and creams are something I could see myself getting into. Good plan, next text will be "Mike stop buying soap you have a box full its getting silly" I suppose though a good thing about soap is that it does get used up unlike razors and hones which will only get bigger and bigger and never get used up !