Yesterday I finally received the “duble duck” straight razor I bought on ebay. Duble duck are by manny considered as one of the best straight razors. I set about cleaning it, and the knife was getting quite as nice. So the next step was to polish the blade. I use a hand-held sander for this. There was no rust on the blade, so I went straight to the polishing. Then an accident happened: The small iron rod that the polishing head sits on, hit the edge of the blade. The result was a notch in the edge! I decided to try to grind off the edge. To remove the notch, I had to remove a couple of millimeters of steel. Read More →
Getting the straight razor sharp
I have until recently honed my razor knives with a Japanese “King 250/1000” and a “Norton 4000/8000.” Each hone are actually two pieces of stone with two different grits, glued together. Read More →
The ultimate razor?
A few days ago i got a “new” razor. It is a Gillette Slim adjustable from 1962 that I found on ebay.
This model has the same adjustment function for blade angle as the famous “fatboy”, by many considered the best Gillette razor. But this one has a little longer and slimmer shaft than the aforementioned “fatboy”, which gives a very good balance. Read More →
Read the label
Have you ever felt cheated by companies selling you lots of packaging and less content?
Have you, like me, felt a bit of disappointment when having purchased a huge bag of potato chips from the store, only to see that it is barely half full when you open it? Or getting annoyed by the cardboard boxes and other unnecessary packaging that hides how little product there actually is the package? It seems that more and more manufacturers sell more packaging than product. Read More →
New demo video
This is a video I made a while ago, where I demonstrate razor shave with an old knife, possibly from the early 1900’s. The knife I use is a “D. Peres Best Barrel Brand, No. 12 C “. Read More →
About shaving brushes
A few words about shaving brushes:
There are basically three main types of bristles in shaving brushes:
1. Badger hair
2. Boar bristles
3. Synthetic bristles/hair
In addition, there are also brushes made with horsehair. Read More →
Exciting video of man shaving with obsidian
Man have shaved at all times. There are many examples of razors from antiquity, and earlier. On this website you can see a picture of a razor made of bronze, from Egypt, 1405-1367 BCE: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=92135 Read More →
Straight razor demo
Have you considered shaving with a straight razor?
The first thing you should do is to get a good knife. Do not go for the cheap China-made knives you can find on ebay, but choose quality! Read More →
An old trick
My grandfather used to sharpen his used razor blades on the inside of a regular milk glass. This I decided to try. I took out a Feather blade that I had used several times, and a milk glass. Read More →
Testing an old Gillette
A while ago my brother sent me some o,d razors that he bought at a flea market. He sent the razors to me a while ago, but it’s only now that I have had time to look at them. Read More →