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@CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world
Cuteness enjoyer.
- Comment on Why So Serious?! — Mailcall 6 days ago:
That looks hard to hone… But very cool razor! Such a belly would be great on my neck between the adam’s apple and the neck muscle.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 11th, 2025 (#912) 6 days ago:
Interesting, I thought it was just mine. Mine was still floppy when open but it gets better as I open it indeed.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 11th, 2025 (#912) 6 days ago:
2025-12-11
- brush: Kruidvat brush
- razor: Merx & Co. Solingen-Wald Gamerx 5/8
- lather: De Vergulde Hand Origineel
- post shave: Kruidvat Aftershave Balm Sensitive
Pretty regular shave. Tried my left hand a bit more and it went quite decently. Not as good as my right hand yet of course.
My Koraat was getting dull and I honed it on my Shapton 0.85 micron stone and looked at it with magnifying glass. The whole edge looked shiny expect the very apex where it looked dark. I have seen this earlier. I thought I was not hitting the apex but now I thought maybe it’s a burr. So I stropped it on fine paste but with the spine a little bit up, very light pressure. The apex seems much shinier. I then stropped it normally on paste and on plain leather and now it does do the hanging hair test which it didn’t before. So I think I’m an idiot that has been shaving with a razor with a burr 😅. I’m not getting a burr on my other razor when I hone. I’ll see next shave how it the new edge feels. I also tightened the scales on the Koraat with a small hammer and anvil. It’s much easier to strop the thing when the handle doesn’t fly around every time you turn around on the strop. Also should have done that a bit earlier 😅.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 30th, 2025 (#901) 2 weeks ago:
- growth: 5 days
- razor: Merx & Co. Solingen-Wald Gamerx (5/8-ish)
- edge: my whole Shapton glass progression from 3k to 0.85 micron with stropping on paste and without, this time without tape
- preshave: regular hair conditioner
- lather: De Vergulde Hand Origineel
- brush: Kruidvat shaving brush
- postshave: Nivea after shave balm sensitive
Shaving with more growth just feels better to me… This is my second time on this edge with this razor. On my old 3k it wouldn’t even take an edge without tape but with my new stone it seems fine. I got a pretty smooth result apart from two small patches that I missed on the second pass.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 30th, 2025 (#901) 2 weeks ago:
Cool design with the angular barbers notch with the square point.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, November 22nd, 2025 (#893) 3 weeks ago:
Definitely a cool razor!
- Comment on How to correctly use Nagura stones? 4 weeks ago:
I only have a Coticule with a slurry stone so it’s probably not the same. Mine doesn’t really scratch. I think using the edge of the stone is a bit more dangerous in terms of scratching. If the slurry stone has scratches it can scratch the base stone so definitely put that one also on the diamond plate. With the diamond plate you can make sure both are flat, if one is not flat it will scratch the other one.
Otherwise, do you like the La Lune? I was thinking about it but I went the safe route with a synthetic finishing stone. My Coticule doesn’t really finish.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, November 13th, 2025 (#884) 4 weeks ago:
I don’t usually look at the edge to decide on a refresh. Last time I had put a new edge on it with new stones but it didn’t erase all the old scratches so I redid it. I think they were diamond scratches still left from when I had restored the blade. I do know about the packing peanuts but I don’t have them. I usually try the hanging hair test.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, November 13th, 2025 (#884) 4 weeks ago:
2025-11-13
- razor: Koraat Wedge
- progression: Shapton glass 3k -> glass 8k (HC) -> glass seven 0.85 micron -> pasted strop -> rough leather -> denim -> fine leather
- brush: 4 euro brush
- lather: De Vergulde Hand origineel
- post shave: Nivea after shave balm sensitive
Quite a good shave, pretty smooth, almost no blood and low irritation. I refreshed the Koraat edge as the scratch pattern didn’t look so good. It is much better now but I can still push it a bit I think. The edge survived quite well today. I think I managed a better shaving angle especially under the chin (I went a bit steep there before). Every shave there is something learn or to pay extra attention to.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 9th, 2025 (#880) 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for the big write up! The first point sounds so logical so it’s surprising that I did manage a smooth shave out of the Koraat with its much thicker bevel. I’ll try to go without tape in the future or at least try reducing it to a single layer and see how that goes again.
For the second point, I’ll take your suggestion and pay more attention to the shaving angle!
The money is a bit tight so I’ll have to figure it out on my own I’m afraid. That is also why it is good to hear that my progression is fine. I watched that JPO video where he goes over weakness in the steel from making large jumps in grit so I was afraid I needed something in between 3k and 8k. I’ll just practice some more.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 9th, 2025 (#880) 5 weeks ago:
Sorry, I wasn’t very clear. With 0.85 I mean the Shapton Glass Seven 0.85 micron stone. The 8k is about 1.8 micron and their 16k is 0.92 micron so this one would be 16k+ rated. But they don’t rate their “seven” stones with a K number.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, November 9th, 2025 (#880) 5 weeks ago:
2025-11-09
- razor: MERX & Co. Gamerx
- progression: glass stones 3k -> 8k -> 0.85 -> pasted strop -> rough leather -> denim -> fine leather
- brush: 4 euro brush
- lather: De Vergulde Hand origineel
- post shave: Nivea after shave balm sensitive
I bought the cheapest soap and brush. It’s fine. I had a bad shave today though. There was a lot of irritation and blood spots. I didn’t chase the super close shave to save my face. I had bought new stones and honed and it looked good: all scratches went out each step and it did the hanging hair test. Still my edge gets ruined extremely quickly in the shave. I already use two layers of tape to make it stronger and the steel is fresh. I thought my edge broke down because of my bad lower grit stones didn’t set the bevel correctly. So I bought the shapton glass 3k but it didn’t help enough. I also honed my Koraat the same way and then used my mystery natural stone but it didn’t turn out well: still big scratches left, didn’t do the hanging hair test at all and felt not keen to my finger skin. But when I shaved with it, while lacking sharpness it was smooth and my skin was fine and I didn’t have any blood at all… So I am very confused!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, October 15th, 2025 (#855) 2 months ago:
Extra hollow kamisori? Western style or a nihon kamisori but hollow?
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, August 24th, 2025 (#803) 3 months ago:
2025-08-24
- razor: Koraat wedge 15/16
- post shave: Nivea after shave balm sensitive
My first edge didn’t get half the blade. Getting the tape even was very difficult. At last I had more success without tape. I still might try tape the next time. I had 3 days of growth which gives me a lot to chop through. The wedge feels much different than a hollow. Managing the pressure needs some getting used to. I spend to much time trying to chase bbs but some spots weren’t perfect after all. Pretty good shave and no cuts. I like the after shave, I stingily got two of them in a 1 + 1 free deal.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, August 9th, 2025 (#788) 4 months ago:
Interesting to hear about the vintage blade and the cost per shave. Kind of reminds me of vintage dip pen nibs. They also wear out and the vintage ones can be much more expensive than new ones.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, August 9th, 2025 (#788) 4 months ago:
I never understood how people can get away with so many shaves on a DE blade! My facial hair is like the tail of a black pig, like bristles. Maybe that’s why. I have a 2 day stubble and my chin feels like I could use it to sand down wood. I understand preshave and lather can extend the life of the blade but 100 is crazy. Do you strop the DE blade?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, August 5th, 2025 (#784) 4 months ago:
Thank you. I am new indeed. As for the soap:
- I just randomly started trying to use the razor. I didn’t buy all the things at once but slowly added things to make it work. Soap just wasn’t in line yet. I used to try to shave of an 3k edge on a razor with bad geometry honed on non-flat stones with no strop. It’s a miracle it even kind of worked. So things like a diamond plate, a 8k stone and a strop were of higher priority to me.
- I have a lot of lines to get straight, like my sideburns and my beard so I need to see what I’m doing.
- It costs money and my shaving budged is getting a bit low so I need to pick my poison.
- I’m a minimalist in the weirdest ways sometimes.
- I had a lot of trouble with my edge, so I honed a lot and tried a lot of edges. Just water gives the most direct feedback of the edge on the skin. If it’s fine with water it will be fine with any soap or oil.
- If my fundamentals (edge and technique) are solid I might add things like shaving soap or oil in the future.
- It’s quick. I watched a bunch of shaving videos and the lathering up part often takes up more than half of video.
I don’t think I will post often here as I only have one razor, no soaps and two basic aftershaves. So it’s not exactly the most exciting SOTD 😅
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, August 5th, 2025 (#784) 4 months ago:
2025-08-05
- Razor: MERX & Co. Solingen-Wald Gamerx
- Lather: just warm water :)
- Post Shave: Kruidvat Aftershave Balm Sensitive
Still struggling with my edge a bit but I found out 2 layers of tape is best. 0 and 1 didn’t hold the edge at all and 3 layers seemed to much, didn’t take one to begin with. Progression is 8k > 1.5 micron strop > 0.6 micron strop. And yes I just soften my face with warm water and go, for various reasons. I just slap some on there with a washing cloth on each part before I shave there.
Decent shave, not much irritation at all today. I went against the grain immediately on the neck, felt good. Somehow that saves me irritation because I take less passes in total (I think). Went against/across the grain on the chin immediately as an experiment. Totally doable but I made a small error and cut myself. Skill issue. Looks like it would hurt but it doesn’t.