The Safety Razor

[erictank]

If I can clean up my wedding tackle with one legs shouldn't be any problem.

I'm thinkin' that's more information than any of us here needed, Giga.

[Ben]

Had to share the box my razor came in, because it is kinda comical. :)

[Waitone]

If homeland security is monitoring this site, it will have a hard time proving a threat.  We're talkin' shaving heads, legs, and wedding tackle on a gun board. 

[mtnbkr]

No update from Ben, I wonder if he slit his throat and is in the hospital.

Chris

[TechMan]

No update from Ben, I wonder if he slit his throat and is in the hospital.

Chris

Paging MrsSmith, please pick up the red courtesy phone...... 

[Ben]

No update from Ben, I wonder if he slit his throat and is in the hospital.

Chris

Ha!  

Nope, it all came back to me rather quickly. Not even a nick. I just used a Derby blade today. I'll try the Feather next, then you can wonder if I slit my throat. :)

I also really like the shaving stick. I'm replacing the "travel size" shaving cream can in my travel kit with it. I might see about getting one of those "stores in its handle" travel brushes to go with it.

[Perd Hapley]

Had to share the box my razor came in, because it is kinda comical. :)

Thank you, sir. That is awesome. I mean, it's inimitable.

[mtnbkr]

Cool.  I'm going to build a travel kit with the Weishi and shave stick as well.  I just need to get a better travel brush.

I'm going back to the UK in April or early May.  I've heard the Palmolive sticks are cheap there, something like 50pence.  I may stock up. :D

Customs Agent: Anything to declare
Me: Yes, 100 Palmolive Shaving sticks
Customs Agent:   
Me: 

:D

Chris

[mtnbkr]

BTW, as you've noticed, the shave stick doesn't have a case or anything.  I've seen folks store them in medicine bottles.  The more expensive versions have some sort of plastic case or push up from a holder like a glue stick or giant chapstick.  Those tend to be $10+ though.

Chris

[Ben]

BTW, as you've noticed, the shave stick doesn't have a case or anything.  I've seen folks store them in medicine bottles.  The more expensive versions have some sort of plastic case or push up from a holder like a glue stick or giant chapstick.  Those tend to be $10+ though.

Chris

The medicine bottle is a great idea. Spending ten bucks for a fancy integral holder somehow destroys the simplicity of the shaving stick for me.

I was thinking of getting some of these just for the nostalgic wrapper. :)


http://www.amazon.com/Arko-Shaving-Soap-Stick/dp/B002A5OLHQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1331226092&sr=1-1

[230RN]

My Pop had a clever little double-edged razor stropper similar to this:



He passed away when I was 14 and I used that thing for years until the strops and gears  wore out.  You inserted the double-edged razor blade in from the side, and turned the crank and it would strop one pair of edges, then flip the blade over and strop the other two.  I also used his flip-top open razor handle for years even though the stropper thingie was worn out.

Fascinating little mechanism.  Tell you the truth, if I could get another one of these, I'd probably go back to double-edged safety razor shaving.

As I mentioned in the last shaving thread, once he tried the safety razor, he never went back to using a straight razor.

Terry, 230RN

[erictank]

BTW, as you've noticed, the shave stick doesn't have a case or anything.  I've seen folks store them in medicine bottles.  The more expensive versions have some sort of plastic case or push up from a holder like a glue stick or giant chapstick.  Those tend to be $10+ though.

Chris

Yup - mine came in a foil-paper wrapper, which is... somewhat degraded by now.  That medicine bottle thing is a great idea, will have to steal that. I certainly have enough of those bottles.

Maybe I should use another one to make a travel tube for a shaving brush, as well.

The medicine bottle is a great idea. Spending ten bucks for a fancy integral holder somehow destroys the simplicity of the shaving stick for me.

I was thinking of getting some of these just for the nostalgic wrapper. :)


http://www.amazon.com/Arko-Shaving-Soap-Stick/dp/B002A5OLHQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1331226092&sr=1-1

That's the one I have.  Good stuff - you'll like it.

Looks like that's $5.75 for a single stick - you can get a 12-pack + 3 free sticks from the same seller (Shaving Factory) for $25+free shipping - http://www.amazon.com/Arko-Shaving-Soap-Stick-free/dp/B002UBOEW2/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_2

All the shave sticks you'll ever need, or at least for a good long while.  Not vegan friendly, as noted in the comments (uses animal tallow) - but IIRC that's not an issue for anyone here anyways.

[birdman]

My Pop had a clever little double-edged razor stropper similar to this:



He passed away when I was 14 and I used that thing for years until the strops and gears  wore out.  You inserted the double-edged razor blade in from the side, and turned the crank and it would strop one pair of edges, then flip the blade over and strop the other two.  I also used his flip-top open razor handle for years even though the stropper thingie was worn out.

Fascinating little mechanism.  Tell you the truth, if I could get another one of these, I'd probably go back to double-edged safety razor shaving.

As I mentioned in the last shaving thread, once he tried the safety razor, he never went back to using a straight razor.

Terry, 230RN

My grandmother had one of those from her father...I was supposed to have gotten it when she passed, but my #£€£¥ing extended family lost it.

[MrsSmith]

If homeland security is monitoring this site, it will have a hard time proving a threat.  We're talkin' shaving heads, legs, and wedding tackle on a gun board. 

Shhhh! Don't blow our cover!

Paging MrsSmith, please pick up the red courtesy phone...... 

There will be no throat slitting on my watch.

[Monkeyleg]

When the hair on my (monkey)leg was in full in my teens and early twenties, it was as thick as any guy's beard, and went from just above my ankle to mid-thigh. I tried shaving it a few times with a double-edge shaver, but I went through a couple of blades each time. It's was probably the equivalent of shaving off four or five full beards at once.

[mtnbkr]

When the hair on my (monkey)leg was in full in my teens and early twenties, it was as thick as any guy's beard, and went from just above my ankle to mid-thigh. I tried shaving it a few times with a double-edge shaver, but I went through a couple of blades each time. It's was probably the equivalent of shaving off four or five full beards at once.

[Ben]

I don't know why, but this is giving me a laughing fit. 

[MrsSmith]

Well I don't know why either Ben, but I can assure you it isn't due to any similarities between Monkeyleg's legs and mine!

[Monkeyleg]

Well I don't know why either Ben, but I can assure you it isn't due to any similarities between Monkeyleg's legs and mine!

I wouldn't think so. As for Ben, he's weird.

[230RN]

My brother had one of the first electric razors. 

It had a full 110VAC motor in it and you plugged it directly into the wall (no "ice cube" power supply), but it was before self-starting shaded-pole motors, so you had to sort of kick-start it. 

There was a little red wheel sticking out of the side which was sprung away from the motor shaft. To start it, you pushed in the wheel so it would clutch with the motor shaft and you rotated it briskly with your thumb to get the motor going.  It would run in either direction.

He got pretty good at starting it with just a quick flick of the wrist, so the armature would stay in one position relative to the stator and get itself going that way.

I don't recall the brand.

Sorry about all the antiqu-ey stuff, but when I think back of all the items  (including toys) I had which are probably worth big bucks nowadays...

But I've moved something like 15 times since we sold the "ancestral home," and it was impossible to keep all that Junque.

Terry, 230RN

[Ben]

Sorry about all the antiqu-ey stuff, but when I think back of all the items  (including toys) I had which are probably worth big bucks nowadays...

But I've moved something like 15 times since we sold the "ancestral home," and it was impossible to keep all that Junque.

Terry, 230RN

Don't apologize, tell us more. That razor stropper is pretty cool. I would never have guessed such a thing existed. There's just something neat about old stuff like that. You can see that it was all built with care and made to last.

[Perd Hapley]

Who's the black-and-white dude with the facial hair?

[CNYCacher]

Who's the black-and-white dude with the facial hair?

[230RN]

I don't know either, but that one ^ looks like he's about to surrender.

[mtnbkr]

Explanation

Chris