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I was around when dirt was new and rocks were soft. And...I managed to stumbled across this forum on shaving. Looks quite interesting, and I am sure to have lots of Damn Fine Shaves in the future.

I started out with a DE as a Junior in HS, back in Nebraska (where I grew up...WESTERN Nebraska) and shortly after graduation I acquired a Schick Injector razor. Used it for some time with good success and someone talked me into a Norelco 3 head electric. One of the worst nicks I got was from that Norelco, or was it the Braun?? Then went back to wet shaving with what was around in heads, disposables, multi blades and so on. Finally last Feb. I tried straight razors and have a number of them and have shaved many good times with them. Then, about a month ago I decided to try the DE I had found at an antique store for 5 bucks. I was pretty surprised. Smooth... way smooth, and close as well. Looked around and found a few more here and there in the way of Gillette Fatboys, Slim Adjustables, Super Adjustables, Super Speeds, a Schick Króna, a GEM Single edge and yes.. finally got a Schick Adjustable Injector back into my possession, and what a shave it gives!

My general soap is simple Van Der Hagen shave soap at Walmart and I now have an 18mm silver-tip badger brush with elephant Ivory handle. Love the feel of the brush and soap, and when I use my large scuttle it keeps my brush warm for seconds. I've a few scuttles but the one that has kids on it saying "Dad our hero" that I got on Father's Day is a daily user.

My problems is I have so many blades to try out yet, and only grow enough whiskers to get a good evaluation about once a day.

.... I think it's getting time to shave again!

Welcome to the forum Vern,
I guess you could start shaving your legs, under arms, back, chest...... you get the idea

welcome to the forum!!!

Hey Vern, welcome. It's great to have you here. Enjoy your stay.

Hey Vern, welcome to the fun !

Nice to meet you!

Welcome Vern.

(08-06-2011 06:30 PM)freddy Wrote:  Hey Vern, welcome. It's great to have you here. Enjoy your stay.

Look at you, Freddy, Super Moderator and all!! Looks like a great place for sure.

I see MsBlackwold from the banana belt of NE Wisconsin, where it's always sunny and hot and winters are mild..... Gary from Akron thanks man! Andy, always a pleasure to be greeted by you!
Thanks Andrew (from Philadelphia *did i spell that right?) for the warm welcome!!!

Krissy, I'll have to tell Ms. Gibbs about the link to the Paririe Creations. I hope it's a "dry" part of North Dakota.

All, in all this place has a lot of class and some excellent features (forum). I gratefully look forward to learning from you all and maybe passing on little bits of what I've discovered along the way.

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(08-06-2011 06:13 PM)Krissy Wrote:  Welcome to the forum Vern,
I guess you could start shaving your legs, under arms, back, chest...... you get the idea

Krissy, a razor I got in the other day and shaved with is quite a bit on the mild side and I just wanted to mention it for ladies as a great candidate for under arms shaving. Price is good too!! It's the Wilkinson Sword razor and I found it at http://www.amazon.com It's a Delrin plastic razor with a threaded top that you twist to take off the top part, but what is so unique about this razor is that it has end caps that completely cover the ends of the razor blade. This leaves only the sharp edges at a milder exposure and not the ends. Bruce On Shaving, in his blog, has stated that it is perhaps a very underrated and overlooked razor. He uses it in his 3 razor pass where he shaves with 3 different razors/blades from aggressive, to medium to mild for the last pass. This razor let's him get BBS by non-irritation buffing if needed. And, sure enough it is a distinctively mild shaver.

Welcome to our happy little corner of the interwebs.

(08-06-2011 09:29 PM)Gibbs Wrote:  

(08-06-2011 06:30 PM)freddy Wrote:  Hey Vern, welcome. It's great to have you here. Enjoy your stay.

Look at you, Freddy, Super Moderator and all!! Looks like a great place for sure.

I see MsBlackwold from the banana belt of NE Wisconsin, where it's always sunny and hot and winters are mild..... Gary from Akron thanks man! Andy, always a pleasure to be greeted by you!
Thanks Andrew (from Philadelphia *did i spell that right?) for the warm welcome!!!

Krissy, I'll have to tell Ms. Gibbs about the link to the Paririe Creations. I hope it's a "dry" part of North Dakota.

All, in all this place has a lot of class and some excellent features (forum). I gratefully look forward to learning from you all and maybe passing on little bits of what I've discovered along the way.

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(08-06-2011 06:13 PM)Krissy Wrote:  Welcome to the forum Vern,
I guess you could start shaving your legs, under arms, back, chest...... you get the idea

Krissy, a razor I got in the other day and shaved with is quite a bit on the mild side and I just wanted to mention it for ladies as a great candidate for under arms shaving. Price is good too!! It's the Wilkinson Sword razor and I found it at http://www.amazon.com It's a Delrin plastic razor with a threaded top that you twist to take off the top part, but what is so unique about this razor is that it has end caps that completely cover the ends of the razor blade. This leaves only the sharp edges at a milder exposure and not the ends. Bruce On Shaving, in his blog, has stated that it is perhaps a very underrated and overlooked razor. He uses it in his 3 razor pass where he shaves with 3 different razors/blades from aggressive, to medium to mild for the last pass. This razor let's him get BBS by non-irritation buffing if needed. And, sure enough it is a distinctively mild shaver.

yep. well, I like on the outskirts of Philadelphia, but no one would know what town I'm in unless you're form Pennsylvania so I just use the largest city near me as my "location".

Hello Vern and welcome.

FYI, my last, best 4 legged friend was named Dirt. While he was still with us my wife gave me a T shirt she found that read "Older Than Dirt". So your intro caught my eye.

Meet Dirt

What a great introduction vern you will find the D.F.S. a warm and helpfull sight all the guys and gals willing to help.have a great stay with us.

Great picture of "Dirt" !! and thanks for the welcome both you, Bob and selhov (btw, my Fatboy is about as old as selhov,.... not quite, close. I have a 1953 Y2 (actually 3) Super Speeds that are older than Selhov. One of them is still new. Oldest razor I have shaved with in my collection was bought locally from a guy that sharpens things and I got it for $15.00. I cleaned it up and honed it and even thoug it's old, it shaved pertty nice. Ramapo Co. made in 1854. Was used at the time of the Civil War. One wonders who got a shave wtih it? Some General, Captain, supply clerk, or a guy off the street wondering if the war will ends soon. Razors are an amazing history! I shave with one of my 1953 and think of a time when my Father could have bought this razor and what was it like in the country at that time. I look at my NOS 1971 razor and think back to last year in HS, and graduation. (it's still new in the case). My 1977 Super Adjustable a X4 is the same quarter and year of my son being born in Novemeber of 1977. We were living in Federal Way Washington at the time as I worked for Boeing in Seattle. An old brush and mug I have came from my Great Uncle Herman who used it and I watched him shave with his striaght razor. I still use the brush and mug, every now and then, and it invokes those memories of when I was just a lad.

Pic of the 1854 straight:

1854 ... impressive. I love history, and I also love the idea of objects in our lives having their own history. It would be great to hear the story that razor could tell us about the years in between it's construction and today.

(08-07-2011 01:38 PM)geneaut Wrote:  1854 ... impressive. I love history, and I also love the idea of objects in our lives having their own history. It would be great to hear the story that razor could tell us about the years in between it's construction and today.

Vern, I'm the same way. I always think, "If this razor could talk..." I have a 1907 Ever Ready Lather Catcher and, just as Gene said, wouldn't it be wonderful if it could tell us its history from its construction to today. I always wonder about who owned it before me, where in the world it has resided in the past, etc. Maybe that is a bit silly but it always gets my mind wandering and wondering and that is not a bad thing. Thanks for the photo of that old straight of yours. Indeed, if that razor could talk...