First impressions of a Dorco Prime blade

Shaved with a Dorco Prime in a Schick Krona this morning. Might not be the best combination, a mild razor with a mild blade, but the shave was nice.

The Prime feels like an Astra SP after five or six shaves, when the sharpness is starting to drop off. Takes some care around the chin, and three full passes there to get it clean, but the result is great and there is no irritation at all.

Had to make four passes on the right side because the blade will not cut my stubble (which grows parallel to my skin there) unless I get the blade angle just right, but it feels fine after the shave.

Good blade for beginnners or for anyone with the time to do a full three pass shave -- have to work the stubble down, it's not super sharp, but it's very smooth and gives a very close shave if you pay attention to technique.

It was quite nice to have a clean face with no irritation at all! I'll see how long it lasts, maybe not as long as an Astra. Might even buy some more!

Peter

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First impressions of a Dorco Prime blade

'Barber Hone'

Some of you may remember me crying a couple of months ago about dropping and breaking my favorite tranny.

Last night while looking for something else, I noticed the two pieces in the hone box and thought that I might be able to salvage it. After a little diamond grinding on the jagged end, I was able to make a good 'barber hone' out of the 5.5" piece. Works great. The Swaty copy now retires into the hone box.

Reduce - Reuse - Recycle

Color me green :)

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'Barber Hone'

4K to set bevels

If I am maintaining one of my own edges, the bevel does not need to be set and the coarsest stone I would typically use is an 8k or koma slurry, but usually I just refresh on tomo slurry.

If the razor is new to me but appears OK and tests well, I'd probably start with the 5k Shapton Pro amd see how it goes.

If the razor is a worn eBay 'special' with no significant damage I'd likely start with a 2k Shapton Pro.

If the razor is a used European razor with a 'U' shaped bevel from decades of paste, I start with a 600 Chosera!

Cheers, Steve

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4K to set bevels

Straight Norton 4/8 k stone & flattening stone.conus.

U.S. shipping & paypal only please....Thanks

Here's the story. After 40+ years of shaving with a straight razor I have returned to a DE. Long story. I sold several of my straight razors here on the BST & several on flea-bay. Prior to that decision I purchased these stones. I smoothed out the surface of the 4/8K stone & beveled the edges. Steel has never touched this stone. I was going to keep them to sharpen my knives, but for years have used Arks to do so and felt no reason to change. If it works don't fix it. These have been collecting dust, so I decided to offer them to you.

Norton 4/8K stone 8x3x1...$80.00..Shipped
Norton Flattening stone....$25.00....Shipped

Now you are right I am asking nearly full boat for these stones, but I am offering a little kicker. If you purchase both I will throw in this tub of I Coloniali shaving cream Mango..3.5 oz. which has been discontinued, but still can be found. A $40.00 value. I used this soap maybe 4 times at most. There you have it.

Thanks for looking
Best Regards Ron

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Straight Norton 4/8 k stone & flattening stone.conus.

Opinions needed on this pen (Wing Sung 659 demonstrator)

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Yeah, so I kinda like demonstrators. A lot. My most recent purchase was a Platinum Cool which I adore. I was browsing Amazon the other day and stumbled across this one. I've heard horror stories about this one though from around the interwebs and was wondering if anyone here has an opinion on it.

"The nibs that came with the pen were horribly misaligned out of the box."

"The demonstrator fell apart when trying to initially ink the pen."

"Even after inking the pen the ink leaked through the body and permanently stained small air bubbles in the body."

Most of these were said over at the Fountain Pen Network forums, but I figured I'd see if any members here had similar issues. When I first saw that pen I was like "HNNNNNGGGG Must have!" but now I'm not so sure. If there are a lot of issues with the nibs and converter (which I can't find anywhere to buy replacements for those), I'd like to know before buying.

Thanks in advance for any answers ya'll.

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Opinions needed on this pen (Wing Sung 659 demonstrator)

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Fatip heads, what is the difference?

Are fatip heads all the same? The piccolo, or Grande, etc., is the difference in the handle? I have an R41 Mühle and it is a thing of beauty. I love the shave but with a very thick beard, and sensitive skin it can be rather irritating. Sad, that is a wonderful razor in quality and performance. I was looking at a fatip but am not sure about what the differences are. I appreciate your input!

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Fatip heads, what is the difference?