So I got a straight razor, and then I got another one. I am dissapointed in the dovo straight razor; made in Germany, and pleasantly suprized by the Thiers Issard straight razor; made in France. Supprise, They can do something else well other than make excelent bread and loose wars.

I will admit the with in the first three shaves I sliced my self up good. The first time I actualy didn't have any problems. The second and third time was when the carnage occured. The first three were with the Dovo. But then the fine piece of machinery came from the frenchies and I realized my mistake. Now my only problems come from the difficult angles on the left side. Right side is good. No problems. I am still just a little awkward on the left.

One piece of advice just incase any of you men want to try it. Do not... DO NOT try to shave with out stroping, even if the razor comes with directions saying that the razor comes ready to shave. Still, you should strop that bad boy. The Thiers Issard directions said that and I believed them. I got about half way across my face and said "that is enough" I washed off the razor stroped it and when I came back was as smooth a shave as I have ever had. SO STROP YOUR RAZOR.

You may say "that is silly" or "straight razors are so expensive" or "I am afraid I would cut myself" or " I don't know how." Well all of those excusses are worthless. And here is why.

1. that is silly- Your fore fathers used straight razors and they were more of a man by the age of 15 than you may ever be.

2. straight razors are so expensive- Yes they are, but they are not as expensive as the typical razor blade cartrages you have to buy twice a year. Do you realized the prices on those things are like 35, 40 dollars. Those are for the big packs and they may last a long time. But they wont last as long as a good finely crafted piece of carbon steel.

3. I am afraid I would cut myself- Of course you will cut your self you pansy. Grab your man parts and get over it. I have and it is refreshing. Especialy when you splash some after shave or strait alcohol on it after wards. The pain lets you know you are still alive.

4. I don't know how- Well of course you don't. no one has ever shown, or told you how to do it. But there is an easy remedy for that. Look it up on the internet. You are on the internet if you are reading this. So take 5 seconds to do some REAL INDEPTH RESEARCH AND GOOGLE IT. or I will give you a breef go over at the end.

SO there you are. No excuses any more. Really it is a better way to do it. I have to say that even with my sensitive neck and face skin the single blade of the french made, carbon steel, hollow ground, deadly, work of art, only after 6 attempts, it gives me a far better shave than the last overly expensive gellet thing that i bought with the 14 razors lined up on it with the swivel head and the single blade that almost shaves but not really. I am done with those. And one day I may have to buy another straight razor. But by that time i may be so old that my nurse will have to shave me, right after she changes my diaper.

THE END.

What you need to know for a good shave with a strait razor.

Items needed.

1 strait razor. I sugest Thier Issard. they are alittle over 100 dollars.

1 strop. get one with a leather and a canvas side. It will more than likely come with instructions. If not give me a ring and i will Instruct you in the ways that you should go. It will cost you about 30 to 50 dollars.

1 sharpening stone- this is were I think you should spend money on the higher grade sharpening hone. I purchased the Norton 4000 and 8000 combo water stone. It was 79 dollars. I have yet to use it on my good razor. But I have plenty of dull knives to hone my own sharpening skill on.
The sharpening hone is for after about a year the strop will not sharpen the razor like it did at first. YOu must then cut the worn edge off and re-cut it with the hone. THen the strop will work as it once did.

Lather and shave with the grain on a sharp angle. start with the side burns and come down. then the neck, then come across the chin. Coming back across the chin from the left and down the neck is where i have had trouble. SO be patient YOu are going to get cut. It's alright sweaty. You will make it. Eventualy you will get better. And then finaly the mustash. That is where the strait razor can really make the difference between a fine tool and the big stack of razors that cut like a lawn mower.

One more thing I would recomend. after the shave use a good aftershave. easy enough, I hope.

This is a new entry.

First you must have a deer hide. You get this by killing a deer and then ripping the skin off of it after you have cut the skin around the neck, around the 4 legs above the joints and down the belly. Easy.

Then you have to scrape the rest of the meat off of the skin will a dull hack saw or if you are very good a sharp knife. I used a scraper with little teeth on it. Supprisingly it only took off the meat and fat and did not harm the actual skin.
It is best to do this when the skin is fresh and soft. If it is dry and hard you can soak it in water and alot of dish washing liquid.

Then if you want all the hair off of the skin you have to get slaked lime. Which is also called Pickling lime or hydogenated lime. There are two other kinds of lime that you should not use. One is the kind that is used to change the ph of soil for planting gardens and the other can be squeezed into cokes or other beverages. The hydrogenated lime is also put in the soil but somehow it is different. You can buy the hydrogenated lime at a landscaping depot. For some reason finding the right kind of lime was the most difficult step for me.

Then soak the deer skin in 5 gallans of water and 2 lbs of lime. For 3 to six days. Untill the hair comes off from brushing your hand stiffly across the hide. It takes a while.

After the hair comes off easily rinse for about 15 min. and then soak in 1 gal of vineger and 2 gal of water to stop the affects of the Lime. Do this for 24 hours.

Then buy 10 lbs of salt and a big piece of plywood-low grade and tack the skin out on the wood so that it is not stretched out like a leather drum. Then poor 10 lbs of salt on it.

That is all the further I have gotten on the subject.

"I am singing at de Partee... "

"Beneath the mane you find his... nucleus."

Thank you Bruke.

Yes, 30 years old. All that I have learned is that i have not learned enough, and probably never will.

"But my life is goood. Really Good."

Rumsfeld was one man that understood the war on terror. He understood discipline and determination. He was attempting to change the military from a conventional and 20th century force into a specialized combined action group force for the 21st century and for the needs of the war on terror. That is what led many conventionally minded Generals to speak out against him; my former CG being one of them. He did not play the media’s game he called them on their foolish questions and over sights of common sense items, and that is why the media spoke out against, and continually attempted to make the man look like a villain. He is exactly what Bush said he was, and did what Bush said he did. I pray for this nation that we remember accurately what he did for this country. How hard he worked, and sacrificed even while being smeared by the conventional media and foolish liberals on both sides of the party lines. As for the future, who knows what it holds for us. However my back and ankles are already aching. They usually do when storm clouds are around the corner.

My respect and prayers are with the man that gave so much and served at the pleasure of our good President in perhaps the most tragic time of our Country’s History