Brotherhood of the Open Comb

**April Dawn** · 05-10-2012, 06:57 PM

another before and after shot I have a little more work to do on the case

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**whavens** · 05-10-2012, 06:58 PM

What kind of fish do you keep April? I raise Tropheus, mostly wild caught. I have a beautiful group of WC Red Rainbows. I am trying to thin out my tanks now, because I have a new passion that is just as costly as fish. Down to 12 tanks from 19, going to pare it down even more. And you do have a habit of picking up some awfully nice razors.

Originally Posted by Mooshi Kin

Okay ha ha Yes I work, from home. I make custom made to order wedding accessories ( three websites and several stores that buy direct from me) as well as pay bills for a few clients of mine and work way more hours than the average Joe or Jane probably :) I also take care of the home, laundry, cook , clean , pay bills, take care of the kittehs, fish and take out trash you know the usual mundane stuff.

I keep busy :) I must say..I do not think I am at all lazy.
I am just the average person hahaha

**turtle** · 05-10-2012, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by bluesbishop

My Bacon wrapped Cod...bacon makes even fish better!

Bacon even makes fruit better!! Bacon wrapped dates stuffed with goat cheese and a pomegranate reduction

Bacon makes bacon better

**elderberry99** · 05-10-2012, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by turtle

Bacon makes bacon better

You got that right!

**April Dawn** · 05-10-2012, 07:05 PM

Well right now I only have three tanks 2 salt water and one 2 1/2 gallon betta tank with a male and three females and lots of plants :) I also have two rather large ponds 25ft x 25 round and 11ft x 11ft with koi . The larger pond has the big koi 18" on up and some babies and the smaller pond has baby koi 2-8" African Cichlids are beautiful! Thank you :) I really like the ornate ones :)

Originally Posted by whavens

What kind of fish do you keep April? I raise Tropheus, mostly wild caught. I have a beautiful group of WC Red Rainbows. I am trying to thin out my tanks now, because I have a new passion that is just as costly as fish. Down to 12 tanks from 19, going to pare it down even more. And you do have a habit of picking up some awfully nice razors.

**bluesbishop** · 05-10-2012, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Gissy

Open comb, but not very pleasant ;)

Gissy, thanks for sharing! I have a Gillette Old Type travel razor and love it...find the light weight, and size very use to use.
Derby's always seem to pull and tug except in my R41 and the perform well in that razor.

For a shave you seemed to sabotage with your least favorite things you still seemed to get a pretty good shave!

**bluesbishop** · 05-10-2012, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by alex2363

Gissy, you need shorter baby hook strokes, i think its tugging on you because your taking extra long strokes, and maybe use a Astra blade, more foregoing.

Alex...do you have any videos to share on j strokes....I don't think alot of guys "get" the j stroke thing....I dont use J strokes really my self...BUT I do break my face/neck into zones....and most people here would be shocked at the amount of "changing of angles" I seem to make per pass....

My first pass is always shorter strokes...but other passes do tend to get longer...like gissy's passes....

**chuck81** · 05-10-2012, 07:56 PM

BOTOC brothers, let me ask you a question that I'm sure has been asked dozens of times in this thread.
Which do you find more aggressive, the Short Comb NEW or Long Comb? I LOOOOVE the short comb, but the one I have is a PIF and I have to send it on its way soon. (For a second I thought about keeping it and PIFing something else in its place...but I can't do that. Not when there are more Open Comb converts to be made with it!)
I've been looking for a user grade NEW short to replace it, but there aren't any deals on eBay right now. There are some longs, though. I thought I'd ask for some input before I dove in.
Who am I kidding, though? Of course I am going to buy it!
Tell me I am making the right decision! (I know I can count on you guys)

**alex2363** · 05-10-2012, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by chuck81

BOTOC brothers, let me ask you a question that I'm sure has been asked dozens of times in this thread.
Which do you find more aggressive, the Short Comb NEW or Long Comb? I LOOOOVE the short comb, but the one I have is a PIF and I have to send it on its way soon. (For a second I thought about keeping it and PIFing something else in its place...but I can't do that. Not when there are more Open Comb converts to be made with it!)
I've been looking for a user grade NEW short to replace it, but there aren't any deals on eBay right now. There are some longs, though. I thought I'd ask for some input before I dove in.
Who am I kidding, though? Of course I am going to buy it!
Tell me I am making the right decision! (I know I can count on you guys)

It;s an individual thing, everyone is different and so is the skin, so you may have to try both to truly know the difference. Buy 2 cheap NEWS and see what fits you better, or just wait for advise from each member here and decide,

**bluesbishop** · 05-10-2012, 08:26 PM

For me, I prefer the short comb...most here prefer the Long comb.... aggressiveness....tough call...very very close..my first OC was the SC new...so it is one of my favs!!!!

**bluesbishop** · 05-10-2012, 08:29 PM

[QUOTE=alex2363;4113270]It;s an individual thing, everyone is different and so is the skin, so you may have to try both to truly know the difference. Buy 2 cheap NEWS and see what fits you better, or just wait for advise from each member here and decide,.......

/QUOTE]

+1!! buy both!! most of us have both!!! I use both of them...I do prefer the sc...but just by a margin

**elderberry99** · 05-10-2012, 08:30 PM

I have both and pm'ed him on my short comb!

**celestino** · 05-10-2012, 08:53 PM

Wow, April, that looks really good and tempting even though i am a vegetarian. Wow, you are quite a woman; cook, accumulate razors, business intelligence, feisty, what more can you ask for !! Enjoy your food.

**Gissy** · 05-10-2012, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by alex2363

Gissy, you need shorter baby hook strokes, i think its tugging on you because your taking extra long strokes, and maybe use a Astra blade, more foregoing. ( glad oyu used a tank top ,last time your shirt was in the way,lol)

I know I should have used shorter strokes with this blade, but when I use my favorites I don't have to. I guess that is why I like them ;)

**tech.addict** · 05-10-2012, 11:51 PM

Everybody in praise of Astra SP should give Supermax Platinum a try. Even I thought that Astra is the right combination of sharpness, smoothness and price. But man I was blown away with the Supermax Platinum this week. Definitely my no. 1 blade right now.

Tragedy is that the blade is produced in India but I can't get hold of it locally - I have to buy some from bestshave.net to try it out :( .

**OldGreyGuy** · 05-11-2012, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by tech.addict

Everybody in praise of Astra SP should give Supermax Platinum a try. Even I thought that Astra is the right combination of sharpness, smoothness and price. But man I was blown away with the Supermax Platinum this week. Definitely my no. 1 blade right now.

Tragedy is that the blade is produced in India but I can't get hold of it locally - I have to buy some from bestshave.net to try it out :( .

I have to admit, I tried a tuck of them recently and the results were very good. The only thing I can't work out is the packaging. Are they SuperMax Platinum or SuperMax Super platinum?

**tech.addict** · 05-11-2012, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by OldGreyGuy

I have to admit, I tried a tuck of them recently and the results were very good. The only thing I can't work out is the packaging. Are they SuperMax Platinum or SuperMax Super platinum?

SuperMax Super platinum

**mongo1958** · 05-11-2012, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by Mooshi Kin

hahaha I love to cook what can I say Attachment 242714 Attachment 242715 Attachment 242716 my chicken pot pie

Woof!!! Can I have the last bite?

MMmmmm .......Ah!!!

**alex2363** · 05-11-2012, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by celestino

Wow, April, that looks really good and tempting even though i am a vegetarian. Wow, you are quite a woman; cook, accumulate razors, business intelligence, feisty, what more can you ask for !! Enjoy your food.

Yes she is extraordinary, we should be proud to have her as 1st sister of the BOTOC, I guess she is the Rosa Parks of Traditional Wet Shaving. She does an excellent restoration of razors to keep the tradition alive.

**alex2363** · 05-11-2012, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by tech.addict

Everybody in praise of Astra SP should give Supermax Platinum a try. Even I thought that Astra is the right combination of sharpness, smoothness and price. But man I was blown away with the Supermax Platinum this week. Definitely my no. 1 blade right now.

Tragedy is that the blade is produced in India but I can't get hold of it locally - I have to buy some from bestshave.net to try it out :( .

ok, will try them out . Thanks for the insight.