Brotherhood of the Open Comb

**mongo1958** · 04-23-2012, 04:20 PM

Ba Da Bing! Ba Da Boom!

Originally Posted by Touchy

It is a beautiful thing that this thread has room for more of our lives than simply our shave collection!

**bluesbishop** · 04-23-2012, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by stmaryja

i'm sure the addic... Er, ah, brothers of the open comb will already have seen this, but for those that haven't, there are fatips available on ebay. Feed that rad gents.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...ighlight=fatip

thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

**Touchy** · 04-23-2012, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by jbradley

One of our original members says the 1904 OC is one of his favorite shavers. I have never tried one, so I really can't answer. Also, I'm not sure if they are still in production or not, but I think so.

The Merkur 1904 is in production as far as I know. it's the Fattip I'm wondering about, if you know. I know there was favorable mention of the '04 as someone, Mongo I think, just ordered one. Did you get it yet Mongo?

**mongo1958** · 04-23-2012, 04:45 PM

Hey, I see an open comb on this one

**elderberry99** · 04-23-2012, 05:02 PM

Lather up and I will give you a nice close shave with that.

**mongo1958** · 04-23-2012, 05:20 PM

I'll ride my bike up there and bring the beer!

**elderberry99** · 04-23-2012, 05:24 PM

If I shave you with that bucket, you will need a little more then beer!

**Touchy** · 04-23-2012, 05:29 PM

What do you do with that thing? Rip up those Georgia piney woods?

**elderberry99** · 04-23-2012, 05:32 PM

A little of everything. Dig my pond, remove trees and stumps, bury electric lines on the property.

**Big W** · 04-23-2012, 05:38 PM

Had a shave with my short comb Gillette NEW & Bull Mastiff handle from Cooncat Bob. I bought this razor early on and had no business using it in the early stages of DE shaving. I was saving it until I felt I was ready and this thread motivated me to go ahead and use it again.

It gave me a nice two pass shave for a DFS without any nick or cuts. I used Valobra shaving soap, a vintage badger brush and closed it out with cold water and a witch hazel splash ; )

Not bad!!

**alex2363** · 04-23-2012, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by pipskicks

So I guess the open comb sort of is either not a safety razor or less of one? Maybe a hybrid, but still not the same as your run of the mill safety razor because there is no safety bar right? That part confuses me a little (well because it's called a safety razor and I guess being new I'm easily overwhelmed/confused).

Yeah I guess you run out of things to do (re: re-organizing stuff), even though mine is mostly in a drawer (hidden from SWMBO's snide comments!). I often find myself wishing I could shave 2-3x/day to practice more, and to try and get through more of the products Alex sent me a while ago that I'm still just trying to get through!

its called a safety RAZOR because compared to the unguarded/no guard straight razor, it is safer way of shaving. The SAFETY RAZOR is a safer shaving tool due to the blade being guarded by the Comb teeth or safety bar.

**alex2363** · 04-23-2012, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by elderberry99

I once had a hat collection that went up to 400+ hats and she never once bothered me about it. I did eventually get rid of them after getting tired of dusing them off once a month. Too much work for me.
My wife wanted a pond down in the woods behind the house. I told her "get me a tractor with a backhoe on it and I will build it for you". Guess what I got this past summer!

wow, 400 hats, Liz Taylr dont have that much,lol.

**elderberry99** · 04-23-2012, 05:54 PM

Once people knew I was trying to collect them, they all wanted their company hats on my wall so everyone wanted to give me hats all the time. I never had to buy any.

**alex2363** · 04-23-2012, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by turtle

I'm squeezed into a tiny shave den. I need more room

Nice Vegen Pinaud and badger brush

**alex2363** · 04-23-2012, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by kingfisher

Back on to the OC topic.....I have shaved the last three mornings with an Ikon H2O (one side is open comb, the other a safety bar). I used the OC side for the first pass, and the safety bar side for the second pass. Pretty nice razor, but I'd like it better if it had an OC on BOTH sides!

By the way, pipskicks, an OC razor is still a safety razor. It's like an interrupted safety bar, in a way. To me it doesn't seem any more dangerous that a razor with a safety bar. If you tried my LC NEW once you'd understand that it is not to be feared. There is virtually no blade gap at all; the blade rests on the combs. The angle is quite intuitive. It's a smooth shaver.

I think that the Ikon is great razor but too mild for me.

**alex2363** · 04-23-2012, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Big W

Had a shave with my short comb Gillette NEW & Bull Mastiff handle from Cooncat Bob. I bought this razor early on and had no business using it in the early stages of DE shaving. I was saving it until I felt I was ready and this thread motivated me to go ahead and use it again.

It gave me a nice two pass shave for a DFS without any nick or cuts. I used Valobra shaving soap, a vintage badger brush and closed it out with cold water and a witch hazel splash ; )

Not bad!!

congrats, and welcome to the open comb side....

**April Dawn** · 04-23-2012, 06:23 PM

I just purchased my second Pocket edition :)

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**Azarius** · 04-23-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by stmaryja

I'm sure the addic... er, ah, Brothers of the Open Comb will already have seen this, but for those that haven't, there are Fatips available on eBay. Feed that RAD gents.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...ighlight=fatip

Thank you SOOOO Much. Finally