09-14-2025, 07:42 PM
(09-14-2025, 03:27 PM)Rocketman Wrote: Lather Catcher Sunday during SEptember = Sweeeeet!!That's awesome that you sharpen your own blades. I have Tom White to do my wedges. Once he sharpened them, I just have to strop them and go. The Kampfe Star is my favorite of my lather catchers, but I love them all.
I was quite pleased with Jayaruh’s pick of a Kampfe Star 1902 for today and also went with sharpening up a wedge blade. I have tried sharpening numerous wedge blades from old sets and have done ok. I have also had some pretty unsuccessful, rather sh*tty shaves this way too. I wanted todays to ‘just work’ so I chose a Swedish Heljestrand I have from a NOS 7 day replacement blade set I was so very fortunate to get through the kindness of our own RobinK a little over 10 years ago now. These blades rock! I put a shaving edge on them using this wonderful Escher & Co. Barber’s Delight stone which gets these blades so sharp I just need to get one close to my face and it begins to cut hair! (Well, almost) Sweet, sweet Sunday! I see the blade looks chippy in the photo, but it actually has a super polished edge.
Disclaimer: I didn’t use that nos Star brush (nor the old Kampfe set strop) but substituted it for the shave with a Thater badger covered with Trumpers Coconut Shaving Cream. The shave was pure bliss!!
Jim - The Cackalacky Kid "Finally, shaving is fun again..."
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