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Thank you my friend! There is another storm that is forming hopefully it doesn't come nowhere near us! Thank you for the kind words, I hope you have a great Sunday!
Cajun Cutter absolutely beautiful razor, blank, covers . And your shaving is, as always, classy, my friend. I watched it with pleasure. You inspired me for my next shave. It will be GD 😉. I just finished sharpening at Arkansas Surgical. Best regards and I look forward to watching your next video.
Thank you my friend that is such a nice compliment! Can't wait to see your next shave with the GD, in my opinion surgical black gives one of the best edges for a straight razor! Cheers, i'll be waiting for your next video my friend
Hi Sean. Nice shave. Man it's amazing how many different ways you can use a coti 🙂 soapy water, mineral oil you name it. Don't give the razor back to Eric until he makes some special scented soap 👍
Oh he's not getting back! We might be in look he sent me a video last night of him cooking some jambalaya so maybe he's thinking about it? Not sure, he better! I'm loving these little coticule stones, it really feels like I cracked a code or something with the dilucote, i'm consistently getting edges that feel 10k cutting keeness with one stone honing from bevel set. I might sell my jnats haha
you missed an opportunity to film a "Hurricane Honing" video, with the unique vibe of just candles for light. super clean shave as usual. congrats on the vintage coti! can't wait to see it👀
That would had been a good opportunity! Honing in the dark haha Thank you my friend, i'm still learning a lot in this hobby, always have to have that student mentality
Your a fine experimenter Sean, (far more than me ) So strength to your elbow ...although gold dollars could be wasted effort ? due to their variance in doubtful quality 😂 . Lovely Ausi razor, poor Eric will need to conquer up gumbo soap 😅. Spot on observation on ease of cut , due to blade size stability ? Nice shout out thank you 😊 ....so glad you're all safe 🙏 🌀 hurricane winds must be terrible !
I've always been a fast learner and the trick to being a fast learner is being fast at failing... every time you fail at something you gain experience, sometimes you gotta fail and fall to jump higher hehe that was a good quote don't you think? hehe Yeah i'm keeping his razor until he makes the gumbo scent soap I want, he could pull it off I think. Cheers Marti, your video today saved me while working!
Hi Sean my friend 👍🏻 Great shave like always - I am still kind of afraid to test out the straight razor shave - but I will try it 😉👍🏻 Have a nice rest of the Sunday! Greetings from Germany 👋🏻 Christian
Whenever you are ready Christian! The cheeks is the best way to start, I used to shave with straight razors in the cheek and finished the rest of the shave with cartridge… at the time I didn’t understand DE so I had cartridge razors 😂 thanks for watching my friend and for those kind words!
Great video Sean. I like how you have understood that your honing technique needs to adapt to each stone. That's key to learning how to use stones of different types, and it just takes time on each stone to learn what it can, and can't give you. Even though I'm all about the math, now you need to forget how to count! 🤣 I'm going to do some sort of video (zero planning, as usual) in the next day or two, and will provide an update on how shaving without stropping is progressing. (hint: amazing results)
Thank you Greg! It's always very encouraging when I get a message like this, especially from you! Thank God you're going to make a video, i've missed them. Whenever you do upload i'll be watching with some zacapa at hand my friend!
That Collings looks amazing. You could see in the first pass by your beard shadow how much keener it was than and the gold dollar. That sucker is a light saber. I think your fast coti is a keeper. It not, I maye be able to find a home for it 😂. Great shave.
You have so many cotis you could make a museum with them haha going to try and hone the gold dollar on the fast coti and see if I can replicate the results, slowly moving away from the gold dollars tho! We want gumbo scented soap!!!
Great stuff Sean. I need to take time to learn my coti. I've had it for a while. My first attempts weren't too good so I relegated it to pre-finisher status and always followed it with a translucent Arkansas or slate. It's a hard coti, so you've opened my mind to trying some different approaches with it. I'll have to find the time - I'm having too much fun learning the Jnats I got from Eric!
Jnat also got me some really nice Jnats! He is such a great guy and when in doubt with a coticule he is the person to go to in my opinion. Once I get undercut with the coticule with water only I go to the sink and do 80 laps with clean water cleaning the stone and razor every 10 laps until I hit 80... even if you don't see the garnets I feel like they are there... after that I do 20 more laps but I rinse the coti and razor every 5... after that I like using something to bump the edge over the stone, oil has been working so well... There I do 20 laps on oil and strop heavy... My hht has been crazy lately... keep me posted with your coti please!
@@seanstapelfeld Thanks for your reply Sean. I intend to try your approach - I'm just not sure which razor or when, but I'll figure it out. I love the learning aspect of SR shaving - the shaving itself and the razor honing, not to mention the razor and stone acquisition!
Quality edge on that cajun cutter. I am glad that you are starting to get power and water again. I know what it is like to have everything turned off and take a while to come back online living in a remote area. I am still looking for a coti, I keep missing the bids or they are too expensive for me. I look forward to seeing your new coticule. Take care and thanks for sharing.
@@nonamebear1136 I know what you mean Robert! On eBay it seems like they are going by really fast! It might just be Eric he has a ton of coticules probably more than 10 and he hunts them down haha thank you for the kind words and it can suck not having power but especially no water. Have you tried out the jnat my friend!
@@seanstapelfeld I happen to be fortunate enough to have a creek behind my house. So we can at least flush the toilets when we are out of water. I have been enjoying the jnat. It has it's own feel that is unique. The slurry feels sharp and crisp compared to the other stones I have.
🤣i'm hiding in the mountains but then I just remembered he does yearly hunting trips so he could probably find me! I just want my gumbo scented soap man hehe thank you bill! Miss your videos man, hope you get your voice back soon!
Nice video, Sean, listening to you and Eric, I think I have some ideas how to address a new razor back home. I think I just might not be on the stone long enough to get all it can give..
If you add me on facebook or email me maybe we can look at the stone together and try to figure it out... I really feel like i'm cracking the code with this dilucote method, consistently getting edges that feel above 10k cutting keeness with all my stones here in my house. My email is in my youtube about me if you're interested my friend!
@seanstapelfeld Hi Sean, of course I will. As I commented to Eric, we are still down in Turkey on vacation, but we will be back home by the weekend. I'll get connected on FB by that time. Cheers mate 👍🏻
Check out Subtle Art Soap Co. They will have some special deals tomorrow Sunday, August 18, 2024. This ain't no paid promotion or nothing just a quid pro quo for you guys and my buddy Joe!
@@seanstapelfeld his base is top notch. I am going to order my Citrus Bay Rum tomorrow, great scent
@@BigEShaves I really enjoyed Joes bay rum splash! Very citrusy just up my alley
Nice shave Sean! A gumbo scented soap, now that would be something..lol!
@@JD_Str8RZR Thank you Joe! I’m telling you, it’s what the people want 😂
Fantastic shave as always Sean, Those storms and be nasty and wicked, glad you power back Enjoy your Day
Thank you my friend! There is another storm that is forming hopefully it doesn't come nowhere near us! Thank you for the kind words, I hope you have a great Sunday!
Cajun Cutter absolutely beautiful razor, blank, covers .
And your shaving is, as always, classy, my friend. I watched it with pleasure. You inspired me for my next shave. It will be GD 😉. I just finished sharpening at Arkansas Surgical. Best regards and I look forward to watching your next video.
Thank you my friend that is such a nice compliment! Can't wait to see your next shave with the GD, in my opinion surgical black gives one of the best edges for a straight razor! Cheers, i'll be waiting for your next video my friend
Hi Sean. Nice shave. Man it's amazing how many different ways you can use a coti 🙂 soapy water, mineral oil you name it. Don't give the razor back to Eric until he makes some special scented soap 👍
Oh he's not getting back! We might be in look he sent me a video last night of him cooking some jambalaya so maybe he's thinking about it? Not sure, he better! I'm loving these little coticule stones, it really feels like I cracked a code or something with the dilucote, i'm consistently getting edges that feel 10k cutting keeness with one stone honing from bevel set. I might sell my jnats haha
you missed an opportunity to film a "Hurricane Honing" video, with the unique vibe of just candles for light. super clean shave as usual. congrats on the vintage coti! can't wait to see it👀
That would had been a good opportunity! Honing in the dark haha Thank you my friend, i'm still learning a lot in this hobby, always have to have that student mentality
Your a fine experimenter Sean, (far more than me ) So strength to your elbow ...although gold dollars could be wasted effort ? due to their variance in doubtful quality 😂 . Lovely Ausi razor, poor Eric will need to conquer up gumbo soap 😅.
Spot on observation on ease of cut ,
due to blade size stability ? Nice shout out thank you 😊 ....so glad you're all safe 🙏 🌀 hurricane winds must be terrible !
I've always been a fast learner and the trick to being a fast learner is being fast at failing... every time you fail at something you gain experience, sometimes you gotta fail and fall to jump higher hehe that was a good quote don't you think? hehe Yeah i'm keeping his razor until he makes the gumbo scent soap I want, he could pull it off I think. Cheers Marti, your video today saved me while working!
Hi Sean my friend 👍🏻
Great shave like always - I am still kind of afraid to test out the straight razor shave - but I will try it 😉👍🏻
Have a nice rest of the Sunday!
Greetings from Germany 👋🏻
Christian
Whenever you are ready Christian! The cheeks is the best way to start, I used to shave with straight razors in the cheek and finished the rest of the shave with cartridge… at the time I didn’t understand DE so I had cartridge razors 😂 thanks for watching my friend and for those kind words!
@@seanstapelfeld you are welcome Sean and thanks for the tip - please remember me to do so the first times 🤗
Great video Sean. I like how you have understood that your honing technique needs to adapt to each stone. That's key to learning how to use stones of different types, and it just takes time on each stone to learn what it can, and can't give you. Even though I'm all about the math, now you need to forget how to count! 🤣
I'm going to do some sort of video (zero planning, as usual) in the next day or two, and will provide an update on how shaving without stropping is progressing. (hint: amazing results)
Thank you Greg! It's always very encouraging when I get a message like this, especially from you! Thank God you're going to make a video, i've missed them. Whenever you do upload i'll be watching with some zacapa at hand my friend!
@@seanstapelfeld Thank you Sean. It happens to be Zacapa and cigar time for me right now 😁
That Collings looks amazing. You could see in the first pass by your beard shadow how much keener it was than and the gold dollar. That sucker is a light saber. I think your fast coti is a keeper. It not, I maye be able to find a home for it 😂. Great shave.
You have so many cotis you could make a museum with them haha going to try and hone the gold dollar on the fast coti and see if I can replicate the results, slowly moving away from the gold dollars tho! We want gumbo scented soap!!!
Use the barber’s notch pointed toward the nostril. Many believe that’s what it’s for, to get up in there. Great shave. Thanks for the call out.
Thank you Leon, that actually makes a lot of sense. I will give it a try when I shave with it again. Hope you're doing well, cheers!
Great stuff Sean. I need to take time to learn my coti. I've had it for a while. My first attempts weren't too good so I relegated it to pre-finisher status and always followed it with a translucent Arkansas or slate. It's a hard coti, so you've opened my mind to trying some different approaches with it. I'll have to find the time - I'm having too much fun learning the Jnats I got from Eric!
Jnat also got me some really nice Jnats! He is such a great guy and when in doubt with a coticule he is the person to go to in my opinion. Once I get undercut with the coticule with water only I go to the sink and do 80 laps with clean water cleaning the stone and razor every 10 laps until I hit 80... even if you don't see the garnets I feel like they are there... after that I do 20 more laps but I rinse the coti and razor every 5... after that I like using something to bump the edge over the stone, oil has been working so well... There I do 20 laps on oil and strop heavy... My hht has been crazy lately... keep me posted with your coti please!
@@seanstapelfeld Thanks for your reply Sean. I intend to try your approach - I'm just not sure which razor or when, but I'll figure it out. I love the learning aspect of SR shaving - the shaving itself and the razor honing, not to mention the razor and stone acquisition!
@@michaelkuper8268 the collection gets bigger and bigger and also the investment haha
Quality edge on that cajun cutter. I am glad that you are starting to get power and water again. I know what it is like to have everything turned off and take a while to come back online living in a remote area.
I am still looking for a coti, I keep missing the bids or they are too expensive for me. I look forward to seeing your new coticule.
Take care and thanks for sharing.
@@nonamebear1136 I know what you mean Robert! On eBay it seems like they are going by really fast! It might just be Eric he has a ton of coticules probably more than 10 and he hunts them down haha thank you for the kind words and it can suck not having power but especially no water. Have you tried out the jnat my friend!
@@seanstapelfeld I happen to be fortunate enough to have a creek behind my house. So we can at least flush the toilets when we are out of water.
I have been enjoying the jnat. It has it's own feel that is unique. The slurry feels sharp and crisp compared to the other stones I have.
@@nonamebear1136 Oh man that sounds nice! I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying the Jnat my friend!
@@seanstapelfeld I am very thankful for it and your generosity.
Dude, I don’t care if you’re from PR, I wouldn’t ‘F’ with no Crazy Cajun he will get his razor back if he has to swim. 😎
Nice vid.
🤣i'm hiding in the mountains but then I just remembered he does yearly hunting trips so he could probably find me! I just want my gumbo scented soap man hehe thank you bill! Miss your videos man, hope you get your voice back soon!
Nice video, Sean, listening to you and Eric, I think I have some ideas how to address a new razor back home. I think I just might not be on the stone long enough to get all it can give..
If you add me on facebook or email me maybe we can look at the stone together and try to figure it out... I really feel like i'm cracking the code with this dilucote method, consistently getting edges that feel above 10k cutting keeness with all my stones here in my house. My email is in my youtube about me if you're interested my friend!
@seanstapelfeld Hi Sean, of course I will. As I commented to Eric, we are still down in Turkey on vacation, but we will be back home by the weekend. I'll get connected on FB by that time. Cheers mate 👍🏻
@@dnamol perfect my friend! Turkey, that sounds nice, enjoy your vacation my friend
Whatever worx, that's my theory!💎
I like your theory! It's so true, hope you're doing well Gary!
Your always either in a white shirt or on vacation lol
I'm always in island time haha it's always a vacation over here... fiesta!!!