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Is that a 3" barrel? You don't see those very often around here. I would love to have one. That is the perfect length.
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Alden started following Retro shaving, Sweetest revolver I've ever owned, No more Debit card and and 3 others
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What would you recommend for someone who is the middle of a Chapter 13 and not allowed to have any credit accounts of any kind.
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I have had my debit card swiped one time, and my bank caught it instantly, put a hold on it, cancelled the next day after I called them back, then issued me a new card. I have heard this happens most often at gas pumps. No idea why that is.
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I use this too, plus I just added AdBlock to my Chrome browser and I'm a happy surfer.
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I can never approach what you are doing, but I do what I can!
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I was reading through this thread early this morning and went and rounded up all my .22lr ammo and counted it. I bought most of it during the last "big scare" and paid on average around $15 per 500 rounds. I have about 6k left. I have not shot any of it for a long time. I will probably not shoot much of it at all, now. When I was shooting a lot I was going through about 1k a year, so it's not like I used it all up quickly even then.
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Kenny has some really nice straight razors. Maybe he will show up and show us some.
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Why not buy a chromed steel or stainless steel DE razor that will last you 30 years, and pay .50 cents a month for blades? I've never used shave butter, but I have used Cremo and Neutrogena shave creams. They are excellent. I really like Van Der Hagen and Proraso shave soaps and hot water with a boar or badger brush best though. You can get the brushes cheap, by the way. Boar brushes are a lot less expensive than badger hair brushes, and I don't notice much difference. I only used a half hour the first couple of times, now it's about 15-20 minutes. Once you figure out what you are doing it's not that difficult. The DE razor is even faster, about 10 minutes on average.
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Picked this up today-range report PMR-30
Alden replied to Gmountain's topic in General Handgun Armory
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I can tell you how to get a good one cheaply. You see the old one in the picture above? The one that looks gray? That's a 1925 Palmer, made in Soligen, Germany. I found it at an antique store. It was in rough shape, so I got it cheap, $25 bucks, then I went online and found out how to clean it up and get it shave-ready. It took me about a week of working on it off and on to get it back in shape. Go here, become a member and start asking questions. These guys are great. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/search.php?searchid=8754470 Now, the Palmer is a sweet little cut throat.
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You know that cartridge type multiblades actually contribute to the bumps and ingrown hairs, right? Some people think they actually cause them. Just shave twice a week or so. The old school razors are called DE razors (Double Edge) and you can get them pretty cheaply on Ebay. I got two that way, a Chinese made Wieshi and a 1960 Gillette Super Speed like my dad used. I use both and love the Gillette, but my favorite is a Merkur I got off Amazon.com. One 100 pack of Astra DE blades off Amazon was about $11.00 and will last me about two years. I can get 8 good shaves from one DE blade. Straight razor shaving is not as scary as everyone thinks. It takes technique and it takes practice. That being said, I prefer using a DE razor 90% of the time. I get magnificently close shaves now, and the Proraso shaving soaps are fantastic.
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Anybody here into old style shaving? It's something else I have fallen into in the last few months. Very satisfying and enjoyable, as opposed to using the multiblade cartridge style ripoff razors. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/04/26/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa-an-instructional-film-video/ http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/01/31/how-to-shave-with-a-straight-razor-video/
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