What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Karl, those are the stock scales on the HD 8k series.

 

Tonight's shave was with one of my favorite Rescue Razors(Scales broken, and blade rusted). This razor is a very very nice shaving one. It gave an ultra sharp and ultra smooth 2 pass shave, with no issues. If I saw another one of these for sale, for a decent price, I wouldn't hesitate to bid on it.

Razor- Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Made in Germany.
Brush- B400 By Tom
Soap- MWF(Mitchell's Wool Fat)
Aftershave- Florida Water

 

Revisor

 

Ooooo, Ahhhhhhhh!!

 

Challenge Cutlery 6/8 Arkie smooth, two pass shave.

 

5/8 T.I.
Stone Cottage
Shavemac pure (25 or 26mm) knot

Excellent shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

Frederick Reynolds

 

Vintage stubby from Wm Greaves & Sons. What the razor lacks in tail size, it compensates with a long, heavy blade that takes a scary edge from toe to heel...

 

Today's shave was with one of the thinnest, and sharpest blades I own. I had a very smooth 2 pass, noisy shave. This left me BBS with zero issues. Excellent Razor.

Razor- Dubl Duck Dwarf
Brush- B400 By Tom
Soap- Lisa's Natural Herb Creations "Tobacco & Bay". This smells great.
Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice

 

Well, that was a frustrating shave. Second time out with my kamisori and I decided not to contort myself in order to keep the stamp (Omote) side facing out. However, I couldn't get as close a shave as I'd like. Even after 4 passes I ended up with a DFS. I may have to give it a serious refresh. I'm wondering if I damaged the edge somehow.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike's Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Inoue Tosuke 6/8 Kamisori
Osma Bloc d'Alun
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm

Happy shaving - Karl

 

Did you put an "Asymmetrical"(Kamisori) edge on the b made, or a "Western" edge on it??

The reason I was asking is that I have several Kamisori razors, and only really enjoyed shaving with them when I honed them "Western" style. I could get them just as sharp Kamisori style, but it just wasn't as comfortable.

 

It was a NOS blade when I got it and @gssixgun did his usual magic. It was/is an asymmetrical grind. I have to spend more time with it I'm sure but I also suspect I damaged the edge somewhere along the way - it just doesn't have that "sticky" sharp edge on my thumb. It also doesn't catch the hairs on my arms very easily.

 

Dovo Masters plus my new brush from @jtspartan

 

Beautiful finish on that brush , Keith. I like it!

 

8/8" FBU from Wm Greaves & Sons, Sheffield.

 

Glen Mercurio, ggsixgun, told me you had to refresh the edge more often than other blades. I messed mine by going to 1K to try and "rehone". I think Glen starts at 8K, but I could be wrong. Maybe just a 12K or 20K finish. I think the steel is softer than the typical blade. I loved the shave but gave up after I had difficulty keeping the edge the way I liked it. I think you have to get used to a different way of shaving. The angle on the traditional cutting side is practically flat to your face. Good luck with it. I could almost get a BBS with one pass.

 

Dovo Bergischer Lowe

 

Art Razor Le Chef

 

Great, smooth, two pass shave with the W&B.