What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Wacker
PannaCrema o2 Vetiver
Thater boar

Nice shave this morning. I'm a vetiver fan and all I pick up is citrus scent with this soap. It's nice but I wanted vetiver. Well, I'm satisfied with the Thater brush, no more prickliness at all. The next shave will be with the ABC brush. I don't believe there will be any issues with this brush. The hand lathers have satisfactory and I think this brush will just drop into rotation and the break in will take care of its self. Have a good one.

 

SOTD
Razor: 6/8 Vintage W.M Greaves vintage 1820’s-1840’s fully restored and custom scales
Strop: Ezra Arthur English Bridle 3’
Alum Block: omega
Brush: Kent BLK12 silvertip
PreShave: Proraso for sensitive skin
Shave cream: TOBS Jeremyn street Fougere for sensitive skin
Hope you all enjoy and have a great Monday!


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Tanifuji Cape-Kennedy 77 Razor

 

A fantastic close shave with the dubl ducks. Been “shave lazy” as of recent. About every three days (or longer).

 

I like that Cape Kennedy!

Cheers, Steve

 

Broke out the Otto Deutsch Hans to do the Monday honors. A decent if not stellar shave. Very enthusiastic lather this morning - so much that it was running everywhere and I stuccoed my face with it. Smelled great. I'm ready for the week now.

 

Today's shave was with a Japanese Rescue Razor. I had a fantastic 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues.

Razor- Japanese "Cherry 92".
Brush- JR#262. Ebony/Birdseye Maple. Silvertip Knot.
Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy
Aftershave- Osage Rub

 

5/8 J.A. Hellberg Skydds Marke Fresh Off the Yellow Lake Hone
Had a superb shave with this Swedish Doll .BBS in no time flat .Love how this blade handles the chin and under the nose . Sweet shaver .

 

Koraat 8/8 quarter hollow, bicolor,textured micarta
Baume.be
Tuxedo synthetic
Dickinson witch hazel
Pinaud clubman

 

6/8 Boker " Spirit of St. Louis " Steamship is engraved in the blade
Simpson's Chubby # 2
Poraso Green
Taconic Pre and Aftershave
Excellent shave by this razor

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Yesterday my new Koraat 14 2.0 arrived. Ulrik delivered another winner. It is a bellied hollow but I told him I had trouble with big hollow grinds flexing during the shave. He just a little extra backbone and it did not flex at all but it was signing.

 

Congrats Keith! Wonderful choice. Glad the shave was what you were looking for.

 

You guys have so much fun with your Dovo Bismarcks that I had to join in! The eBay gods aligned and I got my shot.
So maiden voyage of a new to me Dovo...

Very nice shave, and I’m interested to see how it compares to my pre-Dovo Bismarck.
Tom.

 

Welcome to the Bismarck club.

 

@picturerock
do I see a tooth on the edge or is it just a droplet of lather ?

 

Hayashi user that I honed up last night - the edge still doesn't seem quite 'there' though it should be, it tested very well. I got a tiny scratch that I did not even notice until lathering up with the Duke 3 and Trafalgar for the second pass, the first draw of blood in months! But it wasn't much, a small droplet at most and it stopped after drying off. AS was Harris Pink, and I used a tiny corner of an alum block on the affected spot just as a precaution. Now I have to figure out if it's just me or the edge is lacking - my money is on me, I think that the edge is pretty good - but I have been wrong before lol.

Cheers, Steve

 

Just a droplet of that crazy mound of lather. Believe me, the edge is good, and the lather was everywhere.

 

Reached for the C.V. Heljestrand Sculpta this morning - I need the challenge of this razor! Two careful passes, a bit of touch up, and voila, I'm ready for the day. There were a couple of nicks, but hey, I'm working on this! Also, much better control of the lather. It didn't demand the keys to the car like it did yesterday. I like well behaved lather.

 

Congress! I like a quarter hollow on those guys, well done!

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That was my first straight razor, awesome shave.

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