What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Thank goodness for the round point but that heel looks as though you best pay attention!

 

I am not sure why the square points give me a much bloodier time than a pointed heel. In the beginning I was worried about the heel but these days it does not draw blood too often. The heel does inspire me to focus more than normal.

You are right if this razor did not have round point it might be on the way to a new owner.

 

Two Pass Shaving Routine..

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
Gotta Solingen 6/8th
VP Leonhardy Pure Badger
Valobra Tallow Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I Had a Comfortable Shave Today with MY Gotta Solingen 6/8th..This is the 1st Time I Used My Newly Acquired Tony Miller Heirloom Strop..I Wouldn't have Believed the Difference it makes to an Edge of a Blade..Defo Puts a Smoother More Comfortable Edge on a Blade than the Strop I was Using Before..I Got this for a Song an All..

I am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

Starlet 872

 

SOTD: Day#6 Vintage Sheffield Shaves — Marshes & Shepherd 'Pond Works' 7/8" (1840-1850), —a hefty hunk that takes a scary-sharp edge.

 

Route 66 Ghost Town
Wolf Whiskers Brush
Wade and Butcher 7/8
Alum
Thayers WH
PAA Déjà Fougère AS
Have a great Monday!

 

T.MAKISON - Stub tail
Oscar11 2band finest silver tip brush.
Tabac soap
Wars zero balm.

WOW cant believe I have waited so long to get a stub tail, stunning shave from such a small light weight razor

 

And a nice one it is!

 

Today i used a 63 Cadi.

C-MON Cadillac 5/8 full hollow square end

 

Back to learning my SR. Thanks @Jim99 for the analogy of shaving the lather - nice tip. Today's lesson was you can't force a good SR shave. The good news is there was improvement over my first two shaves.

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824
Nielsen't Never Fail
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

One shave at a time…..its always rewarding to see improvement so quickly, isn't it?

 

Nice old Stub tail, is the red line in the scales for Liverpool FC?

 

Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple 8/8
Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Semogue 2011 LE finest Boar size 1
Catie's Bubbles Fouet L'Orange
L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger Balm
L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger Edt​

 

Hoken J West

 

It's great to hear that the shaves are improving.

It was not all that long ago, months ago actually, when I started SR shaving. It was a real struggle for me and I almost quit! As my wife says, I'm stubborn and I don't give up. My SR shaves now are close, comfortable and done in 20 minutes. What's seems so elusive today will become second nature in time.

A couple of key things to do is watch your angles and keep the spine just a couple of spine widths off your face, wet lather is slicker than a thick one, your blade must be in tip top shape and properly honed, only pull the blade perpendicular to your face, stretch your skin, make steady strokes, and shave the lather.

One more tip is to have fun with your new found skill and relish in every success!

 

Billy

 

As a Scotsman, his accent must have really grated on your nerves.

 

Wait a minute... Are you telling me that Scotty wasn't really from Scotland and it's a fake accent? You're bursting my bubble!

I bet you're going to tell me next that the Geico gecko is not from the UK!

 

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. He did have a rather distinguished service record with the Royal Canadian Artillery, in spite of the fact he was shot 6 times by one of his own sentries.