What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Vintage Heinrich Böker 5/8" "Extra Hollow Ground" square point. A little restoration & honing for Jim's (@Jayaruh ) razor. Sweet noisy shaver!

 

Wow! That turned out nice, Kevin. I can hardly wait to get it into my little hands. Beautiful.

 

The Bacon Lord gave a little love to my Greaves wedge and I got to try out the results this morning. As a good omen, the lather and brush came up perfect as I got ready for the first pass. By the end I had a super close shave with very little noise from the Alum. It seems that, for me at least, the wedge is gentler on the face but requires a little more angle to get a really close shave. Yes, face rubbing goodness all around.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Honig Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824 Silver Tip
W. Greaves & Sons Wedge 6/8
Alum Bloc d'Alun
T&H Classic After Shave Balm


Happy shaving - Karl

 

Tonight's shave was with one I hadn't heard of before, and took a chance on. It was freshly honed after some of the rust was knocked off of it. I did a two pass shave, WTG and ATG, just to test it out. It did wonderfully. The ATG went smoothly. This blade can take and hold a super sharp edge. Top notch quality material, and workmanship when they made this blade. BBs results on the face. NO nicks cuts or weepers. Just Smiles.

Razor- John Pritzlaff Hardware

 

That's a sweet razor!

 

I love those scales.

 

Challenge Cutlery 6/8. Fresh from the hones. Simply mahvelous shave dahling

 

Geneva Cutlery Company

 

Thiers-Issard 7/8

 

Tonight's shave was with a wickedly sharp razor, Made in New York. Freshly honed, and restored. It was a very smooth two pass shave, that couldn't have gone better. No issues, just smooooth results.

Razor- G.M.MAYER. Blue Steel. Made in New York. Camel Bone.

 

Another shave with the Challenge since yesterday's shave was so good. The Jeeves bay rum soap provided a super slikery lather. VIBR to finish it all. Dolphin skin smoothness

 

I have had a great week of shaves using this Geneva Cutlery Company Razor as a travel razor. It's a nice blade.

 

It was another BBS shave this morning with my Case Temperite wedge. It was a very comfortable and satisfying two pass shave. I paired it with the remains of my Stirling bay rum soap and my Maggards synthetic brush.

 

Dubl Duck 'Satinedge' 5/8" full-hollow square point.

 

M.J.HIGGINS 6/8 full hollow spike
Stuffy nose and straights dont mix.

 

I've been wanting to shave with this razor for several shaves now and it kept taking a back seat. It's the biggest blade I have and has a very thin grind. It shaves like a dream and did again today.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Honig Shave Soap
T&H Wellington Super Badger
John & Wm Ragg Napoleon 15/16
Osma Bloc d'Alun
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm

Happy shaving - Karl

 

I gotta get myself a blade like that

 

You'd love it. I'd have thought the big blade would be difficult but it isn't. It has the right heft and is a joy to use. I can't believe the grind on it given it's size. It's as thin as my Wester Bros which I just compared it to visually.

 

I also prefer a round tip. It seems most of the larger blades have a square tip.

 

Robinson and Bros. A 5/8 lightweight blade, but ultra sharp. It continues to amaze me what a close comfortable shave these things provide.