What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Puma Special #89

 

Dovo Bismarck.

 

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Vintage Hoshi Tombo 6000; Crowne & Crane 'Orange Frost' soap, TGN synthetic & olive wood brush and Fine's 'L'Orange Noir' aftershave. Have a great day, gents!

 

Tonight's shave was with an old wedge. I had a very smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Nice Big Old Wedge. It's a Silent Whisker Whacker.

Razor- George Wostenholm & Sons Celebrated IXL Razor.. Wedge Grind
Brush- Omega Boar
Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

 

Some Japanese steel today, Suzuki Niles 6/8. The grind is between 1/2 and 1/4 hollow. This razor always seems to take a wonderful edge.

 

Newly acquired Thiers Issard Bison 6/8. Fresh off the hones and unbelievably sharp, in somewhat of a bad way. A little on the harsh side but an unbelievably close shave. I’m sure it’ll smooth out after a few shaves,

 

Eisenbart

 

Early morning shave using this lefty Kanenaga kamisori, Soap Commander's excellent 'Honor' soap and matching aftershave balm with menthol, and a custom boar brush...all with plenty of Peet's coffee. Slow & steady. Have a blessed Friday, gents!

 

Bismarck razor works #406 5/8
Cold river Jeff’s soap
Jr 147
Myrsol emulsion

 

Tonight's shave was with a French Rattler(Faux Frameback). I had a great 2 pass shave, that left me with a DFS. No issues. I tried the Cremo for the first time, thatnks to The Cakalacky Kid(@Jayaruh ). As he told me, the Cremo doesnt really lather, and what lather it does produce dissipates quickly. It is slick, but not slick enough. It does provide a post shave slickness though. I was able to do 1/2 of my first pass, before applying the ARKO, for added slickness and lather.

Razor- French Faux Frameback. Leon Pelleray.
Brush- Omega Boar
Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy
Creme- Cremo
Aftershave- Family Dollar "Spice"

 

Arko to the rescure... Nice save.

 

Back to the Lund. A light hand brings out magic in this blade.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Lund 6/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm

Happy shaving - Karl

 

6/8 Wester Bros. No.22
Just picked up this razor.Its almost NOS .It has no hone wear .I just gave it twenty laps on my Yellow Lake Hone.Shave was great.Blade likes to sing.Took a killer smooth edge.

 

Razor: W Koniger “Rondinella” 14
Brush: Shavemac 26mm D01 Silvertip
Soap: PAA King R Emporium
A/S: Razorock XX
A nice return home to the rain shave... with my favorite style blade.

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Ingram
Oscar11 Synthetic
Rocket 5/8
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Ingram Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the Oscar11 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Rocket 5/8 Razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Mastro Livi

 

I used my Wostenholm ‘Peerless’ this morning for a fine two pass shave.

 

Second shave with the TI. Much better this time around. I typically use a little pressure when going atg , to insure that the blade gets under the whiskers. I think this blade is ground so thin that using any pressure will cause some irritation. Today, I added no pressure to the atg passes, which left me bbs and feeling great.

 

Thiers-Issard 7/8