What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Houken 66
Yaqui Synthetic Brush
Barrister & Mann Beaudelaire Shaving Soap
Robert's Rose Water

 

Shave #21 on the Cape 1000 edge longevity test. Nothing but Kanoyama suede and cordovan so far, and the edge is still smooth. I'm using 35 suede/65 cordovan post shave, though sometimes I've done just a few more.

Cheers, Steve

 

That's a nice looking Duck there Mr Rollah!

Cheers, Steve

 

Today's shave was with a Respected razor, that loves to bite. Always has. I had a silky smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. I was left with two little weepers. From what? I don"t know, that's just the way this razor is. Most of the time, I have a beautiful shave with it, but if my attention isn't 100%, well, it tells me. No biggie. Little blood, and no pain.

Razor- "Respect 4". Silver Steel, made in Germany.
Brush- JR#262. Ebony/Birdseye Maple, Silvertip Badger.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood
Aftershave- Avon Spicy. Viking Horn Decanter.

 

The razor just wants to be ‘Respected.’ What a perfect name.

 

When I first started SR shaving, this razor was the first one to bite me hard, a couple of times. That tip is what got me, at first, now it is just so freaking sharp, any imperfections on the skin are effortlessly removed.

 

5/8 Modified Gold Dollar Had a wonderful shave with razor.BBS in no time .Seraphim modified this blade and put a wonderful edge on it .

 

Feon 172 just off the pasted stops, sharp and smoooth.

 

I have a vorpal too, Seraphim does some nice modifications and mine came with a great edge too. Enjoy!

 

My Feon shaves great .Very good steel that takes an extremely keen edge .

 

SOTD: Vintage Solingen-made 13/16" 'Leader' round-point razor from Friedrich Wilhelm (FW) Engels (circa 1930s); Have a blessed Tuesday, gents!

 

Filarmonica Especial Para Barbas Duras

 

The Gold Dollar I posted over in the honing thread. The edge was just a little 'bitey', so although a fine edge, it might have needed a tad more slurry to mellow the edge a little more.

Soap was MdC agrumes (citrus) and the brush a lotus-handled 22mm Shavemac finest by life2short1971.

Cheers, Steve

 

The Lund was an easy choice this morning. A wonderful shave.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Savile Row 3824
Lund 6/8
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Beautiful razor and photo composition.

 

@Karl G I like the shape of that Lund! I take it that it's English?

Cheers, Steve

 

Today's shave was with a German Oldie. I had a stellar 2 pass shave, that left me BBS, with no touch-ups. Great razor.

Razor- H.Boker & Co.. Germany
Brush- Omega Boar
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood
Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice. The Admiral Decanter.

 

An almost BBS shave with one of my newest acquisitions - a George Wostenholm and Sons "Pipe Razor". Very enjoyable 3 passes.

 

Yes, it is - pre-1891. The thumb notch coupled with the deep and tightly spaced jumps make handling it really nice.

 

The Especial Para Barbas Duras models seem quite rare. What is the difference between them and the other Filarmonica razors? Is it the grind?