What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Frederick Reynolds

 

Hayashi Diamond 8000 this morning, a lovely shaver. Acca Kappa 1869 pre-reformulation was the lather fuel and a 2-band HMW mixed it all up. A dab of l'Occitane Cade balm finished off a really good shave.

Cheers, Steve

 

That is a very nice looking Fredrick Reynolds what’s the size on that one


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Thank you. It measures in at 13/16.

 

Ferd. Herberz “Palma”
Rapidly becoming one of my favorites... size, grind, and spine work coming together for a very enjoyable shave.

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Tonight's shave was with a Newly Acquired, Restored, and Honed, Japanese Razor. Thanks to @Pilotcld and his wife, for the translation on the blade. I had a very nice 2 pass shave, that left me near BBS. Another 50-100 strokes on the leather should smooth it out very nicely. Excellent razor, as are almost all Japanese Made Straight Razors.

Razor- HINODE Yasuhira. Made Humbly by Taihei.
Brush- B400 By Tom( @twhite ). Whipped Dog Boar. 6 hairs lost.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

 

8/8 Riga Razor
Had two days of growth.The Riga just mowed them down with little effort .Dolphin smooth in no time ,

 

I always liked the looks of those Riga Razors.

 

Steve, I may have asked this before.... are the scales and covered tang original? That is a very cool razor.

OK, I'm inspired, tomorrow I will use a Riga Razor too.

 

I’ll jump on the Rigarazor bandwagon tomorrow as well

 

I'm out. I don't own one.

 

Rigarazor

 

Monday
5/8 F.W. Engels Lucky Razor
Had a fantastic shave with this Engels blade. Smooth as silk.Razor sports a Surgical Black finish .Love Engels Argo steel .Takes and holds a great edge for along time .Dolphin smooth.

 

Hi @Keithmax - on the user-grade Favorit 6000 (not 8000, I was apparently having an attack of fuzzy memory and didn't bother to look) both the scales and the covered tang are original. Here's one that's NOS and you can read the print on the tang more easily. This one has been re-scaled in black horn with a red lining, but other than replacing the original warped scales it is factory fresh.

Cheers, Steve

 

Well, since I had the NOS Tanifuji Favorit 6000 out and hadn't used it in a while, that's what I used. Cream was AdP lathered with a Simpsons 57, and a splash of Harris Pink topped the shave off. Oh, and also a shot of the obverse tang showing the Tanifuji 'stamps'.

Cheers, Steve

 

Bartmann 504

 

New arrival today and pressed into service this afternoon. I am a sucker for ivory clad old Sheffields. If you look up Kendal & Dent you probably won’t find anything about their razors. They are noted as fine watchmakers. But, somewhere along the line they put their skills to use to make this razor.

The maiden shave was a winner but I’m looking forward to the next shave having put a few laps of red paste on it.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Vetiver
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Kendal & Dent 11/16
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Thank you,

 

I'm on the Riga Razor band wagon as promised, 7/8

 

Tonight's shave was with a Made in the USA razor. I had a very smooth 2 pass shave, no touch-ups, that left me BBS. Zero Issues. Very finely made razor. I would love to have one NOS.

Razor- Kinfolk's Inc. "Blue Steel Special". Made in the USA.
Brush- JR(@Jayaruh )#262 Birdseye Maple/Ebony. WD Silvertip Badger.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented.
Aftershave- Florida Water