What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Joe Chandler 7/8th Custom Built
Poraso Green Soap
Generic Boar Brush

Enjoy your evening gentlemen

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Tonight's shave was with a Big Old English Wedge. I had a very smooth 1 pass shave, that left me with a DFS. Zero issues.

Razor- Geo.Wostenholm. Sheffield.
Brush- Wilkinson Sword Boar. 3 hairs shed
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood
Aftershave- Florida Water

 

George Wostenholm

 

Oh, it’s GOOD to see those scales again!!!

 

Portland Razor Company Siren

 

Shave #20 on the Fill 14 Doble Temple edge test. No falloff yet, still shaving very well indeed. I sort of wanted to compare a ‘normal’ razor to the hard Swedish Steel Cape 1000 that I tested before (50 good shaves and another 8 less than desirable) and so far there’s little difference, but at shave #20 maybe not much difference should be expected yet. It does seem that the Filly edge is mainaining smoothness a bit better, and this is an effect that I wanted to test for. We all know/assume that hard steel will hold an edge longer than softer steel, but maybe the harder steel doesn’t respond to stropping as well as softer steel, or harder steel needs more stropping to maintain the edge? Both tests are/were done with 35 suede/65 cordovan on a Kanoyama 80000, with an occasional addition of some canvas strokes, about once a week.

Soap was I Coloniali Mango Oil and the brush was a Simpsons Tulip 2. A splash of Thayers Rose Petal finished things up.

Cheers, Steve

 

Today's shave was with a "Plated Razor", used in a longevity test. I had a very smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues. The edge is still holding strong. It still passes the HHT down most of the edge. It is exactly like it was when first honed, possibly a little smoother.

Razor- The Palmer 41. Chicago
Brush- Wilkinson Sword Boar
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood scented
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy. Triple Crown Decanter

 

Revisor 6/8

I felt like I needed some bling this morning.

 

Snail Forge 7/8 Damascus Steel
Poraso Green Soap
Generic Boar Brush

Last night at the mountains, glad to have started my mini shave den.

Enjoy your evening gentlemen!

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Is that a new razor? I don't think I have ever seen that one.

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Back to the clean shaven look and a return to the straights. Naturally I chose my favorite 1941 Russian for the honors.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Declaration Grooming Pure Lavender
Savile Row 3824
1941 ZTV 5/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Wade & Butcher
The Celebrated Fine India Steel Razor
Dressed up in brass lined camel bone

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

I bought this one about 8 months ago.

 

Thursday's Shave

5/8 Maher and Grosh The Famous Toledo Blade Radium Steel Extra Hard

Had a super close have with this Quarter Hollow Vintage Blade .This Razor took an extremely keen edge .Was Finished on my Yellow Lake Oil Stone .

 

Nice!

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Francisque Delolme Le Thernois

 

Friodur 8/8

 

MG Triple Crown Sculpt Japanese Straight Razor
Grooming Dept Shaving Soap
Sandlewood Preshave
Pinald Clubman Aftershave

Enjoy your evening gentlemen!

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Thursday Shave
4/8 Klaus Thorblom Swedish Razor
Had a fantastic shave with this razor .

 

It was a Fritz Bracht day.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Fritz Bracht Dovo #25 6/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl