What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

I have a soft spot for Lunds in ivory. Even though wedges and near wedges are not normally my thing.

 

Shave #58 on the Filly 14 yesterday - #58 is significant because it’s the shave that I finally threw in the towel on the Cape 1000, so the Filly has reached the same shave number and is still shaving reasonably well. Pretty impressive really using nothing but a strop to maintain it.

Pre-shave, shave cream, and post-shave balm were all SMN Pre-Dopo Barba which can be used as all three though it’s non-lathering. It’s better as a post shave balm really but can be used to shave with and it isn’t bad but almost any decent lathering cream or soap will best it for in-shave performance. And of course being non-lathering, cushion isn’t going to happen for the DE folks. A little Harris Pink was used as a toner right after rinsing my face off.

Cheers, Steve

 

8/8 Riga Razor Tungsten
Had a wonderful shave with this razor .She gave me a extremely close and smooth shave .Love the scent of Naranja de Sangre and the performance of this Grooming Dept soap.

 

Shulze (Sunday ) part of a 7 day set

Enjoying these older razors, this one cut thy through a 4 day growth no problem.

Enjoy your evening gentlemen!

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Army/Navy Week kickoff shave...
I’ll start off somewhat subdued
Koken Barber Supply Co.
Army and Navy razor

Enjoy your shave!
Tom
GO Navy! BEAT Army!

 

Mickey Lee’s The Drunken Goat Soap
Elk Antler Badger Brush
Henckels Friodur 72 1/2 Razor
Lucky Tiger
Ogallala Bay Rum After Shave
Have fun!

 

I had a fantastic shave today, from an old English made blade. It provided me with a silky smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues. Very sharp, smooth, and crisp shaving blade.

Razor- George Wostenholm & Sons. "EBRO", Sheffield. Bone Scales.
Brush- RazoRock 400 with WD High Mountain Badger Knot.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy. Triple Crown Decanter.

 

No pic, I’m on the road so it is a Parker shavette until I return home.

 

Travel safe.

 

Portland Razor Company Siren

 

Now I may have to keep an eye out for one like this!

 

Jason,
Koken B.S., Lakeside Cutlery & Imperial are a few of the brands that show up quite a bit with their "Army and Navy" razor... I have the Imperial model coming tonight - that one is my favorite etching.

 

Army-Navy hump day shave... getting closer
Imperial Razor “Army and Navy.” This model Imperial has many different designs for the blade face, and I am obviously partial to this one.


Enjoy your shave!
Tom
Go Navy! Beat Army!

 

Very nice shave, from a German made razor. Nice smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues.

Razor- Crown and Sword. Wald Solingen. By ERN.
Brush- JR#262, Ebony/Birdseye Maple. WD Silvertip Knot
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

 

Gottlieb Hammesfahr 6/8 half hollow
Verbrannt Grooming Department (1)
Col Conk synthetic 22mm
Dickinson witch hazel
Pinaud clubman

 

Portland Razor Company Siren

 

Okina 翁 KJKMA . I don’t haul this one out all that much lately. This has really nice steel and holds an edge forever. A heavy blade and what I would call “half hollow “.
My real love is the hollow thin grinds like TI and the early/ mid century Solingen blades.
I ended up with a comfortable bbs shave with the samourai shaver.

 

Love the scales on that Japanese treasure .

 

Saturday Straight's Shave


Cold Water Wash
CTAPT Shaving Cream
Jayaruh #30
Wilbert "Acme" 5/8
CWR
Granddad's AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The CTAPT Shaving Cream face lathered well with the Jayaruh #30 brush. I did two passes with the Wilbert "Acme" 5/8 Straight and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Granddad's AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...