What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Robert Williams Purist

 

13/16 Cape 1000 Swedish Steel in lava Kirinite scales, cream was Floris 89 lathered with a Duke 3, and the AS balm was also Floris 89. Very nice shave for a rainy Sunday morning.

Cheers, Steve

 

6/8 Wade and Butcher Philadelphia Works
Had a great shave with this vintage Sheffield blade .Removed two days of growth in no time .

 

Interesting pin arrangement on the scales - I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.

 

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Beautiful early Filarmonica! Thanks for sharing.
Tom

 

Takeomaru Chemical Steel
Poraso Azur Lime
Jayaruh #300 Silvertip Badger
True Gentleman Preshave Oil
John Varvatos Artesian Aftershave Balm

Outstanding shave, my only complaint with this razor is its size, however it has a phenomenal edge on it.

Enjoy your evening gentlemen!


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His razors have great edges on them


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Awesome scales!

 

Generic JWest, not sure who the maker is but I pushed this edge too long, it needs to be refreshed.

 

Lightly restored and recently honed German razor - Silberstahl.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

5/8 Oxford
MFW
Polar Shaving brush (Frank's G4 SF)
J.A. Black Linen

This is the only razor I've run across that has a bellied hollow grind. Very nice shave this morning. Frank's G4 synthetic fiber will give the Muhle STF a run for it's money, IMO and you can get it for around $29. I can finally spend some time on my leg so I've been in the shop. I have a few brush blanks glued up plus I've made a few brush handles this weekend. Have a good one.

 

Fantastic shave with my Filly. Top tier.

Hot water preparation
T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Filarmonica Novodur 13P 6/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

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Thank you Sir


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One of a cased pair of Touron-Parisot 11/16+, about 1/4 hollow. They date from between 1850 and 1860, and the address, 24 Rue de la Pais (now Paix) is stamped on the box. Usually you can’t date old razors this precisely, but before 1850 they were just Parisot, and after 1860 they were out of business. They were a seller of high end cutlery and their knives appear on eBay now and again.

Acquiring them has its own story, they were listed by an antiques dealer on eBay a few years ago as faux tortoise, but I knew that could not be true. And of course you also cannot overtly sell tortoise or ivory on eBay. I believed the scales to be original and the ‘ironing board’ shape and bull’s eye washers are right for the period. Why can’t they be faux tortoise? Most plastics weren’t invented until later and did not come into widespread use until almost the turn of the last century. George Eastman began using nitrocellulose film bases around 1865, but still later than these razors could be. So there really wasn’t any ‘faux tortoise’ when these were made!

And thanks to the wonders of the internet and Google Maps, you can see where they came from. 24 Rue de la Paix now houses Tartine et Chocolat, a very upscale children’s shop, and you can see the ‘24’ on the light pole. It’s apparently a short distance from the Place Vendome, a pretty ritzy neighborhood.

Dior cream and balm made this a very Parisian shave!

Cheers, Steve

 

6/8 Manaslu M-300 with Thumb Notch YSS2H Silver Steel

Had a lovely close and smooth shave with the Japanese blade .

 

That is extremely cool!