Tom, it holds a very sweet edge! I touched it up with a new slate Glen had recommended, and then finished it on Howard Schlecter’s pasted constroption, a device I’ve really come to appreciate. Can’t use hanging strops because of my Parkinson’s. Just a great shave!
Today’s mug shave featured my Genco 35. The steel in this razor is very fine grained and really holds a great edge. The dome shave featured the Colonial Silversmith.
ART Razors “Capitaine” 2020 Brush: CaYuen Workshop out of Louisiana Suds: Heritage Hill Splash: Razorock Don Marco There are a few of you out there with an ART razor… so I blame you. And thank you. Enjoy your shave. Tom
Off with the full beard, my face is now fully naked. It has been a while since I did a full face shave. I had a very smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. Great shaving Uber-Sharp razor, that performed perfectly, from start to finish. The soap was super slick. Razor- Filarmonica 13 Doble Temple, "Muleta". Brush- Stirling Boar Soap- AOS(Art Of Shaving) Peppermint Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice. Lighthouse Decanter.
All the Riga attention on the straight razor acquisition thread brought mine out today. It swiftly brought 4 days of stubble to an end. Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger Castle Forbes 1445 Shaving Cream Rigarazor 8/8 Old Spice After Shave Happy shaving - Karl
Saturday shave, TH Bergholtz, Sunne Sweden. Lovely nice shave. Splash Floris Turnbull and Asser. Next thing to do is to pick up this little fellow! Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
There’s some nice looking gear lately, gentlemen. Including the pup Hans! Testing out a 6x3 slate, sourced from an acquaintance of Glen - allegedly a piece of Italian slate from a pool table. And a new JNat. This is actually yesterday’s shave with the slate edge and it was excellent - details in the honing thread. Soap was Stirling Lime and the AS was Myrsol Limon, a great hot weather pair, and a Keyhole 3 did the lathering honors.
@Steve56 Steve, I have a piece of that slate! It performed very nicely for me! I'll be interested in your thoughts.
Jeff, the slate is a winner - I’m looking forward to more edges with it. Make sure you have a well prepped edge, hit the slate, and I doubt that you’ll need the pastes. Jamie Mahoney has gotten me into a rattler mood, and I only have a small number of them. This one is a 7/8 Gauthier from Pont St Esprit, undoubtedly a Thiers Issard, scaled in Turkish burl by Alfredo. Soap was Mitchell’s Wool Fat lathered with a Duke 3 copy in 2-band, and a splash of Myrsol Blue gave me the powder fix for the day.
Thanks, Steve, but the constroption and the finish on the roo-skin bench strop are all part of the fun for me!
A small number is many more than me! I only have one, a Frederick Reynolds 5/8 still in its original tortoise/horn? scales. I do enjoy the shave with it, but it’s nowhere near as pristine as your example. It’s a bit of a wavy blade, so honing it is always an adventure!
Unknown maker… all I have is a crown, Diamond Steel, Warranted and a 19 on the reverse. But it is wonderful. Brush: Razorock Suds & Balm: Proraso Azur Lime Enjoy your shave. Tom
The first shave with this Fili. It was fantastic. Both very sharp, and very smooth. A far cry from where it originally came to me as. Razor- Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple Brush- B-400, by Tom(@twhite ) Soap- AOS "OUD" Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice. Magic 1870 Decanter Before Now
