What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Wow, that’s a beauty of a razor Scott, I love the lines!

13/16 Nelson razor (Japanese), ‘made from the world famous Nelson Steel’! Except that no one has heard of Nelson Steel. It did have a Schoeller Bleckmann Fenix steel sticker on the scales so I suspect that ‘Nelson steel’ was entirely marketing. It’s a nice razor, new when I got it cheap as chips because it has a tiny crack way up on the back of the heel, what knife people call the choil. It’s tiny and the razor would be worn to 4/8 by the time the crack ever came in to play in any way, and I figured it would be a good travel and test razor. And it is. Odddly enough, an eBay seller had another one just like it, including the crack in the same place only his was worse, so likely something with the forge/blanks?

The edge was from the chocolate kiita and the soap was ABC hard soap lathered with a Keyhole 3. Myrsol Blue finished up a great shave.

 

Lovely Frameback @taskind !

 

Today, Monday 9/20 I shaved with my Puma 88 5/8

 

Wonderful shave yesterday with another lovely Sheffield. Smooth and sharp, can’t beat that combination

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger
Castle Forbes 1445 Shaving Cream
Kendal & Dent 11/16
Old Spice After Shave



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Beautiful scales on that blade Karl

Wade & Butcher
Celebrated Fine India Steel
Cocobolo
Brush: Vie-Long
Suds: Meissner Tremonia
Splash: Fine Lavender Pour Homme

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

RAZOR: Frederick Reynolds Rattler 5/8 (Mug), Valet Autostrop VB2 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JT Sapele/Resin Handled Omega Pro48 Boar Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Ogallala Bay Rum AS Splash.

 

Thanks Tom

 

M.K. 33, soap was SV Asylum Colonia 4.3 lathered by a Rooney beehive. AS was AdP Colonia.

 

A nice shave today, from a recently acquired, restored, and honed razor. I had a scary sharp 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Once dialed in, this Tungsten Steel, can hold a wickedly sharp edge. It was finished on an Arkansas Surgical Black Stone.

Razor- Shumate "850", Tungsteel(Tungsten).
Brush- J.R.#262. Ebony/Birdseye Maple, with a Silvertip Knot.
Soap- ARKO
Aftershave- Avon Spicy. Viking Horn Decanter.

 

Wednesday morning shave, 1166 ERN Wald. Needs some more honing, not that sharp enough.



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W&B 7/8 this morning! 9/22

 

13/16 Robuso Silver Steel by Perfectworks, likely a Tanifuji. Soap was Strop Shoppe Date Night tallow lathered with a Keyhole 4 and a splash of Myrsol C finished up a great shave.

 

Sept 22 SOTD

6/8 Ralf Aust

 

A fine shave with this Tuckmar. It’s off to @gssixgun for a little scale repair love

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Sterling Soap Well Dressed Man sample
Tuckmar 6/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Slater Brothers Venture
“Fifty-Cents Razor”
Brush: Rudy Vey
Suds: The Sudsy Soapery White Sage & Lime
Splash: PAA Coconut Bay & Lime

I’d gladly pay double.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Thursday morning shave, CVH MK No.24 half wedge stainless steel. Quite nice however I prefer hollow grinds.



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SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

RAZOR: Witte Copperhead 6/8 (Mug), Ever Ready Streamline (Dome)
BLADE: Pella PTFE Gem
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE Aluminum Handle SynBad Knot #005
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Cremo Cooling Post Shave Balm.

 

Novodur 14, soap was the new version of ABC hard soap lathered with a @life2short1971 two band, and ABC almond balm topped off a perfect shave.

 

A.R. Justice & Co. out of Philadelphia, PA
Brush: No clue… but nice
Suds: Declaration Grooming Vide Poche
Splash: PAA Red Planet

I had a suspicion that this was a Sheffield blade when I bought it, and I found a Frederick Reynolds that was an exact match.


Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Friday, September 24, 2021. Great mug shave with newly acquired CV Heljestrand Mk29 4/8