What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

December 7th

WCS (crafted by Zingari Man) Shaving Soap & Recovery Splash - The Soloist
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Star Jelly (unscented)
Heritage Collections Ever Ready w/2 band badger from TGN
Rigarazor 8/8

 

Bismarck
Brush: Shavemac
Suds & Splash: Razorock SMDF

Pulled out this pre-Dovo Bismarck made for the Italian market… very enjoyable evening shave.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Shell 72 Silver Steel by Perfect Works, cream was SMN lathered with a SOC that’s being broken in. AS balm was L’OP Cade.

 

Mastro Livi “Grifo”
Brush: Razorock
Suds & Splash: Cella

Successor to the Grifetto, the Grifo pays homage to his hometown of Perugia with the coral and white turquoise accents inside the olive wood scales.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

December 8th

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - CK 6 Shave Soap, Star Jelly, Aftershave & Cologne - John Frum
Drew Dick Damascus
Heritage Collections Klenzo w/TGN 2 band badger

 

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 2021

Razor: Rigarazor 7/8 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 with 24mm Hybrid Knot Ferrule
CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Nancy Boy Signature Scent AS Balm.

 

Very enjoyable shave with this lovely Mappin & Webb

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



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Thursday morning shave, 555 Respect Solingen Germany. Really nice shave. Splash Floris Special No.127, Churchill’s favourite scent.



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Nice Ivory scales! Sheffield razor?


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SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 2021

RAZOR: Thistle Cut 5/8 (Mug), Ronson Safety Razor (Dome)
BLADE: Schick Injector II Twinblade (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Baume.BE
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Florida Water AS Splash.

 

Thanks Hans - yes, Sheffield - I have a soft spot for them… along with Soligen, Russian, Spanish, and hopefully Swedish (one at the Sand Point Razor Spa and Beauty Salon now), and a few others

Seriously, a good Sheffield is hard to beat and has it’s own special feel

 

December 9th (recycled image)

Zingari Man Sego Shaving Soap - the Wanderer (Barbershop)
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Star Jelly, Aftershave & Cologne - Gondolier
30DC 2019 LE w/Omega Boar (not pictured)
Drew Dick Damascus

 

Rifuto Silver Steel, soap and AS were Stirling Green and a Razorock branded Zenith did the lathering. This is a new brush, but very usable on the first outing.

 

I think you’re spot on, Hans! If you ever get a chance to pick up a Thistle Cut razor, you’d have the same experience. The same steel that holds an amazing edge. Glen Mercurio (@gssixgun) introduced me to these razors. They’re generally quite reasonably priced because many aren’t aware of them.

 

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 2021

RAZOR: Frederick Reynolds Rattler 5/8 (Mug), GE Jones Shake Sharp (Dome)
BLADE: 2 Stacked Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Rosewood Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Osage Rub AS Splash.

 

Toyo Scheön Burg, cream and AS were AdP and an Omega 49 did the lathering.

 

Saturday morning shave, CVH MK No.31, one of the top notch razor I have. Splash Floris Special No.127.



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SOTD SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 2021

My wife and I are scheduled to have dinner tonight with an old church friend and his wife. We recently learned she’s been diagnosed with Lewes Body Dementia, the same disease that killed Robin Williams. We thought at first it was Parkinson’s, like me, and given how long I’ve been living with the condition had the same expectations for her. She’s a lovely woman with 7 grandchildren, and my wife’s best friend. This will probably be our last meal together as she is deteriorating rapidly. As Kurt Vonnegut said, “and so it goes!”

My shave in preparation for the evening’s event this morning featured my favorite barber’s razor, the Tedalus Essence fitted with a Feather Super AC blade on its third use. This remarkable razor shaves exactly like my best straights. The shave angle, heft, feel and balance in hand requires a deft touch just as a well-honed straight would. The joy of this razor is the tacit understanding that it’s an actual benchmark for sharpness that I use with my straight razors. This morning’s two and a half pass mug shave did not disappoint, and left me glassine smooth.

RAZOR: Tedalus Essence (Mug), Famex (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Mug), Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Boar
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

 

C.V. Heljestrand M.K. 133 (the black scaled one), cream was AdP lathered with a cherry SOC. AdP Colonia Intensa AS finished up a great Saturday shave.

 

Steve!
I want to have a couple of those! Really nice looking razors and most likely decent shavers


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