What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Tanifuji 928 Silver steel. Alex Gilmore brought these back from Japan a number of years ago snd there were only three in the box. He sold one and asked if I wanted one or both, so I did both. The scales were a bit off from 50 years of storage, so Alfredo remodeled them with some black horn and ivory. Lovely razors, and a Tanifuji Silver Steel will take and hold the finest of edges.

 

Herder 49 this morning, soap was MdC agrumes lathered with a SOC. Myrsol Limon is the perfect compliment to the soap.

 

Fine, fine shave with one of my Raggs

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
John and William Ragg 6/8 Napoleon
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

December 28th

WCS (crafted by Zingari Man) - Shaving Soap and Recovery Splash - The Soloist
Zenith Olive Wood Boar
Drew Dick Damascus w/Kirinite

First shave since December 25th. Today's shave mowed the lawn like lava through saplings.....

 

Rifuto Silver Steel, cream and AS were AdP and an Omega 49 did the mixology.

 

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 2021

RAZOR: Saito SK3 (Mug), Schick Repeating Razor Model C (Dome)
BLADE: Schick Injector
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE #007 Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot
SOAP: Mike’s Hungarian Lavender
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with RR Eucalyptus 888 AS Splash.

 

The Rifuto was up again today, great shaving razor. Soap was Palmolive stick lathered with a Semogue Galahad and the AS was La Toja.

 

Thursday morning shave, EDV Neiström 5/8”. First shave since Christmas Evening, beard production again..
Splash Boss The Scent



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SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 2021

RAZOR: Victor Creazzi’s “Bone Mosaic” 7/8 (Mug), Fine Accoutrements’s SS Safety Razor (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Boar #374
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme AS Balm.

 

Razor: Feather Artist Club DX
Blade: Feather AC Professional
Brush: Omega boar
Soap: LA Shaving Soap Black Rose

Last night I had my first shave with a straight edge razor. I have been quite curious to try an DE, and I was very fortunate to get an exceptional price from an individual selling this DX. I employed a feather-light touch and tried to achieve a thin wet lather. Even knowing that, my lather was too thick and the blade would tug on the skin. I misted my face often with water from a spray bottle; would have been an uncomfortable bloody mess otherwise. The straight requires a focused training time. I think I will wait until Feb to give it the attention it deserves. Jan will be injector month.

I did two passes. Final result was pretty good on cheeks, so-so on neck, two nicks on chin, one nick above moustache area. Not too bad for my first go.

 

December 30th

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - CK6 Shaving Soap, Star Jelly, Aftershave & Cologne - Gondolier
Omega EVO
J3Customs 10/8

 

Cape 1000 in lava Kirinite scales by Alfredo, soap and balm were ABC and a Semogue Galahad out for its second lather did the lathering duties.

 

Finishing the year on a large blade - my largest actually. A sweet, sweet shave from the big W&B

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Savile Row 3824
Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Shave Soap
Wade & Butcher The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor FBU 9/8
Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Skin Food Splash



Happy shaving and Happy New Year to all - Karl

 

Jonathan Crookes rattler up today, soap and AS were Stirling Green and a new Semogue Galahad did the lathering.

Happy New Year everyone!

 

New Year’s evening and also today, Rabinor Tagore, the toothbrush razor. Very nice razor.
Brush Gents Badger Silver Tip.
Soap Edwin Jagger Sandalwood.
Splash Floris Elite



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Beautiful razor Steve!


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Same to you Karl! Thinking of Butcher’s came to my mind for some reason..


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Thank you Hans, it was apparently new and was an eBay razor that others passed up because the images were bad. If I’m interested in a razor that has bad images, I’ll download those images and work them up in Photoshop to see if I can tell more about the razor. I did that here and decided to bid. I think that I was the only bodder, maybe two of us.

Rifuto Silver Steel, starting the year off right. Soap was 3P lathered with a SOC and a dab of ABC almond balm finished up.

 

January 1st

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - CK6 Shaving Soap, Star Jelly, Aftershave & Cologne - Copalli
Heritage Collection C-MON 77-4 w/boar
Feather AC DX (kamisori style)
Schick Proline

Happy New Year!

Quick 2 passer this morning, awesome results, an almost auto-pilot shave for me, with one of my favorite open edge razor shaped objects.

 

Weiss & Son used to close out the year.
Da Vinci Uomo 299
Catie’s Bubbles Irish Coffee

Maybe my favorite shape for a blade.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom