Thank you Joe. Very much like the current Dovo Bismarck 2 that many have, but a little wider and longer. I’m partial to this older blade.
Nitram-branded Le Grelot Perl des Orients, soap was MdC Agrumes and Myrsol Limon topped off a great shave.
Dovo 55 Best Class 7/8 (thought to be from Fritz Bracht blanks) Yaqi Silvertip Badger Brush la Cigale Savon Barbe Shaving Soap Thayer Rose Petal Witch Hazel Booster June Clover After Shave Lotion
A little ‘rockhounding’ (testing razors and stones) just for fun, both razors 5/8, an Ontario and kiita (left) and a Geneva and a greenish stone (right). Cream was AoS Ocean Kelp lathered with a Semogue Galahad, and. splash of Myrsol Formula K peppermint was a perfect finish for a muggy summer morning.
Thank you Joe, the AoS Ocean Kelp was a cream with guess what, kelp or sea algae extracts (used in many cosmetic products, and it was quite good. As far as I can tell, AoS did an extensive survey to determine what Steve liked, lemon cream, rose absolute, ocean kelp, then they discontinued them all …
Lol! I live on Long Island and they had a store that went out of business a few years ago. It was in my early wet shaving days.
A lovely shave with a lovely Lund. Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Savile Row 3824 Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap Lund 11/16 Shulton Old Spice After Shave Happy shaving - Karl
Hayashi Diamond 1000 test razor (testing a kiita), cream was AoS Lemon (the Ocean Kelp is better) lathered with a Vie Long boar. A splash of L’Occitane Provence Cedrat finished up a good summer shave.
5/8 Genco honed on a pretty JBarber hone with red kan rings, cream was D.R. Harris Windsor lathered with a Zenith boar, and a splash of Stirling Tangerine AS finished up a great shave. Windsor is a classic scent of course, but not exactly what I’d call a summer scent, at least not in the southeastern US in summer, so the Tangerine was lighter and compatible.
Very pleasing shave with the Tuckmar Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap Tuckmar 6/8 Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Skin Food Splash Happy shaving - Karl
July 29 SOTD 6/8 Thiers-Issard Spartacus I have not used this blade in months and forgot how sharp it was. 2 pass shave with minor pickups gave me an awesome shave. I love the Razorock soaps because they are slick and easy to lather as you can see below:
Gauthier rattler from Pont St Esprit up for frameback Friday, soap and AS were vintage Yardley and a SOC boar in ash wood did the lathering. Simple and sweet. I was fortunate enough to grab a couple of sealed pucks of Yardley shaving soap and a couple of AS recently. The aftershave has several good replacements, but the soap is a bit harder to replace, probably MdC is as close as it gets these days. Yardley lathers instantly, is plenty slick, and rinses cleanly.
A.R. Justice & Co. out of Philadelphia, PA Brush: Zen Shaves Soap: Chiseled Face Cryogen Splash: PAA Good Vibrations Pretty confident this is a Sheffield blade, I’m thinking Reynolds. Enjoy your shave. Tom
Fine shave with the MK 32, in fact, I mistakenly thought I only had one day of stubble vs the normal two (which is what I had) Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger Haslinger Also Vera Shave Soap CV Heljestrand MK 32 6/8 Shulton Old Spice After Shave Happy shaving - Karl
