Jon Engstrom 6/8 Full Hollow Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave Stirling Nag Champa Shave Soap Lucky Tiger Face Tonic Stirling Nag Champa Splash Stirling Nag Champa Balm Yaqi 30mm Synthetic Brush
Great shave with my only American steel Hot water preparation MSC Deep Blue Shave Soap Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger Thistle Cut 13/16 Shulton Old Spice After Shave Happy shaving - Karl
It is actually Johan Engström see picture. A really good site for Eskilstuna knives: eskilstunaknivar.se Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
Red Imp No.133 Morris Mfg.Co 11/16 Full Hollow Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave Castle Forbes Lime Shave Soap Lucky Tiger Face Tonic Captain‘s Choice Lime Aftershave Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes Balm Kent B8 Silvertip Badger Brush
Sotd 6-4-24 Kyoei folding kami , made for an excellent Tuesday shave. Trying this lime kick for the warmer weather, fairly impressed with this turtleship shave co soap so far.
Shave #18. The edge is holding up well on this Non-JMP Fili. Honed with very flat stones. I had a very smooth 2 pass shave with zero issues, on 6 days of growth. Excellent razor Razor- Filarmonica 13 "Doble Temple" "Muleta Sello Oro" Brush- @oscar11 Special. Synthetic knot. Soap- ARKO Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy. Totem Pole decanter.
Daishi No.22 13/16 Full Hollow Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave Summer Break Bell Ringer Shave Soap Lucky Tiger Face Tonic Summer Break Bell Ringer Aftershave Boellis Daytona Balm Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
I think this must be one or your favorite straights - especially sweet being an excellent save of a razor that is often maligned.
Sweet, sweet shave with one of my favorites Hot water preparation MSC Deep Blue Shave Soap Romera Wenge Chubby Manchurian Badger Riga Razor 8/8 Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
You are correct. It is maligned a lot. But, after JMP died, and no longer put his name on the blade, the blades quality started to go downhill. From what I remember, and correct me if I am wrong, but this model was one of the first post JMP Fili's out there. They could have still been using quality steel, before switching. I don't recall exactly which Non-JMP Fili's were considered junk. This is the reason I am keeping track of the shaves with this blade, where I don't with others. How many excellent shaves can be had from a non-JMP Fili? BTW, I don't use stropping pastses on this one, and I properly honed on flat stones.
Saturday's Cold Water Shave Cold Water Rinse De Vergulde Hand Shave Soap Jayaruh #449 Gravjura 5/8 CWR Derby City Chop Shop Winter Reserve After Shave The De Vergulde Hand Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #449 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gravjura 5/8 straight gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Derby City Chop Shop Winter Reserve After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Shave #7 on this Latvian Beauty(at least I think so). I had a 2 pass shave, that delivered a BDBS(Baby Dolphin Butt Smooth Shave). Zero issues. A spectacular razor. Razor- RigaRazor 15/16th. Made in Latvia. Brush- B-400 by Tom( @twhite ). Omega Boar knot Soap- ARKO Aftershave- Old Spice(Shulton made).
It is a nice shaving razor. I got it in a trade with Mike in Greer, SC. Here is more info. Vintage Straight Razor "Gravjura" (Engraving) in Original Gift Case. Made at the factory "Trud" (Labor) in Vacha, Nizhny Novgorod region in 1964. Their products are often marked with the abbreviation "ZTV" (Zavod Trud Vacha - "Labour Factory Vacha" in Russian).This factory founded in early 1800's and worldwide famous highest quality cold steel arms, surgical instruments, cutlery etc. https://jrshaving.blogspot.com/2019/11/new-to-me-vintage-straight-razor.html
