What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Merry christmas

Worldmaster 7/8

 

Merry Christmas to all of you at the Shave Den.

Christmas morning shave 4:00 am Mountain time
Not my prettiest but as good of a shaver as I own. Progress 7/8 solingen for the Italian market
MDC lavender with a small dab of Castle Forbes lavender. Best ubelather on the planet
PantaRei 30mm silvertip, my best brush. Just a freakn monster but soft too.
Floid blue- my all time favorite AS...
Todays shave was perfecto
—in Nampa, Idaho.

 

I would restore it because I like shiny and that's a good one. I don't own a WB yet but one like that is what I am looking for

 

Merry Christmas! Grabbed the smoothest of my recent shavers, and got a great shave this morning.

 

The Mike Doherty Iwasaki Tamahagane Shortie



This makes my third Tamahagane steel straight razor from Japan. There is a different feel and sound from this steel. Very hard steel.​

 

FW Engles, "Leader"— Lovely Christmas morning shave.

 

ESE 15/16 French Point ( fresh off the 20K Gukumyo & and an amazing edge) I am really liking the 20K
Razorock Mudder Focker with Castle Forbes crème - an incredible ubelather
Brushcraft handle with FS 24mm silvertip
Floid Black Label
as good as it gets today

 

I usually post in the 30 Day thread but it seems it's OK to post in both. I usually don't take a picture but it is Sunday and I had allot of time so here goes:

Razorock Mudder Focker
Omega boar knot in custom handle
Dove Bismark 2
Dry Gulch strop
Lucky Tiger AS
L'Occitane Cade ASB
Guerlain Vetiver

 

Hey Keith!
Here's hoping you become a regular in the SSotD thread.

Now, let's see that Feon 172 !

 

As soon it arrives I will shave with it and post it here. You be seeing here regularly now.

 

First shave with this vintage C-MON 'Blackie'
Smoooooooth!

 

Very nice, I seem to love Blackies (but not quite as much as HF's ).

Daddy likee...

 

N. Gervais

 

Cape japanese 13/16 finished on Nakayama Maruichi Maruka with slurry, then water. This was prev honed up to Gukumyo 20k and the edge improved. Not neccesarily sharper but much smoother and keener
Baume.Be crème - one of the best cremes out there ( thx again to Lynn S. Abrams & Ben Lazar for the suggestions)
Crown King switchback # 2 knot - after learning how to load this synthetic I really am enjoying it. It is very water sensitive
Floid Vigoroso...
I would settle for todays shave anyday. Just an awesome shave. Today I caught the elusive edge and BBS shave we are all chasing.

 

This is akin to having to choose one's favorite child…each one is different, yet you love them all.

 

Pasted and regular strop before each pass, but I got a good shave from my Soviet razor. Some irritation, but it worked.

 

This is my experience as well. Prior to the SG20K, my finisher was a lovely, huge Nakayama Karasu. They both put indistinguishably sharp edges on a blade, but the natural edge was always noticeably smoother. The deal-making difference being finishing with the Nakayama took around 10 minutes, where as finishing on the SG20K takes about 30 seconds.

I've discovered that after I come off of the SG20K, I take about 10 laps on a 0.25 micron CrOx sprayed linen strop and it smooths the edge nicely. Give it a shot, works a charm.

Lol, nailed it! I only have but one child, and she's different alright...

 

Frederick's Celebrated Razor

 

Hayashi Diamond 40

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