What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

TI 7/8 full hollow

 

Fransique Delolme Le Thiernois

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JR Torrey 5/8 barber notch...good shaver.

 

Ralf Aust 7/8 with horn scales.

 

Jacob Ray 7/8 Square Point Quarter Hollow with Bone scales

 

Super shave today. Extra smooth. No cuts, weepers, nicks. Also, it was a three pass shave, that was very comfortable ATG.

Razor- W.M.Morley & Sons.
Brush- Semogue 1305 Boar
Soap- TABAC
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

 

PRC Chimera

 

Brush: Re handled Omega 10098 boar with Australian Red Gum
Razor: Symmetrical Damascus Kamisori
HG Scuttle

 

today`s shave.freshly honed Bengall 6/8. this was a real challange.honed it 3 times before i was satisfied. after first honing there was a little spot that was not sharp.think there had been no contact with the hone.used one layer of tape. second time, three layers of tape.got good edge/hone contact all along the edge,but the shave was far from smooth.
so after som good advises from very knowledgeable members here at tsd i honed a third time.this time it was a success.very smooth and comfortable shave

 

Shave 19. First shave with this 5/8 JR Torrey that landed in my mailbox earlier this week. Another good shave but I'll be going back to my Otto Busch Weltmeister for consistency of practice as I continue to climb the learning curve of straights.

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
T&H Wellington Super Badger
JR Torrey 5/8
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

SOTD: Vintage Solingen steel for this morning's early morning shave. This restored Böhler-Stahl 5/8" is a sweet shaver that remains a fixture in my SR arsenal. L'Occitane 'Cade' soap, Omega silver tip and Fine Snake Bite finish.

 

Suzumasa 1000

 

Very who made the razor?

 

We have an Adelaide shaving group and one of the members is a razor/knife maker. It is extremely hard Damascus and it took me an eon to set the bevel and then finish the edge. To maintain the Damascus on the spine I used layers of tape. To finish I used my C12k then my kiita Kan and finally about 20 laps on my Coticule with oil. It is surprisingly easy to shave with and very nimble. I have another one that is spring or machine steel or something like that? It is a softer steel but also takes a very fine edge. Both of the blades are semi wedge like or at maximum 1/4 hollow. Robbie did a great job on the blade for me.

Steve

 

Do you have pictures.


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Hi Tom,

About 6 posts up is the Damascus blade and I will have a look if I have any images of the other blade,



This is the other one I have Tom.

Steve

 

Thanks. Hope you are feeling better. I have a few straight shaves under my belt.


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I have a sweet spot for western grind kamisori razors. Thank you for the info. Does the maker do this for a hobby or does he sell razors?

 

Hart Steel 6/8

 

Those are real beauties.


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