What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

A fantastic three pass shave with the LeGrelot . A day and a half with of whiskers obliterated....

 

Today's shave was with a a somewhat newish razor of mine. I've only used it once or twice before. I had a buttery smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. I did about 8 strokes on the leather, between passes, and that made the ATG pass like it wasn't even there.

Razor- Wade & Butcher Barbers Notch.
Brush- Omega Boar
Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy scented
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy. Country Traveler Decanter

 

Tonight’s shave was with a new to me razor. Took it for a test run before going to the stones to see what it needed, since it seemed fairly sharp already. Had a decent two passes. Tuged a little on the atg.

Craftsman 11/16 9210 made by Ern
Jayaruh 175 boar
Cold River Jeff’s soap
Myrsol aftershave balm

 

6/8 Otto Busch World-Master Had a Wonderful Shave .First time using an Otto Busch.It will not be my last .This Razor made a very good first impression .

 

No pic today:

Razor: Dovo Bismarck 2
Stop: Dry Gulch black latigo
Brush: Yaqi silver tip
Pre: Proraso
Soap: AoS tallow
AS: Spieck AS, L’Occitane ASB
Scent: Creed Green Irish Tweed

 

Feather AS-D2 /. Feather #5


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Saturday Straights' Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Arko
Frank Shaving Badger
Fredrick Reynolds 9/16 "Rattler"
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Lucky Tiger

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Arko Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Frank Shaving Badger brush. I did two passes with the Fredrick Reynolds 9/16 and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Lucky Tiger AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

I got this razor from @HolyRollah . It is very cool looking, and it is a very smooth shaver. Thanks Kevin. I really like it.

 

Lovely Razor..I Like My Otto Busch World Master 6/8th..Probably More the Size of a 15/16th in Reality..They are Big Blades for a So Called 6/8th..

Billy..

 

I took out my Engstrom frameback this morning and got a great two pass shave.

That’s Williams in the mug and it provided a great lather.

 

Tanifuji Maxfli 2000

 

Razor: Wade & Butcher
Brush: Vie-Long horse hair 2012 collaboration with Bullgoose
Soap: Fine Platinum
A/S: Fine Platinum

A nice wedge that underwent scale surgery, and was able to retain the original washers...

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Those scales are beautiful!

 

Thank you. I think these were from a razor blank from Maggards. The reason I say probably is I found them under a book. I guess I was straightening them and forgot... I need to read more.

 

I cheated on my Straight razors today, with an oldie of a Single Edge razor. I had a so-so 2 pass shave, that left me near BBS. After shaving with Straight Razors for so long, This felt rough, and hard to find a comfortable angle. Its a pleasure to look at, but might take some time for me to dial in a comfortable shave with it. The handle was special made by our very own, JR( @Jayaruh ) It's a larger, more comfortable copy of some of the original handles.

Razor- "Star Kampfe New York" K code, Duel Star.
Blade- Gem
Soap- Proraso Red(Sandalwood)
Brush- B400 By Tom( @twhite )
Aftershave- Proraso Red(Sandalwood)
Shave Bowl- By Me. With raised bumps inside.

 

To all my fellow members of the Dark Side Happy New Year!

Razor: PRC Damascus 7/8
Stop: Mastro Livi
Brush: Gem Star Custom
Pre: Proraso
Soap: QCS
AS: Spieck AS, L’Occitane ASB
Scent: Houbigant Fougère Royale

 

You sure brought out the big guns for the first shave of 2018!

 

It was the last shave of 2017!

 

Wow!!! I wasn’t aware PRC was working with Damascus. That is beautiful. Where did they place their maker’s mark?

 

First shave of ‘18, last shave of ‘17....it’s the “gear” not the year that matters

 

7/8 Hudsor made by Julius Mandler & Sohn, Solingen-Wald
First time using this maker .Shaved very similar to my 7/8 Tiger .I refreshed this razor on a Felsners Ruby Hone.I think I am gone to like this straight .I may even buy her a new pair of shoes.