Today's shave was with a little known German Razor. I had a silky smooth 2 pass shave, even ATG. This left me with BBS results. Wonderful razor. Razor- The E-W Co. #941. Germany. Brush- RazoRock 400. WD High Mountain Badger. Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy Aftershave- Vintage Avon "Island Lime". Straight Eight Island Lime Decanter. ..
My Fili is a sweet gal and proved it again today. (Except when that point catches the skin...) Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Mike’s Natural Soaps Vetiver Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger Filarmonica 6/8 Novodur Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel Happy shaving - Karl
Some very nice steel today gentlemen! Bengall Polar Metalworks 24mm in bronze MDC CRSW Spring Limited to finish Enjoy your shave! Tom
Took Ralf Aust for its first spin, what a beauty. What a fantastic shave! Trying to branch out a bit so I popped into the store and picked up some "Cremo". Not too bad overall but the weak lathering and lack of cushion kinda spoil it. Still a very nice performer in terms of protection... Ralf Aust Spanish Point Solingen Blackwood scales Cremo Stirling Blu AS Definitely my best shave to date, 3 months in. Lovin' ever minute! I mean shave ;-) Best, John Happy B-Day! Nice Score on That Dovo Mike!
Tonight's shave was with a very heavy English Wedge. I had a very nice 2 pass shave, that left me near BBS. Fun Razor, but on the large side, 7/8th. Razor- George Wostenholm & Son, Celebrated IXL. Washington Works Sheffield. Big heavy Wedge. Brush- RazoRock 400, WD High Mountain Badger Knot. Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy Aftershave- Florida Water
Saturday Straights' Shave Proraso Pre Shave Arko Extra Performance Jayaruh #291 Joseph Elliot 6/8 Wedge CWR Thayer's Peach WH Lucky Tiger I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Arko Extra Performance Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #291 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Joseph Elliot 6/8 Wedge Razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then Lucky Tiger AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed... This Joseph Elliot 6/8 wedge is a straight from the first half of the 1800s, and it is one of my favorite straights. I love it. It is such a smooth, easy shaver.
BBS with 3 passes from my French made R O Delorme “starter Lux 777” razor. Ever Ready Badger bush Avon leather A/S Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
What a great shave I had this morning with my Henry Sears and Son razor! I touched this one up last week and was treated to one of the smoothest and easiest SR shaves I ever had! I could have stopped after the first pass, but did a second pass and ended up BBS. It cut effortlessly through the whiskers and was probably my best SR shave ever. I was done in 10 minutes with zero irritation and zero burn from the aftershave. I’ve always gotten good shaves from the Henry Sears, but I must have done something differently with the touch up this time. I find this razor to be a soft steel, with touch ups always making significant impacts. I should focus more on this razor and my honing techniques as slight changes make for significant improvements.
Special Father’s Day weekend shave... using my daughter’s straight razor. She came home last week from college and it is always a pleasure to have her in the house. Time for a little touch up on her straight, and she let me take it for a test drive. Hy. Kaufmann & Sons Mercator Brush: Rubberset 400 w/24mm HMW Badger Soap: MdC A/S: Razorock One X Enjoy your shave and enjoy your day tomorrow Dads! Tom
