Craftsman (F. Koeller & Co?)

I try not to be jealous Keith, but you do make it hard
That Ali's Blade... just beautiful.
Side note... picked up Civet soap off the bay - the scent blew me away. Wonderful!

Another fine shave with my Grandpa’s Never Fail. Sharp, close shave that made short work of the stubble. I really like this razor. Initially I was lukewarm about this razor. Then I started to experiment with refreshing it with various stones and pastes and now it’s in my top tier.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Nielsen’t Never Fail 5/8
AOS After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

Wade and Butcher

Thank you, I picked it up used if you noticed there is a smudge in the center of the blade which got me a large discount. I highly recommend the civet perfume, Zoologist is making some nice stuff.

Brian Brown 7/8 full hollow.... well almost full hollow.

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Wash
Eureka Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #18
CWR
H. Böker 5/8
Aqua Velva 5 in 1 AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Eureka Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #18 brush. I did two passes with the H. Böker 5/8 Razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva 5 in 1 AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Happy Samedi!
CV Heljestrand MK32

From what I understand, France was a strong export market for Heljestrand. This is part of a multi-day (I assume 7 day) set.

Amazing that the grinders could engineer a razor that only works one day a week.
I also am pretty sure the remaining 6 days of razors no longer work without this one... so I’m hoping their owner will read this and send them my way.
Enjoy your shave!
Tom

Tonight's shave was with a fantastic, Solingen Made razor. I had a very smooth, 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues. Just nice clean and smooth shaving.

Razor- Otto Deutsch's Hans. Solingen Germany
Brush- Omega 10098 Boar
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented
Aftershave- Pinaud Clubman

Koraat 14 2.0

Howdy Gentlemen,

The holidays have kept me busy either eating or excercising to get over the over eating lol, so I haven’t posted much.

The Filly 14 edge test is done, I got 63 shaves out of that edge, and like the Cape 1000 before it (58 shaves), it still shaved fairly well but it had just lost enough smoothness that I decided to re-edge it on a nice piece of jnat karasu. I was expecting a little more from it, but it’s interesting to note that both razors returned around 55 smooth shaves.

The other interesting observation is that both razors lost their smoothness in just a few shaves, say 3-5 at the end of the ‘run’. Shave 45 wasn’t that much different from 25, but the difference in the last half dozen shaves was quite a lot. They stayed stable for a long stretch, but when they went, they went pretty quickly.

So here the ol’ gal is, re-honed and super smooth. Soap was Martin de Candre fougere lathered with a Simpsons 57, and Thayers Rose Petal tonic finished it up. So maybe now I can post some different razors!

Cheers, Steve

C.V Heljestrand MK#30 Extra Hollow Ground Vintage 4/8
Had a wonderful shave with this recently restored blade .She gave me a BBS Shave on her maiden voyage .

Shulze
Taconic Pre and Aftershave Balm
Poraso Azur Lime Cream
Jayaruh # 311

Another close 3 day shave by these razors, one more left to complete the set.

Enjoy your evening gentlemen!

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Figured I’d follow Mike’s lead and go with a smaller Heljestrand... the MK8. Slightly heavier grind, I’d call it about a 1/2 hollow. Made for a silent but fun shave.

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

Wow, that is a lot of shaves. Did you use a pasted strop or just leather?

Hayashi Diamond 8000 — 'Renewal' (floral fougére) soap and balm, Shaveworks custom silvertip brush.

Lovely blade Kevin .I always enjoy seeing your H.Diamond with those gorgeous scales .I have a similar H.Diamond blade with black scales.She is one of my top Japanese performers .Takes a super keen and smooth edge which lasts a very long time .
Merry Christmas

A nice ERN made razor was used today. I had a great 2 pass shave, with minor touch-up, around the chin, that left me BBS. Zero issues. Just a very well made, and great performing blade.

Razor- "Gong Razor", by ERN. Made in Germany.
Brush- Omega 10098, boar.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood Scented
Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice

Riga Razor 6/8 half hollow

Faultless