This morning’s shave was inspired by @Karl G and his W&B. The razor is a 6/8 George Wostenholm ‘Real IXL Razor’ and is always a pleasure to shave with. Soap was MdC fougere, and I’m moving to a larger brush in my soap longevity test, a ~23mm TOBS Silvertip. A splash of Thayer’s rose petal finished up nicely. Cheers, Steve
Today's shave was with a freshly honed German made razor. Very nice 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. I used a Gillette Fatboy, the day before, and the DE shaves don't hold a candle to Straight Razor shaves. Wonderfully made Straight. Razor- F.W.Engels "Special". Brush- Omega 10098 Boar. Better every time I use it. Soap- Arko/Sandalwood scented. Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice. Mmmmm Mmmmmm Good.
Two Pass Shaving Routine.. Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil CV. Heljestrand SE BOKER Full Hollow Ground Swedish Steel Blade ( Freshly Honed ) Pure Badger Tallow Soap Humphreys Witch Hazel I Had a Cracking Shave this Morning with my CV.Heljestrand Safety Razor & Freshly Honed BOKER Full Hollow Ground Blade...The BOKER Sports a 20 K Surgical Black Arkansas Edge..This Swedish work of Art is just the Dogs Danglies..Air Craft Precision Engineering of the Day..This Razor is as Comfortable as any Cartridge Razor but Shaves Ever So Close & Ever So Deep.. The Smallest Straight BOKER Blade in Town.. Billy..
Otto Busch World Master 194 Still looking for that Master of the Universe razor Enjoy your shave. Tom
5/8 Grelot Lotus Tabac homemade badger brush Tabac AS I'd love to have a larger Lotus but this 5/8 does the trick and is a lovely shaving razor. Great shave this morning. Tabac, what can I say. Have a good one.
Love those Grelot Lotus and Puma Ars Divina! C. V. Heljestrand MK 33 this morning, soap was MdC lathered with a TOBS Silvertip. This brush is labeled as a Super Badger, but it has extremely white hooked tips, and we also know that if it’s a Rooney and Lee made it, the knot doesn’t always correspond to the handle lettering lol. A splash of Myrsol finished up. This was the second shave with the TOBS brush and MdC, yesterday’s shave used 0.5g so the usage is up a little, but not as much as I expected. Today I used 15 ‘swirls’ and the first pass didn’t have quite enough water in it. Still feeling the brush out a bit WRT this ‘experiment’. Cheers, Steve