What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Tuesday - Friday this week will JWest week for me. Kicking it off is a Suzuki Niles, just under 6/8 with a half hollow grind.

 

15/16 F. Herder

 

You’ve been using that wide Herder pretty often lately Chuck, you’ll be shopping for a Filly 14 before you know it!

@Karl G made me want to get out my own swayback English, A Wostenholm with the original scales with a few bug bites as a bonus. A really smooth shaving mellow old Sheffield. Cream was the new AdP Colonia scented cream lathered with a Keyhole 4, and a splash of mild D. R. Harris Pink topped it off. A spritz of AdP Colonia made for a fine morning. I suppose that I’m going to have to get the Colonia AS balm now, but I wanted to try the new cream first.

 

Saturday NOvember 2


Razor - Iwasaki Tamahagane




- Ken

 

We’ve noticed

 

M. Pajon, Paris
A nice regrind that took what was probably a near wedge to maybe a 1/4 hollow. It is still silent, and a very sexy shape in my opinion. A nice enjoyable, unique shave.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Takahana Feon 172

 

4/8 J.A. Hellberg

Had a fantastic shave with this Swedish razor.Removed whiskers with almost no effort.Great steel.

 

Best shave yet with this Henkotsu kamisori. It arrived from its former home with quite a rough edge. I have approached honing it with great trepidation, knowing little about kamis in general or about this one in particular. The (newly re-pasted) diamond balsa strops have finally gotten the edge to a polished state, and the shave to up to ‘fully acceptable’. I will stick with the strop progression for a bit and watch for further improvement.

 

5/8 Demascara

 

Toyo Scheön Burg frameback, re-scaled by Stefan a few years back. I use it mostly as a travel razor, Japanese framebacks are relatively inexpensive and the steel is second to none. Cream was SMN, and a dab of SMN Tobacco Toscano body balm served as the AS balm, it’s a rather thin product for a body balm, and well suited as an AS product. I’ve always thought that the only difference between body balms, AS balms, and face creams are really the thickness, they all seem to be about the same product.

 

That Hellberg looks very nicely preserved. Just a cool blade Mike!

 

I own multiple John & Wm Ragg razors and they all excel. For the moment this is my favored among the bunch.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Barrister Reserve Lavender
Shavemac 2-Band Silver Tip Badger
John & Wm Ragg Napoleon 11/16
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Next up for JWest week is a Atlas, she is 6/8 with a near wedge grind.

 

I used my 5/8 Wostenholm Square Point. I will be using it for the next 26 shaves. I am part of the 30 DC on this forum. I am doing a 30 consecutive straight shave with the same razor and lineup.

 

Ralf Aust
Jayaruh # 315 Silvertip Badger
Grooming Department Soap
Sandlewood Preshave Oil
Pinald Clubman Aftershave

Enjoy your evening gentlemen!




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I received a new shave soap as a gift. Therefore I decided on a nice straight razor shave tonight. It was very relaxing and I had an excellent shave.

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I was eyeing this thing for ages and when I was ready to pull the trigger it was gone. lol
Great looking razor. How does it hone and shave?

Sam

 

It is a pleasure to shave with and maintain. The like the blade shape, it takes and holds a sharp edge. It was easy to hone, the blade is flat and the geometry is spot on.

 

Sounds amazing. I feel great that someone from the forum got it...