Taking the Rigarazor out again, soap was MdC agrumes lathered with a Simoson 57 and Myrsol limon finished up. Yesterday was shave 107 with the Sub Cero.
A number of Otto Busch’s were popping up this past week or two and inspired today’s choice - an excellent shave from the razor I learned on Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream Otto Busch Weltmeister Sonderklasse 265 11/16 Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
This Mornings Shave Otto Deutsch 5/8 Solingen RazoRock Stallion Blue & White with Stabilized Drift Wood 24mm silvertip Christian Dior Eau Sauvage Cologne
Saturday Straights' Shave Cold Water Rinse Pharaoh's Dreamsicle Jayaruh #408 2-band Badger Wade & Butcher 5/8 CWR Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS The Pharaoh's Dreamsicle Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #408 Two-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Wade & Butcher 5/8 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Second shave with this razor, and still smooth as silk. I had a great 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. Great razor. Razor- Dubl Duck "GoldEdge" Brush- A custom made by @jtspartan . Omega Boar knot. Soap- AOS "OUD" cream Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice "Lime". Ships Lantern decanter.
I honed the Leon Pelleray again. Started on shapton glass stone 4k, 8k and the naniwa super stone 12k. I finished on an ozuku with plain water. Now it was a joy to use. Shaving soap was vitos ice rosemary and Tüff sensitiv as.
I have one of those Pelleray ‘Le Precieux Suedois’ @esvh and they are great shavers. Yesterday and today were shaves 108 and 109 on the Filly 14 and today marks its one-year anniversary, it was honed on May 24th, 2019. Still not tugging and the edge is surprisingly good. Make no mistake, it isn’t what it was 100 shaves ago, but there’s nothing wrong with it either, still delivering DFS. The feel of the edge is basically unchanged since shave 35-40. This is a fine blade. Soap was Acca Kappa 1869 pre-reformulation lathered with a TOBS brush, and a little ABC balm finished up #109 in fine style.
Been hiding this H. Diamond #888 FBU in my razor roll for too long, so out she came today for a wonderful 2-pass shave with Haslinger Schafmilch (a soap I find very easy to face lather) and a Thäter 4125/2 handling the lathering work. I love the heft of this razor and the fine edge it takes. This blade makes a strong case for landing in my Top 5. OK, Top 7.
I’m never sure where to post shaves with a wedge razor. It’s very short straight blade that has to be honed and stropped but held in a device like a single edge. Guess I’ll just post in both places. The is the razor I use to clear away beards and thick stubble. The edge is one of @Billyfergie ’s best. It’s a fantastic razor - the Nordic Queen rules Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream C.V. Heljestrand wedge razor and blade AOS Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
Just cool, even with the scary point and heel. Definitely a pimp stick! Fresh out of the time machine. Is that new!
I got it late last year but I think the blade is 10 years old’ish. It has the “USA” stamp on the reverse tang and I think that dates it a while back.
Todays Shave Manaslu Nichirico 305 Tokyo Japan 11/16th Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood soap Rubberset 400/4 Horse Hair knot Azzaro Wanted Cologne
Simmons Hardware 6/8 Hornet, ‘Warranted Satisfactory or No Sale’, same scales as Ian’s Torrey though they’re a scale swap, maybe from a Torrey. It’s a very thinly ground razor, and I’ve always said that whoever ground this one was good, and they were having a good day. Soap was a sample of Henri et Victoria La Poire Française (good springtime scent) lathered with a Rooney brush, and a little LOccitane balm and EdT finished up.
