Thank Gary. I agree - one of those tubs i keep opening up when i pass by, especially now when everything smells like smoke. Stay safe up there. Tom
J&T shaving brush with a Virginia Sheng badger knot. Paul Schulze 7/8 Haslinger schafmilch + Florida water
RigaRazor 8/8 tungsten steel on loan from a friend, soap was vintage Yardley lathered with a Rooney Beehive 2-band. A s-lash of SMN lavander finished up.
@TestDepth thank you. I actually bought some nos schulzes from revisor. But strangely enough I can't make the decision to use them. This schulze I got from the bay for very little money. I didn't sand it down completely. I wanted to keep the engraving of the man and his hat. So I polished and honed it. Schulze was a very good razor maker. Yes the 14 is magical. I have been lucky to find a few. The henckels zwilling is ready. I also have a kobar that I have to hone. TI spartacus and aevos (Hoppe) are on the cleaning and honing list. Revisor has a beautifull Schulze 14 in stock. I have been tempted, but I will not buy it. Otherwise it will be lying unused in my home.
User grade Hoshi Tombo 8000, long tail symmetric kamisori. Soap was ABC hard soap lathered with a Life2short1971 custom 2-band, and ABC balm finished up a 10/10 shave.
An old French near wedge. Love the slight smile leading to the wider point... beautiful lines. So I can make out “PARIS” but the rest is a guess. Currently I have talked myself into... _ _ INASSI But really, no clue. Any thoughts? Enjoy your shave. Tom Edit: I’m thinking the strike on the far right is off like the S in Paris, maybe leaning towards an E. SPINASSE is my guess
Rigarazor 8/8, last shave before it goes back to it’s owner. It’s sporting a fresh jnat edge and it shaves as smoothly as a butterknife. These are excellent razors. Soap and AS was Stirling Green, lathered with a Life2short1971 two-band badger.
The more I shave with this Engels the more I like it. An exceptionally fine shave today. Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Savile Row 3824 Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Soap FW Engels Leader 13/16 Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Skin Food Splash Happy shaving - Karl
Two Pass Shaving Routine... Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil Otto Busch World Master Solingen Full Hollow 6/8th Hans Baier Silver Tip Vitos Tallow Soap Humphreys Witch Hazel I had a Shave Tonight with My Otto Busch World Master Solingen 6/8th..Easy Comfortable Shave & Uber Smooth Results..Wunderbar.. I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed.. Billy..
I enjoyed the shave, but was not wild about the edge, Tom. Spent a couple of hours working with a series of slurries of increasing dilution on the jasper stone finishing on the UF side with water and then two pasted strops this afternoon after the shave. It sounds a bit OCD, but this is what my son showed me on my PUMA which worked out beautifully. I didn’t spend near as much time on the Puma because the steel didn’t seem as hard as on the Riga. Hairs are a poppin’ and tree toppin’. I guess I’ll see tomorrow if I ruined a perfectly good edge. We newbies - all enthusiasm tempered by sheer ignorance.
