R. Delorme Had a low bar on this one - didn’t want to behave on the stones, and the edge is nowhere near even, but... Never count out an old French frameback, as the shave was excellent. Enjoy your shave. Tom
It’s fall color season here so I’ve been slow posting while enjoying some day trips to the nearby mountains. Saturday and Sunday, the new Sprecher Midi, great shaving razor that feels small like a King Pelican 14 even though the edge is just 2mm shorter than my 7/8 Riga. The 8/8 width makes the blade appear shorter than it it is Yesterday, 8/8 Filarmonica DT 14.
New Karv with open comb C plate for head. A piece of Sheffield’s finest Pre tariff Wade and Butcher 5/8 hollow on my mug. Keith Johnson strop. Declaration brush. First line Undead set (my girl loves this scent) Really a luxurious shave. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Two Pass Shaving Routine.. Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil Otto Fromm 50 Redhead Solingen Full Hollow 8/8th (Freshly Honed) Fitchard Pure Badger Le Pere Lucien Savon du Barbier Soap Humphreys Witch Hazel I Just had a Wonderful Shave with My NOS Otto Fromm 50 Redhead Solingen Barbers Notch that Arrived this Morning from Germany..Its a Full 8/8th Not Including the Spine..Its a Huge Heavy Weighted Blade for a Full Hollow..Its a Rare Big Chopper that Came Shave Ready & Finished on a 20k Suehiro Gokumyo Stone.. The Seller Didn't Advertise it as NOS Due to Fact that it had Been Honed..But I Contacted Him & he Confirmed it was Factory Fresh when he Honed it..He has Put a Superb Edge on it..I Like the Smooth Edge..I Didn't Find it that Much Different to a 12 K Super Stone..Beautiful Close Shaver Mind..I Am Still Gobsmacked at the Nick of this Razor..Its Certainly the Pride of My Collection..Wunderbar.. I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed.. Billy..
Started with a kabrand 426. That did do little to the stubble. Then I took the ch wedge and had a nice shave. Shaving brush fs g4, l'occitane cade shaving soap and axe black AS. Have a nice day.
Todays Shave in Respect of our Fallen Heros J. A. HENCKELS 76 Fancy mosaic design 1950s Spitfire Shaving soap Phoenix & Beau Culmark butterscotch 24mm mixed badger English Leather by Dana
This is a Very Rare Early Production Redhead..There were Some Later Smaller Blade Models that are Not Near as Well Built as this One or as Heavily Ground..They are Very Rare with a Big Heavy Ground Blade..I Have Never Seen Another Like this One Even on a Worldwide Search on Forums Etc..Happy Hunting.. Billy..
SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 To all who have served, thank you for your service on this somewhat auspiciously gloomy Veteran’s Day. The shave this morning went well. The Genco 35 5/8 swept away my 24 hour mug stubble and was followed by an equivalent job on my noggin with the LaResche 77. I'm rapidly reaching the point where I’m shaving almost exclusively with boar brushes. For today’s shave I loaded the 26mm boar ferrule on the Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute. It performed beautifully and just really felt great! I know there are some who make a big deal about the black bristles in boar brushes feeling too sharp or whatever, but that’s never been a problem for me. In fact, I wasn’t even aware of the issue until reading about it. It may be a function of my Parkinsonian neurology, but I enjoy scritchiness in my boars. Today’s shave left me feeling clean, refreshed and velveteen smooth! RAZOR: Genco 35 5/8 (Mug), LaResche 77 (Dome) BLADE: Astra Platinum DE (2) PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute w/ 26mm Boar CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Nancy Boy Cooling After-Shave Gel Signature Scent.
Rodgers ‘Refined Steel’, likely from the ~1830s. Soap was Eufros Rosa-Oud, and Harris Pink finished things up. Wonderful shave!
