What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Mixture of l'occitane cade shaving soap and arko shaving stick. It's a new zenith boar brush. So I had to switch to face lathering with arko.

SR is a le grelot/p hospital 30.

Fnish was on a "only for good razors stone' with arko lather.

 

LOL, I got talked out of that one, but I’m impressed that you remember that

 

Filly 14 Especial, cream and balm were Blenheim Bouquet.

 

Two Pass Shaving Routine..

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
NOS Mark 32 C.V Heljestrand Full Hollow 6/8th (Freshly Honed)
Hans Baier Silver Tip
Le Pere Lucien Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel


I Had a Shave with My Recently Required NOS Mark 32 C.V Heljestrand 6/8th..I Got this Razor for a Surprisingly Good Price as they are Fetching a Bit these Days.I Finished it on an Escher Thuringian..A Top Tier Shaver that Maneuvered Around Like a Porsche.My Face is as Polished as a Pair of Guardsman Drill Boots..Really Pleased with it & its a Keeper for Sure..

I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

One of the most beautiful and classic shapes Billy... Great addition to your collection of factory fresh blades.

 

Tom..

Billy..

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Musgo Real classic scent shaving soap
Jayaruh #419 Two Band Badger
Wade & Butcher 5/8
CWS
Pinaud Clubman AS

The Musgo Real classic scent shaving soap face-lathered well with Jayaruh #419 Two Band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Wade & Butcher 5/8 straight gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Cape Kennedy 77, cream was XPEC unscented and the AS was Myrsol Agua Balsamica from the travel kit. Travel? What’s that?

 

PALMAX 1026
Suds & Splash: Fine Platinum
Finish: Mancera Cedrat Boise

The similarities with the Palmera/Palma brand’s Palm and Pyramid made it worth the purchase for me. Seems like a pretty high quality Solingen product.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

One of my favorite Japanese razors you post Steve... and that is saying a lot with your options.

 

SOTD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020

RAZOR: Dovo Special 5/8 (Mug), Blackland Vector (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rearden Razor 316L SS Tuxedo Synth
CREAM: Castle Forbes Lime
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Old Spice Fresh Lime.

 

Thank you Tom!

 

Beautiful razor, Sir. Quite nice indeed.

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SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 2020

RAZOR: Saito SK3. 7/8 (Mug), Schick E Type (Dome)
BLADE: Proline B-20 Injector
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme Balm.

 

Modern TI 7/8 Basic Black, cheap scales, not that well ground but oh my does it ever shave well, like all the modern C135 razors. Cream was AoS lemon lathered with a TOBS brush, and Myrsol Limon topped off a 10/10 shave.

 

Thank you Chris.

 

Tonights Shave

C.V. Heljestrand M**knr 32 Eskilstuna Sweden
RazoRock xXx
Blue & White Drift Wood 24mm silvertip
Faberge Brut

 

Ferd. Herberz “Palma” 93
Suds, Splash & Finish: Winter’s Refraction
Talbot Shaving’s collaboration with Maol Grooming for the splash and Catie’s Bubbles for the EDT

Herberz (Germany) had the Palm and Pyramid mark before Vollmer (Spain), and I still think there is a tie to that PALMAX yesterday.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This morning’s dome shave was fun! The one safety razor I love tinkering with is my 2011 Muhle R41. I ditched the original handle years ago, and have tried several others. The Weber SS handle paired with the razor today seems perfect for it. It’s heft, weight and length felt ideal for me. One bloodless ATG pass put the baby to bed. The regular dome trouble spot in the back of my noggin was sheared right down to the skin line. The dome shave was every bit as good, if not better than the one achieved with my AC safety razors, and in fact only matched by my Shake Sharp!

My mug shave also checked all the boxes. Rather than my usual three pass traditional shave, I decided to try something different this morning by dropping the usual first WTG pass. The buttery smooth silver steel Tanifuji Airi delivered a two pass (ATG, XTG) shave that achieved the same result as my usual three pass one, despite what I thought was a weeper below my right ear (red on the blade). However, as seems to regularly be the case with MWF, it disappeared after the second lather. In any case, I feel clean, velveteen smooth and refreshed!

RAZOR: Tanifuji Airi 11/16 (Mug), Muhle 2011 R41 w/ Weber SS Handle
BLADE: Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot #007
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme Aftershave Balm.

 

RigaRazor, cream was XPEC unscented, hand scented with Domenico Caraceni 1913 (who happened to sell a shaving cream made by the same naker as XPEC at the time), and Harris Pink finished up a lovely fragrant shave that left me BDBS.