Wow, that’s a beauty of a razor Scott, I love the lines! 13/16 Nelson razor (Japanese), ‘made from the world famous Nelson Steel’! Except that no one has heard of Nelson Steel. It did have a Schoeller Bleckmann Fenix steel sticker on the scales so I suspect that ‘Nelson steel’ was entirely marketing. It’s a nice razor, new when I got it cheap as chips because it has a tiny crack way up on the back of the heel, what knife people call the choil. It’s tiny and the razor would be worn to 4/8 by the time the crack ever came in to play in any way, and I figured it would be a good travel and test razor. And it is. Odddly enough, an eBay seller had another one just like it, including the crack in the same place only his was worse, so likely something with the forge/blanks? The edge was from the chocolate kiita and the soap was ABC hard soap lathered with a Keyhole 3. Myrsol Blue finished up a great shave.
Wonderful shave yesterday with another lovely Sheffield. Smooth and sharp, can’t beat that combination Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger Castle Forbes 1445 Shaving Cream Kendal & Dent 11/16 Old Spice After Shave Happy shaving - Karl
Beautiful scales on that blade Karl Wade & Butcher Celebrated Fine India Steel Cocobolo Brush: Vie-Long Suds: Meissner Tremonia Splash: Fine Lavender Pour Homme Enjoy your shave. Tom
SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 RAZOR: Frederick Reynolds Rattler 5/8 (Mug), Valet Autostrop VB2 (Dome) BLADE: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil BRUSH: JT Sapele/Resin Handled Omega Pro48 Boar Knot SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Ogallala Bay Rum AS Splash.
A nice shave today, from a recently acquired, restored, and honed razor. I had a scary sharp 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Once dialed in, this Tungsten Steel, can hold a wickedly sharp edge. It was finished on an Arkansas Surgical Black Stone. Razor- Shumate "850", Tungsteel(Tungsten). Brush- J.R.#262. Ebony/Birdseye Maple, with a Silvertip Knot. Soap- ARKO Aftershave- Avon Spicy. Viking Horn Decanter.
Wednesday morning shave, 1166 ERN Wald. Needs some more honing, not that sharp enough. Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
13/16 Robuso Silver Steel by Perfectworks, likely a Tanifuji. Soap was Strop Shoppe Date Night tallow lathered with a Keyhole 4 and a splash of Myrsol C finished up a great shave.
A fine shave with this Tuckmar. It’s off to @gssixgun for a little scale repair love Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger Sterling Soap Well Dressed Man sample Tuckmar 6/8 Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel Happy shaving - Karl
Slater Brothers Venture “Fifty-Cents Razor” Brush: Rudy Vey Suds: The Sudsy Soapery White Sage & Lime Splash: PAA Coconut Bay & Lime I’d gladly pay double. Enjoy your shave. Tom
Thursday morning shave, CVH MK No.24 half wedge stainless steel. Quite nice however I prefer hollow grinds. Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 RAZOR: Witte Copperhead 6/8 (Mug), Ever Ready Streamline (Dome) BLADE: Pella PTFE Gem PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil BRUSH: MrEE LE Aluminum Handle SynBad Knot #005 SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Cremo Cooling Post Shave Balm.
Novodur 14, soap was the new version of ABC hard soap lathered with a @life2short1971 two band, and ABC almond balm topped off a perfect shave.
A.R. Justice & Co. out of Philadelphia, PA Brush: No clue… but nice Suds: Declaration Grooming Vide Poche Splash: PAA Red Planet I had a suspicion that this was a Sheffield blade when I bought it, and I found a Frederick Reynolds that was an exact match. Enjoy your shave. Tom
