What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Thanks, Tom!

 

Two pass head shave with this bad boy. Turning out to be a real treat to use this razor wether a head shave or face. Used a Stirling Port Au Prince with a custom synthetic brush with a menthol splash. Mild touch up with a safety razor. Getting close to doing head and face shaves with just a straight!

 

SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 2021

Today I pulled out what I like to call the Edgar Allan Poe Stubtail for my mug shave. It's a Sheffield Ellis & Allan blade that sat unhoned and unscaled for at least 205 years. This lonely big honkin’ piece of steel was imported to the Ellis & Allan Mercantile Firm of Richmond, Va around 1815 by Jonathan Allan, the partner who managed their London branch, and the stepfather of Edgar Allan Poe. The other being Richard Ellis who handled US operations.

In any case the blade ended up at the Sandpoint, Idaho razor beauty spa along with another of similar vintage. The proprietor didn’t remember the particulars, but did transfer ownership to yours truly after honing it and clothing it in bone scales with an amber wedge all of which were affixed with period brass pins, along with beehive caps and washers.

It is an unusually sized stubtail at 8/8. This was the largest straight razor in my collection until the arrival of the Gipson Katsumi smiling blade at 14/13. Despite its girth, Glen Mercurio put an amazing edge on it that’s a joy to shave with. Although cleaning up my neck did require some additional buffing beyond the usual three passes along with some final flatblading, a technique I learned from BarberDave of the Shaving Cadre Forum to achieve my desired smoothness.

RAZOR: Ellis & Allan Stubtail 8/8 (Mug), Gem MMOC (Dome)
BLADE: Pella PTFE Gem
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JT Sapele Resin Handled Omega Pro48 Boar Knot
SOAP: Fine Snake Bite
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Fine Snake Bite AS Splash.

 

Is it just the photo, or is there corrosion on several areas on the bevel??

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7/8 Herder 49, soap and AS were Stirling Blood on Steel TSD 2019 (there was no actual blood on steel, lol), and a M&F Finest did the lathering.

 

Unique big stubtail Jeff… very cool blade.

“Flatblading”… you are a braver man than I.
Is that where you come at your skin at almost 90 degrees and “wipe” with the very tip of your edge?

 

Beautiful razors, Steve!

 

. Thanks, Tom!
Yes sir, that’s the way I learned. It really does a nice job, but I wouldn’t have tried it a year or so ago!

 

Thank you Jeff!

 

Older pic of the razor I have. It’s got a better look now. Just haven’t had a chance to get it on the page yet.

 

Monday morning shave, 1166 ERN Wald 7/8” Germany. Really nice shave. Splash Floris Turnbull and Asser.



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Lovely razor!

 

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 2021

RAZOR: Dovo Special 5/8 (Mug), Gillette New LC (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE LE Aluminum Handle #005 with 24mm SynBad Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with PAA Frost Byte AS Splash.

 

My Russkie ode to milestones in space exploration took on some tougher than usual stubble. As expected, the Russkie won with a very clean, smooth face to show for it

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Castle Forbes 1445 Shaving Cream
1961 STIZ Paketa 5/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Cool-looking razor, Karl!

 

Thank you sir

 

SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 2021

RAZOR: Boker & Co. French Point 5/8 (Mug), Karve E_OC (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Alpha Shaving T-400 Tribute with 26mm Tuxedo Synth Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with PAA Frost Byte AS Splash.

 

Tanifuji MaxFli 5000 stainless, soap was Dovo-Merkur Lavender lathered with a Keyhole 4 and a s-lash of SMN lavanda finished up.

This is the same soap that Italian Barber used to sell rebranded as ‘King Lois Lavender’, and those of you that have trouble lathering MWF would like it, it’s a lanolin-containing soap that lathers easily and is Italian made.

 

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 2021

RAZOR: Hoshi Tombo 8000 (Mug), Gillette New Standard
BLADE: Kai DE (5)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: RazoRock Rubberset Replica with Synth Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse withHumphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme Balm.