all electric razor did was give me the burn!

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 2022

Woke up to a light rain that my Dark Sky app tells me will continue nonstop through Sunday morning. Last night I took one of my favorite razors, the Alexis Witte Copperhead 6/8, which has always maintained a quite serviceable edge, and ran it through a combo I’m really starting to appreciate, the Naniwa 12k followed by the Suehiro 20k with a finish on the 4 sided pasted constroption. The blade steel on this Witte is awesome! Just a fantastic three pass mug shave this morning. It felt like the whiskers were melting away.

I picked up another A. Witte bearing an “Over the Top” mark on the auction site last night for $11. It looks to be in good condition. The Alexis Witte Cutlery Co. had offices in both Germany and the US. They operated from a factory at 81 Warren St. in lower Manhattan from the 1880’s moving to a new factory in Brooklyn in 1917 where they continued to produce razors and scales until 1930. The company produced razors under the Classic, Witte, Hustler, Copperhead, Goldbug, Over the Top, Solace, Lily, and Beauty marks. The Great Depression put an end to their business.

I attended a Shaving Collectibles Show in Cincinnati in October of 2019 where I was able to obtain some relatively rare safety razors, among which were two 1905 Gillette Single Rings. The original silver plating was in excellent condition, and thankfully, Matt Pisarcik of Razor Emporium attended and shared some pointers on maintaining the plating. After really enjoying my mug shave this morning, I was on a bit of a self indulgent high as I plowed through my dome stubble. The shave gods apparently took exception and I ended up with a nick on the back of my noggin. Otherwise, an excellent shave leaving me velveteen smooth from slightly damaged noggin to neck.

RAZOR: A. Witte Copperhead 6/8 (Mug), Gillette Single Ring [1905] (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Aluminum Handled Monster Synth
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Royall Lyme AS/Cologne.

myself as well,plus no one told be i had to trim long whiskers down first.

This will be a very nice shave

See if you can use the Ladies Sauna!

fine shaves Jeff.cool single ring.i still have a 1920's canadian old type just to keep my hand in.my canadian 1911 single ring had a new caretaker some time ago.

Excellent Arkonian shave Joe.

Superb shave Jeff. I have an A.Witte Solace that is part of my restoration project. I have to finish making the scales. I did a test shave following the honing process. It shaves very well.

I really like both razors! I think that the Flatboy is the most aggressive non-adjustable I have now. I will use it through the weekend. I may wait and shave with the DX again next week. It went well!

Easy solution, sell it to Hogie or me.

You will gain the muscle memory using both hands and it will be comfortable. However, there are people who shave with one hand, but I find it awkward. Also, it's harder to see what you are doing. Therefore imo, using 2 hands is the best way to go.

Fabulous shave Hogie.

It happens.

Nice shave session Gary. I guess the Don Marco is a different formula and that may be the reason it's not as slick as the unlabeled soap.

Thank you Gary.

Very nice shave Gary.

It looks like all the real straight razors are coming out now! I dunno if I will ever go that route but, I do love the Feather DX which closely resembles them. Fine piece of stainless!

Keep plugging along Paul. They all can’t hit the jackpot.

Fine shaves Jeff. I just hate it when I nick my noggin.

Wiseguy aren't you! Lol!