Wusyhof Trident stainless 13/16 - another NOS razor from my friend Jamie Mahoney Le Pere Lucien Fourgere w/Coates lavender crème Rooney 26 mm silvertip Floid Blue
I be using my Friodur Inox for my first pass today. Im limiting myself to one pass and clean up with a DE until I get a dozen or so shaves under my belt. My confidence is improving each time I use it.
Things are getting better each time I use the straight. I made almost an entire first pass without incident until getting a little confused with angle under my bottom lip and kinda stuck the blade into my face (soul patch area). I was kinda shaken and decided to stop. Cleaned up with a DE for a near BBS.
October 11th SOTD Two and a half days’ growth Preshave: Hot Shower Razor: unrestored J. Wostenholm EBRO, from around 1865 Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Oiled Latigo (20 laps linen/ 20 laps leather pre, 10 /10 post) Brush: Handturned Tulip Poplar Badger Soap: Barrister & Mann Seville with M-bomb Postshave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue Continuing my focus on Wedge razors this month, up next is a Dubl Duck Satinedge or a Union Cutlery Spike, depending on if I have enough time to get the Spike shave ready tomorrow.
SOTD Fritz Bracht Tennis razor 13/16 - newly aquired and needs a little polishing but all in all a very nice piece and not easy to find. It too three attempts to get this one shave ready but now it has a killer edge. I was ready to send it to Glen Mercurio but it fianlly popped for me Caties La gardenia - one of the best ever soaps, lot's of easy lather with a bunch of glide and slickness. The scent is awesome too FS 28 mm finest badger Floid Black Label AS
I love the simplicity of beauty of this razor...you don't always need gold wash and decorative scales to be beautiful!
It is very quiet compared to the Red Imp full hollow I was using last month. Stropping is also much quieter. You can hear the linen and the leather, but the blade isn't singing.
Michael Waterhouse custom for Barbers 8/8 Kanayama Cordovan #8000 Shavemac Silvertip two band Catie's Bubbles Fouet L'Orange L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger balm L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger Edt
ESE 15/16 with a 3.5 inch blade and a French point - this is the biggest razor in my arsenal Caties le Piment de le vie Floid Vigoroso Brushcraft handle w/FS extra dense silvertip
