What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Osiris 8/8 with some vintage Old Spice shaving soap. The vintage OS shaving soap performs great.

 

Impressive Osiris @Keithmax !

Henckles Friodur 14, bought NOS and honed up yesterday. This is a BIG razor, it makes my 7/8 TI Spartacus and a Filly 14 seem dainty even though it’s very hollow, it sings a bit. But boy what a shave! It mowed everything down to BDBS in two passes, with ease. Soap was ABC hard soap followed by a dab of ABC almond balm. Perfect 10/10.

 

Thanks all - it was a wonderful trip and I enjoyed having a few pints and drams with my friend across the pond.

 

Very smooth shave with this wonderful W&B.

Hot water preparation
Argan oil PSO
Mystic Waters Brown Windsor
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Wade and Butcher 6/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

I have a lot of love for those swayback English razors. That’s a beauty @Karl G

 

Vintage Le Grelot 14 with snake wood scales.

 

Thanks, it was one of my first purchases and still a favorite.

 

Such a beautiful 14!!!

 

Wacker Jungmeister

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Cedric Christ Custom suminagashi Hoshi Tombo Tribute
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Semogue TSN LE Boar
Pre Raw Organic Coconut Oil
Ozymandias
Ozymandias Aftershave​

 

Joseph Rodgers ivory frameback, cream and balm was Floris 89, cream cut with a little unscented XPEC since it is robustly scented. The razor was freshly honed on a favorite finisher as there was a small section that wasn’t quite ‘there’. It is now, BBS and then some.

 

Sunday shave, Robert Williams Purist

 

Hoshi Tombo 6500 First edition
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Muhle Fibre Silvertip XL
Saponificio Varesino Cubebe
Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Aftershave lotion
Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Edp ​

 

M. Jung was an importer of German made razors 100 years ago. This one was new old stock when found. The razor's edge was honed on a combination of 3m films and stones plus finished on 200k diamond pasted balsa. The shave is SAS.
M. JUNG
Importer
90 70th St., Brooklyn, NY; moved to 149-151 Church St., New York City in 1921
ca. 1911 - 1923
http://uniclectica.com/misc/manuf.html

 

Hook nose TI Spartacus, not the best ground razor there ever was, but shaves fantastically, IOW it’s a pretty typical modern TI razor. Soap was MdC original lathered with a Simpsons 57, and a splash of Myrsol did the AS honors. Then a splash or two of Agua Lavanda Puig topped things off. Old Blue Eyes would approve.

 

13/16 Bellman Monarch Cutlery Works Task Perpose Moribvden Steel

Had a wonderful shave with this Japanese Blade.Removed two days of growth with little effort .Love the performance of Oleo Duck Fat based soap .

 

Pre: Shave Secret oil
Lather: Henry Et Victoria Absinthe
Razor: Kanenaga Kamisori
Post: Henry Et Victoria Absinthe A/S Splash
First time shaving with a "True" Kamisori. Definitely different, but I could get used to this.

 

Still relearning straight shaving after my long layoff - but definitely a lot more enjoyable with razors like this one

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Haslinger Schafmilch
T&H Wellington Super Badger
John & Wm Ragg Napoleon 6/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Curved(smiling) blades always make shaves better.

 

Wow, that is minty. Everything looks new, even the box.

I do love a smiling razor.