What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Discussion in 'Straight Razors' started by lindyhopper66, Nov 30, 2013.

  1. brit

    brit in a box

    cool razor Tom..love the reserve..
     
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  2. M14Shooter

    M14Shooter Well-Known Member

    5/8 Tuckmar

    Had a wonderful shave with this Vintage Solingen Blade .Just great steel that took a beautiful edge .
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  3. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Thanks Gary! This Reserve Cool smells great.
     
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  4. Chuck Naill

    Chuck Naill Well-Known Member

    Harbono
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    I was Christmas gifted this razor by friend and fellow member here, @Steveclarkus. This razor was restored and honed by J.R. Rowe of Ca.

    Not liking the edge for my use, I did a bevel to shave progression using films, a yellow Coticule and MMTT Thuringian, back to films plus chromium oxide pasted suede, 200k diamond pasted balsa hone and a final linen and horse hide finish to produce a same as shavette edge.
     
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  5. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    Wow, she looks minty. What a great gift!
     
  6. Chuck Naill

    Chuck Naill Well-Known Member

  7. Steve56

    Steve56 Hone Hoarder

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    Shave #65 on the Filly 14 Sub Cero, soap was Floris 89 lathered with a Tulip 2, and balm was also Floris 89. This soap is the famous disappearing lather version, it’s slick enough and the PSF is normal, but there won’t be any ‘white’ left after a minute or two on the face. It’s basically like using a brushless cream. No issues for a straight, you just can’t easily see where you’ve been. It does scent the room nicely! Hey if the scent is good enough for James Bond, it’s good enough for me.

    The edge is holding up well, no complaints.
     
  8. GAW9576

    GAW9576 Well-Known Member

    I had a very enjoyable shave with two razors from J.A. Henckels today. Sterlings Almost Heaven on SHD two band badger provided great lather.


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  9. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    A British shave today, Drew Dick smiling 7/8, TOBS, Kent BK 12 and some Hammam Bouquet.

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  10. M14Shooter

    M14Shooter Well-Known Member

    7/8 Thiers- Issard Wolf and Ram Sheffield Steel

    Had an awesome shave with this French made blade .This blade just effortlessly removed two days of growth .
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  11. oscar11

    oscar11 Well-Known Member

    6/8 Torrey
    Wickham English Rose
    homemade brush
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  12. Steve56

    Steve56 Hone Hoarder

    Shave #66 with the Filly Sub Cero. Might as well put a few shaves on it since it’s holding up well. Cream was D. R. Harris Marlborough, and a splash of Myrsol Agua Balsamica finished up. It was an excellent shave.
     
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  13. Edison Carter

    Edison Carter Well-Known Member

    Steve, you must be getting very tired of using that same old razor all these months.

    I'd be glad to 'take one for the team' and help you relocate it.
     
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  14. feeltheburn

    feeltheburn Well-Known Member

    The last 2 days, I've been using this Genco 5/8 Henry's X. Getting pretty nice shaves with it. Bevel set on Chosera 1k, Naniwa 5/8/12, and finished on a Dan's Black Arkansas.
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  15. Karl G

    Karl G Well-Known Member

    Wonderful shave with this old friend. :happy036:

    Hot water preparation
    T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
    Savile Row 3824
    Mystic Water Brown Windsor
    Otto Busch Weltmeister Sonderklasse 265 11/16
    Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel

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    Happy shaving - Karl
     
  16. Steve56

    Steve56 Hone Hoarder

    It does take a while to test them for sure Bill! I actually thought about your prediction of 75 shaves yesterday (#65), there’s a good chance that it will exceed that based on the shaves lately.

    I took a loupe to it at 65, before stropping, and I’ve been kind of afraid to do that because I might see something ugly that would compel me to hone it. It looked surprisingly good. There were some shiny liney places but not that much, and a tiny, shallow 1/2 moon <1mm long where I accidentally let the end of a fingernail touch the edge. Other than that, the edge is fairly straight and even, really kind of normal looking. That’s quite remarkable considering the razor has made ~150 passes across my face, and over 6,500 passes across the strop.
     
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  17. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Pulled out the big 8/8 F.W. Engels for Saturday’s shave. With the big Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson car auction going on, I figured the C3 Corvette shift knob brush would be fun.
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    Enjoy your shave.
    Tom
     
  18. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    My treasured SK-3

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  19. Jamie Mahoney

    Jamie Mahoney Well-Known Member

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    Michael Waterhouse Custom FBU Smiler
    Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
    Muhle Fibre Silvertip XL
    Declaration Grooming | Weinstrasse Shaving Soap
    Chatillon Lux | Weinstrasse Eau de Toilette
     
  20. brit

    brit in a box

    awesome pic James..
     

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