What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Thanks @GAW9576 ! Consider yourself also fortunate to own such a fine custom blade.

 

Taking the Rigarazor out again, soap was MdC agrumes lathered with a Simoson 57 and Myrsol limon finished up.

Yesterday was shave 107 with the Sub Cero.

 

A number of Otto Busch’s were popping up this past week or two and inspired today’s choice - an excellent shave from the razor I learned on

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
Otto Busch Weltmeister Sonderklasse 265 11/16
Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

This Mornings Shave

Otto Deutsch 5/8 Solingen
RazoRock Stallion
Blue & White with Stabilized Drift Wood 24mm silvertip
Christian Dior Eau Sauvage Cologne

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Pharaoh's Dreamsicle
Jayaruh #408 2-band Badger
Wade & Butcher 5/8
CWR
Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS

The Pharaoh's Dreamsicle Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #408 Two-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Wade & Butcher 5/8 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Towa 2074 Tungsten steel
Rhodium brush
Pannacrema Nuávia Verde

 

Mr. Zowada providing the edge enjoyment for a Saturday shave... very nice .

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Second shave with this razor, and still smooth as silk. I had a great 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. Great razor.

Razor- Dubl Duck "GoldEdge"
Brush- A custom made by @jtspartan . Omega Boar knot.
Soap- AOS "OUD" cream
Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice "Lime". Ships Lantern decanter.

 

I honed the Leon Pelleray again. Started on shapton glass stone 4k, 8k and the naniwa super stone 12k. I finished on an ozuku with plain water.

Now it was a joy to use.

Shaving soap was vitos ice rosemary and Tüff sensitiv as.

 

I have one of those Pelleray ‘Le Precieux Suedois’ @esvh and they are great shavers.

Yesterday and today were shaves 108 and 109 on the Filly 14 and today marks its one-year anniversary, it was honed on May 24th, 2019. Still not tugging and the edge is surprisingly good. Make no mistake, it isn’t what it was 100 shaves ago, but there’s nothing wrong with it either, still delivering DFS. The feel of the edge is basically unchanged since shave 35-40. This is a fine blade.

Soap was Acca Kappa 1869 pre-reformulation lathered with a TOBS brush, and a little ABC balm finished up #109 in fine style.

 

Been hiding this H. Diamond #888 FBU in my razor roll for too long, so out she came today for a wonderful 2-pass shave with Haslinger Schafmilch (a soap I find very easy to face lather) and a Thäter 4125/2 handling the lathering work.

I love the heft of this razor and the fine edge it takes. This blade makes a strong case for landing in my Top 5. OK, Top 7.

 

Wade & Butcher chopper night...
8/8” Celebrated

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

I’m never sure where to post shaves with a wedge razor. It’s very short straight blade that has to be honed and stropped but held in a device like a single edge. Guess I’ll just post in both places. The is the razor I use to clear away beards and thick stubble. The edge is one of @Billyfergie ’s best. It’s a fantastic razor - the Nordic Queen rules

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
C.V. Heljestrand wedge razor and blade
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Just cool, even with the scary point and heel.

Definitely a pimp stick!

Fresh out of the time machine.

Is that new!

 

Silverloaf 8/8 smiling western grind kami

 

I got it late last year but I think the blade is 10 years old’ish. It has the “USA” stamp on the reverse tang and I think that dates it a while back.

 

Lots of gorgeous razors this past week guys, especially that Tim Zowada. Happy shaves!

 

Todays Shave

Manaslu Nichirico 305 Tokyo Japan 11/16th
Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood soap
Rubberset 400/4 Horse Hair knot
Azzaro Wanted Cologne

 

Simmons Hardware 6/8 Hornet, ‘Warranted Satisfactory or No Sale’, same scales as Ian’s Torrey though they’re a scale swap, maybe from a Torrey. It’s a very thinly ground razor, and I’ve always said that whoever ground this one was good, and they were having a good day. Soap was a sample of Henri et Victoria La Poire Française (good springtime scent) lathered with a Rooney brush, and a little LOccitane balm and EdT finished up.

 

I see everyone but me has a time machine. Amazing razors gentlemen.