What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

6/8 King Pelican 27 French Point. Soap was I Coloniali Mango lathered with a M&F Alibaba 2-band, and a little IC Rhubarb balm finished up. Tuesday and Wednesday were shaves 117 and 118 with the Sub Cero.

 

June 18

Dovo Best Quality 5/8 Half Hollow

 

Just about as fine a shave as you can get from the Lund today. Wow, just wow

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Monsavon Au Lait
Lund 6/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

T.R. Cadman & Sons
Bengall
Nice package with engraving on the blade face and the 3 pin scales with the Bengall mark... enjoyable shave.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

fine razor Tom..

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Cape 500 Swedish Steel

 

I broke out a "Marketed for Paraguay" razor, that was "Made In Spain". I had a perfect 2 pass shave, that left me BDBS. This razor went through several days of thick growth, like it was nothing. One of the best razors made.

Razor- Filarmonica "14". Made in Spain.
Brush- B-400 By Tom(@twhite ). Boar knot
Soap- Arko/Avon Spicy scented
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy. George Washington Decanter.

 

Smile SK-3

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Col. Conk Amber
Jayaruh #1
Wilbert "Acme"
CWR
Aqua Velva 5 in 1 ASB

I like to think of this straight as my "Roadrunner" razor since it is an "Acme." This little razor preformed outstandingly this morning. It was very smooth with no issues.

The Col. Conk Amber face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #1 Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Wilbert "Acme" gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva 5 in 1 ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

With some trepidation I picked up the monster W&B again today. The first shave didn’t quite live up to expectations so I wasn’t sure what to expect on the second outing. Nothing to worry about, it gave a wonderful close and smooth shave. One likely reason is that I kept the spine closer to my face. This is a big razor. It weighs roughly double that of my prized Lund which I last shaved with (3.25 oz vs 1.55 oz) and the spine is about an eight of an inch wider. Whatever the reason, today was right on the money

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Savile Row 3824
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
The Celebrated Hollow Ground FBU W&B 9/8
Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Karl’s monster W&B inspired me to do an arm workout myself... Mr. Rodgers was in the neighborhood.

10/8” meat cleaver wrapped in titanium - can’t help but smile every time this one comes out.

Glad the shave went well Karl because these big ones are fun.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Fantastic!

 

Tonights Shave

H. Boker Red-Injun 101
Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood soap
Rudy Vey dark amber Tulip 24mm SHD HMW Gel Tips
4711 Eau De Cologne

 

Beautiful razor Tom. It's nice to see a twin in the same condition as each other.

 

This was Friday's shave. I forgot to post it.

Diamond Hyashi 8000

Razor Emporium 3" Bridle

Wildwest Brushworks 26mm I think Derek said TGN SHD 2-band.

Stirling D-503 soap and aftershave. Mont Blanc Legend Cologne. Since that is what D-503 soap is.

Captains Choice Lather Bowl

 

Did this happen to belong to @HolyRollah or did you find a clone? It’s a beauty.

 

The razor? I bought it from Murphy and McNeil. If you are talking bout the brush, Derek made it and gave it to me. If you are talking about the strop, I bought it used on the bay.

The razor is beautiful. I love it, well I love all of my Japanese razors. Some though I love more than others.

 

That is a beauty, and the scales are definitely special.