What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Two Pass Shaving Routine..

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
NOS Schlemper Solingen Full Hollow 6/8th ( Freshly Honed )
Hans Baier Silver Tip
Valobra Tallow Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I Had My Maiden Shave Tonight With My Mint Factory Fresh Schlemper Solingen 6/8th..Its a Lovely Solingen Shaver and Delivered an Easy Peasy Smooth Two Pass Shave..I Am Delighted with it and its a Keeper for Sure..

I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

Mastro Livi Gifretto

 

MK 32, new formula Floris 89 soap and balm. A Rooney beehive 2 did the mixing.

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Col. Conk Amber Shave Soap
Jayaruh #395 2-band Badger
Kamisori
Feather Professional
CWR
Lucky Tiger AS

The Col. Conk Amber Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #395 2-band badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Kamisori razor with a Feather Professional blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lucky Tiger AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

If I see a water spot or polishing flaw on a @Steve56 razor, I immediately clean the screen on my tablet.

 

Surprise shave today. This is the other straight I have from my Grandfather. I never use it. I used it very early when I started with straights and felt the edge wasn’t right despite having sent it out to be honed. We all know that newbs can misjudge an edge and I decided to give it another chance. Really glad I did. A fine shave all the way around. A pleasant surprise for sure

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Barrister's Reserve Waves Shaving Soap
Gebruder Ziegler 9 4/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

@Steve56
Is that a new MK32? It looks familiar but different. Very nice!

 

Hey Tom, It isn’t new to me, but the scales are. It came NOS/MIB scaled in thick ivory scales that were cracked on both sides at the pivot - not too bad actually. Alfredo aka Doc226 made the tortoise Kirinite scales in the MK shape for another razor that I have with him, but he put them on the MK 32 for fun, and they looked so good I kept them on it, yes Kirinite over ivory! I will say that the ivory wasn’t what you normally see on CVH razors, quite ‘flat’ and white with little patterning from the Schreger lines.

Overall the ‘new’ MK is exceptionally well balanced and feels exceptionally good in hand. Kirinite is good stuff though according to Alfredo you can’t make it too thin.

 

It’s definitely gorgeous Steve, so I can see the choice. Really beautiful, complete package.

 

Took some Swedish steel to the hones last night for the upcoming week...
Swedish razor made for Marshall Field & Co. Fun razor for me because Dayton Hudson Corp. was my first stop after the military, and Target and Marshall Field’s was under that umbrella.

By the look, feel and origin I am 99% sure this is a Heljestrand MK32. Great shaver.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Nice razor Tom, and a beautiful brush too. We must be on the same wavelength today, because my choice of brush and soap were very similar.

The razors were doing tomo testing duty, M11 done with an asagi tomo seemed a little bit smoother, but the kiita had a lot of grit in it. More testing of the kiita with thinner slurry I think, maybe some slurry dulling from a lot of grit?

 

Thanks Steve. MdC whipped up with a Keyhole... great wavelength to be on!

 

C.V. Heljestrand MK31
I just think this is one of the sexiest looking razors... and a great shaver.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Sunday and Monday with smiling Mike Martinez razors

 

Loving your razors gents..

 

An old rameau sens faux frameback 6/8. I honed it on a la veinette coticule.

I picked up the argasol shaving soap on holliday in France. It has an issue of disappearing lather so I added lea shaving cream.

 

Thank you!

 

Friodur 14, soap was vintage Yardley lavender lathered with the hippie brush, and the AS was SMN lavande.

 

This W&B is always a fine shave

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
Wade & Butcher 6/8
Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl