What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Thank you Jeff!

 

Tonights Shave

ERN Ator 5/8th
Wholly Kaw Spice Route
Rubberset 400/4 Silvertip 24mm
Royall Spyce Cologne Royall Lyme

 

Finished off Bartmann week
Great set of razors, excluding the scales. They have gotten pretty brittle... a future project.

Happy Halloween!

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

awesome Tom..nice set..

 

SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 2020

RAZOR: Gold Monkey 5/8 (left Mug) Gold Dollar 5/8 (right Mug), Gillette Old Type (Dome)
BLADE: Sharp Star
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Aluminum Monster Tuxedo Synth Knot
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Frost Byte AS Splash.

 

Very nice setup Jeff

 

Thanks, Karl. I’m fortunate to have a son with a huge jnat collection. This razor was one of his display razors I convinced him to part with. He put an incredibly smooth buttery edge on it.

 

Razormaker is unknown to me CH R. It's about 6/8 and wedge. The other side says suedois.
Finishing stone is coticule la veinette.

Cade l'occitane shaving soap

Zenith boar brush

 

The Word Suedois.if Ya Google it Seems to Mean Swedish in the French Language..

Billy..

 

Yes. I know I think that's a reference that swedish steel is used. But if the razor is french or swedish I don't know. It's a wedge and silent and gave me a good shave.

The thickness of the spine varies in accordance of the width of the blade. I used one layer of tape and took extra care if the bevel was set on a naniwa professional stone 1000.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Two Pass Shaving Routine..

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
F.W. Engels Trade Solingen Fulll Hollow 6/8th
Mason Pearson
Wickam 1912 Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I Had a Very Close Shave Today with My F.W Engels Trade Solingen 6/8th..Almost Impossible to Acquire these Wonderful F.W Engels Razors in Europe..I Have Three of Em & they are Impeccable Shavers & Very Hone Friendly..Well Worth the Trouble of Importing them from the USA..

I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

Nov 1st SOTD

10/8 Max Sprecher 1/2 Hollow Barber's Notch

 

The razor is French, but the steel may not be of Swedish origin. I think one of the o,d razor experts maybe Science Guy or Zak Jarvis maintained that the word ‘Suedois’ meant that it was made in the Swedish style of the time, IOW a frameback. Regardless, these old French razors are usually exceptionally good shavers!

Yesterday, Filly 14 Novodur user, and MdC rose with a little Myrsol Plastic Shave finishing up, today, just a Gold Dollar testing the back of a hone that I flattened a little to get it to sit better, but why not hone on it?

 

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 2020

RAZOR: Dubl Duck Goldedge 11/16 (Mug), Colonial Silversmith (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger #378
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Aqua Velva (Spanish Version).

 

Henckels Friodur 14, SMN Pre-Dopo Barba and cream lathered with a two-band Life2short1971 Rooney copy, and some Myrsol Agua Balsamica topped off a BDBS shave.

 

The le grelot frameback is called a swedish razor. I'm not sure if the frameback is a swedish invention or invented by rameau sens.

I googled a bit https://sharprazorpalace.com/razor-clubs/16029-svenskt-stal-swedish-steel-22.html

On the top a chr raben is mentioned from Uppsala. Further googling shows that it was an instrument shop (barometers etc).

So it could be. But besides some jernbolaget razors I have seen few swedish wedges.

 

Been too busy to post, hopefully I can be regular poster again.

Koraat 7/8 with a 3/4 grind in his 'splash' finish.


Takehana Feon 172

 

13/16 Rugby, the hollow one, cream, balm, and EdT were Dior Eau Sauvage, and a Keyhole 3 did the lathering. And I am BDBS!

 

SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 2020

RAZOR: Feather DX (Mug), Rex Ambassador (Dome)
BLADE: Feather AC (Mug), Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: RazoRock Badger
CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Nancy Boy Signature Cooling Gel.