What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Two Pass Shaving Routine..

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
Wester Bros Solingen Full Hollow 5/8th
Mason Pearson Pure Badger
Wickam 1912 Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I Just Had an Early Mornings Shave with My Wester Bros Solingen 5/8..My Poppy that I Wear at this Time of Year is Displayed..Its a 7,62 SLR..Self Loading Rifle that I Carried as My Personal Weapon Whilst Serving in the Royal Marine Commandos in the Falklands War..Wonderful Weapon..Great Shave..Wunderbar..

I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

Near wedge 6/8 Atlas JWest razor.

 

Still feeling out the new user-grade Novodur, and I’m concluding that it is one very fine shaving razor, as good as any 14 that I have. Soap wqs MdC fougere lathered with a Simpsons 58, and Myrsol AB finished up a dlolphin-smooth shave.

 

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 2020

RAZOR: Wade & Butcher 7/8 (Mug), Supply V2 (Dome)
BLADE: Schick Proline B-20
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Aluminum Handle Monster Tuxedo Synth
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Osage Rub.

 

Nov 4

7/8 Henckel's Friodur

 

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Charles frères a Nimes french frameback. This is a rebranded Leresche. It is a fine shaver.

I used l'occitane cade shaving soap. Selected brush was a semogue 1305 boar. I did read somewhere that for the cade soap you should start with a slightly damp brush and just add water until the lather has the right consistency.

I got a nice stable onctieux lather. I just need to load the brush a little longer.

Nice day gentlemen and I enjoy your picture's. I will add mine if I have the time.

 

Joseph Rodgers 6/8 with fancy spine and streaked horn scales by Alfredo. Cream was T&H Apsley lathered with a Tulip 3 two-band. A little IC balm finished up.

I’m impressed with the Apsley cream performance, it lathers and feels a lot like the AdP v3 cream. I used a large pea-sized amount and had enough lather for two shaves and the lather quality and post shave are really good. It’s been said that Apsley is a new base and I can believe it.

 

SOTD THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 2020

RAZOR: Riga Razor 7/8 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot #007
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Royall Lyme AS.

 

Nice looking Riga there Jeff, kind of loks like my No 140 CVHs

 

Mike Martinez 8/8

 

Thanks, Steve! I don’t own any Swedish razors yet. Is there a particular one you might recommend? I’m not interested in any Framebacks.

 

I Have Honed 0r Owned All these Swedish Razors Made in Eskilstuna Sweden..They Can Fetch a High Price these Days in Good Condition..All are 1st Class Shavers..I have Still Got a Mint Erik Anton Berg 5/8th..I Regret Selling My C.V Heljestrand & SSA Razors as they were NOS & Mint..There is a Few More Makers But these are the Most Common Ones that Tend Ta Pop Up..

C.V Heljestrand
Hellberg
Erik Anton Berg
SSA

Billy..

 

What @Billyfergie said, just get one in good shape.

6/8 Simmons Hardware Hornet ‘Guaranteed Satisfactory or No Sale’, soap and AS were Floris 89.

 

Jeff, there may be some razors in this thread to get your juices flowing:
https://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/swedish-razors-thread.60272/
Plus, we need to revive this one.

 

awesome set up and pic..

 

Thank you Gary!

 

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 2020

RAZOR: Frederick Reynolds 5/8 (Mug), NOS LaResche 51 (Dome)
BLADE: Polsilver
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Custom Boar #374
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Lucky Tiger Aspen.

 

Thanks, Billy!

 

Nice little German made razor shave today. I had a very smooth, 2 pass shave, with no touchups, that left me BDBS. Zero issues.

Razor- Kiebitz 125 , Solingen-Weyer. Circa 1925-1928.
Brush- JR#262, Birdseye Maple/Ebony. Silvertip Badger.
Soap- RazoRock XXX
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy. Vikings Horn Decanter. Circa 1970's.

 

T. Hessenbruch & Co
Did a few Charnley Forest edges last weekend that I’m interested in using.

This is a 15/16”, very thinly ground razor. T. Hessenbruch was based out of Philadelphia and imported razors from Germany in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s.

This razor was made for PA & S Small (Philip Albright and his brother Samuel), who owned businesses in York, PA.
Really enjoyed this razor & soap combo.
Enjoy your shave.
Tom