What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Mike Martinez

 

Lol, there are two of them!

Christmas morning, a fancy back Joseph Rodgers with IC Mango Oil soap and Rhubarb balm. Great Christmas scent - it was a tossup between IC and Floris 89. A M&F two-band did the lathering.

 

Merry Christmas!
Charlie Lewis blade
Suds: Zingari Man The Explorer
Splash: Oz Shaving Emerald City
Finish: Dua Fragrances Vert Supernova

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

A wonderful Chrismtas day shave with the big W&B. This razor makes shaving easy peasy and is a real treat

Hot water preparation
T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Silvertip
Castle Forbes 1445 Shaving Cream
Wade & Butcher The Celebrated Hollow 9/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Those scales are fantastic - what are they?

 

Thank you Karl! Beauty of a chopper today.
They are a burl wood, but not sure beyond that.

 

Tonights Shave Christmas Night

Koraat full hollow custom 8/8th
Wholly Kaw Vetililac
Turn-N-Shave custom Abalone Two Band Badger
Bad Boy Eau De Toilette Carolina Herrera

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Old Spice Original Shaving Cream
Jayaruh #313 Badger
Joseph Elliot 6/8 Wedge
CWR
Lustray Spice After Shave

The Old Spice Original Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 Badger. Two passes and touch ups with the Joseph Elliot 6/8 wedge straight gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Well the edge I put on the Filly last night was peachy. I think that particular stone is more of a polisher (as evidenced by not so black slurry) and the edge has to be essentially ‘there’ before finishing with it - kind of like a Thuri but it does cut more than a Thuri. Anyway, soap was Strop Shoppe Russian Tea with tallow, and a bit of ABC Apricot hull for the cold dry weather finished up a BDBS shave.

 

Sticking with the “primitive” style...
Snailforge symmetrical kamisori
Suds: Zingari Man The Explorer
Splash: Oz Shaving Emerald City
Finish: Dua Fragrances Vert Supernova

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Tonights Shave Boxing Day

C-Mon Special Straight Razor 13/16
Tombstone Phoenix artisan accoutrements
Rooney Best Badger Shaving Brush
English Leather by Mem Dana

 

A sword? Isn’t it a little bit tricky under the nose? All though it must be nice on the cheeks


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Surprisingly it is not a significant challenge under the nose. The tip of the blade is positioned with a slight angle high up under the nose and a “guillotine” stroke is used for the WTG pass. On the other hand, the heft makes the ATG pass far easier

 

Blue number two, soap was Floris Elite lathered with a Keyhole 4, Myrsol AB paired beautifully since I’m out of Elite AS.

 

An old french dumas aine 32.

Omega 98 boar brush

Arko shaving soap

 

Well, that was a top shelf shave - wonderful performance by the Lund near wedge

Hot water preparation
Argan Oil PSO
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
Lund 11/16
Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

I don't remember seeing that one, is it new? How do you like it?

 

Some near wedge JWest love, Atlas 6/8, a silent whisker wacker.

 

C.V. Heljestrand MK No. 30, first time to use one since 27 years ago when I damaged my first one. Very nice razor!




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7/8 C. V. Heljestrand No 140, the one in ivory. Soap was ABC hard soap lathered with a Persian Jar 3 Super, and a dab of ABC balm finished up a BDBS shave.