What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

C.V. Heljestrand MK8
Brush: Shavemac
Suds: B&M
Splash: Razorock Amici

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Thursday morning shave, unmarked CVH 5/8”. Acquired for $5, yesterday newly honed and firmly stropped. Great shave. It must be quite old thinking of the box that is green/grey instead of red.




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Nice razor Tom!


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“Plastic Shave” sounds a little bit strange to me…


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Well, the razors from Eskilstuna is quite often really good tools. Definitely not all of them though.. but the SSA, CVH, EDV Neiström, Klas Törnblom, JA Hellberg is safe to buy.


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Thank you Hans.
And yours is beautiful unmarked CVH.

 

Klas Tornblöm, cream and balm were ABC - great shave from Swedish steel.

 

When you have a great edge on a Klas, it will probably last longer than any other straight razor edge. Must be the hardest steel ever in the straight razor history.. for good and bad, especially when it comes to honing


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Thank you Hans, I have a E.A. Berg that hard, and I got 153 shaves from a Filarmonica 14 Sub Cero edge it took me over a year to test that edge.. The Filarmonica was not the smoothest during the shave at the end, but the shave results were fine. I have a couple of French framebacks too, that rival that hardness, of course they may be Swedish steel.

 

The hardness comes from two aspects, the steel quality ( composition ) and of course the hardening process. Normally straight razors have a hardness around 60 hrc, Korat have 65. Would be interesting to test a Klas or a Hellberg.


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Mini-Helje time…
C.V. Heljestrand MK30
Brush: AP Shave Co.
Suds: Oleo Soapworks
Splash: Oleo Soapworks Montrose Beach
The look of the 30 series is tough to beat IMO.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

Love that razor! I have 3 MK, the strange thing is that they have different width.. the right one is shortened due to the previous crack in the edge, have had it in my position for 33 years.


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Friday morning shave, following Tom’s example CVH MK No.30
Splash Turnbull and Asser



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Thanks Hans.
That is quite the difference between same models… I would have sworn that one on the right was a shortened 31 if I couldn’t see the model number.

 

Le Grelot 14 on its first outing, the shave was wonderful, equal to any other 14 that I have, but this is not surprising for a Le Grelot. Soap and AS were Stirling Green, a perfect summer scent, and the brush was a Duke 3 copy, emerald pearl in 2-band by @Life2short1971

 

That is a drop dead gorgeous razor Steve!
Congrats.

 

Thank you Tom, this one is a jewel.

It was in a plastic sleeve vs a coffin, which means that it is a later razor, but these were all good I believe, this one certainly is.

A subtle distinction is the nose shape, it’s not really round, it’s chamfered top and bottom and shallow on the radius, like many Heljestrtrands.

 

Yesterday’s shave with one of the mini-Lunds

Hot water preparation
T&H Comfort PSO
Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip Badger
Castle Forbes 1445 Shaving Cream
Mini Lund Friday 9/16
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

cool set..