What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Saturday Straights' Cold Water Shaver

Cold Water Rinse
Old Spice Original Shave Cream
Jayaruh #437
Wade & Butcher 5/8
CWS
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Classic Vanilla AS

The Old Spice Original Shave Cream lathered well with the Jayaruh #437 Silvertip Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Wade & Butcher 5/8 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Dickinson's Witch Hazel and Pinaud Classic Vanilla AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

13/16 Geneva, software was ABC and the brush was a M&F L7 Blonde Badger.Great shave from the Geneva’s first test.

 

Pinguin Solingen Omega and Proraso green

 

Newly Acquired and Honed. It was a very smooth 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. Zero issues. Fantastic razor, that will be in a regular rotation.

Razor- Mondesir 95 "Mondesir Special". 7/8th
Soap- AOS Kingsman Bourbon. Super slick, and easy to lather.
Brush- @oscar11 Special. Synthetic knot. One of my favorites
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy

 

Filarmonica Novodur, soap was MdC vetyver lathered with a lime Paladin Chief, AS and fragrance were Myrsol limon and Floris Special No 127.

 

Monday morning shave, CVH No.4. Smooth as a peach .
Soap razor emporium old school
Brush gents badger silver tip
Splash Floris Turnbull and Asser



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Finally got a workable edge after getting rid of of the weird geometry and extra metal. I'm going to stick to this one for a while and see how it holds up.

 

Kikuboshi 45, cream was T&H Ultimate Comfort lathered with a Zenith boar, and D.R. Harris Arlington AS finished up a nice spring shave.

 

I've never seen this brand. Is it French? Is it vintage or modern?

 

Filarmonica 14 Sub Cero

 

TI Dominator, cream was SMN lathered with a Zenith Pro knot in an oscar11 handle, and Myrsol Agua Balsamica was the AS. A touch of Floris Palm Springs for Spencer Hart added a little extra fragrance for the long run.

 

Very good question. It is vintage. I was only able to fine a few other pictures of similar razors. They were worn and in rough shape. The coffin this one came in is old. I had to restore it a little. It also had some very very old tape on it, which I carefully removed, and touched up the paint that came off with some of the tape.
The grind on it is very thin, like a Filarmonica thin. The Coffin the razor came in says It was made in Solingen Germany. But, "Mon Mondesir" is French for "My Desire". You would think that would indicate a German made razor, for the French market. But wait, there is more, on the coffin. On the coffin it says, under the name " The Warrantied Trade Mark", in English.
So, my conclusion is that it is a fancy American Company that briefly had razors made for them in Solingen. Or not.

 

I believe that it is Solingen for the French market, but I am relying on old brain cells.

 

My initial thought too, but why all the English writing?
Where was L Sommer & Co??



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I don't think the English writing is important.
A substantial number of Ern trademarks, such as Crown And Sword, are in English.

 

Wednesday morning shave, CVH No.7. Smooth as a peach .
Soap razor emporium old school
Brush gents badger silver tip
Splash Floris Turnbull and Asser



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Cool razor Steve!


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ERN manufactured many of its blades for others, and many other markets, not just Germany.
To get back on the subject, for the life of me, I cannot find out where the company of "L Sommer & Co." Was located. My Google Fu is not up what it should be.

 

I have a Rondinella and had done some research a few years back…
Mondesir and Rondinella were both registered to L. Sommer and then W. Koniger. I think the marks transferred in the late 30’s. Both based out of Solingen.