What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

After seeing Lou shave with his Böhler-Stahl recently, I got the urge to bring it out again. Such a consistently-smooth shaver!

 

yes, they are really super smooth shavers and yours is just plain gorgeous

 

Herder 7/8

 

Hess 44 5/8 Stainless Frozen Temper 3 pin - came to me NOS, shaves like a million dollars
Meibner Tremonia Indian Flavour w/Musgo crème
Floid Vigoros
Franks Shaving 30 mm Best badger

 

Friodur
Oxford and Cambridge
Omega S brush
Excellent shave this morning. I'm off to a convention for the rest of the week. I'll be taking the S brush, Soap Commander and my Wacker inox. First impression of the S brush is very favorable. Have a good one. BTW, Soap Commander is new to me and I look forward to trying it.

 

Dovo Favorit 10

 

First shave this morning with this vintage IXL…

 

Sotd Tue




Pre: hot water bath, followed by:
Shampoo bath
oxi clean bath
Cold rinse
Oxi clean bath
Cold rinse
Shampoo
Cold rinse.
Hot water soak.
Step one is now complete. Brush is shave ready.

Proraso red soap
24mm silvertip badger brush custom birdseye maple by @gssixgun
Custom made Wade & Butcher near wedge SR with matching birdseye maple scales, brass pins and Amber wedge
Clubman original

Single pass true BBS shave
Glen you never disappoint. This is another great set up by gemstar customs.

 

Adam how are you liking that Friodur? I remember when you got it I was so freaking jealous!

 

First ever straight razor shave today using my Friodur

 

If you hate it let me know and I'll give ya $20, no wait, $25 for that ! LOL
Enjoy Hodge! That's a beauty

 

I will have to work it into a focus again in a few months. It was pretty smooth, but after using a couple of professionally honed razors since then, I realized I need to spend some time with it on the hones. It should be outstanding after that!

 

Super-smooth evening shave using the fast & efficient J-West razor: Takehana Feon…
Two shaves in one day! Wosty in the early morn; the Feon tonight….

 

Like a Rock Star.

 

Today I shaved for the first time with my new Drew Dick 7/8 spanish point, with brown horn scales.

First impressions it is a well balanced razor, that fits well in his scales, and for a razor without jimping (only one in my rotation has no jimping) easy to grip and not extra slippery.

I like the tapered tale and the overall look, it looks a little similar as my Herder 7/8 spanish point(which is one of my favorite shavers). Also it is nice that it has no shoulder.

WTG and XTG there where no problems, ATG it was a little jumpy I would like it a little sharper I think, but that can be fixed. Overall I think it is a very nice razor and I think it will be a regular in my rotation. Nice work Drew.

 

October 7th SOTD
Two days’ growth
Preshave: Hot Shower
Razor: unrestored J. Wostenholm EBRO, from around 1865
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Oiled Latigo (20 laps linen/ 20 laps leather pre, 10 /10 post)
Brush: Handturned Tulip Poplar Badger
Soap: The Holy Black Gunpowder Spice
Postshave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: The Holy Black Gunpowder Spice

 

SOTD
13/16 Three pin Erusta stamped Boehler Steel - This is one fine shaver ( Thank you Jamie Mahoney)
Meibner Tremonia Black Beer soap
FS 30 mm silvertip
Floid Amber

 

Sotd Wed

Proraso green

 

I had these 5 razors needing some stone work so I honed them all and tested them this morning

 

Sotd Thu Oct 8, 2015

Brush by @gssixgun birdseye maple
Proraso red
Goldedge SR
Clubman original.