What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Beautiful setup and a beautiful day.

 

Great looking razor Mike, I think you may have the beginning of Japanese western style RAD.

 

It was hard to "Like" your post Jamie, because I know what it's going to do to my wallet . Thus far, I have only three J-Wests, but they're dandies. I am always, always on the hunt for nice ones at less than the price of a limb, but my fear is that pretty soon I'll decide that's reasonable.

I wonder if they'd take children instead of limbs...I've got one of those to spare...

 

5/8

 

Finally learning how to strop properly. Lord, it's been a long road.
What seems to be the answer for me is to have the strop attached to a
heavy duty hook screwed into the door frame slightly above knee level,
and the strop must be 60 degrees elevated from horizontal.
I'm not nicking the strop anymore, and not rolling the edge on the razor either.
Additionally, after "strop killing" the edge on a freshly honed razor about 100 times,
I've become quite good at getting that edge back with the 5k, and 10k Naniwa.
I'm not hacking up my nose & upper lip any more either, so things are looking up!


Plain vanilla Dovo Best 6/8 half hollow.
Dovo 2 in. strop with linen back.
Omega soft soap.
Re-knotted (and rough) old Ever-Ready 200. (TGN best badger knot )
Thayers Witch Hazel w/aloe.

 

I find my learning curve in straight shaving to be rather stair step shaped...long periods of "Business as Usual" punctuated by the periodic "Eureka!" moment

 

Razor Erusta 96 Boehler Stahl 13/16 full hollow

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Satisfying though, isn't it. Congrats

 

r

 

6/8 Wacker Inox
Stirling BF
homemade boar (my travel brush)

 

John Williams with Prorasso on my VDH boar brush. I was in a little bit of a hurry, so I didn't even strop this morning. The JW damscus blade did fine even still, and I wasn't aiming for BBS, just good enough for work. I did touch up a spot on my neck with the generic Whipped Dog issued DE using Kroger cheapie blades. Finished off with witch hazel. Short, simple, and to the point. No burn or nicks, too.

 

7/8 Friodur
Stirling BF
homemade boar

 

MK31 being checked out by neighbor Anna's cat Mordecai

 

Mordecai is an excellent cat name . A friend of mine has a cat named Claude.

And any day shaved with a CVH is a good one!

 

I like the name as well. Mordecai is not afraid of the camera, that's for sure.

You can call him MK3, Mordecai Kat 3 ( he lives in apartment 3).



Yes, a CVH shave with one pass is more than good enough. It starts my day better.

 

MK3! It's bits of brilliance such as this that keep me coming back here...

 

6/8 Gong
Gillette SC
homemade badger

 

Really Old School today-
James Hall & Son (1800-1810[?]ish?) Ugly, but still one heck of a shaver. Crack stabilized
MWF
Great Grandfathers boar brush...maker name long since obliterated
Clubman

 

Now, that looks like a hefty hunk of sharp metal.

 

Lots of razors from that period seem almost delicate compared to those that would be made 25+ years later, this one, not so much