What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Boker 'Good as Gold' 5/8

 

My trusty Griffon 6/8….sweet razor!

 

ERN S525 10 Years Guarantee
This is one of the first NOS razor buys. Two ERNS and one J A Henckles I won at the same time on ebay. The factory edge shaves perfectly. I bought it from the nuns of Blauvert, NY who had an benefit auction on ebay. The nuns received the razors from a guy who owned a grinding shop that closed in the 1950's. These were found in the abandoned business.

 

That's a beauty, Robert! I've seen ERNs come up on ebay at times, but I know little about them. I almost pulled the trigger on one a while ago, but thought it best to find out more about them before committing $$....

Not the type of item I'd expect to purchase from nuns at an auction.

 

6/8 DD Satin Edge
Prep SS
homemade boar
Fine Clean Vetiver with a dab of 444 balm
Very nice shave this morning.

 

Stunning razor, Erns just flat out shave well. Very nice find.

 

Tonight's featured participant, the Oxford razor.





Stirling SDM, Simply Beautiful Pure Badger, AV Ice Blue.

 

http://opblauvelt.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Sisters_of_Blauvelt

Yes, I even received nice emails from one of the nuns who gave me the history of the razors and of what their convent did.

 

John Williams Damascus Sheffield Steel with Coate's Superior Lime Shave Cream.

 

Maiden voyage for my restored & newly-honed Geo Wostenholm IXL…..smoooooooth!

 

6/8 Gong
De Vergulde Hand
Classic 2

 

Geo. Wostenholm and Son CANUCK I.XL

Might see about getting a new picture up later today

 

Garland 'Improved Eagle' 5/8 half hollow

 

Dovo 55 Fritz Bracht

 

Finally got this lovely Boker to shave smoothly. Took three trips to the stones.

 

13/16 Prior
MWF
Jagger knot in a homemade handle
To dark for pics this morning. I'll try and get a photo up during my lunch hour if I get one. Very nice shave today. The Prior is a nice shaving razor. When I bought it it had a pawn slip in the coffin for $15 from the '80's. I paid $20 for it. Have a good one

 

Once again the Geo. Wostenholm and Son CANUCK I.XL

The shave wasn't as nice as yesterday, but I did tack some pictures...

 

Revisor Mungstener Brucke 8/8 horn scales
I just received this yesterday. Obie Yadgar, a long time straight razor user and retired journalist in Milwaukee (Glendale, actually) sold it to me. He put a very smooth edge on it. A nice shave.

Revisor is a company brought back to life in Solingen, Germany by a father and son. They bought the old factory and restored it and filled it with the new machinery, but used the original name. They also found a large stock of the original owners new old stock Schulze razors among others.

 

That thing is awesome! ^^

 

...and INTIMIDATING!

My lucky#44......Beau Brummel