What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Tom:
The Flic brand was exported by Max Voos, the vo in Dovo. I know that Tennis was another brand. IMO these Straights equal vintage Dovos and other “higher end” Solingen blades. So it appears you “snuck” one from under my nose. I keep my eyes peeled for more, but I’m not as diligent since I have a couple. I’ve also been looking for a Tennis, but they tend to fetch a higher price for some reason.
I’ll be patiently waiting for your restoration and assessment.

 

Tonight's shave was with a Japanese Razor. I had a 2 pass shave, that left me with a near BBS shave. Very nice steel.

Razor- "Feon 172", Pure Steel Made. Takehana Razors Co. Serial #80707.
Brush- B400 By Tom
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood
Aftershave- Vintage Avon Spicy.

 

Nice Sunday shave....

 

Very cool info - thanks Keith. With this one, I may have some serious work to do, or maybe just scales.

We’ll see how much of the etch I can save. Love the look.

These are all seller photos. Going to be fun.
Tom

 

Shave #8 in the books. Going to do a couple more with the Allen and then branch out to the rest of my inherited collection now that I know I am capable. Probably unusual to learn to straight shave while already owning a collection but it certainly is motivation to keep learning.




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Thanks. The patterned scales with the inlay and the design of the spine was what initially caught my eye. Well, also the fact it cost me $20 was another draw. Sometimes you just get lucky at flea markets.

 

That is a beautifully designed blade!

 

Make sure to post pics

 

7/8 Petruccelli Super Prof Spain RS1010 Steel
Fresh off the J-Nat. Had to fix edge that had some light abuse from it former owner .
Shave was wonderful .BBS in 2 1/2 Passes .

 

Another shave with the Lund. I’m getting more familiar with my yellow/green Thuri and I wanted to see how a few more minutes on the stone would impact it. Pretty much in the sweet spot now - another half notch sharper and smooth.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Lund 6/8
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy Shaving - Karl

 

Great looking straight Karl

 

This looked so similar to a Filly. When I saw this one I thought JMP might have made that for Petruccelli. I think they are still in business as a barber supply company. Very nice!

 

Thank you. I’m excited to see what she looks like upon arrival. [i actually just typed that sentence... that was a good beer! ]

 

Those are some sharp looking scales.

The 'vampire' razor, watch out for the point and heel. Mine takes a wickedly sharp edge too. Enjoy!

 

Koraat 7/8

No pic so using a stock photo.

 

Razor: J R Torrey Co “The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor”
Brush: SOC SE 2012 Badger/Boar
Soap: CRSW Limenthol
A/S: Razorock Essential Oil of Lime

Enjoy your shave!
Tom

 

Pretty razor.

 

Thank you. First stab at making resin/wood scales.

 

Didn't realize! Fooled me, just thought you'd just cleaned it up! Nice.

 

Congratulations on getting this far. It took 10 shaves for me before I had one that felt relatively “natural.”

FWIW I’d recommend sticking with the same blade for at least 30 shaves to help accelerate your learning. Adding more variables in the early stages makes it that much harder to learn your technique and develop your basic skills. Just my $.02