What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

4/8 JA Hellberg
Had a fantastic shave with this Swedish blade.It was one on my closest shaves of the year.I forgot how efficient and practical this blade is.

 

Saturday Straights' Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Cella Crema Da Barba
Jayaruh #369
Wade & Butcher 5/8
CWR
Cella After Shave Balm

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Cella Crema Da Barba face lathered well with the Jayaruh #369 Brush. I did two passes with the Wade & Butcher 5/8 razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Cella After Shave Balm. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

#49 Herder 15/16

with custom Kirinite scales, fancy star pens, and contrasting red Kirinite spacer

 

On a little Swedish razor kick myself Mike ... that is a beautiful design and a very cool blade face.

 

Those Herder 49’s!

 

Solingen made for the French market... Le Resistant 77

I did get the edge “there” with the Charnley Forest. Very enjoyable.

Enjoy your shave.
Tom

 

very cool..

 

Thank you.

 

Koraat 14 2.0
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Muhle Fibre Silvertip XL
Saponificio Varesino Cubebe
Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Aftershave lotion
Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Edp​

 

awesome..

 

Thank you, Gary.

 

Oooo LaLa, she is a pretty one.

 

Ulrik does great work. Did he do the scales or did you? Very nice!

 

Two Pass Shaving Routine..

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
Kropp Sheffield Steel 6/8th
Mason Pearson Pure Badger
Valobra Tallow Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I had a Wonderful Shave Today with My Kropp 6/8th..Beautiful Shavers these SRs..Its a Sheffield made Blade & Ground in Hamburg..This was One of My Early Razors & it Sure Holds a Very Keen Edge..Never Disappoints..

I am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed..

Billy..

 

6/8 Hart 1/4 Hollow made by Randy Buckmaster

Had a very good shave that removed two days of growth fairly easy .Think I am gone to refresh the edge a little .Felt a little resistance on chin .

 

Stirling Single Edge Straight Slurry Stone Showdown September....

Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic soap
Stirling badger
Gold Dollar 208 vs The Barbers Bride
Stirling Mountain Man AS

So far, best edge I could get on the Gold Dollar was on synthetic stones to 12k with spinner tape.
I decided to give my GD 208 a ride on the new convexed coticule, nah, not working. Pulled out the ConvArkie, still not working.

After multiple combos, I decided to use the slurry stone on the black ark and loved what I was feeling. Finished on a pasted balsa progression and headed off for a shave showdown with the Wacker Barbers Bride done professionally on Shaptons to 30k.

Went to the shave-off with an awesome bowl full of Stirling MITA suds, finely whipped. And, well, the piece from the family in Solingen that has hand made razors for Royalty still wins...... but the $5 Chinese clunker did have a respectable showing.

Finished with Stirling Mountain Man (from the Max Headroom List of Most Glorious Stanks) and headed off to watch an AMA Pro motorcycle hillclimb with my brother and our beloved life mates.



We had not been to this event in 35 years. There were a couple of vintage Harleys on display that had been retired. One had a rigid frame. Far cry from the technical custom wonders of today with two feet of suspension travel and fuel options including nitromethane.

 

Could not agree more...

 

Love the experiment Bill.

 

Keith, I made the scales I used Sunspot Orange Kirinite, and has luck would have it I just so happened to pick up a new synthetic from Simpsons made from the very same blank Sunspot Orange, a pure coincidence as I made the scales before I saw the brush.

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awesome..