What straight did you use today? Now with PICTURES

[Dominic]

Hello,
Yes, it is considered a straight razor. It was designed by Ryuchi Saito, a famous master barber in Japan. It is a SK1. There are 2 other models less curved: SK2 and SK3.
It is perfect for shaving angular faces. The blade is very short making it very handy and the curvature allows it to reach difficult places while shaving.
It is a very good blade

That’s what I wrote, but I could have sworn I wrote it in English.

 

[RumpleBearskin]

CVH, MK No. 22
MWF
Simpsons Duke 3 in Best
4711 AS and EdC

Effortless BBS this morning.

Love the MWF/4711 combo. Unfortunately, the AS is almost gone. Fortunately, I have another bottle waiting in the wings...

 

[SilverSteel]

This "A. Bose" arrived today via mail.
After cleaning it up and removing some small chips in the blade, I ran it over my naniwa stones, finished on the suehiro gokumyo 20k and had a very pleasant shave.

I wasn't able to find any information about "A. Bose" razors. Does anyone know this vendor?

Its a quarter hollow razor with horn scales and a wedge made of led.

Razor: A. Bose #44 // Brush: Omega boar // Soap & Aftershave: Speick Men

 

[Steve56]

Rifuto, soap and balm were I Coloniali lathered with a SOC boar.

 

[eezee]

6/8 Fontenille #134

 

[sanookd]

Bismarck 13/16 Extra Hollow
Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave
Barrister & Mann Nordost Shave Soap
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Barrister & Mann Nordost Splash
Barrister & Mann Nordost Balm
24mm Silvertip Badger Knot Cocobolo Handle

 

[Wid]

Le Grelot with a fresh coti edge
Razorock xxx
NIB Master Badger
Nivea

 

[rbscebu]

It is Australia Day today. I was hoping to shave with my Australian S.K. Colling SR today but Steve has not yet finished making it. Instead, I decided to shave with an English razor, the 1870's George Butler "Shakespeare" dressed in natural ivory. Lather was face applied with tallow Tabac.

Another typically marvelous three-pass shave; WTG, XTG + fool's pass and XTG in the opposite direction. This gives me a DFS+ result.

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[Tomo]

Ralf Aust INOX with Arkansas edge.

 

[R7photo]

Heljestrand MK31
La Petite Blanche, coticule edge
A Royal experience
6th shave off coti

 

[Frank Shaves]

From early this morning: Friodur 17 half hollow.

 

[Frank Shaves]

That is a very nice looking razor, @SilverSteel!

 

[CongaJon]

Beaujeu Aine in Goncalo Alves and horn, with copper collars.
Gem Micromatic Clog-Pruf,
Rubberset 207 with SHD 2-band fan and PdP No. 63.

 

[CongaJon]

This "A. Bose" arrived today via mail.
After cleaning it up and removing some small chips in the blade, I ran it over my naniwa stones, finished on the suehiro gokumyo 20k and had a very pleasant shave.

I wasn't able to find any information about "A. Bose" razors. Does anyone know this vendor?

Its a quarter hollow razor with horn scales and a wedge made of led.

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Razor: A. Bose #44 // Brush: Omega boar // Soap & Aftershave: Speick Men

I have not seen or heard of that one before, but it sure looks like it came from France to me. I love it when you get one that nobody knows anything about!

 

[steveclarkus]

Out of all my razors, this is the best.

 

[Pedigree]

Still trying to figure out how to create a fine edge. Using one of the AC coticules and finishing on the ILR premium. Haven't made it to the shave yet, but today is the first day I have stropped on linen/leather after "honing". I have a razor in TX with B&B member Pedigree getting a full treatment. I will use this razor as a baseline for how awful my honing skills are...View attachment 1399269

Do you happen to know what vein that coticule bout is from? Looks like a La Veinette but its thinness leads me to believe it could be a la grosse blanche? That slurry stone has to be a les latneuses.

 

[steveclarkus]

Out of all my razors, this is the best.
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[mrb12405]

Do you happen to know what vein that coticule bout is from? Looks like a La Veinette but its thinness leads me to believe it could be a la grosse blanche? That slurry stone has to be a les latneuses.

When I received both of my coticules from Belgium, they were marked as Veinette. I'm still a bit confused on the difference between the veins/bouts...

 

[2bit_collie]

First shave on a birthday gift!
Ralf Aust 6/8 shoulderless
A&E Asian Pear
TGN 23mm boar

I shaved with the Ralf Aust out of the box - the factory edge was superb. I will stick with it for now. Two passes with no irritation, then ran out of soap and time. So Fools Pass will wait until next time.

 

[thombrogan]

First shave on a birthday gift!

A month early or eleven months late?