I have your twin (dressed in black scales) queued up for tomorrow
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2nd shave with tailor made Kamisori. Comfortable than first shave.
Greetings from Turkiye.
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Greetings from Turkiye.
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That one was probably poisonous yeah? This was just a healthy little grass snake.
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Matt
Geo. Wostenholm & Son
It probably was poisonous.
I'm thinking that compared to ivory, I like tortoise better;
and I like ivory a lot.
How do you like tortoise compared to other scale materials?
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
I like it a lot. You’ve probably noticed that ivory is common compared to tortoise. I think that ‘in the olden days’ tortoise was much more ‘upscale’ than ivory.
That said, there’s tortoise and then there’s tortoise. There were about 3 species used for the shell, and the one Eskilstuna used is dark und undistinguished. Tortoise scaled razors are so uncommon that it‘s difficult to say anything with much confidence, but my Touron and 1790-ish scales are what I look for.
Aluminum foil between the scales!
Hope that this helps!
Steve
Wowza, nice.
I put aluminum foil between my ivory scales but nothing happened. And now my edge is a mess
j/k — not *quite* that far gone, yet.
I put aluminum foil between my ivory scales but nothing happened. And now my edge is a mess
j/k — not *quite* that far gone, yet.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
Aluminum foil - or white paper, doesn’t work on opaque materials, try tortoise instead of ivory. You’re not supposed to let the edge hit the aluminum foil if you forget to take it out lol - been there, done that. But I doubt that the soft aluminum would damage a high carbon edge that much.
Oh dear, I made the type too small. 
Those bright looking ones you have, are very attractive.
I just recently acquired a seven day MK 32 in tortoise.
I'm very happy with it.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
They’re very bright because there is a reflector, aluminum foil, between the scales.
Congrats on the acquisition! A 7-day set of tortoise 32s should be stunning. Please post images!
I will post eventually, but I won't be home for about a week yet.
The other thing I like about tortoise scales,
is that they're really made of scales.
RAZOR: Schultze Espe
CREAM: Arko
BRUSH: Jack the Barber Synthetic
STROP: Black Beauty double sided hanging leather
AFTERSHAVE: Proraso Green
CREAM: Arko
BRUSH: Jack the Barber Synthetic
STROP: Black Beauty double sided hanging leather
AFTERSHAVE: Proraso Green
Razor: Vintage Thiers Issard 69
Soap: Schapenmelk
Brush: Yaqi Badger
Soap: Schapenmelk
Brush: Yaqi Badger
Dialed it back to 5/8.
Legend Köroglu by Ertan Süer, Rasoir Sabre France
Tony Miller Heirloom Old No.2 cotton and smooth steerhide
Legend Köroglu by Ertan Süer, Rasoir Sabre France
Tony Miller Heirloom Old No.2 cotton and smooth steerhide
Razor Dorko Solingen 7/8 Near Wedge
This shave with the razor after going thru a 2nd pasted balsa stropping was so much better...the edge was keen and yet very smooth. Managed 3passes without any weepers nor irritation for a better efficiency ccs result. It's nice being able to enjoy and get more from this razor.
This shave with the razor after going thru a 2nd pasted balsa stropping was so much better...the edge was keen and yet very smooth. Managed 3passes without any weepers nor irritation for a better efficiency ccs result. It's nice being able to enjoy and get more from this razor.
E. A. Berg | Zenith E2 Extra Fine Horse | Fine L'Orange Noir x2 — very happy with this shave; razor came with a "chip and a dip" in the edge which I removed and then finished on a jnat. My first genuinely successful jnat finish.
