What straight did you use today? Now with PICTURES

[ouch]

Brand new Dovo Astrale 5/8

First shave off my new Nakayama asagi with the test instrument being a W&B 11/16.

Well? Don't keep us hanging.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Last 3 shaves have been all using my French Platypus. I'm testing grit progression of the same edge.


First off my 6k JIS king. (2micron &#956 Shave felt ok, but wasn't smooth.

Then my 10k JIS (0.6micron &#956 Sigma Power. Still feeling ok, much smoother, but still not quite there.

Then a 12k (<0.6 micron, exact &#956; unknown) JIS Naniwa SS. Smoother still. Borderline BBS, but the shave was pretty harsh. The edge likes to take little nibbles of the beard. If I try a full stroke (say from my neckline to my chin) without lifting the blade it gets very aggressive. Feels almost like it's taking a layer of skin with it. If I do 1 inch sweeps, lift and reposition and repeat, the problem is lessened. I'll probably do some more testing with this stone as a finisher still, but my next few shaves will have to be off a natural finisher while my neck gets a break.

 

[GardenWeasel]

My 6/8 LeGrelot.

 

[jtrops]

5/8 Dubl Duck

 

[rambus007]

Haddon Sheffield 7/8"

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

Heljestrand MK32, 6/8

 

[Wid]

Morley and Sons 5/8, it gave a wonderful, smooth shave.

 

[johnmrson]

Le Jaguar 13/16

 

[Fbones24]

Filarmonica DT #12

 

[oscar11]

Geneva Cutlery 5/8 Pyramid 7 round point. Williams.

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

Filarmonica DT No. 12, 5/8

 

[ouch]

My WWI Shumate.

 

[superbleu]

WB 5/8th. This is one of 4 from a 7 day set that I honed identically up to 15K shapton pro, the rest of the set are smaller at 4/8-3/8th so I didn't hone those.
I'm going to treat these all differently with the new CBN sprays 1/4 and 1/8th micron vs .5micron diamond and .25 micron diamond.

 

[Joe Edson]

Last night I used a 13/16 recently restored W&B smiling now 1/4-1/2 hollow after restoring. Honed it up with a coticule via the dilucot method and finished it on my most recent HAD addition - a Frankonian Hone from Olivia Seife.

I must say that I'm very impressed with the edge I got off the Frankonian. More experimenting will need to be done, but wow


Tonight I'm honing up my most recent addition a CV Heljestrand MK32 in real Ivory I just bought. Thing has definitely never seen a hone in its life and the Ivory scales are pristine. Can't Wait!!

 

[Brush_with_Fame]

George Wostenholm & Sons 11/16 Pipe,
with slight crack at the heel...

AKA my Crack Pipe

 

[oscar11]

Alfred J. Krank "Habby", 4/8. My Barber gave this to me. A lot of hone wear and dull, it hadn't been used in years. Honed it up and got a solid shave out of it. We're negotiating on a DD Satin Edge now, lol. It hasn't seen the light of day in years. DR Harris Lavender.

 

[fynn1177]

Fenny Tally Ho and Greaves with interested Blade


Greets Nils

 

[TstebinsB]

I've enjoyed using this razor. It's a cheap, replacement-blade razor but it's very comfortable to hold and use. I've been using split DE blades with great success. The overall thinness makes it very easy to maneuver.

 

[California Cajun]

Kama 8/8, a fantastic shaver just acquired from JeffE (Jeff's photo used without permission):

 

[johnmrson]

Wade and Butcher 13/16.