What straight did you use today? Now with PICTURES

[2bit_collie]

Tanifuji
ToBS lavendar cream
Maggard 22mm B&W synth
Great shave today! Haven’t used the ToBS in awhile but it performs and smells awesome.

 

[Yaron]

SOTD, my friendship with Ozuku is still improving, today it was a great shave with this exceptional razor
Iwasaki 30
Yagi 26 mm Moka 2band badger brush
MDC Fougere shaving soap
Myrsol Aqua balsamica AS

 

[Straight up]

RAZOR: Thiers Issard 7/8"
CREAM: Simpsons
BRUSH: FS Best Badger brush
STROP: Black Beauty double sided hanging leather
AFTERSHAVE: Pacco Rabanne pour homme

 

[sanookd]

Tanifuji NT-77 Cape Kennedy 13/16 Full Hollow
Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave
Eleven Amber , Oak and Patchouli Shave Soap
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Eleven Amber, Oak and Patchouli Splash
Eleven Amber, Oak and Patchouli Balm
Shavemac 30 Silver Tip Brush

 

[Sukeroku]

Rooney vs. Barcelona FC

SR Iberia DT 13
SB Rooney Alibaba
SS Mühle Aloe Vera

 

[Tanuki]

Wostenholm Pipe Razor

I enjoy this little detail on the tip.

I believe my older, heavier grind Sheffield razors are inherently comfortable shavers. The steel? The Pipe Razor was also simple to bring to a very keen edge. It is such a ragamuffin, but has endeared itself quickly.

 

[CRISANTO]

Henckels, Friodur 72 1/2

 

[CRISANTO]

Thank you for taking your time answering my question and in a very informative way too. To me scents always have been, and still are, very important. They carry memories of events, places and people. A slight trace of Tabac is enough to bring back fond memories of my father and his father, my grandfather. To me Eau Savage is the scent of whom I once was before I lost the remaining innocence that I do hope most teenagers still have today.

I'll get a bottle of the black version.
Thank you.

I subscribe to everything that you say well
Greetings

 

[steveclarkus]

 

[haggis]

Livi 7/8 | Simpson PJ1 2-band silvertip | Martin de Candre Rose | Boellis Panama 1924

 

[Darth Scandalous]

Last two days has been E.A. Berg.

 

[Wid]

Dubl Duck 5/8 with a generous portion of Mitchell’s wool fat, my very favorite soap.

 

[eezee]

9/5/21
9/16 Johann Blankenagel "Alcoso"

 

[Ravenonrock]

Dovo Inox

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[Green manalishi]

Nothing new here.I’ve been enjoying the edge on this one for awhile now.

 

[2bit_collie]

Vanta shavette with Feather blade
La Toja stick in the shower
ToBs Lavender cream for the shave

So, having never quite gotten to BBS on the Fool’s Pass, wanted to answer the question, is this due to my mustache, technique or the blade sharpness? So per suggestion from @rbscebu I got a shavette. I tried a few days ago with a Bic, then today loaded up a Feather bade.

So for sure this was the sharpest edge I’ve ever felt. But feeling sharp and being sharp aren’t the same thing - my edges off a black Ark feel really sharp, putting them through the pasted balsa makes them sharper, but they actually feel smoother. The feather didn’t give much room for manuevering, the difference between an angle where the edge wasn’t making contact vs digging into the skin was only a few degrees. At the end of the shave my skin felt pretty roughed up and the reality was that the shave wasn’t really any closer than I can get off of my best straights.

So I guess I answered a few questions: Can I sharpen as well as a DE blade? Bic yes, Feather no. As far as getting BBS off a Fools Pass, I’m going to have to keep working on prep and technique.

 

[rbscebu]

@2bit_collie my routine on the upper lip is to first do a WTG pass. I then re-lather (quite wet) and do an ATG pass. With the right edge and good technique, this gives me a BBS upper lip. I found that if I do an XTG pass inbetween I get a weeper or two.

Of course, everyone's skin and whiskers are different. Maybe try it using a different blade in your shavette, just to be sure.

 

[Steve56]

User grade Novodur, soap was Stirling Green lathered with. 1.3 M&F Finest. The La Toja Manantiales Hombre compliments the ‘Green’ scent very well, too bad that it is discontinued.

 

[Darth Scandalous]

User grade Novodur, soap was Stirling Green lathered with. 1.3 M&F Finest. The La Toja Manantiales Hombre compliments the ‘Green’ scent very well, too bad that it is discontinued.

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What makes a razor "user grade?"

 

[Tomo]

Iberian shave
First shave with Musgo Reals today. First impressions are good.