What straight did you use today? Now with PICTURES

[Ravenonrock]

Friodur 72 1/2

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[Njguy1977]

Todays 3 pass shave was this frame back Dahlgren with some R.R. Don Marco and a vintage Hess brush

Larry

 

[eezee]

13/16 Filarmonica #14

 

[Darth Scandalous]

I never was quite happy with where the edge was on this razor. Discovered some hidden geometry problems and spent a *lot* of time correcting them, and learned a lot on the way. It was all worth it, though. A very nice shave this morning. Varen for the suds and Clubman for the splash.

 

[Wid]

Starlet 3057 ¼ hollow by Ito
Irish Traveller Soap by Mystic water
Yaqi silvertip badger (a great brush at a great price, I might add)
Lucky Tiger aftersplash
The only way this shave could have been smoother is if I shaved with the spine!

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And the price tag is still attached at 1600 yen (JPY). At today's exchange rate, that comes to about $14 (USD). Back in the 1950s when this razor was made, $14 was the average daily pay for a New York City policeman. The price I paid is equivalent to the average daily pay for a New York City policeman today. So it looks like these razors hold their value.

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This is only the second one I've seen, beautiful razor.

 

[Matt O]

Whoa! Like shaving with a smooth scalpel! Wonderful!

 

[Tanuki]

This is only the second one I've seen, beautiful razor.

Looking for help here.

My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.

I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.

Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.

Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

 

[Dominic]

A Ralf Aust day today with all Proraso red products.

 

[SilverSteel]

Today's shave with the freshly honed Edaco 14.

 

[Wid]

Jung 80 with a fresh Charnley edge
Excelsior boar
Mitchell’s Woolfat
Nivea

 

[58Reissue]

My Whacker Jungmeister has been idle for a few months as it needed a touch up. So I took it to a Naniwa 12k for a few laps and then to a strop for 30-40 laps and the shave was superb. I mean spectacularly superb.

 

[Eastcoast30]

Looking for help here.

My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.

I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.

Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.

Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

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I have a beautiful Hoken 66 razor that shaves exceptionally well. The fellow that restored did a wonderful job, but it requires two layers of tape to touch up. And those two layers give an exceptional bevel. So for me, the path of least resistance is to strop that razor on leather. While I have a few razors that I touch up with pasted balsa, it is not necessary for me to use balsa on all of them. Simple solution - go with the tape and enjoy the razor, strop on leather. Life is full of compromises.

 

[RumpleBearskin]

Wacker, Old Sheffield
WSP Black Amber Vanille
Rick Montalvo
Pinaud Clubman

A glorious start to a Wacker Weekend.

 

[rbscebu]

Looking for help here.

My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.

I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.

Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.

Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

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With a thinned spine, I think you mean that the edge doesn't even touch your stones.

I would just hone away and reset the bevel to the new spine thickness without tape.

 

[R7photo]

Vintage KAMA 78 1/2
21.17 wide
4th shave off new coti ( le petite blanch)
superb edge and one amazing shaver,
Grooming Dept ETEREO

 

[Frank Shaves]

Looking for help here.

My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.

I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.

Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.

Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

One idea would be to make this razor your stone razor - the razor you shave right off of the stone from.

 

[Christian1212]

Spent a week out of town visiting family. Came back tonight and had a wonderful 3 pass BBS shave with my helje. Was a fresh jnat edge and had 0 sting from the aftershave. My face is happy again

 

[Chard52142]

Razor NOS Henkotsu Kamisori
Enjoyable shave with this razor. 3passes for a ccs/dfs result.

 

[Timor1322]

SR: Geltir SR by Ertan Suer No.26, 5/8
Brush: Jaguar 117/11 Boar Brush,
Soap: Arko pressed in Nivea hand cream can,
AS: Homemade 30% Witch Hazel, 70% Marmara Barber No2 (Homage to Paco Rabanne Invictus), 2 drops of glycerine for 100ml.

 

[CRISANTO]

Unbranded straight razor, Swedish steel, 7/8, full hollow ground, with kirinite artic blue scales