6/8 Le Grelot "Royal Canada"
What straight did you use today? Now with PICTURES
- Thread starter California Cajun
- Start date
RAZOR: Comoy's of London 6/8" with Jarrah scales
CREAM: Arko
BRUSH: Mason Pearson with Best Badger knot
STROP: Dovo hanging leather
AFTERSHAVE: CK Escape
CREAM: Arko
BRUSH: Mason Pearson with Best Badger knot
STROP: Dovo hanging leather
AFTERSHAVE: CK Escape
Back to the Sheaf Works in burnt oak scales.
Gem Junior, Schick Hydro-magic,
Big FW Devoe Gem 80 stencil brush? with 28 mm 2-band knot and Stirling Island Man.
Gem Junior, Schick Hydro-magic,
Big FW Devoe Gem 80 stencil brush? with 28 mm 2-band knot and Stirling Island Man.
金曜日のひげそり
SVデザートベティバー
しげきかみそり
フローリスエリート
Friday's shave
SV Desert Vetiver
Simpson M7
Shigeki kamisori
Floris Elite
This was my first shave with a kamisori and my first shave with a new straight razor (my others are old English straights) and I'm blown away by how smooth and close it is. It certainly shaved as close as a Feather AC DX, if not closer! Easily my best straight shave to date.
SVデザートベティバー
しげきかみそり
フローリスエリート
Friday's shave
SV Desert Vetiver
Simpson M7
Shigeki kamisori
Floris Elite
This was my first shave with a kamisori and my first shave with a new straight razor (my others are old English straights) and I'm blown away by how smooth and close it is. It certainly shaved as close as a Feather AC DX, if not closer! Easily my best straight shave to date.
Estas 14/Carl Sommer
MDC
Yaqi 24mm Violet Synth
Tony Miller Horween Strop
Jnat Shobu Finish
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
happy Friday all. hope you have a good weekend.
camo
MDC
Yaqi 24mm Violet Synth
Tony Miller Horween Strop
Jnat Shobu Finish
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
happy Friday all. hope you have a good weekend.
camo
Kamisori Shave #12
Feather Professional blade #2
I got a rough shave earlier this week, and took a break from shaving since then.
I learnt from the mistakes, applied even less pressure and kept the blade as parallel to the skin as possible.
A few false strokes later, I found the optimal approach angle.
3 pass (WTG, XTG, XTG) gave me a BBS shave.
Aftershave provided a cool effect, confirming the shave to be excellent.
Feather Professional blade #2
I got a rough shave earlier this week, and took a break from shaving since then.
I learnt from the mistakes, applied even less pressure and kept the blade as parallel to the skin as possible.
A few false strokes later, I found the optimal approach angle.
3 pass (WTG, XTG, XTG) gave me a BBS shave.
Aftershave provided a cool effect, confirming the shave to be excellent.
Henkels Friodur 472 6/8 hollow
SOC Boar
A&E Asian Pear
As I remembered the Friodur 472 is a joy to shave with and today’s 3-pass left me with almost no irritation. That said, the quality was not as good as some recent shaves, really only CCS, while I normally expect DFS from 3 passes. This has happened a few times in the 2 weeks with my more hollowed razors. Am I starting to prefer a heavier grind? Time will tell.
A brief comment on the SOC. This is my first (and so far only) boar brush. After 30 shaves it was theoretically completely broken in and I felt that it was inferior to my Muhle Pure Badger in every way. But after spending the entire month of March with the Muhle I picked up the SOC again and used it for much of the past week. I am liking it more and more and today I managed all 3 passes using face lathering and a single loading of the A&E, something that I had failed miserably at a few times in the past. Maybe the SOC was still breaking in, or perhaps my month with the Muhle allowed for some lathering technique improvements that are carrying over to the SOC. Either way, my view of the SOC boar is a lot more positive than it was earlier in the year. Anyway, I still think the SOC is a little big and floppy for me, but I am definitely more open to trying another Semogue boar brush, especially given the price points some of them go for. Final point is that after multiple days of using the SOC boar with Asian Pear, the boar knot now carries a faint aroma of Asian Pear, which is vastly preferable to what it smelled like when brand new!
SOC Boar
A&E Asian Pear
As I remembered the Friodur 472 is a joy to shave with and today’s 3-pass left me with almost no irritation. That said, the quality was not as good as some recent shaves, really only CCS, while I normally expect DFS from 3 passes. This has happened a few times in the 2 weeks with my more hollowed razors. Am I starting to prefer a heavier grind? Time will tell.
A brief comment on the SOC. This is my first (and so far only) boar brush. After 30 shaves it was theoretically completely broken in and I felt that it was inferior to my Muhle Pure Badger in every way. But after spending the entire month of March with the Muhle I picked up the SOC again and used it for much of the past week. I am liking it more and more and today I managed all 3 passes using face lathering and a single loading of the A&E, something that I had failed miserably at a few times in the past. Maybe the SOC was still breaking in, or perhaps my month with the Muhle allowed for some lathering technique improvements that are carrying over to the SOC. Either way, my view of the SOC boar is a lot more positive than it was earlier in the year. Anyway, I still think the SOC is a little big and floppy for me, but I am definitely more open to trying another Semogue boar brush, especially given the price points some of them go for. Final point is that after multiple days of using the SOC boar with Asian Pear, the boar knot now carries a faint aroma of Asian Pear, which is vastly preferable to what it smelled like when brand new!
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
Yesterday was a busy day....
NOS Klas Tornblom out for it’s first shave, soap was Acca Kappa 1869 pre-reformulation, and the balm was ABC in the Cointreau mini bottle from the travel kit.
Today, two test Monkeys doing a test of two Jnats, both deep layer Nakayama, the left one is UG-LEE and the right one very pretty. No difference in the edges that I could tell. Cream was SMN and Myrsol Agua Balsamica is in the St Germain bottle.
NOS Klas Tornblom out for it’s first shave, soap was Acca Kappa 1869 pre-reformulation, and the balm was ABC in the Cointreau mini bottle from the travel kit.
Today, two test Monkeys doing a test of two Jnats, both deep layer Nakayama, the left one is UG-LEE and the right one very pretty. No difference in the edges that I could tell. Cream was SMN and Myrsol Agua Balsamica is in the St Germain bottle.
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Koraat Basic II
Simpsons Trafalgar T3
Tabac
Seems to be a week of repeats as I reached for the Koraat for the second consecutive day. Just as smooth and close as yesterday. It's heavy as askt get out, but boy does this razor shave!
Dovo Inox
A 1/2 Hollow Hitachi for me Today
Ern 3083
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Otto Deutsch
Joseph Allen & Sons
Heljestrand MK31
Jnat Finish
Edwin Jagger Synth
Sē’bŭm Tonka Bean Soap
Westholme Shell Cordovan Strop
Ceramic Bowl
Jnat Finish
Edwin Jagger Synth
Sē’bŭm Tonka Bean Soap
Westholme Shell Cordovan Strop
Ceramic Bowl
