SR Filarmonica Novodur
SB Rooney 2XL
SC Truefitt & Hill 1805
Sunday brunch with some old and new friends...
SB Rooney 2XL
SC Truefitt & Hill 1805
Sunday brunch with some old and new friends...
What straight did you use today? Now with PICTURES
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Is this your first quarter hollow/near wedge? You won't feel/hear much response from the thicker grind on a strop with lighter draw. Now that I have a Tony Miller horsehide roughout with heavier draw, I tend to use it with my quarter hollows/near wedges.
Thanks as that explains the stropping, no noise
Thought my strop was broken
Yes my first near wedge
Appreciate info
You should still be able to strop your Dorko 42 on the English bridal leather. You may just not get much draw/feedback.
Diamond Hayashi 888
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Morris & Forndran Beehive in Antique Ivory and Tortoiseshell
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Viktor & Rolf Spice Bomb Extreme Balm
Viktor & Rolf Spice Bomb Extreme Edp
#jamiemahoney
Rasoir Sabre France, Drakkar 6/8, by Ertan Süer
I'm back to night owl. Just an excellent shave.
0.1 diamond, Tony Miller linen and horse
Col Conk Lime prep lather
Ach. Brito Mogno shave lather
Zenith boar - short and scrubby
Lucky Tiger AS/FT
I'm back to night owl. Just an excellent shave.
0.1 diamond, Tony Miller linen and horse
Col Conk Lime prep lather
Ach. Brito Mogno shave lather
Zenith boar - short and scrubby
Lucky Tiger AS/FT
Razor Friedr Herder Abr. Sohn 77
Wonderful shave with this razor after finally putting it on the pasted balsa. The edge was keener but yet very smooth and comfortable. Managed 3+1passes for an improving dfs result.
Wonderful shave with this razor after finally putting it on the pasted balsa. The edge was keener but yet very smooth and comfortable. Managed 3+1passes for an improving dfs result.
Beter are very difficult to find in good condition.
Here is Spain, some think that they were made by Jose Monserrat Pou (Filarmonica) on request, since Beter was not a manufacturer.
Hoken | Simpson Chubby 1 Super | Tabac x2
8/28/21
5/8 Robert Klaas "Kissing Cranes"
8/29/21
13/16 Filarmonica #14
5/8 Robert Klaas "Kissing Cranes"
8/29/21
13/16 Filarmonica #14
I've been a bit busy since my long vacation ended, but my time has been taken up by positive things and I've found time and strength to do things that has been long overdue. Among them is razor honing. Actually it must heave been more than a year since I last restored a razor, So Friday a week ago I picked teo easy ones from the restoration drawer. It was the Törblom razors below. As far as I could see they never had been used so it shouldn't require more work than to touch up of the factory edges that was put on them some 75-85 years ago. That was true for the post WWII, in fake ivory, that gave me fantastic shaves last week.
When I yesterday (Saturday) changed to the black scaled one, for the upcoming week, I did however get a really nasty surprise. The shave was bad despite the touch up I had done. I picked up my loupe and saw something I never before had seen on a razor in seemingly pristine condition; the edge had extremely small, but plentiful spots of corrosion ("Devil's spit"). The weren't visible to my naked eye. The rest of the razor had no sign of corrosion whatsoever. So at 05.45 this beautiful Sunday morning I went down to the basement and rehoned this, in my eyes gorgeous, razor going from A to Z (A to Ö actually where I come from). The following shave was as close as can be with the edge being sharp enough to nearly cut reality. That's not the most comfortable of edges, but it is amazing and requires the very best steel quality to be attainable. Over time and with good stropping it will get smoother.
I fully understand why so many of you favour Heljestrand razors. It means that you'll get a high quality razor, but Heljestrand was only one of very many great Swedish razor makers. Below you can see the razor model that was Klas Törnblom's masterpiece. It was one out of three of the most common domestic Swedish razor models. To me the shaves I get frome these agile razors are almost magical, and this is the only razor model where I must say that Heljestrand weren't among the best. That may also explain why so few where exported .
I wish you all a great week.
When I yesterday (Saturday) changed to the black scaled one, for the upcoming week, I did however get a really nasty surprise. The shave was bad despite the touch up I had done. I picked up my loupe and saw something I never before had seen on a razor in seemingly pristine condition; the edge had extremely small, but plentiful spots of corrosion ("Devil's spit"). The weren't visible to my naked eye. The rest of the razor had no sign of corrosion whatsoever. So at 05.45 this beautiful Sunday morning I went down to the basement and rehoned this, in my eyes gorgeous, razor going from A to Z (A to Ö actually where I come from). The following shave was as close as can be with the edge being sharp enough to nearly cut reality. That's not the most comfortable of edges, but it is amazing and requires the very best steel quality to be attainable. Over time and with good stropping it will get smoother.
I fully understand why so many of you favour Heljestrand razors. It means that you'll get a high quality razor, but Heljestrand was only one of very many great Swedish razor makers. Below you can see the razor model that was Klas Törnblom's masterpiece. It was one out of three of the most common domestic Swedish razor models. To me the shaves I get frome these agile razors are almost magical, and this is the only razor model where I must say that Heljestrand weren't among the best. That may also explain why so few where exported .
I wish you all a great week.
The Peerless Razor
My SOTD, back home from my holiday
Pechika 55
Zenith 2band badger brush
Meißner Dark limes shaving soap
Alpa Fresh AS
Pechika 55
Zenith 2band badger brush
Meißner Dark limes shaving soap
Alpa Fresh AS
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
M.K. 32, soap was MdC fougere lathered with a Simpsons milk churn, and a splash of Myrsol Plastic Shave finished up a good hot weather shave.
Time to mix it up again. New week, new razor.
Wade and Butcher “FOR GENTLEMENS USE”
This is a big full wedge, and a marvelous shaver! Right up there with my Scargill and Greaves!
The brush was a 32mm Shavemac wall of Badger, and the soap was Martin De Candre!
Post-shave…Sebum Max Sprecher Serum!
This is a big full wedge, and a marvelous shaver! Right up there with my Scargill and Greaves!
The brush was a 32mm Shavemac wall of Badger, and the soap was Martin De Candre!
Post-shave…Sebum Max Sprecher Serum!
Daishi 22 13/16 Yasukifactory Tamahaganerkco
Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave
Barrister & Mann Cluster Fig
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Barrister & Mann Cluster Fig Aftershave Splash
Siliski Soaps Midnight in Tunisia Balm
Yaqi 30mm Synthetic Brush
Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave
Barrister & Mann Cluster Fig
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Barrister & Mann Cluster Fig Aftershave Splash
Siliski Soaps Midnight in Tunisia Balm
Yaqi 30mm Synthetic Brush
An hour after shaving late last night, I exhibited a few minor symptoms. So I have been yanked off orderly duty and confined to quarters. The LOTH seems mostly recovered, in any case.
Life's too short to hesitate any longer on powering up my full M7DS. And hey, it's Sunday. I cleaned off the Wacker grease and introduced "Sunday" to every pasted balsa strop I own. Then on to linen, horsehide, and my face.
Strop central:
Sunday best:
With all the new room to move and with a dextrous 5/8 as my partner, I can shave my neck maelstroms more closely. The Schick E took primary responsibility for the still extremely tender spots on either side of the lower goatee. There is still plenty of ouch in the alum.
Life's too short to hesitate any longer on powering up my full M7DS. And hey, it's Sunday. I cleaned off the Wacker grease and introduced "Sunday" to every pasted balsa strop I own. Then on to linen, horsehide, and my face.
Strop central:
Sunday best:
With all the new room to move and with a dextrous 5/8 as my partner, I can shave my neck maelstroms more closely. The Schick E took primary responsibility for the still extremely tender spots on either side of the lower goatee. There is still plenty of ouch in the alum.
