The time has come...

[dooey]

The time has come the walrus said
To shave off many things.

I've been growing a beard specifically to have a fancy Christmas shave. It'll be my first full shave in about 4 years. ( not counting the few head shaves!)

And in the meantime I have been working on getting the majority of my collection to shave ready. And I wanted some input from everyone here as to what razor I should actually use on the big day.

The more razors I got shave ready the more wishy washy I became as to what razor I would eventually use.

Please help!!!!

1. I have a boker 1056 or 2. zenith
3.Dubl duck no 1,4. satinwedge, 5. goldenedge, 6.wonderedge
7.Torrey's satin finish and 8. pearl covered tang
9.Elias batrus cream or 10. orange
11.KAMA no23
12. Geo savage
13. The franken frog (j a henckles)
14. Wade wingfield and rowbothem
15. Wade and butcher wedge or 16. "you lather well" wedge
17.B J Eyre &co wedge
Or soviet space razors 18. bostock or 19. vostock.

Beard is longish (about an 2inches) but not hugely thick. I would love some input about personal preferences to help me with mine!

Thank you in advance!

[Euclid440]

I would use a razor with the thinnest grind. Strop it well, use lots of hot water and a good shave cream as a pre-shave while stropping and a wet lather over that.

Go for beard reduction, short strokes and light pressure, on the first pass. Be careful washing the beard down the sink, wipe the razor on a paper towel and toss in the trash.

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[ScienceGuy]

I'm sure you already know this but I would be careful if you are storing those long-term in the jars. If any of them have minor breakdown of the celluloid it could put all in the jar at risk for corrosion.

[Steel]

Any shave ready blade will PLOW through that beard!! Here is one of my favorite videos of a guy that shaves off four months growth. Impressive and amazing. I think he uses a Torrey thinner grind but my preference would be a wedge. Enjoy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dilpF1BlznE

[dmnc]

Heaviest wedge you've got is my vote. Some nice razors there.

[Arbroath]

Another vote for wedge

[RezDog]

It seems there are a lot of wedge users speaking up. Make that another wedge vote. B J Eyre is one I have and really like. Good to see you back around.

[Phrank]

Google, "The Manliest Shave", old video done by a member here - takes a beard off with what looks like a hollow ground 4/8 or 5/8 - it's the video that got me started - guy is a pro, check it out - you won't be disappointed!

In terms of what grind - doesn't matter IMO, as long as the edge is shave ready - beard still gets cut at the exact same spot.

[outback]

W&B you lather well I'll shave well !!

[Utopian]

Since it's been a while, use more than one razor! I certainly would use a wedge for the first pass and then would follow up with the Boker 1056 or DD WonderEdge for the subsequent passes.

I don't want a thin grind for the long whisker removal. I don't bother with precision for that first past, just plain brawny removal of the large mass and the wedges do that better in my opinion. Thin blade will work, but I prefer the wedges for that heavy work. Following that the thinly ground and oh so perfect shavers I mentioned would be ideal for the precision work that follows.