Thread: Sun May 01st - Sat May 07th

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A new arrival today - a NOS Russian that honed up beautifully and shaved very well indeed. The Shaver Heaven soap is the new release tallow version.

Manaslu M-55
Silvertip Badger Brush
Strop Shoppe Barbershoppe Soap
Davidoff Cool Water EDT

Tested a few new items:

- Saito SK-1 razor
- Blue's soap

I find the performance of the Blue's just fine, but the scent is... Well... Almost non existent and the little scent it has, has disturbed my nose, honestly. I'm gonna try mixing in some scented oil in the lather next time, hopefully that should help.

The razor is every bit as good, as the others have stated here a number of times. It is defintely in the regular lineup from now on.

Razor: Le Grelot Lotus 360 5/8
Strop: Herald Solingen
Brush: Stirling Kong synthetic
Scuttle: J. Mika
Soap: Dusy Kabinett
After Shave: Denim Black

Route 66 Sweeney Todd soap
Doug Korn brush
Sensation razor
Alum
Lucky Tiger

soap: Haslinger Schafmilch
brush: Semogue SOC2
razor: Rolls Razor
AS: Irisch Moos
Just restored, quite some work! It is a very interesting razor.

Good day all!
Cold water splash
Kaloderma
Baurmann & Sohne
Razor Rock
Ogallala Bay Rum

Have a wonderful day

How was the shave, with the Rolls razor

Originally Posted by outback

How was the shave, with the Rolls razor

huh,.. it was the first shave,... pretty god, took a bit more as I expected (I wanted to use it as a straight like alternative but a bite quicker for everydays use ) ,.. I had some problems with the angle, might be just a beginning hickup kind of thing (I mainly use straights, lately DE/SE too due to the lack of time).. I honed it on -Naniwas SS, up to 10k,.. stropped it on its original storp (didn't use the original hone this time since there was quite some work to do on it ... I expect for itto get bethwr (well me) withing few tries, ... this time it was bbs, but not the absolute best ... so to make it short,.. I would recommend one, usually some resto needs to be done (eg besides the dullness, the hone can be a bit bent etc)

I am not sure how the "slapping" of the blade against the strop (which is the rsult of turning the blade when stropping (or honing for that matter) with an original strop) affects the edge, but can't see how to reduce it completely even if the moves are slow...

SOTD 2016/05/03

Pre: Proraso — Crema Pre Barba — Olio di Sandalo e Burro di Karitè.
Brush: Five Cent — Knot in Synthetic Fibers by Bottega del Borgo — Custom Brush by Gioppi74.
Lather: Old Spice The Original — Smell Like a Man — Lather Shaving Cream.
Razor: Inoue Tōusuke — 井上藤助 — Kamisori
Strop: La Paciccella — Full Grain Leather and Jeans — by Paciccio.
Post: Cold Water and Alum.
As: Floïd — The Genuine — Vintage Botlle .