Thread: Sun 1st Aug - Sat 7th Aug

Razor: Kikuboshi 13/16
Strop: Tony Miller; Mastro !ivi
Brush: Synthetic
Cream: St. James of London
Finale: Royal Copenhagen

TM Old No.2|G5|AOS Badger|Proraso|Rocca Solingen|ProrasoAS

This razor has one of the thinnest hollow grinds I own. Sounds like scraping toast! I can’t seem to find much information on it, but it shaves my face famously…lol!

Have a Great Wednesday Gents!

Wednesday's Shave
'Fire & Bone'
Tripoli Boarhide Strop
arko
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Wednesday Shave

Preshave: Argan Oil Soap
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Felce Aromatica
Brush: 30mm Synbad Hulk
Razor: Tanifuji Wogen 7/8
Splash: Floid The Genuine
Balm: None
EDT: Encre Noire

Great shave this early morning.

Wifey was off, so I wanted to try something different that she enjoys as well.

Pulled-out the trusty ole, “Druantia”.

It is a unique scent that intrigued the wifey when she read the scent profile…which was the reason for me purchasing it.

Once it arrived I liked it, but I was not flabbergasted by it. So I never pulled-out all the stops and got the matching soap as well. (Which is the reason I always have unscented soaps and balms on hand. So I don’t waste a bunch of money on a unknown scent soap/balm/splash set that I am not sure I will like…or not. I just purchase the splash if no samples are available).

But I enjoy it, and wear it for a change. (Scent notes are: Cedar, oakmoss, rosewood, cyprus).

Like I mentioned above, I paired it with an unscented soap and an unscented balm. (I NEVER mix scents)!

I used my custom Koraat for the shave.

Overall outstanding shave.

Straights give me the cleanest, closest, most non-irritating shaves of any kind.

They even smash the shaves of a great DE razor shave.

As an example, my straight razors give me a cleaner, less irritated, face shave than my Carbon Shaving Cx-316L DE razor. (Which I use for my head).

But since I am not playing with shaving my noggin with a straight razor, I use a DE razor for that.

On top of that, shaving my head with a straight razor would be a slower process, which would lengthen my shave regimen to unacceptable times. (If I lived in the 1800’s, it’d be a different story).

Anyhoo…great shave, great scent, and wonderful skin food.

Crushing Wednesday.

Staright: Koraat 14-2.0 (custom shortened)
DE: Carbon Shaving Cx-316L (head shave)
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts “Incorporeal” (unscented)
Balm: Soap Commander “Integrity” (unscented)
Splash: Southern Witchcrafts “Druantia”
Brush: WCS Beacon (synthetic)
Bowl: Captains Choice (large)

Thursday, August 8, 2021.
Geo F Trumper's, Coral skin food, pre shave. Tabula Rasa, August: Shaving soap & EdT; no scent, gel aftershane. Yaqi brush R1605S, resin tuxedo. Jose Monserrat Pou: Filarmónica, Doble Temple, 14.

Tanifuji 40 Maxfli Gold
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Morris & Forndran Beehive Antique Ivory & Tortoiseshell
Martin de Candre Rose Shaving Soap
Neil's Yard Rose Mallow Moisturiser
Jo Malone Tuberose & Angelica Cologne Intense
#jamiemahoney

Razor: Wade & Butcher 6/8 in ivory
Strop: Razor Emporium horse; Mastro Livi loom
Brush: Synthetic
Cream: Castle Forbes
Finale: Terre D’Hermes

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Tanifuji 40 Maxfli Gold
Strop Martin J. Rubin 4601 New York
Morris & Forndran Beehive Antique Ivory & Tortoiseshell
Martin de Candre Rose Shaving Soap
Neil's Yard Rose Mallow Moisturiser
Jo Malone Tuberose & Angelica Cologne Intense
#jamiemahoney

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Great photo and set up.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Great photo and set up.

Thank you, Mark.