Thread: SOTD - Sun May 23rd - Sat May 29th

I don't have the good soaps yet just a puck from Meijer and a Body Shop synthetic brush But It's only my forth shave and This time I didn't need to touch up with a disposable. Not BBS mind you but satisfactory. And still no nicks or razor burn from a straight.
BTW can any one tell me more about this razor It's a Henckles And has 1078 Stamped on the shoulder. If so please PM me anything you know about them.

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Bill,

Love those scales. Are they new or original, and what material are they?

Thanks, Linac. The scales are not original. They are made out of red marble acrylic. Mainaman (Stefan) did an incredible job on the razor and scales. I only wish I had enough experience to credibly tell you it shaves as good as it looks...

Originally Posted by cyclelu

Very Hot Shower
SRD Red Latigo/Web 50/75
TOBS Lavender Cream
24mm TGN Extra Hair Finest Badger
Henckels 7/8 Inox no-stain
Alt Innsbruck

What a nice shave, this was the first time with the new razor present from SWMBO. Honed it last night and was able to get a very nice shave, not quite BBS though.

Gorgeous razor, Lu. Looks like you're much luckier than she is!

Originally Posted by gandrw

I don't have the good soaps yet just a puck from Meijer and a Body Shop synthetic brush But It's only my forth shave and This time the I didn't need to touch up with a disposable. Not BBS mind you but satisfactory. And still no nicks or razor burn from a straight.
BTW can any one tell me more about this razor It's a Henckles And has 1078 Stamped on the shoulder. If so please PM me anything you know about them.

Only your fourth shave huh? Sounds like you're doing just fine.

BTW...That J A Henckels is a real beauty with its covered tang. Vintage Henckels are excellent shavers.

Funny thing is I'm getting more comfortable shaves with what most of you would consider Dull Straight Razors than I used to with any other shaving method I've tried. Now I just need to work on getting my Razors sharper and a closer shave should fall right into place.

Originally Posted by gandrw

I don't have the good soaps yet just a puck from Meijer and a Body Shop synthetic brush But It's only my forth shave and This time I didn't need to touch up with a disposable. Not BBS mind you but satisfactory. And still no nicks or razor burn from a straight.
BTW can any one tell me more about this razor It's a Henckles And has 1078 Stamped on the shoulder. If so please PM me anything you know about them.

Just a quick thought... The Body Shop synthetics are actually quite nice brushes, as far as synthetics go... top three, in my opinion... However, if you want to upgrade the lather from that Meijer's stuff (Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shaving Soap, right?) Head back to The Body Shop and pick up their Maca Root shaving cream... It's only 15$ for a BIIG tub of it (6.3 ounces!) and this stuff works WELL. One of my preferred creams, actually.

And a veeery nice Razor... Henckles are lovely shavers

Actually I forgot to mention that I mix a little of the Body Shop cream in but I don't care for creams that much And want to get some good Puck Soap.
I plan on getting some from Carrie M soon. Also plan on making a Badger Brush from the Golden Nib

Originally Posted by gandrw

Actually I forgot to mention that I mix a little of the Body Shop cream in but I don't care for creams that much And want to get some good Puck Soap.
I plan on getting some from Carrie M soon. Also plan on making a Badger Brush from the Golden Nib

Well then you can't pass up Mama Bear's soaps, or the stuff from SRD... Two of my favorite soaps ever (and I, too, prefer soap to cream... But CarrieM's stuff and AlRaz's "The Bomb" are just two fantastic creams)

I recently acquired a WORKMAN razor from Sham. Very inexpensive and it shaved very well. Not one to let well-enough alone, I tried to improve the already good edge by some light laps on wool felt with .5 dia. paste, a few light laps on the 16k and 50 on the Nakayama. Then 100 on Bridle leather.

Out of 85 razors, this one is now #2 in the closeness and smoothness department which is a tribute to Sham's original bevel set. A very utilitarian razor with no mfg stamp, no shoulder and only one pin at the hinge but what a super shaver. I hope the pic comes through.

This is definitely my shave of the day and buy of the year.

Pre: Shower
Brush: Two band finest custom by Chris
Razor: E A Gustavsson 6/8
Cream: Cyril R. Salter Indian Sandalwood
Post: Proraso
AS: Old Spice Fresh Lime
Ahh, lovely shave! Honed the razor yesterday evening with my new Belgian combo stone and it worked out . No pull as before and a close enough shave after two passes .
Even the cat was impressed