Thread: Sun October 17th - Sat October 23rd

Morning shave for me. Just no time to post this am. I brought out the Wacker Red Head. Hoping to start off my week right. I believe this razor gets better after every use.

SRD Strop
TAOS Lemon
Wacker Red Head
Thayers Witch hazel
Skin food
TAOS Balm

Have a great week gentlemen!!!!

Merkur - 34C HD w/ Wilkinson Sword blade / Simpsons T2 “Super Badger” / Valobra Soft SS / Alum block / Zirh “Soothe” / Booster “Polar Ice”

Used my newly repinned and rehoned Suzumasa Kanoyama razor for todays shave. The old pins were just too crusty for my tastes, so I repinned the razor with brass rod and stainless washers. The edge on the blade off my Iwasaki choice stone was great, but I didn't get a very good shave today. It's often hard to figure out exactly how I should shave below my jaw, because the hair runs W-E on one side and E-W on the other, so it's hard to get a good WTG pass in either direction. I usually end up with some kind of XTG, which irritates the skin since it's sensitive.

And let me thank Robert for repeatedly praising uberlathers, because I probably wouldn't have tried them otherwise.

Suzumasa Kanoyama razor
Kanoyama 50K strop
Carrie M's Lemongrass (awesome cream!) + QED Lime shaving soap + glycerin
Thather 22mm brush
Alum (burned like hell on some spots under the jaw)
Carrie M's unscented ASB

Cream: Trumpers Limes + Proraso + a drop of glycerin
Razor: Folding Kamisori "Wakami"
AS: Shiseido "Basala"
Result: I waited a week or more to try this razor, and did not shave in anticipation of it. I took it to the hones yesterday after receiving it from Japan, and after a good 30 minutes of figuring out how to make this thing sharp I received an edge that is better than any other razor i own. I'm in heaven.

Shave on!

You're welcome Ehsan...I am officially the überlather Marketeer

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Originally Posted by heirkb

Used my newly repinned and rehoned Suzumasa Kanoyama razor for todays shave. The old pins were just too crusty for my tastes, so I repinned the razor with brass rod and stainless washers. The edge on the blade off my Iwasaki choice stone was great, but I didn't get a very good shave today. It's often hard to figure out exactly how I should shave below my jaw, because the hair runs W-E on one side and E-W on the other, so it's hard to get a good WTG pass in either direction. I usually end up with some kind of XTG, which irritates the skin since it's sensitive.

And let me thank Robert for repeatedly praising uberlathers, because I probably wouldn't have tried them otherwise.

Suzumasa Kanoyama razor
Kanoyama 50K strop
Carrie M's Lemongrass (awesome cream!) + QED Lime shaving soap + glycerin
Thather 22mm brush
Alum (burned like hell on some spots under the jaw)
Carrie M's unscented ASB

Heljestrand 42
Rudy Vey Ivory
Bomb Boheme
Ogallala Bay Rum
Aveda Gel

Thuesday morning:

soap: Proraso
brush: Muehle Synthetic (test)
razor: Revisor
ASB: Florena



Have a nice day!

Originally Posted by nubskillz

Cream: Trumpers Limes + Proraso + a drop of glycerin
Razor: Folding Kamisori "Wakami"
AS: Shiseido "Basala"
Result: I waited a week or more to try this razor, and did not shave in anticipation of it. I took it to the hones yesterday after receiving it from Japan, and after a good 30 minutes of figuring out how to make this thing sharp I received an edge that is better than any other razor i own. I'm in heaven.

Never seen before such a razor. Beautiful design. The scales are also very nice. Congrats

Prep: Nice, Hot Shower
Razor: Dovo "Best Quality" 6/8, Full-Hollow, Carbon Steel Razor (with a rejuvenated edge thanks to a couple laps on an old Swaty I scored on eBay).
Strop: Brookstone Leather/Linen Strop
Soap: Proraso Eucalyptus/Menthol Shave Soap
Dish: What used to be our sugar bowl. Don't have a scuttle yet
Brush: RoyalShave Badger Hair Shave Brush
Aftershave: Nivea For Men Replenishing Post-Shave Balm

Result: Thanks to a nice Swaty barber's hone I snagged on eBay, I got a BBS shave off a like-new edge. This shave also came with the best lather, IMO, I was able to whip up in the short while I've been shaving with a straight.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: TSD - Bay Rum
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8 Bergam Damascus in Mammoth Ivory Scales
ASB: Caswell-Massey No. Six