Thread: Sun July 31th - Sat August 06th

Good morning friends
soap: Mitchell's
brush: Muehle
razor: Thiers Issard
AS: Brut

Have a nice day.

Good morning friends!
(In this week in my personal SODT: knives and razors from their homeland)

PREP: Hot shower

BRUSH: SIMPSON PL 10 Best Badger

SOAP/CREAM: L'occitane Cade Soap

SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl

RAZOR: TOSUKE

STROP: Biber-Elster Feinste Spez. Juchte paddle strop

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG

AS: Pitralon (Swiss made)

RESULT: Wery clean shave

DECORATION; JAPANESE KNIFE: RJ Martin Kozuka, Handmade by custom knifemaker R.J. Martin, full tang with Black Ray Skin under black cord wrapped handle.

Have a nice day,
Béla

Somewhere up there north, there is this guy who owns a few very nice razors and gives us some lovely SOTDs. I got delivery of this little beauty off him yesterday, and when I acknowledged safe receipt of the razor he mentioned that he has honed the razor himself and would love some feedback on that.

I have at the moment restricted myself to a small rotation of 3-4 razors as I need to get the technique up to a good standard first. I consequently told him that it may take a while till I get to try the razor and provide feedback on the honing.

This morning, however, I changed my mind. Time to change the rotation and try this one out.
Result: two passes and an effortless, smooth and close shave.

Thank you, Zephyr.

E.A. Berg wedge/near wedge, 5/8
Dr. Henk's' Bay Rum with A Twist
David Hayward Design, 22mm two band finest, 48mm loft 'le Tuft' refit
T&H 1805 after shave balm
Diptyque Tam Dao Eau de Toilette

Pre-shave: Hot shower, hot towel

Brush: TGN Silvertip in custom in African Walnut

Soap: Überlather - Mama Bear's Hinoki Wood, TOBS Lemon & Lime, glycerine

Razor: Robert Dodges Universally Approved, 11/16, near wedge

AS: Cold towel, Old Spice White Water

Strop: Illinois #827 Imperial Russian - 30 linen, 60 leather





This was a special one for me, so I held on to a good three-day beard. My first shave with my first self-restored and self-honed razor (being the first serious honing attempt). Not 100% baby-butt smooth, but darn close in three passes. Also my first run with a silvertip brush, for which:

Originally Posted by NavalArchitect

Thank you, Zephyr.

+1!

The best shave in a very long time, for many reasons, one of which is English Steel, another northern folly (of so wilfully parting with an AWESOME brush)!

Enjoy this wonderful summer day, gents!

L'Occitane Verbena soap
Feather AS D1 + Feather blade
NF Tubby 1
Vulfix Persian musk
distilled Witch hazel + propolis
Coty Raw Vanilla

Jamie

Lovely shave, humidity levels very high. the knife is a very rare swiss Klotzli Spyderco Michael Walker C22, the carbon fibre came from a Sauber F1 car.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Congrats on honing this beauty to the max Nic...Just a test shave though?

Robert, probably my bad terminology but I always class my 1st shave after honing as a test shave, to see how sharp and smooth I've gotten the blade.

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

My first DE shave ever!! LOL <Snip> On par with a good Str8 shave. As I'm not very familiar with the blades and such I'm not sure about the persona blade but if It gets better then this I might have to pull the trigger on a EJ Barley!! Have a great day all and I'm back to work on pinning razors!

Paul

Paul, blades are a matter of personal choice. Personnas are generally considered a middle of the road blade sharp enough and pretty smooth, many people recommend feathers, they are probably the sharpest DE blades out there. Personally I find them a little rough, for me Gillette Superthins provide the best balance of sharp and smooth. For my money though the best safety razor and blade combo is an Ever Ready/Gem 1912 with a PTFE coated Gem single edge blade. As close as you get to a straight shave with a disposable blade.

Today I decided to go small. The chosen razor is a well used and slightly modified Cataraugus SR. I don't know the original size but the blade is now 2.5" by barely .5" and it has a lot of hone wear. The nose of the blade was obviously shortened at some point in time but it's still a fine shaver. Great for a face shave and perfect for a neck razor.

Pre-shave: Vitos and Astroglide
Lather: Williams with a few drops of glycerin
Brush: Col. Conk Badger
Razor: Cataraugus Cutlery Co.
Astringent: Dickenson Witch Hazel with rosewater added
Balm: PdP Shea Butter ASB
AS: Aqua Velva Blue Ice

Shaved cold and was rewarded with a BBS face.

Originally Posted by fonthunter

JAPANESE KNIFE: RJ Martin Kozuka, Handmade by custom knifemaker R.J. Martin, full tang with Black Ray Skin under black cord wrapped handle.

Absolutelylove the Martin. He makes some really fine stuff. One day (when the wife isn't looking) I may spring for one.

The Tosuke is a gem also.

Good morning Gents!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Haryali badger
Soap: C&E Nomad
Razor: Le Hospital Bayle Annonay, 6/8 round point hollow
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Vetiver blend
Notes: I practically never get razor burn, but I did today. Not quite sure what that was, but I just rehoned this razor. It was a slow and relaxing shave until I had to cut it short. Not a full BBS today. My AS helped a lot and now it's practically gone. I'll have to look into it before next use.



Even in the midst of summer when people are traveling, great SOTD pics are pouring in. I'm impressed, and thrilled to see your great posts guys. Keep it up, and happy shaves all around