Saturday:

Rooney's finest small style 1
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
5/8 TI Historical Pierre Thiers hand-forged
Harris face milk

Great shave from the TI. It took a keen edge very easily, and is the only sheffield steel razor I own that doesn't need stropping mid-shave. Whatever TI does with their lead-hardening process really does the trick.

Despite Classic's marketing copy, it's not really a "singing" full hollow, mine is definitely half-ground; it's possible that there's a fair bit of variation between the various blades, however. Mine is a smiling blade with spike point and a barber's notch, and with beautiful blond/black horn scales. It looks and feels like an old 1800's vintage razor, which is basically what it is, but without the rust and other issues. The curved spine is very strange, and the razor feels wierd on the hone and strop though it doesn't seem to cause any problems.

I'm not sure that it's really worth the coin, but it's definitely a special razor and is easily the equal of my favorite 7/8 Heljestrand and 7/8 Friodur.