Thread: Sun February 26th - Sat March 3rd

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream

BRUSH: 26mm Thäter LE, 2-band (SRP 2011) Silvertip Badger

SOAP/CREAM: Castle Forbes Shaving Cream Levender Essential Oil

SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl

Maxterpiece: Carl Friedrich ERN "ATOR" (w/ Bolivian rosewood scales)

STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG

AS: Castle Forbes After shave Balm

COLOGNE: Eau de Cologne LAVANDA Ach. Brito

RESULT: Great shave, BBS

Have a nice day,
Béla

Good morning Gentlemen!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Omega boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Scuttle: Robert Becker large
Razor: J. A. Hellberg, 4/8 wedge, french point
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Cedar spice home made splash
Notes: Great shave, crisp and smooth edge, 2 relaxing passes to BBS.



A great day to you all!

Tuesday

My new razor turned up in the mail last night; a nice De Pews 4/8 to 5/8 wedge. I polished it up a little with some 1200 wet and dry and polished the scales a little too. I honed it on the Norton 4k/8k and the Shapton 16k, doing about 40 circles on the 4 with slurry, and then two aggressive pyramids, finishing with 20 laps on the Shapton. This morning’s shave was not good. I‘ll hone it again tonight.

Interesting razor this. Normally I use a three finger grip; index and second finger either side of the scales, but the long tail makes using two fingers on the tail SO comfortable you can’t NOT use that grip. Even though it’s not yet really shave ready (though I did complete the shave) it was nice to use.

It’s interesting that the profile of mine seems different to others I’ve seen; for one it’s a near wedge (maybe ¼ ground?), second the toe is a really spiky French point (others I’ve seen are rounder; maybe it was honed/shaped to be like this) and thirdly it has no logo on the blade (I guess it may have been polished off, or could it be earlier versions had no logo?).

I wonder what the term of manufacture was and if there were different versions? I did find the patent documentation which shows a rounder toe and a less square heel, which suggests to me this razor was wider in its youth (the opposite of me).

I want to polish this razor a bit more by hand. Maybe with some wet and dry maybe some metal polish or jewellers’ rouge. I think I’ll also sand the scales, however I think maybe originally the horn scales weren’t as highly polished as some pictures I’ve seen of ‘restored’ De Pews. Highly polished horn does look nice, though, mine has a slight ‘grain’. Also, the ends of the scales near the pivot are worn to a grey colour; could these areas be buffed/polished to be shiny I wonder.

I’m very happy to be the new caretaker of this razor, thanks to Yohann, and am amazed to think of its age. I wonder when they were actually made after the patent was registered?

So, back to the hones!

Razor: De Pews

Pre Shave: Proraso

Überlather : Crabtree and Evelyn Nomad/O Melhor/Glycerine

After Shave: Clubman

Floïd pre-shave oil // Semogue 1438 // Arko // Dovo-Special 6/8" // Thyer's unscented Aloe Vera // TOBS Bay Rum



Cheers. Saludos

José Luis

Erasmic SC ~ Omega 10098 Boar Brush ~ Missile 58 ~ Alum ~ Thayers WH ~ Aqua Velva AS

Strop: MickR's Roo Hide
Brush: Silvertip Badger In Cocobolo
Soap: Proraso
Razor: OCD Razors (Bob Allman) Custom POC 8/8
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: C.O. Bigelow Mentha
A/S: Old Spice
Great shave with a beautiful razor.
This one is a lot of fun to shave with.

Thanks for the great posts and pics boys
Grant

Love that razor, Grant.

Ern ATOR | Chubby 2 | DR Harris Arlington | Arlington ASM | Lab on Fire - What We Do In Paris Is Secret

SOTD Tuesday 28

FS / Altesse Shaving Soap / Gem Micromatic / ASB La Toja

Have a nice day.

Angel.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Wacker "Jungmeister" 7/8
ASB: Mama Bear's Aged Spice Winter ASB

Sticky smooth shave.
8C / 46F and the sun is shining.