Hello all, Happy Thursday! This is my first post for shave of the day and to me it's a special one. I started wet shaving about three months ago, honing a month ago and re-scaling yesterday. The razor I used, Joseph Rogers "Hamburg Ring" 5/8, was an eBay special that I bought for $19.95. The razor came with cracked scales, some rust,and a blade so dull I couldn't cut warm butter with it (I really tried, just to level-set my honing). I purchased another cheap razor (it had chips in the blade, but the scales were near perfect) for $4 at an antique store. I unpinned the Rodgers, cleaned up the blade, re-pinned with the the $4 scales and honed my little heart out (Naniwa Superstones - 2K, 5K, 8K and 12K) finished with Crox on an Illinois Russian Strop and shaved with it today for the first time. Incredible BBS shave!

PreShave Hot Water and The Shaving Company's PreShave Oil
Strop SRD Kangaroo 3in Strop
Razor Joseph Rodgers "Hamburg Ring" 5/8 Full Hollow
Soap DR Harris Lavender
Post-Shave Cold Water, Alum Block, Dickinson's Witch Hazel
ASB Trumper's Coral SkinFood
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