Thread: Sun May 13th - Sat 19th

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh. Ummm. I don't know what to say....

Now that the SOTD pic shows, I'm confused. How did you cut the back of your thumb with a razor that is closed???

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson Polo 8
Razor J A Hellberg no 14, 1/4 hollow
Soap: Provence Santé
AS: Mennen S B
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
I was going to test shave my walkabout razor, besides it was a major PITA to hone it also had a no good edge (slightly warped blade I think). So I took the other test razor and boy what a difference! It was close to an uberclean shave and this blade shaved like a good Sheffield, smooth all the way


... and:

Originally Posted by thewatermark

RAZOR: Merkur 1904 Head with Ikon Handle
Havent posted in awhile but managed to get a photo up today and have an amazing shave today.

Good to see you mate, great pic as always.
Grant

Good morning friends! Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Pre Hot leisurely shower, Taylor of Old Bond Street's Aromatherapy Pre-Shave Oil, Hot Towel, Taylor of Old Bond Street's Aromatherapy Pre-Shave Oil
Soap DR Harris's Arlington Soap
Scuttle SRD Black Scuttle
Brush Simpson Commodore Best Badger X3
Strop SRD 3' Kangaroo Strop
Razor Wade and Butcher 7/8 Celebrated Feather Edge w/ Carbon Fiber Scales
Post Alum Block, Dickinson's Witch Hazel
ASB Trumper's Sandalwood Skin Food

Originally Posted by baldy

Good to see you mate, great pic as always.
Grant

Thanks Grant ,great to be back!! Also might I add a belated Congrats to Jacky boy , that was awesome news to hear buddy

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

How do you like the Tom Ford Vetiver? Do you have anything to compare it too such as Guerlain?

Paul

Paul,
I love TF vetiver. I have Vintage Guerlain and while it being an amazing fragrance I find myself using TF more. It has a clean and smoky Vetiver scent, but a little subdued by a very pleasant citrus background, which means I can wear it during spring and summer and it fits nicely.

Muhle R101/Feather Blade/Simpson Chubby 2/GFT Spanish Leather/Razorock Sandalwood EDT

Razor: Stiz Spartak 55
DE: Gillette super speed*
DE blade: Vintage Minora of Canada
Strops: Red Imp 700c, Illinois Cordovan Shell. 20 linen, 20 RI, 30 Cordovan
Soap: Proraso green tub
Brush: Omega boar
AS: Brut
Music: I left home when I was young- Bob Dylan
Coffee : 454 Horse power kicking horse coffee Co. French press. Black.

Finished up with a cigarette

* haven't been able to truly ID this razor

Jojoba Oil/Sandalwood EO for a pre-shave|L'occitane Cade Soap|AOS Sandalwood ASB|Thiers Issard 6/8| Semogue 803 Boar BrushThe jojoba oil really helped for a smooth and comfortable shave. I honed the razor myself last week. This is the best shave I have had from her.

Weekend for me. 4days free of work.


Razor Ern 7/8,bomb oakmoss+bergamott,custum silvertip, La Male.
Result,a damm fine shave!

Originally Posted by Nuntits

* haven't been able to truly ID this razor

I hope I can help you with this

The factory steel products (STIZ)
СТИЗ (STIZ) – СТальных (STeel) ИЗделий (products)

Location: Moscow, underground station “Electrozavodskaya”

Trademarks: STIZ, UNION, Dawn, Mars, Capital, East, Spartacus (Spartac)

Enterprise was created in the postwar years with the technology base copied from the German workplace, with working staff who had been taken away from the Nizhny Novgorod province.
Product included: knifes, multi-tools (split folding spoon-fork set-knife), and straight razors from the 1950s to the 1990s. Collapsed at about the mid-1990s, now on its place stands shopping mall.

britva.ru

Your razor was manufactured in 1955 (USSR razor always stamped with a year of production). And I heard that after 1955 quality of steel which was used in USSR razors very reduced so you are lucky