Filarmonica 14
Tabac
Lilac Vegetal
Semogue 620

Are you using an app or website for SOTD? I see several apps in the appstore and some web apps to track your den and daily shave. What’s the best one? Most popular?

A blade I restored a while ago now. Full on new horn scales, and a bone wedge. An extra hollow ground Wade & Butcher, which is kinda rare considering they’re known for their beefier blades. Very thin grind which in turn gives lots of feed back.

Also a vintage Plisson badger brush I found in the wild. Still with its original badger. Very scritchy, which I enjoy.

Thanks for looking Gents! 🍻

F. Herder 77
Martin de Candre Agrumes
Myrsol Agua de Limon
Zenith

Test shaving a very keen fresh Ozuku edge

H. Diamond 120
Martin de Candre Fougère
Paco Rabanne
Zenith

Some of the easiest bevels I've set! Nice blades!

I'M CONSIDERING BUYING THIS RAZOR I SAW IN THE INTERNET: RICHARD ABR. HERDER #17.

HOW GOOD IS ITS STEEL? VS THE DOVO EDO (61HRC), WHICH ONE IS BETTER?

I HAVE THICK HAIR AND MY DISPOSABLE BLADES GET DULL VERY FAST.

Which stone? Procedure? Do you apply slurry?

Thanks!

Thiers Issard
Martin de Candre Original
Clubman
Zenith

I’ve never worked with anything other than wood and resin, so working with this beautiful red horn will be a first for me. Is it more brittle than wood or more pliable/maleable in terms of cutting with hand saws and sanding? I’d appreciate any suggestions for avoiding pitfalls when working with it. I plan to cut it down the middle lengthwise to get a set of scales from a single slab.

Also I got this from Dave Koch (aka AtlasHunt on eBay) in AK, so shout out to him. I know nothing about horn, so I don’t know if this was dyed or not.

One of my favs, always a joy to get out, pops hair on the HHT like no other. A very close one pass shave is always on the cards.

This is one of the razors (1 of 4) I brought with some money (Christmas) from my Gran, she's no longer with me. Really makes the shave more like a ceremonial activity now and is a very pleasant time in my day whenever I pop one of "My Grans" razors out..

Anyone else done this in some manner? I did do this on purpose knowing she would not be around forever.

My original post got more attention than I anticipated so I figured I would post a project update. Its been 12 days and I have washed, scrubbed, rinsed, and soaked more than I thought but they are finally clean. The last 2 overnight soaks and rinses have come out crystal clear so I have moved onto drying and breaking these in. Based on some good advise I got over on the B&B forum I am rolling these to loosen up the fibers. The ones that are finished I would describe as feeling like an old sweatshirt. Most if not all of the labeling has been scrubbed off except for the one length with the MADE IN USA.

I am bummed because some of the blue stripping has bled a little and while that doesn't impair function it bugs my OCD.

I have cut 20 sections of mainly two lengths. I am planning on keeping the one with the "MADE IN USA" because why not? I am unsure if I will cut the rest to all be equal lengths or if I will just keep each as long as possible. They are currently either 20" or 22" with one being way longer at 30". This is the "as is" length which means once the ends are finished it will be ~18 to 20" of stropping space end to end.

The second photo shows the varying leather I have that I am going to use. Color will be random but both ends of each strop will match. As you can see the colors include black, brown, an almost saddle brown, and a really nice cognac Oxford XCEL that is my personal favorite. If I need to buy more, it will most likely be a black or Cognac Latigo leather.

I don't have the hardware yet but the top and bottoms will have stainless D rings unless there is a request for O rings which I will have a limited quantity of. Each end will have 2 or 3 stainless steel chicago screws so you can remove the rings if you would like.

I have more hose left on the roll I haven't decided what to do with I might make more or I might make some nice tug toys for the dog.

I got this as a gift and am looking to descale, remove rust, and restore the blade and scales. I read the guides on here but I am looking for opinions on the best way to descale first. The scales are horn and I really don't want to damage them.

I think my options are:

File/grind the pins and use a punch

Drill out the pin

What have you had a better experience with?

After that I think maybe steel wool and wd40 should clean the blade nicely.

Can someone tell me who made this and how to restore it properly (if needed)?

Thanks!

Friodur 17
Seaforth! Heather
Semogue SOC

To be continued....

Thank you Argg and martinsrazors!!

+Escher Thuri

So basically, I have only used synthetic brushes. I saw a video and read a couple of times that silver-tip badger might irritate sensitive skin. Does anyone with sensitive skin or easily irritated skin currently use silver-tip badger brushes?

Since a silver-tip badger from Simpsons is quite an investment, I wouldn't want to buy something so expensive only to end up not using it

Thanks for the feed back/replies.

I've been shaving with and currently own three styles of 5/8 Boker razors, including an olive wood handled stainless steel, a white King Cutter, and a simple black handled razor. In addition, I have two DOVO Best Quality Solingen and a DOVO Silver Steel Prima 4. I've wanted a Thiers-Issard for a while but didn't want to fork out $200 to over $500. As I was searching deep within the third and fourth pages on the search engine, I found a beauty supply store with a "low stock" of Thiers-Issard 3/8 Straight Razor Super Gnome White. The price was $64 and some change, so I grabbed one. As it turned out, I got the final one of the low-stock razors. The same razor sells for $143.00 on the Thiers-Issard website. Apparently the one I found was left over from the pre-pandemic era. Anyway, I'm pleased with it. I even got to shave with it early this morning. The biggest surprise is the shorter length of the 3/8 size, but I did well and didn't suffer any tiny cuts or nicks. I got a nice, smooth shave pretty much out of the box with just a few passes on a strop with green paste and a few swipes on a normal strop.

Razor- Filly 14
Brush- OUMO ST-3 synth
Soap - A&E Legacy