Shave of the Day - 6/2

Cold Water Rinse
Morning TOST
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
Kampfe/Star Lather Catcher
Star Wedge/ Treet CS
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Morning TOST Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did the first pass with the Kampfe/Star Lather Catcher razor with a Star Wedge blade and boy was that blade dull. I ended up putting a Treet CS blade in and finished with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/1

Cold Water Rinse
Morning TOST
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
Gold Dollar 7/8
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Morning TOST Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gold Dollar 7/8 razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/31

Cold Water Rinse
Morning TOST
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
Maggard V3A
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Morning TOST Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Maggard V3A (aggressive head) razor with a Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

This was my first shave with the Maggard V3A head. It was advertised as aggressive, so I treated it like a Gillette Old Type. There were no issues, just a clean close shave. Nice.

Shave of the Day - 5/30

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
AutoStrop B1
Treet SE despined
CWR
Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the AutoStrop B1 razor with a Treet SE despined blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/29

Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
AutoStrop B1
Valet blade
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

This is my first shave with a genuine AutoStrop blade. I am doing this challenge to see how many good shaves I can get from one blade by stropping them. My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the AutoStrop B1 razor with a Valet blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/28

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
Ever-Ready Bathroom Set
Gem Blue Star CS
CWR
Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Ever-Ready Bathroom Set razor with a Gem Blue Star CS blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/27

Cold Water Rinse
Ingram
Jayaruh #356 Synthetic
Ever-Ready Bathroom Set
Gem Blue Star CS
CWR
Osage Rub

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Ingram Shave Cream face lathered well with the Jayaruh #356 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Ever-Ready Bathroom Set razor with a Gem Blue Star CS blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #356

The first pictures are after I finished this birds eye maple handle. I dry fitted this synthetic horse for the pictures. I never set it permanently.

Update: May 2, 2019

After reading about a fellow shaver's musings, I decided to take #356 and drill the hole deeper to accept an Omega #49 knot leaving a loft of about 50mm. He was wanting a dense boar with lots of backbone at about 50mm.