Frankenskeene Razor with Custom Handle

 I  have used this razor with modern Gem blades, a vintage Damaskeene Blade, and a Sha-Ve-Zee Blue Back Blade. Today I thought I would try a couple of my vintage wedge blades in it. They look good, and I will be doing a week with this Frankenskeene Razor configuration.

The Frankensteene Razor: Damaskeene base plate with no cap and custom handle.

Here is the Damaskeene Blade.

Here is the Sha-Ve-Zee Blue Back Blade.

Next is the C.V. Helgestrand wedge.

And finally is the J.A. Henckels wedge.

Shave of the Day - 3/17

Cold Water Rinse
Green Mountain Lime Vetiver Shaving Soap
The Brush B-3 by Tom
Schick E2b with Personna blade
Superior Lather Catcher
Sha-Vee-Zee Blue Back SE
CWR
Thayers Peach WH

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Green Mountain Lime Vetiver Shaving Soap face lathered well with The Brush B-3 by Tom brush. I did the first pass with a Schick E2b with a Personna blade and a clean up pass with the Superior Lather Catcher razor with a Sha-Vee-Zee Blue Back SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Peach WH. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/27

Cold Water Wash

Williams Mug Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #321

Schick M-2 Adjustable

Personna

Gem Damaskeene 1912

Sha-Ve-Zee SE

CWR

Barbasol Brisk AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #321 brush. I did the first pass with the Schick M-2 Adjustable razor with a Personna blade. Then I changed over to the Gem 1912 with a Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade for the second pass. Today is patent day for the 1912. I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Barbasol Brisk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/3

Cold Water Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Jayaruh #313

Superior Lather Catcher

ShaVeZee SE

CWR

English Leather

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 badger brush. I did two passes with the Superior Lather Catcher razor with a ShaVeZee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with English Leather AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/1

Cold Water Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Jayaruh #313

Open Faced Damaskeene

ShaVeZee SE

CWR

English Leather

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 badger brush. I did two passes with the Open Faced Damaskeene razor with a ShaVeZee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with English Leather AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/31

Cold Water Wash

Tabac Shaving Soap 

Jayaruh #313

Open Faced Damaskeene

ShaVeZee SE

CWR

Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 badger brush. I did two passes with the Open Faced Damaskeene razor with a ShaVeZee SE 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 - 1/29

Cold Water Wash

Tabac Shaving Soap 

Jayaruh #313

Open Faced Damaskeene

ShaVeZee SE

CWR

Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 badger brush. I did two passes with the Open Faced Damaskeene razor with a ShaVeZee SE 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 - 1/28

Cold Water Wash

Ingram

Jayaruh #313

Open Faced Damaskeene

ShaVeZee SE

CWR

Osage Rub

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Ingram Shaving Cream face lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 badger brush. I did two passes with the Open Faced Damaskeene razor with a ShaVeZee SE 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...

Shave of the Day - 8/5

Keep It Simple Shave Week

Williams
Jayaruh #309
Gem Junior Bar  Lather Catcher
Sha-Ve-Zee Blue Back SE
CWR
Aqua Velva AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #309 brush. I did two passes with the Gem Junior Bar Lather Catcher Razor with a Sha-Ve-Zee Blue Back SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 7/29

Keep It Simple Shave Week

Williams Mug Shave Soap
Rubberset 400
Gem Junior Bar Lather Catcher
Sha-Ve-Zee SE
CWR
Family Dollar Spice AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Rubberset 400 brush. I did two passes with the Gem Junior Bar Lather Catcher Razor with an Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Family Dollar Spice AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/21

Proraso Pre Shave

Colgate Shaving Mug Soap

Semogue SOC

GEM Frankenskeene

Sha-Ve-Zee SE

CWR

Thayers Peach WH

Florida Water

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Colgate Shaving Mug Soap face-lathered well with the Semogue SOC brush. I did two passes with the GEM Frankenskeene Razor with a Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then Florida Water. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/20

Proraso Pre Shave

Williams Mug Shaving Soap

Semogue SOC

GEM Frankenskeene

Sha-Ve-Zee SE

CWR

Thayers Peach WH

Florida Water

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Semogue SOC brush. I did two passes with the GEM Frankenskeene Razor with a Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then Florida Water. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/19

Proraso Pre Shave

Tabac Shaving Soap

Semogue SOC

GEM Frankenskeene

Sha-Ve-Zee SE

CWR

Thayers Peach WH

Tabac AS

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Tabac Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Semogue SOC brush. I did two passes with the GEM Frankenskeene Razor with a Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/18

Proraso Pre Shave

Ingram Shaving Cream

Semogue SOC

GEM Frankenskeene (Damaskeene base with wooden "Darwin" handle)

Sha-Ve-Zee SE

CWR

Thayers Peach WH

Florida Water

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Ingram Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the Semogue SOC brush. I did two passes with the GEM Frankenskeene Razor with a Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then Florida Water. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

This was the second shave with this Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade. I dried it and belly stropped it after the shave. I will be using this blade all week. It was a very smooth shave.

Sha-Ve-Zee Blue Back Blade

I had my first shave with the Sha-Ve-Zee Blue Back Blade today. It was a very nice shave. I had three days growth, and I used the blade in my GEM Junior 1907 lather catcher. I did two passes and ended up with a great shave. I took some pictures of the blade to show the differences from a modern SE blade. I took these pictures after my shave. I washed and dried the blade and coated it with some 3in1 Oil and put it back in its original wrapper for a future shave.

 I washed and dried the blade and coated it with some 3in1 Oil.

It has a little surface rust, but nothing on the edge.

Here you can see the Sha-Ve-Zee on the spine.

The blade is .009 in like modern blades, but it has no cut outs or notches.

The spine is .068 in thick, almost two times a modern blade.

This is my CVS CS blade. Its spine is .037 in thick.

Shave of the Day - 6/11

Proraso Pre Shave

CTAPT Shaving Cream

Jayaruh #288

Gem 1907 Lather Catcher

Sha-Ve-Zee SE

CWR

Thayer's Peach WH

English Leather

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The CTAPT Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #288 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gem 1907 Lather Catcher Razor with a Sha-Ve-Zee SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then English Leather AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...