Friday, July 31, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/31



Cold Water Rinse
Van Der Hagen  Luxury Shave Soap
Jayaruh #414 silvertip
Gillette Techmatic
Techmatic Band
CWR
Pinaud Clubman Vanilla

The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #414 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Techmatic razor with a Techmatic Band blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman Vanilla AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...


Thursday, July 30, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/30



Cold Water Rinse
Van Der Hagen  Luxury Shave Soap
Jayaruh #414 silvertip
Astra 501
Astra SP
CWR
Pinaud Clubman Vanilla

The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #414 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Astra 501 razor with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman Vanilla AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/29



Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #414 silvertip
Gillette Techmatic
Techmatic Band
CWR
Pinaud Clubman Vanilla

The Williams Mug Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #414 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Techmatic razor with a Techmatic Band blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman Vanilla AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/28



Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #414 silvertip
Astra 501
Astra SP
CWR
Pinaud Clubman Vanilla

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #414 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Astra 501 razor with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman Vanilla AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...


Monday, July 27, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/27



Cold Water Rinse
Eskimo Tuxedo Shave Soap
Jayaruh #414 silvertip
Gillette Techmatic
Techmatic Band
CWR
Osage Rub

The Eskimo Tuxedo Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #414 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Techmatic razor with a Techmatic Band blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/26



Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Ever-Ready Lather Catcher
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

The Palmolive Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Ever-Ready Lather Catcher razor with a Personna GEM SS PTFE blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/25



Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Luxor Pro Master
Astra SP
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

The Palmolive Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Luxor Pro Master with an Astra SP half-blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Friday, July 24, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/24



Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Stahly
Astra SP
CWR
Pinaud Clubman

The Palmolive Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Stahly razor head with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Stahly head with .45 AUTO casing handle.

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/23



Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Stahly
Astra SP
CWR
Pinaud Clubman

The Palmolive Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Stahly razor head with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Stahly head with Maggard MR3 SS handle.
Today I paired the Stahly with a Maggard MR3 stainless steel handle.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

My Micromatics

I was motivated to look through and find my Micromatic razors. It turns out I have seven: two OCs (top), two CPs (second row), and three BTs (bottom three). I got the last bullet tip last August when I was in Rhode Island. I had taken my Schick H as my travel razor, but it had a bad blade in it and I hadn't taken any spares. I could not find any injector blades in RI, so I went to an antique store and found a plastic tip MMBT razor. I easily found some SE blades and I was back in business. Here are the seven razors I found.


Shave of the Day - 7/22



Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Stahly
Astra SP
CWR
Pinaud Clubman

The Williams Mug Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Stahly razor head with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Stahly head with wooden Fatboy handle.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Astra 501 Arrives

This Astra 501 just arrived from Germany today. It was made in Czechoslovakia. It has the case and three vintage Gillette Blue Blades. Here are some shots. It appears to be the same razor as my ISKRA from Russia, just rebranded. Schick made a similar razor that had a metal center post and knob, but otherwise looked the same.




Here is the Astra and the ISKRA taking an ultrasonic bath together.


The Gillette Blue Blades are made in France and are dated D1 which is the first quarter of 1934.


Shave of the Day - 7/21



Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Stahly
Astra SP
CWR
Tabac ASB

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Stahly razor head with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Stahly head with replica ballend handle by Razor Emporium.

Monday, July 20, 2020

ISKRA Vintage Safety Razor

This is the ISKRA Vintage Safety Razor, made in Russia. I ordered this razor last June 12 from a gentleman in Bulgaria. It arrived today, July 20. It is a special edition. The case has a sport car on it. ISKRA means spark. It is from the 1980s and seems to be the same razor as an Astra or Schick that I have seen. I have sought one for a few years, but they are hard to come by. I am glad to get this one.

ASTRA 501

Schick TTO
Here is the ISKRA right out of the shipping pack.


It has the instructions in Russian.




This is the Rare Car Edition.
The ГАИ above the car refers to the State Traffic Inspectorate
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.




Peter, the gentleman who sold me this razor, included a gift in the package. It was a stamp from circa 1911. Here is some information I found out about it. The word at the top of the stamp is Bulgaria in the cyrillic alphabet. The image is Tsar Ferdinand. At the bottom between the two 10s is cyrillic for stotinki, the plural of stotinka, 1/100 lev.

Bulgaria, circa 1911
10 S. - Tsar Ferdinand.
The S stands for stotinki. A stotinka is 1/100 lev.
This information came from Peter, the gentleman who sent me the stamp.

This vintage stamp has been issued in 1912, while Bulgaria still was a Kingdom. It features the King Ferdinand. Here is some more info:

Ferdinand (Bulgarian: Фердинанд I; 26 February 1861 – 10 September 1948), born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the second monarch of the Third Bulgarian State, firstly as ruling prince (knyaz) from 1887 to 1908, and later as king (tsar) from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule Bulgaria entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in 1915.

Ferdinand was born on 26 February 1861 in Vienna, a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. Princess Maria Antonia Koháry was a Hungarian Noble and heiress who married Ferdinand’s grandfather, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Ferdinand’s mother, princess Clémentine, was a daughter of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. Ferdinand was raised in his patents’ Catholic faith and baptised in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna on 27 February, having as godparents Archduke Maximilian of Austria and his wife Princess Charlotte of Belgium. He grew up in the cosmopolitan environment of Austro-Hungarian high nobility and also in their ancestral lands in Hungary and in Germany. The House of Koháry descended from an immensely wealthy Upper Hungarian noble family, who held the princely lands of Čabraď and Sitno in present-day Slovakia, among others. The family's property was augmented by Clémentine of Orléans' remarkable dowry.

Shave of the Day - 7/20

 


Cold Water Rinse
Fine Snake Bite Shave Soap
Jayaruh #30 silvertip
Stahly Live Blade
Astra SP
CWR
Osage Rub

The Fine Snake Bite Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30 silvertip brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Stahly Live Blade razor with an Astra SP blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...



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Sunday, July 19, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/19



Cold Water Rinse
Proraso Red 
Jayaruh #224 synthetic
J.A. Henckels Rapide
J.A. Henckels wedge
CWR
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

The Proraso Red Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #224 synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the J.A. Henckels Rapide Lather Catcher with a J.A. Henckels wedge blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Shave of the Day - 7/18



Cold Water Rinse
Proraso Red 
Jayaruh #224 synthetic
Weck Sextoblade
Personna
CWR
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

The Proraso Red Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #224 synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Weck Sextoblade with a Personna blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...