Great shave with a surprise at the end.Always love the Fat too!

   

I will be posting here during SEptember. with a different razor each days. Apologies to the many other single edge razors that did not make the cut. I should not be making any unmentionable mistakes this month. Let's see who else may be posting this month. Here is the line up for the first week.

   

I just received a new Ever-Ready Lather Catcher. I have an old one, but the plating is all gone. It is a great shaver, just not shiney like the new one. 

   

I am looking forward to my first shave with it tomorrow. I might even post the shave tomorrow. It looks like everyone has lost interest in TOST3.

   
   
   

Veddy nice shave  

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Friday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Barbasol Shave Cream
Burma Shave Badger Brush
Supply SE MAX
Supply Black Label Injector
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Lustray Spice After Shave

First shave of August 2025. Broke out the Barbasol Shave Cream yesterday.  Had an excellent shave. This is Friday's planned shave.

   
Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #462 Synthetic
Supply SE Injector Razor
Supply Black Label Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Tabac After Shave

The Tabac Shave Soap lathered well with Jayaruh #462 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Supply SE Injector Razor and the Supply Black Label Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Tabac After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

It's been a minute or two since I've been here. So, because of that let me say "Hello Again".

Over the past 11yrs I have found that I really like SE razors. I have a few DE razors that I very rarely use. I think I may have used one twice in the past seven years. I take them when I travel because I don't care if I loose them. Over the past 2yrs I have found myself gravitating away from injectables and more toward lather catchers, GEMs and the like. My blade of choice would be a Pal. I also like the razors that use the replaceable straight razor blades or artist club blades. I have one razor that I got new that I really like. It's called the "Colonel" or "General" or something like that. I like it because it's nice and heavy. I do not have any razors that have what looks like a piece of straight razor blade. Never got into it. I saw it as to much up-keep. 

I only use soap and a brush. I have not used goo-in-a-can since finding wet shaving. No shame to those that still use it, it's just not for me.

I have 3 wooden test tube holders that I got of Amazon (I think) that I can store razors in that allow me to use razors in some type of order so that I do not use one razor more than the others. This allows me to set up razors for the next year and a half, 1 razor a month. I also have about 14 brushes. A lot of, more than I can use in my life time, soaps and after shaves. I use one set up a month. The same brush, soap, razor, and blade per month. It works for me. If I had to decide what set up I was going to use everyday, I would spend an hour standing in front of my shaving cabinet everyday and I don't shave everyday. I shave about twice a week.

This past March I picked up one of my ventage straight razors to give it a try again. Some important context here. I have a nerve disorder that make me shake. It is most noticeable in my hands and gets worse when I'm under stress. Not good for placing a sharp blade next to your throat. I'm right handed and have had bicep surgery to my right bicep. Because of the surgery I can not rotate my right wrist. I can and do shave with straight razors. I have now been shaving with straight razors for the past 3 months. All my straight razors are old/ventage. This month I started using a Bismarck razor with a narrower blade. I have found I like the taller blades. 

All this has a last brought me to my questions to the group:

1. First and most important. Seeing how a straight razor only has 1 edge are they allowed here on Toast? I don't recall and I can't find anything for or against.
   
2. Has any body bought a factory new straight razor?
   
3. I have read online that the straight razors you buy now are not shave ready and need to be sharpened. Is this true?
   
4. Does anyone know/recommend someone who can sharpen/recondition straight razors?
   
5. Lastly the pass word to get into the range. I have some money sucking hobbies that I would like to talk about.
   

Lather Catcher Sunday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Old Spice Original Shave Cream
Jayaruh #446 Boar/Badger Mix
1902 Kampfe Brothers/Star LC
Star Wedge
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva 5 in 1 ASB

Here is some background information: Rakhyveln "Doma", behändig billigare bättre rakning. Strigla spara.

And here is the razor. Proprietary blade, of course. 

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Hello my tost3 community, 

       My name is Jason A.K.A. Golden Age Wet Shaver. I thank yall for letting me join this community. I am eager to make friends, learn more about various SE razors, and do my best to contribute to the growth of this community. I am currently loving my experience with Lather Catcher Razors. I'm interested in learning more about them. Also does anyone know where I can obtain an Enders Speed Razor adapter? I thank yall for taking the time to read and reply back to me. 

Sincerely, 


Golden Age Wet Shaver A.K.A. Jason