Here is my line up for tomorrow's OCtober shave.

Friday's Shave 


Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #414 Silvertip Badger
GEM OC Damaskeene
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Lustray Spice After Shave

The Palmolive Shave Cream lathered well with Jayaruh #414 Silvertip Badger. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM OC Damaskeene with a Personna GEM SS PTFE gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

   
Razor: DeHaven Model 3
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 Best Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Fine American Blend
Aftershave: Mennen Skin Bracer
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
  Imperial Leather Talcum Powder


These were apparently designed to reuse the one blade included with the razor again and again.  Honing paste was applied to the blade and you shook the razor to hone one side of the edge at a time.   There were several models, but mine is the model 3.  I removed the original blade and inserted a half DE in its place.  Some use an injector, but the jaws of the blade holder would need to be widened and I choose not to risk that.
   

For me, quality carbon SE blades have been getting harder to find over the past 5 years so when I can find them I usually order a year's supply. The last time I found some I was only able to get about a 6 month supply which I wrapped up quite a while ago. I have been using Pellas ever since but am now running out of those. I could obtain more Pellas but I would prefer carbon. I'm not having any luck finding any. Has anyone seen any?
Thanks,
Alan

Twelvefret or anyone else if you click the new reply button you get the screen pictured below. If you click the little film icon were the red arrow is pointing it let's you enter the URL from YouTube or several other sites. First pick the site from the list then enter the link below.
I had to ask for help with this one too.

   

OK all, I want to give my Rapide blade a new edge and was wondering if there were any tips I need to know. Ie. Do I hone with the stropping attachment  or just put tape on the spine?
Any help would be appreciated. 
Thanks,
Tony

Thursday SEptember 23, 2021
Razor: Mark Cross
Blade: Schick B Proline Injector
Brush: Trotter Handcraft
Soap: A&E Rèvolution
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: A&E Rèvolution Splash
Fragrance: Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,051

I had wanted to try one of these ever since reading an old thread by Jeff jmudrick at TSD and can be seen here with all the history of this fine razor.


https://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/t...913.55324/

I finally acquired one from a seller I've dealt with quite a bit and was able to get an injector blade to sit securely with ease and adjust-ability as to moving it forward and back to an efficiency I liked. Stellar shave and a great feel of how this thing maneuvers. It was well loved/used as can be seen by the tripled plated silver finish worn off to the brass it is made from. Glad to have this uncased/boxed version in the den. Have a great day everyone !
   
   
   
   
   

I'm trying something new here, so bear with me. Setting up a poll where you can vote for either Cold Water or Warm Water Shaving. After voting, if you would please leave a comment below to explain why you prefer one over the other. Thank you!

Edit: Note that I left it a public poll so we could see each others vote.

Since purchasing my first razors online from the bay and seeing that I've thus far escaped the wrath of the Finance Committee Chairwoman despite her knowing their is a package inbound, I've of course spent time scouring both "E" sites for future additions to the family. This is the correct behaviour, right? (Note spelling use for our UK brethren)

When y'all search online for a razor, how much do you consider finding a candidate with a case or without and why? What are some reasons that you would choose one over the other if both razors are generally in the same condition? 

Just asking for a friend! 

Greetings, All!

Below pictures from the Ebay listing of two vintage SE razors that I purchased today. Barring mechanical issues, I'm optimistic that the Gem Damaskeene will clean up nicely while the Ever Ready 1914 will be more of a challenge. I hope to get the 1914 to an acceptable user grade condition. Both were at the top of my Wanna Get list.

I plan to use the tried and true method of soaking the heads in hot/warm water with Dawn dish soap for 30 minutes, followed by scrubbing with a old soft toothbrush and a more firm firearms cleaning style bristle brush. Then spray with non-bleach Scrubbing Bubbles type bathroom cleaner for a 10 minutes soak followed by scrubbing with the brushes. I don't have any acceptable polishing product, but in the near future will order a tube of Flitz.

Do both handles look to be nickel plated steel? And if so, should these be cleaned differently than the heads. What about gently using a firearms cleaning style brass brush on the knurling?

Any advice, particularly with the 1914, will be much appreciated.

Thanks to Dave in KY for giving his opinion on the listing prior to making the buy as this was my first Ebay razor purchase.

PS...Hey Tony'schin, your postimage tip worked perfectly for these images. So much easier than what I was previously doing. Thank you!