Fifth Evening of TabOKtoberfest - Second Luxury Shave

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Ambrosia Maple with 26 mm synthetic Maggard knot
• Razor: Heljestrand MK N° 10
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original cream
• Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original balm

@gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social a.k.a. u/gallant has called it, and he was right, much to my delight.

I started by killing the edge, went through the 3k -> 10k progression (again trailing edge strokes only), deburred the edge on loaded canvas, and the Heljestrand really came alive! Incomparable to this morning’s meh shave, the razor is now smooth and cuts close. A real treat.

I was wondering about the etymology of the euphonious name “Heljestrand” (derived of the Heljestrands’ hometown’s name “Helgesta” = holy place, BTW), and the search led me to Carl Viktor Heljestrand’s Swedish wikipedia page where I learned two interesting titbits:

1. Carl Victor went to work in the Sheffield steel industry and travelled Germany before starting the production of straight razors in Eskiltuna. I thought that made a lot of sense.
2. His great nephew’s name is Mjolner Heljestrand. As in Thor’s hammer. You can tell the Heljestrands were all blacksmiths at heart.

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