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    Gentlemen,

    Every few years, with new members joining us, I resurrect a favorite topic of mine: If you were to spend a year on a favorite project in your favorite place around world, what shaving tools and products would you pack? Everything should be from your current collection — what you have and use in the shave den.

    Here is the caveat, and it is a must:

    Place
    Project

    2 straight razors
    1 strop
    1 honing stone
    1 safety razor with appropriate blade
    1 shave brush
    1 soap
    1 cream
    1 aftershave set up: any or all that you use together.
    1 preferred drink: for medicinal purposes, of course.

    Some considerations: If you are a strictly straight razor shaver, ignore the safety razor. If you are a strictly safety razor shaver, ignore the straight. If you are a predominantly straight razor shaver but occasionally use the safety razor, mention both. I would take two straight for myself. If you would prefer to take only one straight, that's your choice. No more than two straight, though.

    The place and the project of your choice. For instance, I would love to spend a year in Province, France, writing the great novel.


    And finally, for fair play and clarity, please stay within the rules and follow the format. Otherwise I will unleash my Assyrian war chariots. OY!

    So here is my Romancing the Shave set up:

    Place: Province, in the south of France
    Project: Writing the great novel
    Straight razors: Filarmonica 14 Novodur; Le Grelot 6/8
    Strop: Mastro Livi travel loom
    Hone: Barber
    Safety razor: ATT SE1, Feather Professional blades
    Brush: shavemac 167 25mm silvertip
    Soap: Martin de Candre
    Cream: Castle Forbes
    Aftershave: Alum, witch hazel, Castle Forbes balm, Spanish Leather by Truefitt & Hill
    Drink: Cognac

    Gentlemen, what is your Romancing the Shave set up?
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    Some may find this strang, but as a truck driver I'm already living a good dream. Seeing the country, US & Canada, and carrying most of my shave gear with me. But here's my attempt.

    Place: Australian outback
    Project: Driving a great truck train in the Outback for one year. Picture at end.
    Straight razors: 1) Wacker 7/8 Old Sheffield with barbers notch, 2) Thiers Issard 6/8 Spartacus with festoon spine.
    Strop: 3" red latigo
    Hone: 8x3 Belgian coticule
    Brush: VP Leon Hardy 700050 30mm silvertip
    Cream: Poraso green in a tube. Actually anything Poraso.
    Aftershave: Osma alum block, Old Spice.
    Drink: My wife's sweet ice tea with lemon.

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    This is a fantastic idea Obie.

    I've always loved woodworking and glue-less/fastener-less constructions of wood. I've also favored working with my hands, but have always pursued more lucrative roles. As for the location, my best friend and I went to a lake house with a bunch of friends in New Hampshire a few years ago for the 4th of July. Sitting back, drinking some scotch and watching the milkyway was probably one of the best experiences of my life. If I could do that every night and work with my hands during the day, I can think of little else that would be as wonderful.

    Place: New Hampshire
    Project: Carpentry, maybe built cabinets
    Straight razors: Boker 386 & Case Bros. razors
    Strop: Kanayama 30k
    Hone: Coticule
    Safety razor: N/A
    Brush: AoS Badger
    Soap: Martin de Candre Fougere
    Cream: ToBS Cedarwood
    Aftershave: Alum, Nivea Balm, Pinaud Special Reserve
    Drink: A nice single malt scotch, smoky but hold the peat.

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    Traveling would be the project I believe I would enjoy most. Edwardian age traveling where each destination may be a two or three month stay. Paris, London, Venice, wherever the mood might strike.

    Straights: Wacker Jungmeister, Ralph Aust 6/8
    Strop: Scrupleworks only for fear of ruining my Kanayama or Neil Miller
    Hone: Coticule
    Brush: Paladin PK-47
    Soap: Martin de Candre Fougere
    Cream: Truefitt and Hill Grafton
    Aftershave: ...hate playing by the rules here... Alt Innsbruck
    Drink: Lagavulin
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    Travel would be my project also. I'd like to do round the world by ship and train taking as long as I want. I do not take straight razors when travelling so....

    DE - WR-1 OC head/Ikon Bulldog handle
    Blades - Feather and/or Gillette Silver Blues
    Soap - Tabac shave stick/sticks
    Brush - Muhle synthetic travel brush
    Post Shave - Alum, Tabac AS and Tabc EdC
    Libation - Any local tipple that takes my fancy

    Bout it

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    I like dinosaurs.

    Place: The Flaming Cliffs, southwest Mongolia
    Project: Finding egg nests and identifying the dino that laid them while looking for the next feathered dino.

    Bruno 02 Steel, Bluesman7-Geezer razors
    Neil Miller English Bridle Strop
    16K Shapton
    Moss Shave-Mac Brush
    Martin de Candre Soap
    Castle Forbes Lavender Cream
    Floid Blue AS
    Thayer's Witch Hazel
    Stella Artois Beer
    If you don't care where you are, you are not lost.

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    I love cycling and would to go on a big cycle tour. Unfortunately commitments will not let me Swan off for extended periods. But if I could :
    Place - Asia
    Project - Cycle tour of the continent
    Straights- w&B wedge, Homemade wedge
    Strop - English Bridle 3"
    Hone- Cuticle
    Brush- Dense badger, in stone
    Soap- Valobra
    Cream- phoenix and beau Albino
    Aftershave - moisturiser and penhaligons juniper sling (nice I'm the heat)
    Drink- Laphroaig single malt (good any time)

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    Place: Stanley, Idaho
    Project: Working on a novel
    Straight Razors: Ali's Blade Chopper 65, Filarmonica Especial
    Strop: Neil Miller Shell Cordovan
    Hone: Suehiro Gokumyo 20k
    Safety Razor: Cobra Classic + Feather Pro blade
    Brush: Shavemac Americana XL 28mm 2-Band Silvertip
    Soap: La Savonnière du Moulin
    Cream: Acqua Di Parma
    Aftershaves: Floid Blue AS, Acqua Di Parma balm, Acqua Di Parma Colonia EdT
    Drink: Chivas and soda

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    Place : The Caribbean
    Project : Wreck diving
    Razors : Wade Butcher Celebrated fbu, Koraat
    Strop : Tony Miller Heirloom fast bridle
    Hone : Shapton glass 16k
    Brush : Shavemac custom 2 band
    Soap : Mickey Lee Reunion
    Aftershave : Razor Rock Alum, Sampson's Natural Aftershave
    Drink : Ice Cold Beer

    Pete <:-}
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    Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret ANYTHING
    That makes you smile." - Mark Twain

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    I'll throw my cards in...

    Place: Kuwait, Camp Arifjan (All my friends are there)
    Project: Logistics Supply and EMR support for the Army
    Straight razors: I only have one...my Classic Samurai Shavette
    Strop: N/A
    Hone: N/A
    Safety razor: Gillette butterfly, 70's with Astra blades
    Brush: Vintage Boar bristle
    Soap: Henry Cavendish - Himalaya
    Cream: coconut oil
    Aftershave: Alum, Nautica Blue
    Drink: Jack Daniels Honey

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