Thread: Sun August 11th - Sat August 17th

Today i had the first Shave with my Dutch Antique Market find, a 11/16"+ nearly new Tinquin Anvers 63 1/1 Hollow,
and the Queen Charlotte Vostok Soap that arrived today.
It was a memorable perfekt shave, first i learned never take the Coffee Cup with the Razor in your hand or you got
poor red stripes on your left arm and second, you know the Arm-tested Razor is sharp, dont mix it with a ultracool
Lather that bemuses your skin, that makes some more of that poor red stripes

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Queen Charlotte Vostok Shaving Soap
Brush: Semogue 830
Strop: Leder-Tradition.de XXL-Juchten
Razor: Tilquin Anvers 63 11/16"+ 1/1 Hollow , medium thin grounded
Directions: All Directions
After: Proraso Dopobarba AS

razor: Wade & Butcher wedge. Rescaled in horn.
brush: Whipped Dog silvertip
A/S: Krampert's

Postus Cale : Simpson Polo 10 Two Bands : Filarmonica EPBD Tridur : Geo F. Trumpers Spanish Leather

Fantastic and smooth..

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I'm pretty sure it's 42 from memory...

Oh yeah...Douglas Adams is real hoot!

In my memory the number 42 always meant Jackie Robinson.

Originally Posted by jhenry

In my memory the number 42 always meant Jackie Robinson.

I watched the movie '42' a few weeks ago. I truly enjoyed it. It took me through some part of American baseball history.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

I watched the movie '42' a few weeks ago. I truly enjoyed it. It took me through some part of American baseball history.

Glad to hear that you liked the movie. I used to have my students read a book by Jules Tygiel about him.

Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy: Jules Tygiel: 9780195339284: Amazon.com: Books

I wonder if Robinson ever shaved with a straight razor?

Originally Posted by jhenry

Glad to hear that you liked the movie. I used to have my students read a book by Jules Tygiel about him.

Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy: Jules Tygiel: 9780195339284: Amazon.com: Books

I wonder if Robinson ever shaved with a straight razor?

That is an excellent book, especially for a baseball fan like I am. One of many books I have about baseball legends.

Originally Posted by celestino

* Thank you for your kind words, Carl! i had never heard of Caravaggio.
Also, my "i" completely understands your "i". Both our eyes see each other in the same way and we, all, will always share the same view no matter if we view it differently.

Buber, in 'I and Thou' wrote:

'There is no I as such but only the I of the basic word [pair] I-You and the I of the basic word [pair] I-It. When a man says I, he means one or the other.

What you, are saying, Celestino, is when you speak to me you are saying the basic word pair 'I-You' (or I and Thou) not 'I-It'.

Buber says (of one contemplating a tree):

But it can also happen, if will and grace are joined, that as I contemplate a tree I am drawn into a relation, and the tree ceases to be an it. The power of exclusiveness has seized me...Whatever belongs to the tree is included: its form and its mechanics, its colours and chemistry, its conversation with the stars - all this in its entirety'

On art, Buber says:

This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him.

Here's a photo I took with my Rolleicord that I called 'Confronting the Form':

Originally Posted by jhenry

Glad to hear that you liked the movie. I used to have my students read a book by Jules Tygiel about him.
Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy: Jules Tygiel: 9780195339284: Amazon.com: Books

Originally Posted by johnnypipe

That is an excellent book, especially for a baseball fan like I am. One of many books I have about baseball legends.

Ordered from Amazon. Thanks gents.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Nice darkness. Reminds me of a Caravaggio...
Narcissus, c.1597 99 - Caravaggio - www.caravaggio-foundation.org

* Thank you for your kind words, Carl! i had never heard of Caravaggio.
Also, my "i" completely understands your "i". Both our eyes see each other in the same way and we, all, will always share the same view no matter if we view it differently.

Originally Posted by sashimi

Custom silvertip badger brush

* That is a fantastic brush handle!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Buber, in 'I and Thou' wrote:

'There is no I as such but only the I of the basic word [par] I-You and the I of the basic word [par] I-It. When a man says I, he means one or the other.

What you, are saying, Celestino, is when you speak to me you are saying the basic word pair 'I-You' (or I and Thou) not 'I-It'.
Buber says (of one contemplating a tree):

But it can also happen, if will and grace are joined, that as I contemplate a tree I am drawn into a relation, and the tree ceases to be an it. The power of exclusiveness has seized me...Whatever belongs to the tree is included: its form and its mechanics, its colours and chemistry, its conversation with the stars - all this in its entirety'

On art, Buber says:

This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him.

Here's a photo I took with my Rolleicord that I called 'Confronting the Form':

* Carl, that is a lovely photo and beautiful words, my friend.
i was somewhat joking in my previous post as the view/life is continual and ceaseless without observers, just participants, reluctant or accepting. There is no need and no way to separate the water as it fluidly runs its course even though barriers are present along the way.