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Yesterday Evening's Shave

I would have liked this to be an all-Belgian shave, unfortunately I don't think there were ever shaving brushes made in Belgium so I made do with a two-band Thäter.

An 8/8" more-or-less hollow ground Pierard-Lefebvre. One of the very few razor brands of which I'm certain that is was actually made in Belgium, in the cutlery town of Gembloux. I happen to have three of these in my collection, and they're all splendid razors.

Shaving cream and aftershave balm by baume.be. The shaving cream is good and is part of my shaving cream/soap rotation, the aftershave balm is my all-time favourite. I use it almost exclusively, the only other product I use is the Esbjerg Verbena milk.

The coticule was cut by yours truly from raw rock (my advice for those of you who would like to do this themselves: just don't, it's too hard unless you have the right tools). It then broke, but I managed to patch it up.

Cheers folks !

Prep - None
Soap - Vitos Red
Brush - Muhle XL synthetic
Strop - Neil Miller 3 inch Cordovan leather/English linen
Razor - Premier Cutlery Co Ltd Germany "Premier King"
Post - Alum block
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Cold water face lathered shave. Man, I don't like the smell of Vitos Red or Cella for that matter. Too bad, they are both decent soaps.

Bob

22/8/2013



Pre : Claus Porto glycerine soap
Soap : Tabac
Brush : Bullardo boar
Razor : 1969 Gillette "Black beauty" (#9 setting)
Blade : Israeli-made Personna
Post : Cold water, alum block
A/S : Old Spice

Finish : BBS

Proraso pre cream
G5
26mm High Mountain Badger in Juniper handle
MNS Lime
Elyria Hardware M.I. Germany 5/8" 'Our Best'
Proraso AS
Iggy's Balm

This is one of the smallest blades I own, has a lot of hone wear, but I love the scales and it holds a great edge. Someone must have really loved this a long time ago too.
And below is a picture from the bike path when my wife and I went for a ride Tuesday. It runs along a river and has some really pretty scenery.

Have a Great Thursday Gents!

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

That's one great looking blade, I'm on the look out for a big Wade & Butcher blade for a project I have in mind, would love to come across one like that.

Jamie.

Thanks,
That blade was lying in Robert Williams' tool box without scales. After many trips to his shop and some begging, I convinced him to put scales on it and then you know the end.

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Thanks,
That blade was lying in Robert Williams' tool box without scales. After many trips to his shop and some begging, I convinced him to put scales on it and then you know the end.

Wow! What I wouldn't give for a little peek inside Robert Williams tool box.

Jamie.

La Toja - Semogue 830 - G. Butler & Co. - Myrsol Blue

Friday

Razor | De Pews | Cream | Irisch Moos | Eau de Cologne | Ach Brito Lavanda

The De Pews did a sterling job this morning, I really have, I think, got this razor sharp after a long battle. I’m really enjoying the Irisch moose cream, it lathers very easily, is a very creamy cream and has a nice scent. The Lavanda Eau de Cologne went well over top.

On the way to work I again listened to Dr Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech followed by gospel music. I’m really enjoying starting off my day listening to this speech (or sermon). I love the ‘call and answer’ aspect, with the background responses, the power and emotion of his voice, the Biblical poetry and references and most of all the message.

I guess what I find also sad is at the end he says “…And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"and I guess that hasn’t happened yet, has it? I guess we’re not free at last, are we? I do mean ‘we’ and not only people of colour, for he says also “The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.”

I guess it’s true. We cannot walk alone, and if we seek to do so, we are not free at last…

(Sorry to be off topic and for the long post, I was going to tell you about my workout, but I chose this)

Carl