Thread: Sun August 25th - Sat August 31th

Prep: Lukewarm Shower
Razor: 1910 Gem Lather Catcher
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Tabac/Olive Oil Superlather
AS: Extra Virgin Olive Oil/ Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
Finish: CK Obsession
Stache: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Call me crazy but I doubt there's a razor of any kind that can match one of these with a fresh blade. The spud and face are both catfish belly smooth. After a relaxing week or so off school, tomorrow I go back into the belly of the beast. I've promised myself to enjoy my last few hours of leisure time so perhaps a beer, a pipe and some music.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Razor: 1910 Gem Lather Catcher
Call me crazy but I doubt there's a razor of any kind that can match one of these with a fresh blade. The spud and face are both catfish belly smooth. After a relaxing week or so off school, tomorrow I go back into the belly of the beast. I've promised myself to enjoy my last few hours of leisure time so perhaps a beer, a pipe and some music.

That is a rare bird! That patent razor was he first one that was made especially to accept a flat blade. Congratulations!
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

[COLOR="#0000CD"]SUNDAY

The day? Hot and slightly overcast. The Shave. How do you spell aggressive? With a well honed and stropped blade, Le Touriste! With the angle correct, it shaves a dream. A straight on a stick if you will! Green Mountain always pleases and all together the fru fru and razor made for a great shave.
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quickerer!
~Richard

OMG, Richard, what a razor! But what if the angle's not correct? You're a brave man!!!!

Originally Posted by Geezer

That is a rare bird! That patent razor was he first one that was made especially to accept a flat blade. Congratulations!
~Richard

Absolutely correct! I stumbled on this razor four or five years ago. I think I gave about $30 for it. All I knew at the time was that it was a lather catcher and I really liked lather catchers (although I had never actually used one.) Afterwards I learned that it was absolutely a superior shaving tool in every respect and indeed the first patent to accept a flat blade.

Sunday
Hot water prep
Some Spanish hollow ground razor - an American ridiculously large boar brush - a Dutch shaving soap - a cold water splash - a German scentless cream - a crew cut from the misses - a hot shower - an artisan Italian Edt

... and all of that out of focus...
Great shave. Have a nice week Gentlemen!

Great Day: Nice bike ride, leftover BBQ for lunch and a nice shave.

Hot shower, warm oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Badger in Macasser ebony body with a Lignum Vitae top cap, by Bill (Pixelfixed)
Castle Forbes Lavender Shave Cream
Dubl Duck, Pearl Duck, 7/8 Full Hollow in Burl scales
Strop 100 Laps
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Bay Rum AS
Vaseline for men

Very nice shave. This brush by pill feels so nice in the hand and the knot hold enough lather to shave 5 people. Love the big duck which has a wicker sharp edge.






Kids are back to school. Not happy about that but I was able to get a little ice cream from the creamery at Penn State.

Sunday Afternoon
Prep: Just a Splash in Water
Strop: Pure Canvas (50x), Walking Horse 3" (100x)
Brush: That Ol' Little Pure Badger
Razor: Grampa's B. Terzano, Campobasso 11/16 Half Hollow
Shaving Cream: Castle Forbes Lavender
AS: Alum block and a simple Nivea Balm and Lotion followed by Classic Pinaud Clubman



Good Night Gents

razor: Gold Dollar
soap: Bigelow Green
brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip
A/S: Pinaud's Bay Rum

Monday

Razor | Mühle R 89 | Cream | Faulding ‘Shave’ and TOBS Rose | After Shave | Musgo Real Spiced Citrus

This morning I REALLY didn’t feel like either going to work OR shaving, I’m not sure if it was the three bottles of Stout I drank yesterday or the infection in my arm from my bouldering. I battled on regardless but when the arm remained puffy and swollen and red I booked in to see the doctor. Seems I have cellulitis, so a course of antibiotics is in order and three days off work. What that means for YOU guys is I’ll be annoying you around here over the next few days more than usual, there is only SO much daytime TV one can watch.

Oh, the shave. It went very well. I put the Faulding ‘Shave’ cream in the bowl and then spied the sample of TOBS Rose, so thought I’d mix them and see what transpired. It worked well. I’ll have the try the TOBS Rose by itself tomorrow.

I might be honing a few razors over the next few days too.

I must say I’m mightily pissed off I can’t do any climbing or weights workouts this week. Bugger!

Carl

My shave on Monday:

Musgo Real pre-shave oil
Mühle Basic #02 shave brush, 21mm with Silver Tip Fibre
Martin de Candre shave soap, unscented
TI 11/16 Crown Silverwing, ¼ hollow
Bloc Osma Alum
Musgo Real Classic After shave

Just nice!