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  1. 09-22-2013, 03:07 AM #1
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    Thumbs up Sun September 22nd - Sat September 28th


    Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
    Razor: Thiers Issard
    Brush: Simpson Polo 10
    Lather: Xpec
    Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
    Nourishing: Xpec
    Scent: Caroline Herrera : Herrera for men

    Result: Xpec and Polo 10 is pure luxury. A+ BBS


    Enjoy lads!




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    Razor Orion Kikuboshi half hollow 13/16
    Strop Kanayama cordovan #8000
    M&F L7 in faux Tortoiseshell
    Cella crema da barba
    Alum & Thayers rose & aloe toner
    Kiehl's aftershave balm
    Guerlain vetiver Edt.

    A superb two pass shave from the Orion Kikuboshi.

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    Prep: hot shower
    Brush: Pensoftheforest,
    Razor: Iwasaki size 2
    Cream: Cyril Salter Indian Sandalwood
    AS: Myrsol Formula C
    Strops: Neil Miller
    Result: Very, very clean indeed
    Rod made me this lovely custom coffee bean handle brush and it works magic with creams, the flow through's excellent for whipping up lather in a scuttle or bowl.
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    Default SOTD -- Sunday

    Good morning friends!

    PREP: Floïd Sandolor Pre Shave Gel
    BRUSH: 24mm Shavemac D01 Extra Silver Tip 2 Band Version
    SOAP/CREAM: Jabonman - Mountain
    SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
    RAZOR: 7/8" Max Sprecher custom, 1/4 Hollow Ground, French Point,
    w/ Cobaltium M3 Mokume Gane scales + G10 Hunter Orange tapered wedge
    STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
    SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
    AS: Eau de Cologne LAVANDA Ach. Brito
    RESULT: First-class, BBS shave!



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    Sunday morning:



    L´Occitane Cadé Shaving Soap
    Morris & Forndran L7
    Puma 52
    Tüff unscented Aftershave
    Lalique Encre Noir EdT

    Thanks guys for the nice pics and shave reports last week!
    Have a nice day!
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    Default Sunday

    Prep: Hot shower
    Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
    Soap: Truefitt & Hill: Luxury Shaving Soap
    Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
    Razor: Winchester 5/8
    ASB: Caswell-Massey No.Six

    I love the smell of Caswell-Massey No.Six in the morning.
    Have a good week.

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    Shave of the midnight 09/24/13 12:05 Globalization example
    American made strop (star shaving big daddy strop)
    Mexican ceramic crafts: ceramic scuttle
    Brush handle
    Chinese silver tip knot
    British straight razor with a cocky name and American oak scales
    And Austrian shaving soap and after shave milk
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    Prep - None
    Soap - L'Occitane
    Brush - Muhle XL synthetic
    Strop - Neil Miller 3 inch Cordovan leather/English linen
    Razor - CF Schwartz & Co "High Class"
    Post - Alum block
    EDT - L'Occitane Vetyver

    Cold water face lathered shave.

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    You are making me more excited about the one I an getting through a group buy.
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    Razor: CV Heljestrand MK31 in ivory
    Brush: Edwin Jagger Best Badger
    Soap: Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad
    Strop: Tony Miller 3" Steerhide and Linen
    Aftershave: Krampert's Bay Rum

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