Thread: Sun November 10th - Sat November 16th

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Otto Deutsch Hans
Brush: Simpson Polo 10
Lather: Dr Gray's Key Lime
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Nourishing: Mundus

Comments: Always enjoy shaving with the Otto Deutsch. It's a class on its own.

Happy Shaving Gents.

Sunday


Razor | Klas Törnblom Frameback | Superlather | Tabac cream/Mike’s Natural Pine and Cedarwood soap
After Shave | Tabac

Wonderful bedroom shaving stand shave. Music to shave by was Portuguese lounge music. The lather mix was excellent; I REALLY like these two mixed together; the creamiest lather ever – you should try it. Two passes, a small nick and some discernible hairs still left around the corner of my jaw. I think the razor may need a refresh, but a nice relaxing shave nevertheless.

Today I've been lying in the sun reading after mowing the lawn. A slightly cloudy but still fine day. A slightly annoying day. A day where you look outside and see the sun on the grass and the black and white cows in the distance and think 'How nice, I might take a book into the garden and read it'. And you gather the book and a beer and venture out and by the time you've got there it's cloudy and cold. So you return inside only to see it's sunny again...

Carl

Red Imp 133 full hollow 5/8
Kanayama cordovan #8000
Semogue OC Boar & Badger 2012 special
Kiehl's lite flite
Witch hazel
Kiehl's aftershave balm
Tom Ford black orchid Eau de parfum

Sunday morning:



L´Occitane Cade Shaving Soap
Morris & Forndran L7
HishaKaku 6/8
Boots Bay Rum
Comme des Garçons Odeur 53 EdT

Have a nice new week!

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 30mm Simpson CHUBBY 2 Best Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Arabian Spice Shaving Soap, Chelsea's Soap Garden - Natural Handmade Soap
RAZOR: 7/8" J.A. Henckels Friodur, stainless steel, square point, w/Worked back and White Ebony scales
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Geo. F. Trumper West Indian Extract of Limes Skin Food
RESULT: Great shave



Have a nice week,
Béla

Razor: Henckels Friodur 8/8 (totally into Henckels at the moment)
Strop: Tony Miller steerhide (almost too nice to use)
Brush: Simpson's Polo 12 (older Somerset version)
Soap: Valobra (my current alternate to MdC)
A/S: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood balm (anyone else have a growing sandalwood a/s collection?)

Have a great week!

Sunday Morning
Hot water prep
Iwasaki kamisori - new large select Coticule - New Forest silvertip badger - TOBS Lavender - Cold water splash - T&H 1805 balm - Penhaligon's Eau de Verveine EdT

A fine shave off the new Coti. So happy I got this.
Many good things come from Belgium.
Have a great week gentlemen!

Strop: MickR's Roo Hide
Brush: Silvertip Badger In Cocobolo
Uber: Proraso Soap, C. O.Bigelow cream, glycerine
Razor: Simmon's Barber's Pet 5/8
Astringent: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: Proraso

After cutting myself last shave, I elected to go with the little 5/8 spike pointed Barber's Pet to help me work around the new Movember Mo.
It gave me a great 2 pass shave.



And the Mo is coming along nicely too.

Have a great week boys, and thanks for the posts and pics
Grant

Since my Dad passed last May I I've not enjoyed straight razor shaving at all. I closely associated my enjoyment of Straight razors with him. It was one of the things I remember enjoying with just me and Dad. I remember going to the barber with him as a young kid and watching the barber shave and cut his hair and then I would get my hair trimmed as well. As I got older we would go to the barber together and get a shave and hair cut.
When he passed, for 30 days I only shaved when required, then used a DE much of the time. During the summer I was away from home for 5 weeks and only used a multi blade. Since then I have not used a straight razor. The few times I used a Str8, I did not enjoy it at all, it was just labor.
Yesterday I finally thought about how a str8 shave would be nice. I took the first Str8 I ever used, my favorite shave cream and a Bill (Pixelfixed ) brush and went and showered and shaved.
It was very nice and thank goodness muscle memory is long lasting. I was afraid I would butcher myself. Three passes and my face was smoother than it has been in a long time.
This one was for him. Miss him terribly.

Thanks for letting me vent a bit.

How shower, warm oil
Dirty bird scuttle
Custom Badger, by Bill
Castle Forbes Lavender Shave cream
Wade and Butcher, 5/8 Full hollow, Barbers notch
Home made strop, 100 laps
Hot towels
Razorock Aluminum
Aramis After shave and after shave balm

Prep - None
Soap - Vitos Red
Brush - Muhle Retro silver tip
Strop - Neil Miller 3 inch shell Cordovan leather/English linen
Razor - CF Schwartz & Co
Post - Alum block
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Cold water face lathered shave.

Bob