Thread: Sun January 05th - Sat January 11th

SOTD 2014.01.06
Provember challenge Day#67

Pre: Oleolito LCC
Lather: HTGM Synergy Soap Cavendish Tobacco
Brush: Shavemac 173 Silvertip D01 24x50x95mm
Method: Face Lathering with Brush Scuttle
Razor: Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power
Blade: Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power Multi-5 (66: WTG/XTGN/ATG)
Post: Denim Original AS Lotion
Frag: Ischia Thermae EDT Vapo


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Soundtrack: Beatles - Let It Be


"There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be"
(Cit.)


Happy Epiphany

I got the D.R . Harris for Christmas ,very nice. You get a lot of lather with very little product!

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

With the predicted high today of 1, yes 1 deg. F. (-17 C) thought I would go with just a neck shave for the next couple of days...
AOS Badger
MWF
Brummel 18
Proraso AS
Iggy's Balm

Have a Great Monday Gents!

You are having a heat wave. Right now at 11:04 AM CST it is -25F with a wind chill of -60F. We won't see your balmy temps until this coming weekend.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Prep: CADE Oil
Razor: PILS with Personna Med Prep Blade
Soap: CADE Soap
Brush: Semogue Il Rasoio 2012 LE #68
Scuttle: SWK
Post: CADE Balm

Shine on through the night...

Prep: TGC soap lather
Suds: Castle Forbes Lavender Cream
Brush: Semogue 1305 (this brush is a real latherer)
Blade: Dovo Bismarck
A/S: Castle Forbes Lavender Balm
Sort of an aristocratic shave today



Good afternoon gents!!!

Originally Posted by ale8kid

I got the D.R . Harris for Christmas ,very nice. You get a lot of lather with very little product!

Quite like the DR Harris myself, and the Thoreau is one of my favorites!!

Cheers!

Do you know that feeling after restoring and sharpening a piece of Rust and then shaving with it for the First Time?
If yes, you know how i felt a few minutes ago :-)
After a long time of polishing and grinding (did a restauration, not a rennovation) i sharpened this Dumas Aine 32 Razor
and had a unexpected good Shave with it :-)

Pre: Hot Shower
Soap: Castle Forbes Limes Shaving Cream
Brush: Semogue 830
Strop: Leder-Tradition.de XXL-Juchten
Razor: Dumas Aine 32 6/8"+, 1/1 Hollow (possibly regrounded some decades ago), thick grounded edge
Directions: With/Tangential and particulary Against the Grain
After: Mennen Skin Bracer AS (US-Version, the only real Skin Bracer)

Mod Cabin Grooming oil * Fitjar fjellhiem * Weber (head shave) * Fjellhiem Balm * Mod cabin Beard balm
Was trying to go for a snowy cold looking pic (you can only do so much with a cell phone haha
Fitjar fjellhiem just puts me in mind of being on a snowy mountain among the pines

Blade: Geneva Cutlery Co. Pyramid 7N "SS" (Geneva, NY) 5/8
Brush: Plisson #12 in Pure Black Badger 22mm
Suds: TGQ Leatherneck
Scent: TGQ Leatherneck