Thread: Sun January 12th - Sat January 18th

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Genco
Brush: C2
Lather: Al's Shaving
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Nourishing: Mundus

Comments: A very relaxing and refreshing shave.

Enjoy the new week boys.

Filarmonica 14 Para Professional full hollow 8/8
Kanayama cordovan #8000
Semogue OC 2012 special Boar & badger mix
TFS bergamot & neroli hard soap
Witch hazel
TFS bergamot & neroli aftershave balm
Diptyque Tam Dao Eau de Parfum

Sunday morning:



Valobra Shaving Soap
M & F L7 Blonde Badger
Iwasaki Kamisori
Tüff unscented Aftershave
Profumi del Forte Tirrenico EdP

Have a nice day and thanks for the great shave reports and pics last week!

Prep: Sauna
Brush: New Forest
Razor: C V Heljestrand no 9 ½, from Eskilstuna Sweden
Soap: Castle Forbes, Lime
AS: Myrsol Limon
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
HAd some heavy growth, but this razor had no problems what so ever with that

Sunday
Hot water prep
Bartmann No86 razor - Coate's shaving cream - Carl Monkhouse boar brush - cold water splash - Proraso Oat & green tea balm - Arlington after shave

Perfect relaxed start of the week. Smooth in two passes and refreshed.
Have a great week gentlemen!

Village Barber Oil
Nivea sensitive Shaving Cream
No name 'father' brush
KOBAYASHI Kamisori
Cold Water
Bay Rum Mr Von Tiki

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Moreton & Langley's razor 13/16
ASB: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
soundtrack: Anne-Sophie Mutter: Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata Nº 2 in A major, Op. 100 #1

Unhurried, comfortable and relaxing shave.
Have a great week.

Prep - None
Soap - Fitjar "Slatteroy"
Brush - Muhle XL synthetic silver tip
Strop - Neil Miller 3 inch shell Cordovan leather/English linen
Razor - Thomas Turner "M&D Canada"
Post - Alum block
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Cold water face lathered shave

Bon

A rare shave this morning , I used my new arrived " Pepys & co ( mpagny )", " London made" on the back of the tang.

I 've already wrote (mostly in english) a review on the french forum "coupe chou club" and "leretourducoupechou" here:

Pepys and cie London made (on y parle de WOOTZ)

It is rare because authentically made out of Wootz ​​by a great scientist, also son of a London Cutler, and culter himself, who has conducted research on Wootz steel in parallel with Stoddart and the famous Faraday.

For "safety" I also had two other English razors restaured and honed the very same day. A A. Jordan Sheffield "the AAAI brooklyn " ( probably a razor made ​​for the brooklyn american association of artists and Interprets founded in 1917 ) and a microtome William Ragg Sheffield, honed as a Kamisori ( 7 ratio on the flat / 1 on the hollow)

Results : with the Peyps : I do not feel the blade, his he cutting, am I asking to myself ? Oh yes, incredible softness while being very efficient. It reminds me a 1820 Rodgers that left me the same impression of sweet caress. Delightfull !

I made two passes with him, and for the last I suspected that this feeling is not only due the quality of the razor, but to a meticullousand very good preparation ( hot shower and facial massage) so I picked up the tow others more "hard" , but equally effective

Time for the pictures ( the soap is the old school "gentlemen and officers" from Trumper, shaving brush made ​​by Shengouille from the CCC, Cologne Roger Gallé from the original recipe of Farella )









I'm very happy as you can imagine !

Razor – Russian Gravura
Brush –Pixelfixed custom boar
Soap – Mikes Hungarian lavender
AST – Osma Alum
EDP –Mrysol Agua Balsamica

This is some high quality steel. I had another one that had a Hydrofoil etched on the blade. The edge will hold a long time. Great gear guys. Happy shaving!
MIke