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Have a Great Wednesday Gents!

Wade & Butcher: For Barber's Only
TOBS Lemon & Lime
Old Spice

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

16 april 2014

razor: MASTRO LIVI RWL34 8/8 SPIKE POINT
brush: SIMPSON CHUBBY 3 SUPER BADGER
soap: BARBIERE DI FIGARO MISTERO
after shave: FLOID BLUE
MASTRO LIVI'S STROP

SOTD 2014.04.16
Aliante

Pre: Bottega Verde Sapone al Burro di Karité
Lather: Le Pére Lucien Savon du Barbier in BaChenLite Box
Brush: Liojuny Tampa Finest 2-band 23x54x114mm
Method: Face Lathering with Brush Scuttle Silver-Ceramic
Razor: GEM Micromatic 1947 Flying Wing Bullet Tip
Blade: GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #1
Pass: WTG/ATG
Post: SFR by Proraso Controfuoco AS Balm
AS: Axe Africa AS Lotion
Frag: BV Uomo Legno Marino EDT Vapo


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Soundtrack: The Last of the Mohicans (OST) - Main Theme

SOTD :

Three "14", one Monserrat pre-Fila (probably from José's father), one Fila 14 DT, and one "german" 14, who looks exactly like the 14 DT (I wonder if it's not a re-named Fila).

Soap Tcheon Fung Sing Almond,
Brush Vie-Long horse and boar.



None of them is mine, the two Monserrat were home for restoration, and the "german" one was lent to me by a friend, I wanted to see if there were any different feeling during the shave.

There were not really... The blade of the Monserrat father is a little more rigid, and the german was a little more soft (probably because it was shaving for a longer time).

Pretty good shave

16 April 2014

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridiums
* M&F 2XL Heritage 3-Band
* Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
* Unrefined Shea Butter

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Prep: Warm Water Wash
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Edwin Jagger 23mm Synthetic
Soap: WSO Bill the Barber
Scuttle: Aesop Stainless Bowl
Post: Fine American Blend ASL

Plisson Joris Gold Plated Engraved Razor
Feather
MWF
WSP Monarch Silvertip
Dove Post Balm
Old Spice Cologne
SRD Mother Earth Scuttle

Double Action Shave :-)

Pre: Hot Shower
Soap: Castle Forbes Cedarwood & Sandalwood Shaving Cream
Brush: Semogue 830
Strop: Leder-Tradition.de XXL-Juchten
Razor: Joseph Elliot "Best Silver Steel" 13/16" Wedge Vs. G. Kremser Breme Special 5/8" 1/1 Hollow & Thin grounded
Directions: With / Tangential & Against the Grain
After: Hattrick AS

May this “Hump Day” signal that “the worst is over!”

Type “D” Schick: 1935, American Mug, EverReady” Butterscotch, Stirling Bay Rum, vintage HESS Rose face lotion.

The Day? Cloudy and 32ºF /0ºC. The Shave? I now remember why my Dad often left for work with little bits of TP stuck to his face. There are “corners” on the blade! A very assertive razor and one pass is all I need today! All the other players made a fun shave!
The Schick “D” was the first “injector razor", it also opened for cleaning as in the photo. An opening feature was not seen again till the Hydro-Magic of 1955. They must have figured out that they were in the business of selling a lot of blades for their, relatively cheap in cost, razors! An aside: The early Schick razors used a lot of Beryllium copper in their manufacture. It was later designated a possible carcinogen during manufacturing but not in stable( finished) products. For worker safety they may have phased out any production using that material.

~Richard