Thread: Sun April 19th - Sat April 25th

Kanayama #3 Strop
Plisson HMW Badger Brush
Castle Forbes Unscented Pre-Shave
Tabac Shaving Soap
Fine Platinum AS

Wade and Butcher, 9/8, "Magnum Bonum"...good clean fresh shave, off to the gym on a beautiful, sunny Friday afternoon.

Beautiful razor!

Blade: Late-1960s Schick "Easy Rider" (M31)
Brush: "Frank", Sterling-silver in Silvertip Badger 14mm
Suds: QED Sandalwood
Skin: C&E Sandalwood ASB
Scent: Fresh Cannabis Santal

Commemorating 100 years since the ANZAC (Australia & New Zealand Army Corps) arrived on the beach at Gallipoli

* An old Bengall Razor that belonged to my grandfather (though not from military service)
* A plain brush.
* A hand mirror reflecting the NZ National War Memorial

Nothing fancy would have been available to those who served.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They shall sleep with honour as do we;

This post commemorates the 100th anniversary of the landing of the combined Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915. The razor I have chosen is a Bengall 6/8 of the period. The brush is a plain bristle and the soap is Sunlight, which would have been typical of the time and place. The soldiers would have stropped their razors on anything that fell to hand, probably canvas or a leather belt. The only aftershave was water, sea or otherwise.

The backdrop seen here is an extract from my Great Uncle's service records showing him being wounded at Gallipolli - he survived that battle but died on the Somme in France 2 years later.

Lest we forget

Friday
Hot water prep
Gens 14 razor - Scrupleworks strop - LaToja cream - custom silvertip badger brush - cold splash - hot shower - Purol vaseline - Olfactive studio Amber Indigo EdT

Have a great weekend gentlemen!

My ANZAC day post dawn service celebrating the 100th year of ANZAC remberance
This mornings shave was a rather basic traditional shave as follows

Prep: 100 Lapps on my DIY Kangaroo leather strop then a cold water face wash
Brush: my Grandfathers Butterfly boar brush
Lather:cold water face lathered Crabtree & Evelyn Moroccan Myrrh hard soap
Razor: Bengall 6/8" Spanish point
Shave: cold water 2 pass
Finished with Aum block only

Bengall

An early morning shave to commemorate ANZAC day.

As a New Zealander waking up under an Aussie sun I am touched to think of the incredible bonds forged between our countries in times of war and the sacrifices made by so many to ensure our way of life.

Lest we forget.



ANZAC Day 2015

Razor: James Johnson Cast Steel 'Dulce' (From well before WW1 but this razor would have seen it all)
Brush: SRP LE 2011 Thäter
Lather: Trumper's Sandalwood

I jumped the gun a bit but I managed to find time today and come back to post here.

The jacket belongs to my dad from his days in the Army.

Razor: Bengall Spike Point 6/8"
Lather: Mama Bear's Cedar
The scuttle is a generic one. I'm sure some of the officers would have had the luxury of shaving with hot water, not like the boys in the trenches.

Lest We Forget