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Originally Posted by WW243

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The fading of Christmas. My favorite ornament is in the pic, a spider. It was purchased from a church Christmas sale decades ago. As the tree nears its end I always think of dismantling a tree many many moons ago when my son was about 5. I was up on a stepladder taking down the highest ornaments when I heard a sound behind me that I did not recognize. I turned to look, and my son was sobbing. That always reminds me to look at Christmas through the eyes of a child.
Have a Super 2016!

Beautiful, we're just taking down our tree now, just read that to my wife, we were both saying the same thing, thanks for that and Happy New Year!

Friday 1 January 2016



New Year's Day Shave

Everytime I shave I always think a lot about what to pick for shaving. Which razor - this is easy as I usually end up picking a Mastro Livi - which soap or cream, which aftershave, which brush. Everytime I shave I always think I have too many soaps and I really mean this. I think I now have about one hundred different soaps, to which are added the ones I personally make. For this reason, everytime it is very hard to pick one but I have to make a decision. This time I opted for this Geo. F. Trumper Spanish Leather Shaving Cream and I admit I liked it, fragrance in particular. I also opted for this very special Mastro Livi razor, a very limited edition of which have been made just three of them. It was in fact made in occasion of the meet up we had with a bunch of fellow wet shavers in Perugia at Mastro Livi's laboratory one year ago - 13.12.2014 is the date of the meet up, 13 december 2014 - and this is the razor made for celebrating that event. A great straight razor made of stainless steel, a super performer, super smooth and velvety, for an impeccable shave.

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather Shaving Cream
• Brush: Omega Bristle Brush #49 Red
• Bowl: Bamboo Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Medium Loom Strop "Coramella Italiana" and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi "Perugia 13.12.14", 15/16 Full Hollow, Spanish Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: Suavecito Bay Rum

Originally Posted by altus

John Vickery, 46 Old Street (mop and piquet work, c.1850)
Travel brush in silver plated (1879)
shaving soap "Bay Rum by Freelander"

Happy New Year everyone!

Awesome vintage setup! Especially love that razor.
Been attempting to collect vintage, obscure Sheffield manufacturers ( it is Sheffield, isn't it ) and have never run across a Vickers before. Any more info on it? Not much on Google.

F.W.Engels Perfection
Oscar11 boar brush
Martin de Candre soap
Paco Rabanne pour Homme EDT

Happy New Year



Preshave: hot shower and homemade PSO
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Razor: Mid 1800's John Barlow
Post: Witch hazel, L'Occitane Cade ASB
AS: L'Occitane Veyver EDT

First shave of the New Year with my trusty Barlow and a slew of L'Occitane products my wife got me for X-mas. This soap is awesome, nice, easy lather and smells wonderful. Really enjoy the Vetyver AS also, subtle but noticeable.

A Happy New Year to you all!!!! :-)

The First Shave of the Year :-)

Pre: Warm Water
Soap: Rumble59 Schmiere Abschaum Shaving Soap
Brush: Plisson Grey Badger
Strop: Leder-Tradition.de XXL-Juchten
Razor: TI Crownwing 11/16"
Directions: With & Tangential
After: Pinaud AS

A very special razor, endfinished on a good thuringian:



soap "the ephiphany" I colonialy, after that I colonialy emulsian and for inner use a good Finlaggan "The original peaty" cask strenght!
That made my day!

Razor: Maggard V2/MR8 Handle
Blade: 7a.m Plus Durablade
Brush: WD Synthetic
Suds: RazoRock XXX
ASL: TOBS Eton College



Good Day Gents!

Razor: 6/8 Revisor

Brush: Omega Pro 49

Soap: Palmolive Shave Stick

Scent: Patrick Dempsy II

A simple picture but a wonderful shave. This razor is so well balanced it seems to shave all by itself! Two passes and a touch up on the lower neck for a BBS shave.

Happy New Year to everyone around the world.

Happy New Year 2016!

C.V. Heljestrand No.24
L'Occitane Plisson synth w/Rudy Vey PJ style handle
Tabac
English Leather a/s (new)
English Leather cologne (vintage)