Thread: Sun February 28th - Sat March 05th

Razor. Thistle , ultra smooth and sharp as always
Strop. Kanayama #3 25/50
Brush. Pixelfixed Custom
Soap. MDC Lavender
Astringent. Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel
Nourishing. Myrsol Milk
Cologne. John Varvatos Vintage
Music. Ted Nugent, Motor City Madman
Have a great week fellows. Tc

Sunday, 2.28.2016

Warm Water Splash
Simpsons Shave Cream
Kent BK-4 Silvertip
Wacker Feinster Hohlschliff
Witch Hazel
Frank Los Angeles EdT

My Grandsons 4th birthday today, so I must look fresh and clean. This is a leap year ... Four years ago the same. If he had been born a few hours later, this would be his first birthday!

Have a great week, gents!

SOTD 2/28/16

Hot shower, while the Georgetown scuttle sets in the sink full of skin peeling hot water, warming along with the 28mm Shavemac Premium Silvertip badger..
I dribbled a little hot water on top of the Escentials Himalayan shave soap, to soften it while I showered..

Make up one of my top five Uberlathers, with the Himalayan and Escentials Shea Butter and White Tea Organic shave cream plus 5 drops of Gylcerin.. This produces copious amounts of skin conditioning lather..

I apply a couple of hot clothes to the face, and apply the first layer of the lather, taking my "Rare as Hen's Teeth" 7/8 NY made Thistle razor, I strop 25 laps on the Nylon side of the SRD Bison strop, then another 50 laps across the fast action Bison leather..
The first lather has done it job, and my beard is soft, while my face is treated to awesome conditioning, another hot cloth to wipe way the lather and warm the face and it is time to lather for effect..

The lather stays nice and warm inside the Georgetown scuttle the brush swirls and lifts the beard hair, I leave the lather for a minute or so to set and lift the beard..

Picking up the wickedly sharp Thistle, I draw the first pass from that Shapton 30k edge, barely even touching my face, the edge is simply skimming along the water and lather.. You can barely even hear the hairs pop even with a full hollow since the lather has done it's job.
First pass complete with the grain, and another hot cloth follows to warm the face, a hot water rinse and I am ready for another pass..

The lather is applied for a second pass, only I go very light and a little more wet, this allows for a multi-directional pass that cleans up anything I missed the first time through..
That is it, I am done shaving and another hot cloth is used to wipe the face...

I do a couple of cold water rinses and then fill the sink with cold water a cloth and some ice.. I wait a few minutes and apply the Iced cloth..

Perfection, followed by a healthy splash of Pusser's West Indian Lime Aftershave...



Shave On !!!!

~Lewis

Tom... You've got gear man...
Respect.
Thanks.

Sunday

RAF Razors bastard file razor
Torolf strop
Kanion cream
Generic badger brush
Cold splash
Thayer's Rose witch hazel
Proraso green tea & oats balm
Hot towel
Nivea cream
Turkish Verbena EdT

Tunes: Oscar Peterson on Jazzy Piano

Glen, when you call something wicked sharp, that leaves the rest of us wondering what that might feel like. For lots of us you're a reference point when it comes to honing and perfecting edges. Wicked sharp in your world is probably too dangerous for most of us to handle/touch.

Thanks for sharing your story.
Wish mine were that sharp.

Sunday night shave time

Pret: Sauna with hot shower

TI Silverwing limited edition (177) razor for my face

Merkur DE with Astra blades for my underarms

DOVO double sided paddle strop

Old Spice Original shaving cream

Classic edge badger brush

Edwin Jagger mug and sea buckthorn aftershave

Originally Posted by sashimi

Glen, when you call something wicked sharp, that leaves the rest of us wondering what that might feel like. For lots of us you're a reference point when it comes to honing and perfecting edges. Wicked sharp in your world is probably too dangerous for most of us to handle/touch.

Thanks for sharing your story.
Wish mine were that sharp.

I think I know how sharp wicked sharp is: by reading Glen's post my shave, which I had completed several hours earlier, was suddenly smoother and closer!

Joe Edson Custom Damascus//Westholme//Shavemac//Al's Calypso

Pre
Hot Towel
Floids Pre Shave Oil
Cremo Shaving Cream
Shave
T. Noonan & Sons KO Special
Mickey Lee Soapworks 'The Kraken'
Omega Hi-Brush
Post
Cold Towel
Shavex Alum Bar
Nivea AB

Stay safe all and have a good week!!