Thread: Sunday April 25 ~ Saturday May 1

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, April 30, 2021

End of the Month Reflections

Welcome to Mitchell’s Wool Fat Fatboy Friday! It’s a bright sunny day here in the western Philadelphia burbs, and the perfect day for a great dome shave, albeit with the bulky Gillette TTO FB head design. Fortunately, for me, my goatee gets me an upper lip pass, so no issues! I also do enjoy shaving the mug with the Boker & Co. French Point. This little razor just works for me, particularly in the toe down neck pass that can be tricky with a larger blade. One of my good shave buddies is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new Kravchenko shave hatchet. This will be his second, the first came from another artisan.

There is no question that they’re beautifully crafted. I prefer the traditional 19th century vintage lines and blade sizes of a classic straight razor like my little cast steel Boker French Point. I can’t attribute this shave hatchet, cleaver-looking aesthetic trend to millennial tastes, as my son, a fifty something and a very well-respected almost eighty something straight razor forum admin are fans as well. But that kind of variety of taste is why I enjoy this hobby of ours so much. I expect at some point, I’ll attempt a shave with one of these whisker cleavers, but until then I have more than enough traditionally sized straight razors to keep me well-occupied.

The shave this morning to the background refrain of my favorite super group, all musicians of my age, the Traveling Wilbury’s “End of the Line”, was uneventfully superb. The key to a great straight razor shave is taking one’s time and really “being there”, focused and involved. It’s almost a form of meditation for me in the mornings. It’s one of the two times of day for this old retiree that’s all mine! The ‘Honey Do’ list disappears. My favorite shave soap, the variety of shave tools that change each day, and that wonderfully smooth, clean, cool, and refreshing result set the tone for the rest of the day. The other time is when I’m working on my TR6.

RAZOR: Boker & Co. Sheffield Cast Steel French Point (Mug), Gillette Fatboy
BLADE: Kai DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rearden Razor 316L SS Tuxedo Synth
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with L’Occitane Cade AS Balm.

https://youtu.be/UMVjToYOjbM

130 shaves and counting on this one.
'Granite & Lace'
Tripoli Boarhide Strop
ARKO
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Nivea Shave Balm

SOTD 20210430 Kakashi
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Liojuny Shaving Tampa
Finest Badger 3-band, 23x54x114mm
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Kakashi Soap Calendula *
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Riccardo Tonarini Kakashi *
RTL18, 21x65mm (⅞”), 85g, Spine 6mm, Quarter Hollow, French Point,
No Jimps, Shoulderless, Brown Water Buffalo Horn Scales
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#ShavingSoap #Test



Full size:
https://imgur.com/9A76Q4M
Soundtrack:
Ashes Remain - On My Own
(Kakashi Hatake AMV by Uchiba)
https://youtu.be/6_ldGD9ZHVs

* Grazie a Vincenzo Pitrelli

1 May 2021

Blackbird Brass SB 101
Wizamet Iridium Super
WSP 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
Unrefined Shea Butter
Bergamot/Vetiver EO

An Amazing Shave!


Razor: Unknown Swedish (H.V.H.) - 5/8" FH

1 - May - 2021
Mystic Water Lily of The Valley/Semogue Soc/Ern Sword/Myrsol Plastic Shave AS

Saturday's Shave

Preshave: Argan Oil Soap
Soap: Pannacrema Rosa
Brush: 30mm Hulk Synbad
Razor: Joh Enstrom Frameback
Spalsh: Hega Original
Balm: Bema Balm
EDT: 401 E Amatrice

Saturday, May 1, 2021. . This is my first post in this Forum.
Flöid pre shave oil. Wholly Kaw, Fougère bouquet: Shaving soap, tonner & balm aftershave. Heinrich L. Thater, synthetic hair, butterscotch. Alberto Castro, C145sc, yew scales. Lalique, pour homme, EdT.

Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Omega Evo
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Martin de Candre
Balm: Alvarez Gomez
Finale: Paul Sebastian
Coffee: Kenya
Music: Beethoven — Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”

Saturday's Shave
'Feathers & Bones'
Tripoli Boarhide Strop
ARKO
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Nivea Shave Balm