Sunday:
5/8 Joseph Allen & Sons
Simpson's Special best
Musgo Real sc
Booster Mosswood a/s
Penhaligon's English Fern Edt.
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/di...?imageid=12251
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Sunday:
5/8 Joseph Allen & Sons
Simpson's Special best
Musgo Real sc
Booster Mosswood a/s
Penhaligon's English Fern Edt.
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/di...?imageid=12251
Sunday
TI 5/8 round point | EJ super | Institut Karite | Creed Vetiver (1948)
http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/a...hpZnnq4RPM.jpg
Shavemac 22mm Genuine Horn Pure
Institut Karite Soap / Penhaligon's Blenheim Cream
3" TM Artisan Strops
7/8 Mastro Livi Damascus Horn
Thayer's Lavender WH
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet EDT
Very nice :)
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...DSC00147-1.jpg
C.V. Heljestrand No. 31
Vulfix Pure BB
Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes SC
Dickinson's WH
Casewell & Massey Green Brair AS
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSCN0170.jpg
Kind regards,
5/8 "Ladwig's Special"
C&E BBB
Tryphon's Rose SC
SCS Savory Rose AS
C&E West Indian Lime EDC
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1209348763
Sweet Photo Erick!! :tu
C.V. Heljestrand 6/8
C&E BBB
J.M. Fraser's SC
Thayers WH
Old Spice AS
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSCN0176.jpg
Kind regards,
My goodness!! There are some amazing razors in this week's thread!!
Shower
Hot water in coffee mug
nice looking deer horn-handled brush into hot water
I wrung out the brush and fump! badger hair detached from horn handle.
Several attempts to lather using handle fail
Analog clock on wall ticking off the seconds before I am late for work
4 Year old boy wondering what all the :rant: is about
More water on drying face
Chinese badger brush in hot water
More proraso shaving cream
A blast of water from the faucet
Decent lather, surprisingly, quickly rubbed through beard
Nicked Tony Miller strop
4 Year old using Chinese eBay brush applied lather to face and ears then was booted out of bathroom
Freshly honed and nick-stropped 5/8 Wostenholm in a WTG XTG hybrid maneuver
Presentable shave, no razorburn, no redness, no nicks :shrug:
Lots of stubble
5/8 L.West
Medium Vulfix 660 Pure
QED Fresh Lime SS
Blue Floid AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1209434077
First time I've shaved within a few days after the previous shave. Usually I go for a week between shaves, no-one to impress lol. However, have a couple of Dr's appointments this week.
My chosen implements of destruction:
brush: Everready Pure Badger
Shave Cream: C&E Nomad - still trying out some of the creams I purchased from B&B's bst thread-still doesn't compare with Colleen's Cavendish Black
Razor: Genco 5/8 roundpoint that I won in the newbie giveaway about a year ago. - still one of my best shavers
strop as always: Bear Brand
a/s balm bigelow bay rum
results: bbs as always, no slips, no bleeders, very little burn
Tue.
Rooney 1/1 Finest
TM RL Strop
Vintage(?) Floris Shave Soap (the one that came with my scuttle - no scent)
Wostenholm 7/8 IXL
DR Harris Sandalwood A/S
Floris Sandalwood EDT
A nice old school English shave.
Now its off to the city to buy some more shaving stuff and have a good cigar with a nice Scotch. Its gonna be a good day. :tu
Jordan
Shavemac horn handle Silvertip
Colleen's Bay rum and orange soap used with Geo F Trumpers Violets cream mixed with 5 drops glycerine to make an Uberlather
King of Shaves pre shave oil
TR Cadman Bengall 6/8 round point freshly honed
Robert Outram 3" brushed leather w/linen strop
Alum block finish with a spritz of Jo Malone Lime, Mandarin & Basil Cologne.
Boker Red Injun 102 6/8
Rooney 2/1 super
Proraso SC
Alum post shave
Pinaud Clubman AS
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSCN0186.jpg
Kind regards,
Tuesday:
5/8 Case "Red Imp 133"
TM 3" Heirloom Horsehide w/linen
Shavemac LE
Blenheim Bouquet sc
Castle Forbes Limes asb
Taylor's No.74 Lime Edt.
11/16 H.Eicker & Sohne "Biedermeier"
AoS Pure Badger
Wilkinson Sword Blue SS
Aqua Velva AS
Murray & Lanman Florida Water
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1209521232
Tonight's shave was interesting. Had a friend over who had never seen a straight shave before. As they were getting ready to leave, I was getting things ready to shave and he spotted me. He ended up watching me shave (which was a first) and left incredibly excited.
Also, tonight wasn't the best night.
Razor: Geneva 5/8 Spike
Soap: William's
AS: Witch Hazel, AoS Balm, Pinaud Clubman
The lather bowl fell in the water, ruined my lather. The blade needs a touch-up on a barber's hone or pasted strop.
Overall...presentable.
~Chris
Thiers-Issard "Art Deco" Griffon Design, 5/8
Kent BK4
Eshave white tea cream
L'Occitane Cade aftershave
Fourth shave ever... The first two WTG and XTG were wonderful... but I couldn't finish the ATG with this wonderful razor... to much feedback yet :eek: Will go back to my 1/4 grind tomorrow. Need to gain confidence...
OK I am pretty good at restores, at scales, even at honing razors, but getting a picture to display in the large format is beyond my skill set obviously... :thinking:
I uploaded my SOTD pic to Photobucket, could somebody please tell me how to get it to display in the nice large format that some of you guys are using...:shrug:
Hey Glen,
Under (or beside) your picture in Photobucket, there is a field that says "Direct Link" with some URL next to. Click on the URL (it should copy as soon as you click it), then on SRP click on the "insert Image" icon in the text editor. Paste the URL in the popup and click Ok. That should do it!
It will place your URL in between IMG tags to make the picture show.
Chris
Quote:
Originally Posted by cwrighta70
OK that works but the image is freaking huge, so do I have to down size the image somehow?????? when I up load should I use a different default load size???? HELP:eek:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...SOTD/005-1.jpg
YES!!!!!!! I got it Thanks for your help Chris!!!!
My Spring Time shave :y All limes and such!!!
Haha, yeah I believe the image would need to be sized down/compressed before uploading it. Most of the photo programs (like Microsoft Picture Manager or whatever it is) allow you to compress to Website or Email sizes. You might try that.
I've been using a Mac for quite some time now, so I have a hard time remembering the processes on the PC. On the Mac, I can just compress to email.
Also, I'm not sure if Photobucket has this option, but sites like ImageShack allow to compress for website use as you're uploading. You might try that.
You can get around the lack of image size control on our forum by simply resizing the photo before you upload it to your image host. Windows users can do a quick and dirty resize of their photos in MS PaintQuote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
I assume Glen is talking about the oversized appearance of the photo rather than the number of bytes used. I haven't heard of compression being used to describe the resizing of a photo, but rather the reduction of the amount of memory capacity required to host it. This forum used to compress the apparent size of the photo for attachments though, so maybe I am wrong!Quote:
Originally Posted by cwrighta70
GFT Sandalwood Skin Food (Sample)
GFT Rose S/C (Sample)
Simpsons Rover Pure Badger
Wapi 5/8
Hega A/S/B
Wow! The GFT Sandalwood Skin Food was just amazing! Great scent, perfect pre-shave! The GFT Rose Shaving Cream smells just wonderful, a floral orgasm! I'll have to find these to order, it's a given tuplet! My first shave with the "Rover", I LOVE this brush! Perfect size and knot! Thanks to Bronco for this opportunity! The Wapi was freshly honed and 50 laps on a .5 micron strop and 50 laps on leather... yummy!
And the homebrewed beer is great! I expect a headache tomorrow! :D
http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/att...1&d=1209593796
Wed
AOS Fine Badger
TM RL Strop
CF Lime SC
Revisor 5/8
Royall Mandarin a/s
My first time with CF cream. That is one rich lather. I still have to play around with it a little, but very nice product.
Jordan
5/8 "No-name"
C&E BBB
Mama Bear Rosemary Mint SS
Pinaud Clubman AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1209606152
W&B 7/8ths wedge
TM latigo linen
Simpson PJ2 super
Tryphon lime SS
Moss scuttle
MB peppermint ASB
Shower and proraso pre post
HWR
Proraso pre post
Lather
Strop 65 leather
Re lather
Shave wtg
Lather
shave xtg cheeks and atg neck
Touch up with water
CWR
ASB
Rooney 3/1 Super
QED Fresh Limes Soap / Coates Lime Cream
3" TM Artisan Strops
8/8 Henckels Friodur
Pinaud Clubman ASL
SCS Bay Rum w / Twist
Awesome Shave! :cool:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...DSC00148-1.jpg
Dang! Those scales look hot on that Friodur.
What are they made of/called?
Thursday
Thiers Issasrd 5/8 | EJ superbadger | Tabac SS | GFT Spanish Leather cologne
Johan - that's a great photo!Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermute
Quote:
Originally Posted by poona
Hi Graham,
That would be abalone material for the scales, looks even better in person.
Thanks,
Neale
Proraso Pre during bath
GFT Coral Skin Food at beginning of shave
Mühle No. 181 P 8 GR/GN
Proraso S/C (Tub)
Mastro Livi Razor
Proraso A/S
I had intended to shave outdoors today, but as I had finished my bath the sun had gone into hiding so I had to move my gear back inside.
http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/att...1&d=1209655366
Great pic, mastermute!
3 shaves within 1 week is usually unheard of for me. (It's one of those slow beard growth + being retired = once a week shaves) This week was differant. I had guitar lessons on Saturday, and 2 Dr's apointments this week, so I wound up with 3 shaves this week. Was quite pleased with the result.
Implements of mass destruction:
brush: Tweezerman pure badger
strop: Black Bear brand - freshly treated with neats foot oil.
soap: bay rum from ebay with a touch of Proraso from B&B's bst thread
razor: Barclay brothers spike
three passes wtg, atg and xtg
results: bbs with only a one spot of razor burn or scrape, styptic pencil took care of it in no time.
A/S balm: Bigelow Bay Rum a/s balm (love the smell of this stuff)
Krew Kut stick for my hair and I was good to go.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...upplies005.jpg
Thursday:
6/8 F.W. Engels "Leader"
Kent BK4
DR Harris Lavender sc
DR Harris a/s milk
DR Harris Arlington Edt.
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/di...?imageid=12278
6/8 Tongwha Frameback
C&E BBB
Honeybee Orange Burst SS
Alum Block
Royall Vetiver
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1209693944
Great photo Bob, that razor is a Beauty :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Churchill
Shavemac 23mm Genuine Horn
L' Occitane Cade Soap
3" TM Honey Brown Strop
6/8+ Higgins Wedge
D.R. Harris Sandalwood AS
Floris Santal EDT
Nice Shave :)
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...DSC00139-4.jpg