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11-04-2009, 07:39 AM #1
Hi Otto, I always like your photographs.
Would it be possible to tell me what mug you use? as it looks tip top
Best wishes to you
Ralfy
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11-04-2009, 08:29 AM #2
Thanks. The mug belonged to my granddad. He got it for his confirmation about 1910 or so. He used it for shaving all his life. I still remember him using it when I was a young boy. When he died in the 1970ies, I inherited it from him. It is made in Norway by Porsgrund porselen.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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11-04-2009, 10:01 AM #3
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Thanked: 116This morning:
Prep: hot shower, olive oil
Cream: Proraso tube
Scuttle: stacked Ikea "primitive mugs"
Brush: no-name badger
Razor: 1931 "Medaille d'or" Grelot 308
After: cold water splash
Brilliant shave.
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11-04-2009, 10:13 AM #4
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11-04-2009, 10:31 AM #5
5 AM Wendsday
Hot Water
Burts Baby Oil 1 Drp as pre-shave
Kingsley Badger
Harris Lavender
Fily Duble Temple
Cold water
Thayers Witch Hazel
L'Occitan Eau de Toilette
Wind-up Monkey
Very smooth/and a bit of blood