Thread: SOTD - 'HOBBY THEME' - Sun Mar 21sth - Sat Mar 27th

Wild Turkey season is just around the corner here in Tennessee. Not the bourbon, the bird.

Allen Bailey of Chuckey, Tennessee made the box call in the photo. Mr. Bailey is 70 years old and learned woodworking at his grandfather’s sawmill. He became an avid turkey hunter and guide, and a natural extension of these two skills became making turkey calls.

Mr. Bailey’s calls are a work of art. This one is his inlayed diamond pattern. He makes about 400 calls a year. I’m fortunate to own #33 from this year’s production.

This box call is patterned after the famous Lynch Fool Proof and has a Mahogany lid and Sassafras soundboard.

To celebrate such a grand American bird, a great American razor. My 11/16ths Spike.

Prep:Hot shower + Proraso preshave cream
Razor: Dovo 6/8 Best Quality Rnd Point
Piramid honed: 5K, 8K and 10K Naniwas
Brush: SRD silver tip # 3
Soap: Vintage Blades Lavender in wooden bowl
Astringent: Thayers Lemon
AS: Proraso Splash

With all the gun aficionados posting their favorite firearms. I though of pairing Harleys with guns. There is a long history of Harleys in the army. The pic for today shows a 1917 twin engine. Capacity in cc 989. Ignition: Magneto. Number of gears 3 (in 1911 was one, two gears in 1913) Drive system: chain.
Location: Definitely the western front. Notice all the mud...this leads me to think the location should be Belgium and the battle of Ypres or Passchendaele.

Razor:Wade and Butcher For Barbers Use / Brush EDJ / Soap MWF / ASB Sandalwood / EDT Pinaud

My other hobby surfing.... if you look close that's me dropping in on that beastmaster on the right hand side, and a little post surf parking lot fun.

Cheers
David

Prep: 45 minute bike ride followed by Hot Shower
Strop: SRD Red Latigo/Web 25/50
Brush: EJ Best Badger
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum Sage & Cedar
Razor: Dovo Special
AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Result very relaxing prep followed by a long leisurely BBS shave. I do love my cycling hobby!

RC Rock Crawler.
This is a T1E Moonbuggy chassis.
Berg Axles
35 turn Holmes motors (there is 2 motors they mount directly to the axles)
Punk dig switch, Tekin FXR ESC, Spectrum DX3R radio, Hot Body Rover White dot tires, stuffed with the best tire foam on earth NOVA foams from Crawler innovations, Wheels are DNA assassins.
This is a custom competition crawler, not one you can buy in the store.

Ok the Shave (this is SOTD right)
6/8 C-Mon Blackie
28mm Custom silver tip
tabac
alum
Clubman Bay Rum after

Originally Posted by richmondesi

Razor ~ DD Golden Edge | Plisson HMW in Gold Horn | Gentlemen's Best Signature Sieres Soap | Trumpers Curzon AS | Knize 10 Toilet Water

I'm not all about guns, but with the Golden theme, I had to show my 24 karat gold plated .50 Desert Eagle



Do you have to be told? The result... Golden

Paul,

That is a beautiful gun.

Originally Posted by sbrouwers

RC Rock Crawler.

Guess I'll wait a little bit to post my crawler bro, we'll start with something different. High end competition grade ball bearing yoyos. 2 different companys here, Caribou Lodge Yoyo Works(a Peak and a Wooly Marmot) on the left and One Drop Designs on the right( a Markmont Project and a Project 2). I used to throw back in middle school when yoyos were the fad, dropped it for a long time then my brother was randomly looking at high end yoyos online and I was hooked. Throwing is very relaxing to me, it's something I can do at almost anytime anywhere. The 4 here range anywhere from $80-110 and I have 6 all together. On a strong throw I can get them to sleep upwards of 6-7 min. and do tricks for over 3 min, and oh boy the knots! Funny enough the owner and machinist at One Drop Designs is a straight razor shaver and I and sbrouwers have restored a couple of his razors, I've been trying to get him to come and join us. And now.......

The Shave:
Razor: Engels Leader
Brush: Vulfix Best Badger
Soap: My own Vanilla Bourbon
A.S. : Bay Rum Constanza

Awsome shave with a mean little spike point!

Prep: 45 min shower
Strop: Filly that has been lathered 45 laps
Brush: Tweezerman
Soap: Caswell-Massey Greenbriar shave soap & Taylor of Old Bond Street Jermyn Street Collection shave cream
Razor: B.J Eyre 4/8
Post Relaxation: Home Brewed Oatmeal Stout
Hobby: Home Brewing

My other hobby is home brewing, I have been doing it now for 5+ years, I started on mead, and fruit wines. Moved over to beer where I found my love and calling for home brewed ales of all types.

Another hobby of mine--listening to Jazz.

Gotta - 120 Superfine / Simpsons - Polo 8 /Ingram / Irisch Moos

6/8 Singing Neptune Razor (just got yesterday! Thanks Smythe!)
24 mm Silvertip brush
Proraso White Greentea + glycerin
alum
Thayers Superhazel
Zirh AS Balm
L'oreal face Moisturizer