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

Originally Posted by STRAIGHTRAZOR13

• STROPS: Illionois 827, Dovo "3 finish leather. passes, 35 linen, 50 leather, 35 finish leather.
• PRE-SHAVE PREP: Hot shower, pre-shave oil, lather, hot towel, re-lather, shave.
• PRE-SHAVE OIL: C-F pre-shave oil.
• S/SOAP: G.F.T- Coconut.
• S/CREAM: G.F.T.- Coconut. GLYCERIN: 5 drops = Uber-lather.
• BRUSH: C-M Pewter Super Silver Tip.
• RAZOR: H. BOKER, The Celebrated, 7/8 hollow, spanish point. WTG, XTG, ATG passes.
• POST SHAVE TREATMENT: Hot towel, CWR, astringent, A/S, A/S balm, EDT.
• ASTINGENT: Thayer's Witch hazel w/ aloe vera {white label} not pictured.
• A/S: Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandlewood.
• A/S BALM: G.F.T. Sandlewood skin food.
• EDT: C-E Sandlewood.
• RESULT: Very nice BBS shave.
• HOBBY #3 SWORDS: Scotish Claymore, with wood handle, 420- stainless steel blade. Japanese Katana, high carbon steel blade.

Nice setup! School me on the claymore, if you would. I have heard over the years that a claymore has the basket handle...But I have also heard that it looks like the Templar handle that you have..Being a collector, can you finally clear that up for me? Thanks

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Nice setup! School me on the claymore, if you would. I have heard over the years that a claymore has the basket handle...But I have also heard that it looks like the Templar handle that you have..Being a collector, can you finally clear that up for me? Thanks

Thank you Wintchase, for the kind words about my swords. You are not wrong in saying, that they made a claymore with a basket hilt. They did. It is all based on the circa, or time line. Of course the claymore I have is a replica. It is like William Wallace's. Only his is older yet, like c.1300's. His hilt would've been flat, like a cross. My claymore is based on, early to late c.1400's. The basket hilt claymore is around, early c.1500's. So, in the evolution, of swords you will see weapons based on what thier enimies had, and what they were wearing. Swords started out small, got big, and went smaller again. When little body armour was worn then, a sharp, short one handed sword, like a Roman Gladius would've been perfect. A sword, that can cut, slice, stab, or even remove a limb, would have worked best when, a lot of the soldirs body was exposed, because a lack of body armour worn. As metalurgy started advancing, and body armour became more abundant, as well as covered a larger portion/s of the soldier/s body, the larger the swords became, the sword of choice. When only a helmet breast plate and sheild, were worn, such as time period of William Wallace, a good long heavy bludging sword would make the most sence. Breaking and bludging, would be the order, not cuting or slicing. Armour would advance so far, and cover so much of the soldiers body, that the shape of swords would evolve and change again; That sharp, pointed piercing swords, that looked like giant needles, called rapiers {c.1600 to c.1700's] would come to be. That is so the rapier, could pierce, or poke, the tinyest of openings in the body armour. Such as joint openings, holes in chainmail, eye openings in helmets, anywhere the two pieces of armour met. The basket hilt claymore is something in between, the two periods of use for each of those other swords. I hope this helped. Take care, Wintchase. See you in the SOTD forum.

Edwin Jagger Boar Brush
Georgetown Scuttle
Tabac
6/8 Dovo Special
Proraso AS
and Just a few of some of my favorite LP's

Sun Ship!! Yeah!!

Originally Posted by bassguy

Sun Ship!! Yeah!!

Right, with McCoy Tyner on the keys. I've been lucky enough to see Tyner a couple of times. Amazing

Well, I took some pictures, but didn't get to post them until now, so here's number one - I call it 'Perpetuum whiskey' (sorry, no more clues)

And since no empty bottle has ever stopped me, here's some more good stuff

is it the wood?

Originally Posted by gugi

Well, I took some pictures, but didn't get to post them until now, so here's number one - I call it 'Perpetuum whiskey' (sorry, no more clues)

Mmm some sweet sweet Shave pics this week Gents, a special thanks to all the gang

Fridays Shave

Location| 52° 45' 55.10460 - 0° 57' 31.22065
Preshave| Hot Wash,Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Face Soap| Proraso Sul Filo Del Rasoio
Shave Soap| Palmolive In Woods Of Windsor Mug
Brush| Men-U Boar
Razor| Fontenille 134
Astringent| Alum Block
ASB| 444+Pinaud Clubman
Result| A Real Pleasure



And Heres the other Classic VW, 1989 MK2 Golf, Slammed and Tuned, Great Sound System And DVD Player Of Course:



SHAVE ON!!

[QUOTE=STRAIGHTRAZOR13;567824]Thank you Wintchase, for the kind words about my swords. You are not wrong in saying, that they made a claymore with a basket hilt. They did. It is all based on the circa, or time line.

Thanks, that clears up years of going back and forth on the claymore..I didn't think of something as simple as "time" as the factor of design. That is why I like this site! I am always learning something new.