Thread: SOTD - Sun May 9th - Sat May 15th

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: TSD Coffee
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: J. R. Torrey
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport
Sound track: Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning


Nice, relaxing shave!

Originally Posted by Otto

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: TSD Coffee
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: J. R. Torrey
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport
Sound track: Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

I love your brush, it´s insane large and really ... nice looking. What´s the story behind it?

Originally Posted by Mikael

I love your brush, it´s insane large and really ... nice looking. What´s the story behind it?

I have been playing Chess since I was four years old. So when I found a custom brush maker, I had him make me a brush based on a chess piece design named Windsor.

Originally Posted by Otto

I have been playing Chess since I was four years old. So when I found a custom brush maker, I had him make me a brush based on a chess piece design named Windsor.

Aha, thank you! One of our boys have been playing since he was seven and he´s now 13 and plays in the national campionships every year. I´m very proud of him!

Pre: Shower
Soap: Citrus
Brush: Custom made 24 mm silvertip chubby
Razor: A 6/8 (I think) E A Karlsson from Eskilstuna + DE NEW
Post: Proraso
AS splash: Italian Floid

First time I used this straight and it shaved very well - BBF . And I used the DE for my head, since I got so much lather from the soap i thought I aswell could continue .

As for the soap, first time with that one aswell, good lather, not slick, but plenty of it (soaked too long, around 10 min). It felt a little sticky to my skin (that doesn´t happen often for me ), I´ll try it couple of times more, supposed to be a natural handcrafted shaving soap? Writing on the package is in Russian, Latvian and English (I bought it on the Bay from Irland) and it´s a guy with a fancy hat on the cover.

THURSDAY

Red Tip
India Wilkinson (1)
Arko Lemon SC
Badger (uknown brand)
Skin Bracer Original AS

Razor: CV Heljestrand No.9
Cream: Musgo Real
Brush: Penworks
Aftershave: Alum Block / Pinaud Clubman

Great pics gentlemen!!

Brush: Semogue Boar 1305
Soap: Knize 10
Razor: Frederick Reynolds 13/16 - 6/8 Tapered Wedge
Aftershave: TOBS Sandalwood Aftershave Balm

This razor took alot to get into, with the grain didn't take off too much, worked at it and at it cross and cross again then against. Great results apart from moustache area where I can't go against the grain just yet. Very enjoyable though and absolutely no nicks which is very unusual for me, especially since I had to use alot of pressure. A different sort of shave than I am used to. As I say still very, very enjoyable - in some ways even more so because of the challenge of getting really close. Anyway enough of my banter. A photo:

Originally Posted by mbeem

Razor: CV Heljestrand No.9
Cream: Musgo Real
Brush: Penworks
Aftershave: Alum Block / Pinaud Clubman

Great pics gentlemen!!

Mark, you want to sell me that razor....you want to sell me that razor....you want to sell me that razor. I guess those Jedi mind tricks aren't working so well this morning! Oh well, I thought I'd give it a try!

Originally Posted by Stroker

Mark, you want to sell me that razor....you want to sell me that razor....you want to sell me that razor. I guess those Jedi mind tricks aren't working so well this morning! Oh well, I thought I'd give it a try!

LOL!! This one and the two Friodurs I have are probably my favorite shavers at the moment. However, that Thiers-Issard I just got is climbing rapidly!