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05-27-2010, 04:31 AM #131
Wednesday Evening
Prep: Very hot shower (just turned the hot water heater temp up 3 degrees)
Soap: C&E Nomad
Cream: C&E Nomad
Brush: shavemac best badger
Razor: 5/8 Dovo Bismarck Spike Point
Strop: SRD 3" English Bridle
Music: Cinema Paradiso & other Ennio Morricone favorites
Shaving Pace: Slow motion - didn't even look at the clock once
Lu, power of suggestion - BBS except for a small patch under left jawline that I must have missed on all passes. Dang, I'll just have to shave again in the morning
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05-27-2010, 04:58 AM #132
After midnight shave;
Genco Fluid Steel #3 of 6
Somerset Simpson Tulip 2
QED Sandalwood & Rose
Florida WaterBe careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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05-27-2010, 07:03 AM #133
Thursday
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear Dragon's Blood
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Genco Army & Navy
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport
"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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05-27-2010, 07:07 AM #134
Thursday morning
Pre: Shower
Brush: Badger 23 mm
Razor: Johan Engström, one of my favourites
Cream: Top Secret
Post: Proraso
AS: Tabac
Result: Ok, just one pass this morning.
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05-27-2010, 10:08 AM #135
Early Thursday Morning in Florida
6/8 Hollow Ground "Silver Fisher"
(and the Usual Suspects)
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05-27-2010, 11:29 AM #136
Razor: 7/8 Henckels Friodur
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Badger & Blade Essential
Aftershave: Alum Block / 444 + Col. Conk Bay Rum
Great pics, gentlemen!
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05-27-2010, 11:41 AM #137
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Williams Mug SS
Semogue 1438 Boar
Spanish Floid AS
Lots of easy lather with the Semogue/Williams combination. BBSJerry
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05-27-2010, 12:43 PM #138
Thursday Morning
Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum beard prep
Brush: Simpsons PL8 “Super Badger”
SS/SC: Valobra (Menthol + Proraso = Superlather
Strop: VB Red Latigo--50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 6/8 TI “Le Grelot
Astringent: Alum block
ASB: Nivea for Men “Extreme Comfort”
AS: Proraso
Result: Magnifique!"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain
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05-27-2010, 01:17 PM #139
SOTD May 27, 2010
Fitjar "Shea Pleasure" SC | Semogue 1305 | W & B Full Hollow | TSD "Iced Tobacco" AS | PC "Unscented" ASB
Last edited by sachin; 05-27-2010 at 02:52 PM.
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05-27-2010, 03:15 PM #140
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- The great state of New York
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Thanked: 2259Thursday, 5.26.10
Kell's Original Pre Shave Soap
MEM w/ Olive Oil SC
Vulfix 660 Super Badger
Genco Master Barber
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Mennen Skin Bracer Cool Spice
As a point of interest, the piece of lava rock that the Genco is posed upon is from the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. My daughter was an SP in the USAF, and stationed at Clark Air Base at the time of the explosion. The installation was evacuated except for the SP unit.. A tense time for us...
The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo..
The SOTD..