Thread: SOTD - Sun May 30th - Sat June 05th

Originally Posted by Otto

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: C. V. Heljestrand MK No. 31 - Ivory scales
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport

Good shave.

I love the 31:s I have, in fact I´m going to bring one of them out tomorrow. They may not look like much, but they shave like champs. Are those the orginal scales (looks like that)? They´re lovely anyhow!

Originally Posted by MrBoker

Thursday evening: Houston, Texas
Razor: George Johan 6/8 Spike Point
Strop: Straight Razor Designs
Brush: AOS Pure Badger
S/S: MWF
S/C: Proraso
Astringent: Dickenson's Witch Hazel
A/S: Proraso
Wine and Cigar: Optional but highly recommended.


After viewing the awesome razors you gentlemen regularly display in this thread, I thought "Green" would be an appropriate theme for my first SOTD post, so I went with Proraso. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Regards,

Mark

Welcome to our newest brutha
wonderful to see you here Mark

My Kindest regards
Ralfson (Dr)

Originally Posted by Mikael

I love the 31:s I have, in fact I´m going to bring one of them out tomorrow. They may not look like much, but they shave like champs. Are those the orginal scales (looks like that)? They´re lovely anyhow!

Yes, the scales are original. Ivory scales are quite common on the 31s.

Hot Shower Prep
SRD Red Latigo/Web 25/50
Solingen Generic Razor
26mm TGN Silvertip Long Handle
Old Spice Classic

Had extra time this morning and had a long relaxing shave.

FRIDAY

Progress
Super Stainless Steel Iridium
Palmolive SC
Omega Boar
Skin Bracer Original AS

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum beard prep
Brush: Heinrich L. Thäter Series 4376/2 21mm Finest Badger Silver Tip
SS/SC: Valobra (Menthol) + Erasmic= Superlather!
Strop: VB Red Latigo--50 fabric; 55 leather
Razor: 7/8 Henckels “Friodur”
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Zirh “Soothe” Post-shave lotion
AS: Floid (Spanish) “Suave”
Result: BBS

Razor: 6/8 TI Le Grelot
Soap: Cream Soap "X"**
Brush: Shavemac 177
Aftershave: Alum Block / 444 + Ivy Club Spice
Cologne: Old Spice EdC

** I received this yesterday from a certain independent soap vendor. It was described only as an "unreleased cream soap" in an "unlisted test scent". There was no ingredients list but judging from the smell out of the tub, I'd bet money that it's tallow based. The cream soap has a consistence a little denser than Jell-O pudding and has a odd, "curdled" appearance. Visual short-comings aside, it provided some of the best lather I've ever used with very little effort to build! I did a three-pass shave with the TI this morning and had enough lather left on the brush for at least two more passes! Scent-wise, meh... Really couldn't tell what the "test scent" was supposed to be. But scent has always been secondary to me.

Final thoughts: This is a great soap and I really hope it makes it into full production. Needs work on the scent though. The strong, what seems like 'tallowy" scent will surely drive some away.

Razor: Filarmonica 13 Pistaccio Scales
Cream: AOS Unscented and AOS pre shave oil (sample pack)
AS: Pinaud Bay Rum
Strop: TM Latigo

Awesome shave. Just touched up the razor, and that thing is sharp as can be when it is fresh. Forgot how good the AOS cream is.

Friday, 6.4.10

Pre Shave Oil based on the readings of Edgar Cayce http://www.edgarcayce.org/edgar-cayce1.html
MEM w/ Olive Oil Shave Cream
Vulfix 660 Badger
Geneva Ontario 11/16
Tony Miller Strop 30 Linen/55 Latigo
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Osage Rub to make my eyes water

Too HOT to run dogs today, so the equipment makes a good prop. Nice cool water shave to offset the heat...
The Geneva Ontario is an amazing blade!

P.S.
Great photos everyone.... I'm pleased to join everyone in the SOTD Brotherhood.. If I may? ( I don't like to be pushy)

Originally Posted by BlacknTan

.... I'm pleased to join everyone in the SOTD Brotherhood.. If I may? ( I don't like to be pushy)

Your already in Brother

Regards
Ralfson (Dr)