Thread: SOTD - Sun June 06th - Sat June 12th

Saturday, 6.12.10

Kell's Original Pre Shave Soap
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Semogue #830 Cerda Pura
R. Helliwell Crystal blade
Tony Miller Heirloom Strop 30 Linen/60 Latigo
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Old Jack and I go back a loong way... We've had quite a few laughs and good times together over the years.
My old friend brings to mind part of a verse inspired by the Gold Rush in Alaska and the Northwest Territories..

I have clinched and closed with the Naked North,
I have learned to defy and defend;
Shoulder to shoulder we have fought it out...
Yet, the Wild must win in the end.

from The Heart of the Sourdough, by Robert Service

Beautiful razor Mikael - love the spine work!

Originally Posted by Mikael

Pre: Hot shower

Razor: Friodur 8/8
Brush: Ikon 24 mm silvertip
Soap: Nannys Citrus Zinger
Post: Proraso
AS: Luara Biogiotto ROMA
Strop: Vintage ROMA 45
Result: Estupendo, very, very close today
Used the strop before and after today (20/40 and 30/60) and did three passes - WTG, XTG and ATG. Today both life and shave was good!

I couldn´t decide wich shot was the nicest today, so here you go:

Bill,

Hopefully you didn't drink too much of the Jack before you shaved Jack makes me think of flyfishing on cold winter days. That's how a friend introduced me to Jack years ago.

Greg

Originally Posted by BlacknTan

Saturday, 6.12.10

Kell's Original Pre Shave Soap
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Semogue #830 Cerda Pura
R. Helliwell Crystal blade
Tony Miller Heirloom Strop 30 Linen/60 Latigo
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Old Jack and I go back a loong way... We've had quite a few laughs and good times together over the years.
My old friend brings to mind part of a verse inspired by the Gold Rush in Alaska and the Northwest Territories..

I have clinched and closed with the Naked North,
I have learned to defy and defend;
Shoulder to shoulder we have fought it out...
Yet, the Wild must win in the end.

from The Heart of the Sourdough, by Robert Service

Originally Posted by MrBoker

Razor: Dovo Best Quality
Brush: AOS Pure Badger
Cream: Proraso
Astringent: Dickenson's Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Speick

Great shaves posted by all this week gentlemen. Thanks as always for sharing. Have a great weekend.

MrBoker, does that Proraso burn? I am looking for more of a burn in my cream and can't seem to find anything satisfactory...I loved a good burn on a A/S also and was looking for that kind of "wake me up feeling" when I cream up.

Razor: 5/8 F.H. Loeffler Co. "DEMON"
Strop: RupRazor "El Toro"
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Kent B&B LE 2009
Aftershave: Alum Block / Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue

Great shave!!!

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Bill,

Hopefully you didn't drink too much of the Jack before you shaved Jack makes me think of flyfishing on cold winter days. That's how a friend introduced me to Jack years ago.

Greg

Naw, Greg...

I don't use much alcohol anymore...

I try to take better care of myself since I've gotten older... I'm a shining example of the old saw..

If I'd known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself!

Hot Shower
Glycerin Pre-shave
Frederick Reynolds Chopper
VDH Boar
Arko Shavestick
Witch Hazel/Corn Huskers Lotion
CK Eternity

Good Saturday morning shave. Every weekend I tell myself I'm going to hone some razors but then I get shaves like this and figure out it's really not necessary just yet and that extensive stropping is working like a champ.

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Beautiful razor Mikael - love the spine work!

Thank you! That´s what got my attention aswell, I love the spine work.

I had to pay though my nose though, when custom and post office fees where done. Then the bank had the nerve to charge me a "cash fee" for paying the customs + post fees at the post office

Of course I exploded and went after the only one I could at this point - the bank! Since I owe them so much money (for the house) I forced them to take back the cash fee charge. I´m sorry to say though, that that was the smallest part in all this

Saturday 6/12/10

Geo. Wostenholm & Sons Celebrated XL
Reknotted Golden Nib Finest
Godrej Fresh Lime sc
Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe
KD Creations a/s milk
Royall Lyme splash

My first Sheffield steel razor from holli4pirating remains one of my favorite shavers. Smooth and easy for two passes and a fine result. It always feels good to use a straight on the weekend as it it sets up the rest of the day so well.

Nathan