Thread: SOTD - Sun August 15th - Sat August 21st

Originally Posted by Mikael

Pre: Hot shower
Razor: Wade and Butcher, finest indian steel
Brush: Ikon 24 mm silvertip chubby
Soap: Nannys LE Yushu
Post: Proraso
AS: Old Spice Fresh Lime
Strop: Neill Miller linnen/buffallo 30/50
Result: Still clean after five hours
I love this blade, it´s a hollow but feels and behave like a wedge. The brush is so dense I don´t think it´s broken in yet and I´ve had it for four month now

Hi Mikael,
Love the setup bro...Sweet looking shoulderless blade you got there buddy. But, what is that red spot of the scales? blood? noooo...it can't be

Originally Posted by mbeem

15/16 Henckels Friodur
RupRazor "El Toro" Strop
Penworks Finest
Valobra
St. Charles Shave Mediterranean Citrus
Tommy Bahama St. Barts EdC

Great pics gentlemen!!

Mark,
How do you like your Friodur...this is the one you got from John? That's a monster compared to the 7/8...not in terms of width but length

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Mark,
How do you like your Friodur...this is the one you got from John? That's a monster compared to the 7/8...not in terms of width but length

Yeah Robert, this is the one I got from John at Shaving Shop. I like everything about it! Like the looks, like the heft and especially like the smooth shaves it gives!!

Pre-Shave: Hot shower + Stephan's Conditioning Smooth Shave Creme

Razor: 6/8" Maestro Livi new grind, Hollow, Round Point

Brush: 22mm Vulfix Best Badger

Überlather: Al Raz custom "Da Bomb" Shave Creme

Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel (Lavender, no alcohol)

Post-shave: Trumper's Sandalwood Skin Food

Facial Moisturizer: Trumper's Facial Moisturizer

Cologne: Penhaligon Opus 1870

Result: Today is my day off, playing hookie...well not really, gotta take the both our cars in for 5K service, but will meet up with David (nubskillz) and Matt (thewatermark) later on for some cool shave talk. But I digress...Back to shaving: I used the Livi for the first time today...Wowwww!!!! Very nice indeed . This thing is wickedly sharp. But boy, did it shave...What a feeling . I am ready for the day...bring it on.

TGIF....Have a great Friday guys .

Razor: Le Grelot Frameback
Lather: L'Occitane Savon a Barbe
Brush: Shavemac custom 23mm in Pure
After shave: alum block + pure rosehip oil

My first attempt to restore a razor, not the best looker, but is the sharpest razor I own. It was relatively easy to attain a superb keenness level. Plus the scales I believe are of a dark horn. I love the vintage feeling.

Shave was BBS only after 2 passes

Originally Posted by mbeem

Yeah Robert, this is the one I got from John at Shaving Shop. I like everything about it! Like the looks, like the heft and especially like the smooth shaves it gives!!

Glad you like it...I have a 7/8", which I love...Will be sending it to Max for a rescale (maybe Black paper Micarta + inlay transfer from another scale)

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Glad you like it...I have a 7/8", which I love...Will be sending it to Max for a rescale (maybe Black paper Micarta + inlay transfer from another scale)

Nice! Wish I had that Livi in your pic!!

Friday, 8.20.10

Cool water splash
Speick Shave Cream
Vulfix 660 CremeBadger
W.H.Morley & Sons Clover Brand 11/16ths
SRD Premium 1 strop .. 40 linen/80 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm
English Leather AS

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly...

The Good... To say I love the Premium 1 strop from SRD would be a huge understatement... this product could turn stropping into a "Fatal Attraction..." The Morley blade always produces, and I'm glad to have learned to use the Speick cream... The scent takes me away to the deep woods of the Black Forest whenever I use it... Great stuff!

The Bad... I've had the English Leather around here for ages. Years ago I didn't like it, so just put it away. I offered today to give it a fresh start, and another chance, but all it did was prove to me that I still don't like it, so it gets the big raspberry for the day!

The Ugly... That's me! I wish it tweren't so, but it just is... I can live with it!

Originally Posted by mbeem

Nice! Wish I had that Livi in your pic!!

Thank you Mark...got mine from SRD. But C'mon man...Go ahead, pull the trigger. You know you want to . Type SRD in your browser's address, hit enter, navigate to the Maestro Livi link and hot new grinds and choose the one you want (That Cocobolo one has your name written all over it. You don't believe me? check it out...it says: "reserved for Mark"). In all seriousness, if you can, get one...A Livi should belong in everyone's arsenal of str8s.

I really love this blade...but come to think of it, I feel like a broken record by now ...I love all my blades! They each have their own little personalities of sorts.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Thank you Mark...got mine from SRD. But C'mon man...Go ahead, pull the trigger. You know you want to . Type SRD in your browser's address, hit enter, navigate to the Maestro Livi link and hot new grinds and choose the one you want (That Cocobolo one has your name written all over it. You don't believe me? check it out...it says: "reserved for Mark"). In all seriousness, if you can, get one...A Livi should belong in everyone's arsenal of str8s.

I really love this blade...but come to think of it, I feel like a broken record by now ...I love all my blades! They each have their own little personalities of sorts.

Damn! Exactly how long have you been a practicing enabler??? You're quite good at it! LOL!!