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08-23-2010, 09:06 AM #1
Monday morning
Pre: Hot shower
Razor: C W Dahlgren frameback
Brush: Henk custom 22 mm silvertip
Soap: Tabac
Post: Proraso
ASB: Davidoff
AS: English lather
Strop: Neil Miller linnen/buffallo 30/50
Result: Ok
Pic from our backyard (on a little hill in connection to our garden). This frameback is _sharp_ and I knew that and was very careful and did two passes. HHT is very easy, the hair cuts before you even start to draw it over the edge . Clean, but could have done a touchup to get closer.
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08-23-2010, 10:45 AM #2
There's no place like home!
Finally back home and I had a number of shave-related goodies waiting on me at the office (sadly, I know there will be many less pleasant goodies for me there today). I decided to feature one today:
Razor: Wacker 13/16 Jubilaums Mod. 2 with dark horn (the picture does not do these scales justice - they have so much variation to their color they are gorgeous!) and laser etched spine
Uberlather: Bomb Lavender + Benton Clay Lavender SS + 4 drops
Scuttle: DirtyBird 1.5
Brush: Vulfix Silvertip Fan
Post: Thayer's Lavender (no alcohol)
ASB: Nivea Sensitive
EdT: Creed Green Irish Tweed
What an incredibly sublime shave! The lather today was phenomenal - the lavender scent exploded all around me, and it built quickly into a soft creamy pillow that let this amazing blade do its thing. The razor lived up to my every expectation! It is stunning to look at and in two gentle passes it gave me the smoothest shave I've had to date without a single sight of anything red...
I got this razor as an anniversary present and it has made me almost as happy as my marriage! I recently read a thread asking about the one razor you wouldn't let go - I may have just found mine! (Of course, I still have a few other toys to try out, so I can't get too jumpy).
Sorry for the poor pic, gentlemen, but the lighting isn't great when you go to work too early (plus urban living doesn't leave too much to see)...
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08-23-2010, 11:57 AM #3
Monday Morning
Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum (mentholated) beard prep
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 2 “Super Badger”
SS: MWF + Ingram = Superlather
Strop: VB Red Latigo--50 fabric; 55 leather
Razor: 6/8 dubl duck “Goldedge”
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Zirh “Soothe”
AS: Floid (Italian) “Blue”
Result: Another close, comfortable and cool one…"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain
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08-23-2010, 12:16 PM #4
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Thanked: 2259WoW!!
Great photos everyone!
So far, I'm the only slacker...
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08-23-2010, 01:35 PM #5
5/8 Fox Cutlery
RupRazor "The Paladin" Strop
C.O. Bigelow
Penworks Finest
Barbasol Pacific Rush
Great pics gents!!
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08-23-2010, 01:48 PM #6
Week of August 22 "Themed" SOTD - Monday
Pre-Shave: Hot shower Pre-Shave Oil: Truffit & Hill DE Razors: Deluxe Vintage + Merkur 39C Slant Bar Safety Razors Blades: Derby Extra SS Brush: 23mm Shavemac Silvertip Badger Überlather: TOBS Eaton College Collection Shave Creme + Mama Bear's Myrrh Shave Soap + Glycerin 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 was a special treat. I decided it was time to break the mold and my usual routine of shaving with str8s...So, I reached into my shave drawer and took out the box where I had stored my DEs for the past 5 months or so, in favor of str8s. Not today...Talk about an emotional reunion . I prepped my beard with T&H pre-shave oil and überlather and the DE razors with a couple of Derby blades. No sooner than the blade contacted my face, did memories come flooding back..."Total Recall" baby! The vintage deluxe DE was used for a WTG/XTG pass, while the slant came at the end with a slick ATG pass. I had forgotten how wonderful these razors were . BBS shave to kick start this day.
Have a wonderful start of the week gentlemen .
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08-23-2010, 01:51 PM #7
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08-23-2010, 01:57 PM #8
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08-23-2010, 02:20 PM #9
Monday Morning Shave
PREP: Hot shower with face scrub
RAZOR: Boker Red Injun
BRUSH: The Nib
SOAP: THe bomb in Sweet Neroli
ASTRINGENT: Thayers lavender
ASB: Sweet Neroli
AS: Aqua Velva
EDT: DKNY
RESULT: Picture was taken from my kitchen window overlooking my backyard.
All in All a great shave this morning , think my prep could have been alittle better/longer but the Boker (freshly honed by David, thanks David )was as sharp as ever, I love this little beast.
GREAT PICS SO FAR GENTS !!!!Last edited by thewatermark; 08-23-2010 at 02:42 PM.
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08-23-2010, 02:44 PM #10
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Thanked: 2259Monday, 8.23.10
Another gloomy and rainy late summer day...
Cool water splash
Ingram SC
Vulfix 660 Badger
Weyersberg Corneta 6/8
SRD Premium 1 strop .. 50 Linen/100 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Musk AS
SOTD shots from my gun club, Peconic River which was the old Woolworth-Donahue Estate on Eastern Long Island. There are a number of tales of intrigue and infidelity and a few secrtet passageways between bedrooms in the main lodge... If those old walls could talk!
From the Tap Room, overlooking the lake... Really a widening of the Peconic River..
A couple of Photos from "The Elephant Room," in the main lodge, where "Wooly" Donahue's trophies are prominently displayed...
Last edited by BlacknTan; 08-23-2010 at 05:43 PM.