Thread: SOTD - Sun August 29th - Sat September 4rd

Razor: Wade & Butcher (i don't know anything else about it, please let me know if you do.)
Cream: Trumpers Limes
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Balm: Trumpers Skin Food
Result: Todays Mission was a different one: A wedge, with a slight smile. Both are things i have never really honed before (successfully anyway) but today i woke up really early and the W&B was just sitting there screaming at me to get it sharp enough to shave with. And shave it did! An amazing shave, and a huge step forward in my honing and shaving technique. Today was one of the most rewarding mornings i've ever had, and judging by the kit used an "all english" shave.
Happy Shaving Everyone

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Ha ha. I didnt mind either. She has great taste!

Mine is also my "shave inspector". While I'm putting on my shoes, she carefully feels my face and is sure to let me know if I'm not BBS anywhere. It's hard to slip anything by her "expert" hands"

Six years old going on sixteen...

Originally Posted by mbeem

Thanks Robert!

Actually I got that one off Ebay and had Glen rescale it for me.

Holy cow Mark...that's a nice looking thing for something off the Bay. I would have never guessed.

Glen did a fiiiiiiiine job on those scales

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Holy cow Mark...that's a nice looking thing for something off the Bay. I would have never guessed.

Glen did a fiiiiiiiine job on those scales

It was a great deal too!! Think I paid something like $75 for it. Yes, Glen did an outstanding job!! I have two other razors that he did; the 5/8 Blue Bell and my 6/8 Heljestrand.

Originally Posted by BlacknTan

Friday, 9.3.10

TGIF

Cool Water splash
Palmolive Classic Shave Cream
Simpson's Ehsan X2L
Krusius Bros. KB Extra 67
SRD Premium I Strop .. 40 Linen/80 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm
The Baron AS

The photo in the background if from my daughter's wedding day... I don't recall the year, but I still had a few dark hairs here and there, so i assume about fifteen years ago.
That's me on the left with my daughter next to me, my wife in blue on the right and my son kneeling.
Today's shave was great. The KB nailed it as usual. As for The Baron AS??? I don't remember where it came from, but I could not imagine a Baron wearing this stuff! Ahh well, I've smelled worse!
It's another hot and extremely humid day awaiting a brush by Hurricane Earl, and I hope it cools a bit once he leaves. Years ago, hurricanes were always named after women, for obvious reasons, but now in a PC World, they alternate..

When the heat starts to lay me low, I look for snowy pictures to cool off, so the second is a refreshing mid winter shot of our camp in the Central Adirondacks... I love snow, and I find it helps!

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Bill,
That is a beautiful family you have there. You know, you are a pretty darn good looking fellow too...and all this time, you had us believe that you were a "Shrek" . When is your son going to get hitched? he looks like he's ready .

Ain't that the truth about hurricanes - Majority of them are still named after women...regardless of PC-ness, it is something that rings true .

I hope things cool off a bit. I forgot to look at your shave gear...I was fixated on the photo...see what you have us do. You are distracting us from the true theme of this SOTD

There it is...nice looking gear buddy. How do you like your Premium I...I have a IV and love it but have been considering a I...they say is way softer.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Cold water shave again. Refreshing on these hot and humid days. I had picked out TAOS cream but my daughter cam in and told me to use Ogallala bay rum. Yes Dear! I just recieved this Dorko razor from Manaman. Ahh what a fantastic way to start a day. She just wiped the wiskers away.

SRD strop
Ogallala Bay rum
Dorko 13/16
Thayers witch hazel
Skin food
TAOS Balm

That's a damn gorgeous Dorko Rene .

Originally Posted by jhenry

I've been feeling a bit under the weather all week...My get up and go seems to have gotten up and left.

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum beard prep method
Brush: Omega “Lucretia Borgia Series” Best Silvertip
SS/SC: Mama Bear’s “Lime Ice + Ingram = Cooling Superlather
Strop: VB Red Latigo--50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8 Dovo “Red Solingen”
Astringent: Thayers Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Zirh “Soothe”
AS: McLas (Mentholated) Bay Rum
Result: Close, comfortable and cooling shave…

Monroe...it's real nice having you back . The SOTD just didn't feel the same without your presence. As the famous saying goes:

"You, complete us".

Feel better buddy

Welcome and love the setup

Originally Posted by eTom

I got this razor here:
RasurPur Online Shop - The finest tools for a perfect shave

Thanks, that's where I saw it and considered getting it. Thought it was a little out of my budget but I'm now of the opinion that wedge razors are better for my type of face/beard/skin type.

Originally Posted by eTom

I think if you have some experience in honing and some good stones (Naniwa 1k,3K,6K, 8K, 10K)
there will be no prob.
This razor is a new one!!!

Hmmm.... I may have been straight razor shaving for a good 5 years now, but my honing skills are... rusty... to say the least. I have a Norton 4k/8k and some Belgian cotticules. The rest is all pasted strops, which I use most often now.

New Forest 2201 : Henckels Friodur 17 1/2 : Valobra stick : Floris Limes EdT

Originally Posted by rum

Thanks, that's where I saw it and considered getting it. Thought it was a little out of my budget but I'm now of the opinion that wedge razors are better for my type of face/beard/skin type.



Hmmm.... I may have been straight razor shaving for a good 5 years now, but my honing skills are... rusty... to say the least. I have a Norton 4k/8k and some Belgian cotticules. The rest is all pasted strops, which I use most often now.

I think everybody has his own experiences with different stones.
... and get the same result.
I got this razor shave-ready and the 3 months I have it, I only use a good strop.
Regards
Tom