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

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum (mentholated) beard prep
Brush: Simpsons T2 “Super Badger”
SS/SC: MWF + Ingram
Strop: No strop today. Razor shave ready.
Razor: 5/8 Griffon “Carbo Magnetic”
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Zirh “Soothe”
AS: Benjamin’s (Mentholated) Bay Rum
Result: Close, comfortable, exhilarating shave…

Razor: C-Mon 6/8
Brush: Rooney 1/2 Finest
Cream: Domenico Caraceni
AS: D.R. Harris Pink followed by SCS Rose Damascena Balm
Edt: Domenico Caraceni

Originally Posted by alabamalawyer

Razor: C-Mon 6/8
Brush: Rooney 1/2 Finest
Cream: Domenico Caraceni
AS: D.R. Harris Pink followed by SCS Rose Damascena Balm
Edt: Domenico Caraceni

I love your C'Mon blade Chris .

I recently picked one up just like yours (except mine is missing the C'Mon inlay/lettering on the scale) on eBay (my first Bay purchase of str8) for $46...It needed a little polishing, but after a little MAAS, that thing came out as beautiful as ever. Gave it a little spin on the Naniwa 1k, and Coticule with slurry (dilucot method), followed by 12k Naniwa and some TLC by the Escher, the edge pops hair like no ones business...One of these days, I will use it for an SOTD

Here's what mine looks like (pict from the Bay, before polish):

Originally Posted by alabamalawyer

Razor: C-Mon 6/8
Brush: Rooney 1/2 Finest
Cream: Domenico Caraceni
AS: D.R. Harris Pink followed by SCS Rose Damascena Balm
Edt: Domenico Caraceni

Chris,

Good to see you back in the SOTD! Great looking kit! How do you like the DC? I've been tempted to try the cream out...

SOTD Sunday August 29, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Joseph Allen & Sons NON-XLL, Medium Hollow Ground, Hollow Point
Pre-Shave: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Shave Cream: Erasmic
Lather Bowl: Ceramic
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Semogue Boar 1460
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave/Cologne: Mennen Original Skin Bracer

Results: BBS, comfortable and smelling great!

Last day of the local color. Shot looking down at the town of Jacksonville, Oregon (my town). The town is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was the boom town that started when the first gold strike was made in Oregon. The whole town is kept as an original gold mining boom town and attracts many tourists and visitors throughout the year. Last two shots are of the Applegate River that flows by my ranch. I'm running a day late on these pics. (I missed a day during the last week) LOL
Great shaves and pics shown this week Gentlemen, thanks for sharing them with us!

Men-Ü Syntetico : Gillette SuperSpeed+Feather : Men-Ü Shaving cream

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Sunday morning shave;
Robert Williams S30V
Shavemac Pure
Bomb Saigon SC
Demeter Vetiver EDC

Jimmy,

Beautiful Williams; love those scales. I don't recall seeing it before. Is it new?

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Chris,

Good to see you back in the SOTD! Great looking kit! How do you like the DC? I've been tempted to try the cream out...

Thanks. My wife returned to work in early August after a 12 year maternity leave to be at home with out 3 kids. I'm a bit more rushed in the morning now as I take my two girls to school, so less time for photos.

The DC is probably my favorite cream. It matches very well with the cologne and the scent lingers throughout the shave. It is one cream that I can still smell in my brush the next day after it has been rinsed and dried.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Justin,
That is by far the most curvaceous "not so" straight blade I have ever laid eyes on. Beautiful

It is not your wedding? Is it?

Thanks Robert, this SEG Razor (Sh*t Eating-Grin) is one of my favorites to use. So easy it almost feels TOO easy. Stropping is a challenge though, and requires much awareness.
No, the wedding was just a gig. A good one at that.

Today's Shave
Razor: Wade and Butcher Celebrated, Barber notch:
Blade Prep: Started by working on the SRP Paddle, CrOx strop. Used 100X optical and for the first time I could see that the bevel was well defined but the edge appeared striated and jagged.
Used the Crox Paddle stop until I could see that it had cleaned the edge and made it look smooth and well defined. I don't know how many very carefully done laps.
SRP Premium 1 Strop. 100 laps.

Shave Prep:
Hot shower, Neutrogena rubbed into whiskers
Warm AOS oil
BD Scuttle
Hand made badger
Taylor Almond Shave cream
Wade and Butcher Barbers notch
AOS Aluminum
Gentleman's Best After shave Milk.

What a great shave. I was thrilled that I could get the edge like that. Now I need to buy a hone set and learn to set bevels.

I went off and took a nice drive. Figured I try to get another good photo.

Location: Alpine Lookout, Palisades Interstate Park, NJ
Lat: 40°55'50.57"N, Long: 73°55'35.63"W

Combined a couple of things I enjoy in life.



Hudson River over looking NY.