Thread: Sun September 05th - Sat September 11th

Originally Posted by gssixgun

So after talking with Bill/LegalBegal the other night in chat, I decided I would join with him on a Livi SOTD

I went as Rosy as I could mange,

Razor: Maestro Livi Rose Pattern Damascus in my Pearl Acrylics
Strop: 25/50 SRD Premium 1
Uberlather: C.R. Salter cream / Classic soap / Glycerin
Brush: Solid Brass vintage restore 22 mm Silvertip
AfterShave: Thayers Rose Toner

Been awhile since this razor has been out of the drawer, but she was up to the task at hand, no muss, no fuss, smooth as silk....



Have a great day!!!!

I wondered when Glen would post this...

Beautiful blade, Glen. Here I was feeling all good about my Livi SOTD and you come out showing me up... Of course, that said, whenever you're ready to trade Livis, just let me know...

always wanted to try a livi one day i will own one

awersome razor glen

Tuesday, 9.7.10

Shave First...

Aura Glow as a Pre Shave Oil
Real Shave Company Moisturizing Shave Cream
Vulfix 660 Badger
R. Helliwell Crystal 9/16ths
SRD Premium I Strop .. 45 Linen/ 70 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm
Aqua Velva Musk AS

The Captain has a few whiskers, but it was easy peasy for me...



This is the facility I retired from as a Tool & Die maker, making experimental pieces for whatever a Physicist could dream up. I made the rounds of a few shops, ending up in the Physics Department.. So, on with the tour..

The entrance to Brookhaven National Laboratory, which sits on the site of Old Camp Upton, where many a WWI Doughboy learned the ropes in basic. I have an old hand grenade found on the site, sans fuse and hardware..
BNL is basically a city unto itself, with at one time more than 3,000 employees. It's focus is basic research with almost nil towards weapons, but it is a nuclear facility. Hence, it has it's own security force, hospital, fire department, Post Office and all other services a small municipality would have...

The entrance to the Lab. The Main Gate is about a quarter mile up the road...



Next is the new Administration building, housing Personell offices, the Bank, Travel Offices and Visitor Services..



And last for today, the old HFBR (High Flux Beam Reactor), a Heavy Water Research Reactor , upgraded from 40 MW to 60 MW of heat energy, designed specifically to supply copious amounts of neutrons for the experimental ports placed around the core. I worked at the Reactor for almost twenty years, and it's kinda' sad to see it now being dismantled, but time marches on... The vessel will remain... far too dangerous to remove because it's hotter than a $2 pistol...
I only wish I could have gotten a pic of the spent fuel pool, now empty of the spent fuel rods (enriched U-235) that emitted such a beautiful bluish glow under twenty feet of protective water... the danger belied by the soft glow of Cerenkov Radiation...

Originally Posted by Mikael

Pre: Hot shower

Brush: Chris 24 mm finest two band
Razor: Friodur 15/16
Cream: Vulfix Rose
Strop: Neil Miller
AS: Alcolado Glacial
Result: Menthol fresh and clean

This cream is nice. Not as slippery as my favourite soaps but, as you can read on the tube , it feels like luxury to use it. What´s the best strop out there? I don´t think it can be better than this, my other five strops (two crap ones) aren´t even close.

That Friodur is a showstopper, Mikael!!

And I always enjoy the little salamander...