Thread: Sun September 05th - Sat September 11th

Hot shower as always
Gentleman's Best cold pressed soap rubbed into whiskers
Pre-Shave I tried rubbing the soap into the whiskers and lathered over.
Badger brush
Castle Forbes Cream
Wade and Butcher Celebrated Barbers Notch
10 laps on CrO2
20 on Felt 50 on SRD P1
Aluminum Block
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel
Vaseline for Men.

2 day growth. Blade felt very smooth after the 10 laps on the CrO2.



Since my youngest daughter went off to college and the house is now empty, I commandeered her bath for the time being for shaving.

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Originally Posted by basil

Has a great 2 pass shave today. once with the grain and then across the grain. The second pass wasnt needed but it was just for the enjoyment

Cold water splash and then stropped and shaved.

Strop: 3" Black latigo and web with chalk 50 web-100 leather
Razor: 6/8 Le Grelot in Rams Horn
Brush: Tobs Super Badger
Soap: Trumpers Coconut
Aftershave: Very Sexy For Him

Cold water rinse after the shave, 25/100 strop and then oiled in ballistol and put away until next time

Basil,
That's an awesome LeGrelot & beautiful scales .

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Bruce! That is a beautiful razor. I need to get mine restored.

Thanks! Yes, get her fixed up and put her in the rotation they are too good to sit in a drawer!

Didn't have a lot of time to shave this morning gents, so a reached for my trusty de razor.

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum (mentholated) beard prep
Brush: Caswell Massey “Super Badger”
SS: Pre' de Provence
Razor: Merkur HD 34C w/ Wilkinson Sword blade
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Zirh “Soothe”
AS: McLas (Mentholated) Bay Rum
Result: Smooth shaving--with a cooling menthol finish…

I like this Pre' de Provence shaving soap as much as MWF. It lathers nicely, has a nice subtle sage fragrance and delivers a close, comfortable shave.

Hot shower followed by Proraso preshave cream
Wacker Jungmeister 7/8 stropped 30/30 in horsehide
Omega Silver tip badger
C.O. Bigelow shave cream
Thayers Lemon
Dominica Bay Rum
SHAVE ON
HOG

Pre-shave: Hot shower
Strop: Rup Razor
Brush: 24mm TGN Silvertip custom
Scuttle: SRD
Uberlather: 5 drops glycerin, mama bears polo blue, st. charles shave unscented creme=light pillows of fluff with lots of glide.
Razor: Genco "Easy Aces"
AfterShave: Masters Bay rum
Result: excellent shave this morning (I get the picture taken, but always run out of time to post before I have to leave for work).

The pics are great gentlemen, keep them coming!

Originally Posted by BlacknTan

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...

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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...

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

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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...

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Bill,
Don't even think about going near the Captain's whiskers ...Froggy will not be happy .

Great gear buddy.

BTW: don't you miss BNL? I have never been there but have paid many productive visits to the Los Alamos and Lawrence Berkeley labs...they are very impressive facilities.

6/8 Erik Anton Berg | Shavemac Finest Badger | Institut Karite Soap | Razorock Alum | Institut Karite Aftershave Balm | Pinaud Clubman

First off, I usually shave in the morning prior to work, but I finished touching up the E.A. Berg and I wanted to give it a run. I have been fighting with this razor on and off for the last three shaves. I still can't figure it out, but I think I may have rolled the edge or done something to it. Some days it is comfortable and close and other days it is rough and tugging. After tonight's touch up, it was a decent shave. I'm a honing newb, so I place no blame on the razor. Overall, I was pleased with the results of my honing as it was definitely an improvement.

I've also been using the Institut Karite products exclusively for the previous few shaves. The soap doesn't treat me as nice as MWF, Tabac or Provence Sante which are my three favorites. The Aftershave is very nice though and I plan on replacing my Nivea with the I.K.

PS: Couldn't help myself....had to apply the clubman even though I'm heading to bed soon.

Originally Posted by jhenry

Didn't have a lot of time to shave this morning gents, so a reached for my trusty de razor.

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum (mentholated) beard prep
Brush: Caswell Massey “Super Badger”
SS: Pre' de Provence
Razor: Merkur HD 34Cw/ Wilkinson Sword blade
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Zirh “Soothe”
AS: McLas (Mentholated) Bay Rum
Result: Smooth shaving--with a cooling menthol finish…

I like this Pre' de Provence shaving soap as much as MWF. It lathers nicely, has a nice subtle sage fragrance and delivers a close, comfortable shave.

Originally Posted by alabamalawyer

After 7 months of just using straights, I'm enjoying a run through some of my DEs the past couple of weeks. Slept in a bit this morning (a rare thing with 3 kids in the house), so did a quick, but nice two-pass shave. I like my DE shaves but can definitely tell a difference by the end of the day. The smoothness of the straight shave just lasts longer.

Razor: Muhle Chrome Stylo
Blade: Feather
Brush: Simpson Chubby 1
All the Rest: Tabac

You know Monroe/Chris...you are a source of inspiration for me . Seeing your SOTD makes me realize how much I have missed my DEs...I did an SOTD with them not too long ago (I think), but I believe that after seeing your posts, I am seriously thinking about bringing them out of retirement and make them part of the normal rotation (maybe starting next week). Thanks guys .

Now THATS the way a bathroom should look!

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Hot shower as always
Gentleman's Best cold pressed soap rubbed into whiskers
Pre-Shave I tried rubbing the soap into the whiskers and lathered over.
Badger brush
Castle Forbes Cream
Wade and Butcher Celebrated Barbers Notch
10 laps on CrO2
20 on Felt 50 on SRD P1
Aluminum Block
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel
Vaseline for Men.

2 day growth. Blade felt very smooth after the 10 laps on the CrO2.



Since my youngest daughter went off to college and the house is now empty, I commandeered her bath for the time being for shaving.

Before;


After: