Thread: Sun September 05th - Sat September 11th

Pre-shave: Cold water, lather, rubbed in for 3 minutes, more cold water.
Strop: Rup Razor, 10 on pasted side(Cx, .5 micron), 75 on leather
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Scuttle: SRD
Brush: TGN custom Grade A Silvertip Badger
Razor: Genco "Easy Aces"
After Shave: Cold water splash followed by hot water splash, C.O.Bigelow Menthol lotion
Result: Super Smooth and that satisfaction of a job well done (I love the first shave after honing a razor).

I spent late Saturday night and into Sunday morning cleaning & honing this Razor. It was an ebay find (some staining on the blade, but in good shape otherwise). It was very dull. After some polishing and some Barbicide, I set the bevel using 2 pieces of tape on a 1k Norton. I removed 1 piece of tape and moved to pyramids on the 4k/8k. I Finally finished on the 12k Naniwa, stropped on pase, then leather. The shave was amazing!

This was my first experiment with the "Cold Water" shave. I gotta say that in the summer months, this may be just the ticket. The cold water coupled with the C.O. Bigelow cream, & their Peppermint Oil lotion as an ASB, made my face feel like it was on ice for a good 45 minutes...amazing!

Have a great Sunday Gentlemen!

Originally Posted by sharp

Pre-shave: Cold water, lather, rubbed in for 3 minutes, more cold water.
Strop: Rup Razor, 10 on pasted side(Cx, .5 micron), 75 on leather
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
Scuttle: SRD
Brush: TGN custom Grade A Silvertip Badger
Razor: Genco "Easy Aces"
After Shave: Cold water splash followed by hot water splash, C.O.Bigelow Menthol lotion
Result: Super Smooth and that satisfaction of a job well done (I love the first shave after honing a razor).

I spent late Saturday night and into Sunday morning cleaning & honing this Razor. It was an ebay find (some staining on the blade, but in good shape otherwise). It was very dull. After some polishing and some Barbicide, I set the bevel using 2 pieces of tape on a 1k Norton. I removed 1 piece of tape and moved to pyramids on the 4k/8k. I Finally finished on the 12k Naniwa, stropped on pase, then leather. The shave was amazing!

This was my first experiment with the "Cold Water" shave. I gotta say that in the summer months, this may be just the ticket. The cold water coupled with the C.O. Bigelow cream, & their Peppermint Oil lotion as an ASB, made my face feel like it was on ice for a good 45 minutes...amazing!

Have a great Sunday Gentlemen!

Very nice gear

Man...those Easy Aces are nice shavers. Mine is with Glen being rescaled (and maybe other things he's keeping secret from me ).