I iterate what Bruce said: Beautiful blades Mark.:tu
I love the deep etching on the "Clean Cut"...wowwww! Once you get that thing honed and 100% shave ready, there's no telling what that baby will do :)
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A fantastic shave on a late Sunday afternoon in the Nation's Capital.
Bengal 6/8 spike
Bulgarian Rose Otto from SRD
Face Lather from 28mm Silver tip
Roy Orbison on the Stereo and a Marlboro Light after.
Couldn't be better.
Received two very nice second row end zone tickets to the Colts-Chiefs matchup today. Nice game. Even better shave.
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Simpsons T2 “Super Badger”
SS/SC: Erasmic + Palmolive for Men “Classic”
Strop: No strop today…Razor shave ready
Razor: 5/8 C V Heljestrand “Elskituna”
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea for Men"Extreme Comfort"
AS: Floid (Italian) “Blue’
Result: New razor…Same result…BBS all the way.
Sunday
Kropp 6/8, Vulfix 2235, Ingram Cream, Alum, Oldspice Whitewater.
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Great pictures so far guys.
My shave today was in the AM but had to run off to work so I'm just now getting it up.
Prep:Hot shower, face scrub.
Strop:SRD modular paddle 50 linen, 100 P1 leather.
Brush:AOS fine badger brush.
Soap/Cream:AOS Sandalwood, SRD Sweet Patchouli.
Razor:Akers-Britton Co, stan-test. Looks to be a 3/8, tiny little thing.
AS:Old spice.
ASB:AOS Sandalwood.
EDT:AOS Sandalwood.
Results:Great shave, supper smooth. I little nick from losing track of the blade for a minute, stupid, I know.
The razor is one I just picked up over the weekend, I little bit of time sanding and polishing, honed it up, and wow, one of my best razors.
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Preshave-Hot shower followed by Escential lotions & Oils Aftershave lotion
Razor-Genco "Expert"
Strop-SRD Red Latigo 40 web, 60 Leather
Brush-Em's place Slim line handle pure badger "greys" bristle brush
Scuttle-rbecker 13 "large"
Lather-Escential lotions and oils Himalaya shave soap with Escential Brushless shave cream + 5 drops glycerine (from gssixguns post).
Post Shave- Cold water rinse then Escential Aftershave lotion.
Results-Not perfect but one of my best so far :rock:
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