Thread: Sun November 14th - Sat November 21th

Originally Posted by Harvitz81

Solingen Crosses 8/8

Joe,
Now I am convinced that you are just teasing us with that gorgeous blade of yours.

Originally Posted by Teiste

Tuesday
Dr Selby SC/Vulfix 404 boar and badger/Merkur HD with Wilkinson/Weleda ASB

Nice DE...I really like this Merkur

Originally Posted by Sailor

SOTD at work.
Place: Gulf of Finland, going east
Razor: Rolls
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Thäter

Great location, great background, great hardware and great software

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Razor: Gillette Fusion
Location: Mango Camp, Southern Sudan, Africa
Results: Exotic location for a horrible shave!

Greg,
It's great to see you doing well (regardless of hardware). Forget about the shave, you need to come back home fast before the tension between the south and north gets crazy. Referendum there is due Jan 9 and anything can happen between now and then.

Be safe buddy and it's great to hear from you

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Location: Mango Camp, Southern Sudan, Africa
Results: Exotic location for a horrible shave!
Internet access was sporadic at best in Sudan so I couldn't post this pic until today.

I'm just flattered that you thought to include us in your journey and share it with us! Now that's commitment Great SOTD Greg!

Razor: C-Mon HF
Soap: Institut Karite
AS: Old Spice

Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Ikon chubby 24 mm silvertip
Razor: E A Berg
Soap: Henks Scheerzeep Bay Rum
AS: Island Bay Rum
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
This blade is so good, I didn´t think anything special for this one when I found her (nice ivory scales, yes, but nothing special). It´s now one of my top shavers . I got a close, very close, shave today

Good morning, If the neighbors had any lingering doubts as to my sanity I'm quite sure all are removed taking a picture of a razor at 8:30 AM on a Sunday outside 39 degrees?
Anyway here goes:
Preshave: Hot towel
Brush: Burma Shave Boar
Soap: Williams
Razor: DOVO white bone Bismark
ASB: Polo Blue
Cologne: Polo Blue
The Williams soap and the boar brush I picked up at a local store a year ago its what started my interest in STR8 shaving remembering my dads old shave mug and brush although he used a DE. Enough rambling Great Shave the DOVO gives a nice smooth comfortable effort. Have a great day everyone.

Hey Metalfab! Your a Williams/boars hair fiend as well? I am still at that 5 years later! A very BIG welcome PETO! Great job!

Keep the Faith! I am hitting the "thanks button" now.....OH! What? it's gone! NOW instead of thanks we do rambling messages. I put a post it note with "thanks!" on my monitor. I have clicked on it several times this AM! Not the same though. Thanks

Latitudine 45°40'22"80 N
Longitudine 09°5'7"08 E
Gradi Decimali 45,673; 9,0853
Locator (WWL) JN45NQ

Face:

Proraso Preshave Sensitive
Vulfix Grosvernor Mixed B/B
Crema da Barba Santa Maria Novella
Shumate 5/8 Barber Deluxe by W.D.
Gillette Slim Adj. + Astra SP
Alum block
Proraso Aftershave Balm

Head:

Tabac
Headblade Sport + Atrac Plus
Proraso Aftershave Balm

Originally Posted by Sailinblues

Last Bike ride of the year this morning--32 miles of windblown, cold, nastiness.
...but the Shave afterwards was fantastic!

Joseph Rodgers & Sons--Barbers Friend

Brrrr....I can feel it in my bones just reading about it. Glad it's over and that's why I prefer living in California . Love the blade Chris.

Originally Posted by BlacknTan

First trip down the road with the new coticule.. Lot's to learn, but my first attempt is a success...

Excellent and congrats Bill . The La Veinette is a great piece of stone. Did you use the dilucot or unicot method?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Good Day Gents! Bring this Friodur out on occasion.

Grea blade and great choice...Go Aggies (although I din't have time to watch football...I get my summary from you here )

Originally Posted by sharp

Result:This was my first shave ever with a wedge. Sham did a great job honing this beast for me. A very different feel with a lot less “feedback” from the blade. A good shave, but kind of weird, smooth in some places, rough in others. I guess wedges take some getting used to technique wise.

...Polaroid Land Camera 250.

You'll get used to it...it is a little different . Sham (from what I have heard) is praised for his edges. So, it is most probably technique and not blade.

Love the camera...Keep it...it is an antique. I have inherited two antiques from grandpa myself: (1) a Pentaflex (very very old...with 2 lenses and tripod and case), and (2) a first generation Hasselblad (amazing camera...also very old). My dad wants them adn I wouldn't give it. THEY'RE MINE, I TELL YOU...MINE

Is that a pict of grandpa and grandma? Love it too. Probably taken with the Polaroid.

Originally Posted by Niubi

Welcome to SRP and this forum Niubi . Great to have you here. Way to make a splash on your first/second post.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

You'll get used to it...it is a little different . Sham (from what I have heard) is praised for his edges. So, it is most probably technique and not blade.

It is 100% me to blame, Sham has honed many of my blades and I LOVE his work . Just a different "feel" to get used to.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Love the camera...Keep it...it is an antique.
Is that a pict of grandpa and grandma?

Yep, that's Grandma & Grandpa. Grandpa passed away about 16 years ago...I miss him everyday. Grandma lives only 10 minutes away and I see her often.

I don't think I could even think about selling it, some things truly are priceless

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Welcome to SRP and this forum Niubi . Great to have you here. Way to make a splash on your first/second post.

Thanks man! Just my third shave with a straight...that's the reason of the Slim's presence.... :-D