Thread: Sun December 5th - Sat December 11th

Originally Posted by eTom

This is my 1K-post

Congrats on the 1K. I love the fact that you use something of your fathers. Heirlooms are a wonderful thing. At my wedding I used a Silver wine cup that was used by my Great Grandfather/Grandmother when they were married. Oh, the were from your neck of the woods.

Originally Posted by Otto

Razor: Mastro Livi: 6/8

Your Livi is beautiful.

Originally Posted by Mikael

Razor: H Boker "Griplus"

Mikael,
Sorry to hear about the nick! The shave, though, looks great! I love the scuttle/bowl!

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Mikael,

Sorry to hear about the nick! The shave, though, looks great! I love the scuttle/bowl!

Thank you Bill! It´s nice, more for face lathering, but I use it a lot even when I bowl lather.

Prep:Hot Towell
Brush:TGN Premium Silvertip in East Indian Rosewood
Strop: SRD Premium IV English Bridle 100 leather
Scuttle: SRD
Cream: “Goodfellas” Bomb
Razor: Wostenholm Pipe
After shave: C.O. Bigelow “Mentha”
EDT: Burberry “Weekend”



Result: Took the Wostenholm to the hones very late last night/early this morning. The edge is buttery smooth with 0 harshness, yet it doesn't feel keen. It provided a very nice shave with no irritation and BBS. I think I will follow Bill's lead and do some experimenting on different ways of using the Jnats to see if I can find a good mix of keeness & smoothness...I'm having fun

Have an excellent day gentlemen, you've earned it!

Glenn

New Forest 2201 : Feather portable+Gillette BE : Wars SC : Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet EdT

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Glenn,
that's a beautiful picture, well done!

And... there are a lot of more beautiful posts. Thanks for sharing.

Mikael, Glenn, Jose thanks for sharing all the excellent photos!

Cheers,
fonti

Now you are a senior member, Béla!
Congrats.

Saturday 12/11/10

Union Cutlery Spike 4/8
Genco Henry's X 5/8
Wald Ese-Ex 6/8
Coates (original) Sandalwood sc
Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe
Speick a/s
Anherb a/s conditioner
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Edt

I honed the three razors this morning and tried to use them during this shave but I only managed a couple of strokes with the Wald as I wanted to compare the Spike and the Genco. I bought the Spike over a year ago at a flea market and the Genco was a recent E-Bay purchase. I like American steel and like the feel of the Gencos and Geneva Cutlery razors (same company) which are from nearby Geneva, NY. The Union Cutlery is from Olean, NY which is actually closer to me than Geneva. I am hoping for a Robeson (from Rochester) one of these days.

Not being terribly confident in my honing skills I used the Coates cream for maximum cushioning and got what I hoped for. It was interesting using two razors, both did the job well enough. The Spike was quieter than the Genco (or the Wald), which, I guess, is due to it's size. I always do a couple of touch up passes around the jawline and neck and ended up with a very good shave, dare I say a Damn Fine Shave?

It's a great feeling of accomplishment to take a razor to a shave ready state and I feel very good about it. I needed to get over my anxiety about honing and just do it. Thanks to those who have helped me along the path...JoeD and Dylan for their guidance and tutelage (and Lynn for being able to watch him work), Bart and the crew over at Coticule.be for their encouragement, and my own Lynn (SWMBO) for her support and amusement at my interest in our little adventures in wetshaving.

And today will be better than yesterday.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Excellent Glenn . I guess with that Coffee scent, you had your shave and caffeine fix at the same time

Now if only I could find a mountain dew shaving cream...

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

I put the W&B on the Nakayama for 60 laps. Thank you Bill. I also did the same with Joseph Rodgers.

Those are some beautiful blades Rene Glad to hear you are having fun

Originally Posted by eTom

This is my 1K-post and I will post a picture with a very good razor.

Congratulations on the 1K Tom! I look forward to your 2k,3k,4k,5k...you get the idea Keep them coming my friend