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Friday
Acqua Di Parma crema soficce da pennello/shavemac D01/Gillette # 58 with RED IP/Loccitane Cade balsam (sample)/Acqua Borsari Parma La Colonia.

Gentlemen;
THANKS a lot for the pics and the comments about your shaves.I do enjoy a lot coming here and read all your post.Once again,THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Teiste,

And a big thanks to you as well.

Originally Posted by sharp

Oops, It's a Boker "King Cutter". I got all evaluations written for 1 department (81 pages written). I have 1 small department left and I'll be done with writing and then it's time to schedule the meetings and make travel arrangements.

Nice blade Glenn...81 pages is quite an accomplishment. Hope the other department goes smoothly

Originally Posted by blugill

"Fellowship or Brotherhood of the Shave" Robert, you couldn't have said it any better, I agree 100%. Coming here and reading and conversing on each others Shave of the Day, and all the other threads posted is a highlight of the day for me. This is a great group of people here that I'm proud to be a part of. This is by far, in my opinion the best site of its kind on the Web. Thanks so much for the stand up job you do on this site.
Thanks, Mark "aka blugill"

Thank you for the kind words Mark.

Originally Posted by bassguy

Razor: Makrauer Barber Supply House, "Justice
Soap: L'Occitane CADE Soap
AS: L'Occitane CADE Balm

Beautiful blade and congrats on setting the bar even higher. great choice with the Cade software...Great stuff indeed

Originally Posted by eTom

razor: Thiers Issard

Tom,
I love this TI. Very classy

Originally Posted by eTom

By my mind-
each camera is as good as the man/woman behind the ocular.
The Hasselblad's are the Best of the Best-of course, but you can do nice shots with all cameras with a clean lense.

It is a difference if you will produce pictures for a forum or you will produce prints in 13'' x 19''.

Yes and no Tom...Yes that the lenses on the Hasselblad have always been Zeiss (at least from what I remember - the best of the best)...Also, the operator/photographer makes up 80% of the equation. However, for the remainder 20%, the Hassellblad is a different animal than most cameras. Of course, you have to know more than just "point and shoot" and you have to have an understanding of photography, but once you shoot with a Hasselblad, you really know the difference...that's just my opinion. And that 20% makes a HUGE difference in teh quality of the photos. The blacks (and WB) in Hasselblads is unmatched by modern cameras.

David: I would love to own a film Hasselblad, but it's a pain in the neck getting those developed, scanned etc...don't have much time for film these days. Digital is the way to go, but their digital line is $$ ($14K to start)

Originally Posted by Otto

Razor: Wade & Butcher 8/8 "For Barbers Use" w/ ebony scales

Another beauty Otto.

Originally Posted by Muscles

Wacker Mod.3 Black Edition | MWF | Shavemac Custom | Floid

Little bit bit disappointed with the factory edge on this new Wacker, but, only because the edge on my Mod.4 was so good- perhaps my expectations were a tad high...

Hi Marc,
Beautiful blade, but factory edges are just that...a factory edge. One has to hone these properly to take full advantage of the edge. Factory edge will rarely (never say never) deliver the same smooth shave.

PS: Do let me know your schedule while in Torrance so I can see about coming down and saying hello.

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Cade uberlather | Cade ASB

...And?

Originally Posted by sharp

Razor: DublDuck Wonderedge by Max
Result: Happy Friday! If today's shave is any indication as to how today is going to be, then I can't wait! A Fantastic shave, star performers all around and I'm smooth as smooth can be.

Glenn,
Fabulous and stunning blade. They should be called WonderMax. Wouldn't it be nice if our daily shaves could act as a crystal ball? predicting how the day turns out, eh?

Originally Posted by moonbeam

a. Razor Dovo Facharbeit 80

Great to see your post in the right place. Welcome to the SOTD and very nice gear. Don't worry about eh shave quality yet. It will come soon enough. And when it does click 100%, you will feel like a Billion bucks.

Originally Posted by Mikael

Razor: Joh. Engström

Mikael,
Nice, albeit speedy, shave. Great blade

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Boy do i love this Henckles. BBS 2 passes. Super smooth. Deff on my list of one of my best shaves.
Henckles 8/8

Rene,
I love this Henckels too.

Originally Posted by moonbeam

Str8 Razor shavers are very good photographers,just look at all pics att by them in the SOTD section.Wonderful guys

We all take our shaves seriously and in good spirit. And once again, welcome to the club. You will feel right at home here

Originally Posted by ganboyi

Soap: Tabac
Brush: Shavemac D01 Flat-top
Razors: Wade and Butcher barber's use faux frameback

It's always nice to see you Brad and happy new year (and first shave of 2011). Sounds like you rung 2011 with a bang with a wonderful choice of blade and soap

Originally Posted by thewatermark

RAZOR: Adoration Hand Forged
This blade has been on my radar for quite some time, and I finally found one on ebay and scooped it up.

Congrats on the nice score Matt. That is a beauty...Enjoy it in good health

Originally Posted by mbeem

Beautiful pic Robert!!

Thanks Mark

Originally Posted by jhenry

Razor: 5/8 Dovo “Black Star”

Monroe,
Beautiful shave, but I thought you were inspired to shave with the Wacker today!!

Originally Posted by Teiste

Acqua Di Parma crema soficce da pennello/shavemac D01/Gillette # 58 with RED IP/Loccitane Cade balsam (sample)/Acqua Borsari Parma La Colonia

What a combination of hardware/software. Well done maestro, well done. I love it

Originally Posted by Teiste

Gentlemen;
THANKS a lot for the pics and the comments about your shaves.I do enjoy a lot coming here and read all your post.Once again,THANK YOU SO MUCH!

And a big return "THANK YOU" to you as well...


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To all my brothers in "the fellowship of the Shave", I salute you. as the famous saying goes: "You make me want to be a better shaver"


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Henckles Friodur 4/8
TOBS Almond SC
Ever Ready Boar
TSD Iced Cedarwood AS Milk

Originally Posted by baldy

Thats a stunning Wacker mate

Thanks Grant

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Hi Marc,
Beautiful blade, but factory edges are just that...a factory edge. One has to hone these properly to take full advantage of the edge. Factory edge will rarely (never say never) deliver the same smooth shave.

PS: Do let me know your schedule while in Torrance so I can see about coming down and saying hello.

Thanks Mate,
Silly me, I was so happy with the Mod.4 that it made this one bad, but, I had forgotten that it was John Crowley that put the edge on my Mod.4 - it wasn't just factory. I'll be running it over the Naniwas later today and finish it on my Oozuko, I am sure that will sort it out.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

...And?

Robert,

The Cade has a wonderful scent. IMHO, that is by far the best attribute of this uberlather. I did not find it particularly efficacious otherwise, but that may be owing to the fact that this was my first lather attempt with this product. I will give it a few more goes before I render final judgment, but for now I'm appreciating some other products much more...

The ASB, on the other hand, is quite nice!

Thanks for all the great photo's. Now I am off to move more snow!!!!

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

What you see in the background is a small tablet with the Armenian Edjmiatsin Church (I think...hard to tell) on the left and the Armenian alphabet on the right. And of course, the unmistakable Armenian "Duduk".

Robert, thanks for bringing a little class to this place.
G.

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Prep: hot Shower/Hot Towel
Strop: Illinois 835
Brush: Comoy Badger
Uber: Col. Conk Bayrum, Faulding Shave Cream, Glycerine
Razor: Custom Simmons Barbers Pet 5/8
Ast: Dickinsons Witch Hazel
A/S: Nivea Replenishing post shave Balm
Result: A little dissapointing actually. I just gave this one a touch-up as it was pulling a little and under 50x magnification there were a few micro chips. I was finishing it on the C12k and was getting a LOT of suction between blade and stone. I think I did a couple of bad strokes there. Anyway it was getting late and I thought I'd just give it a try as is. No good, I'll take it back to the hones and maybe finish on the Thuri this time. I took the pic before the shave so here it is.

Have a great day boys.
Grant