Thread: Sun January 9th - Sat January 15th

Hey Bill i have tomorrows shave all set. I would post it tonight but the pictures are not working.

Originally Posted by Batmang

Geneva Cutlery Henry's X 5/8

Very fine shave this morning...the sun is shining and it's 21F degrees and today will be better than yesterday.

Hi Nathan,
Sounds like a wonderful shave (cold outside, but great)...may all your tomorrows be better than yesterdays

Originally Posted by mbeem

Razor: 5/8 Garland Cutlery Co. "Improved Eagle"
Soap: Queen Charlotte Soap's "Celestial Woods"
Brush: Shavemac 436
Cologne: Penhaligon's English Fern

Ooooh Lala Mark. You have gone all out on this one, eh? Beautiful blade, great soap (very very good scent), great brush and amazing cologne. Wowwww is all I can say

Originally Posted by sfcablecar

E. Bergfeld & Sohn Globusmen No.37 | Custom Badger | Martin de Candre | L'Occitane Cade

Beautiful blade...those go for some serious $$ on the Bay.

Originally Posted by Teiste

eshave lavander SS/Merkur HD with RED IP/20 finest badger brush/Thayers lavander lotion/Art of Shaving lavander balm (sample)

Teiste,
Is it me or do I get the feeling that you like Lavender. Fantastic choice...I love this purple theme

Originally Posted by blugill

Razor - Hilger & Sons, 15/16 Chopper
Results - Two Pass/with an extra
just for fun, I'm really feeling this
three dolla Choppa !! BBS clean

Beautiful Chopper Mark...did I see this right, or is José right in that I need glasses? $3 for this blade??????? Naaaaahhhhhhh

Originally Posted by baldy

Beautiful razor and a great pic. I really enjoyed your description today too. Sounds like a satisfying shave

Thanks Grant

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Had a quick shave this morning. Only one pass. But man that was all i needed. She delivered a fantastic shave today. Simply amazing.

Solgen Japanese Razor

Woowwww Rene...that is a quick pass shave. Impressive...Beautiful and effective blades these Solgens.

PS: The picture feature is offline it seems



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Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Beautiful Chopper Mark...did I see this right, or is José right in that I need glasses? $3 for this blade??????? Naaaaahhhhhhh




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Yes Sir Robert, 2.25 for Razor and 6.99 to ship ! Thank You

Thanks to all members who gave me such lovely quotes.

Today I'll show you another picture with my beautiful barber-box.

soap: Calani- Gentleman
brush: Muehle- Silvertip
razor: Dewsnap (I love this razors!)
AS: Old Spice

Have a nice day!

Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson chubby 3
Razor: C V Heljestrand frameback
Soap: Cella
AS: Old Spice Musk
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
What a lovely brush!! A bit of a lather hog, but it´ll get better. Excellent blade, I´m so happy to have it.

Monday:

shavemac silvertip : Merkur 1904 OC + Astra Keramik : AoS Sandalwood SC : Lotion Opaline



Today

Simfix superbadger : Gillette Rocket HD + Astra Keramik : T&H Grafton SC : Nivea ASB

The Frozen Jungle




Filarmonica DT 13 | Kanayama (after Oozuku Assagi) | Semogue LE | QCS Vostok + Bomb Saigon + Glycerin | Thayer's Rose | S.70 Eucalyptus | Bomb ASB - Saigon | Creed Bois de Santal

I have been trying to get to know my Oozukus recently, as if on queue Stefan (aka Mainaman) recently posted his nagura honing video. It was great to see how one of the honemeisters goes about this task, and I it pleased me to see that my technique was not far off. Nonetheless, I decided to try his method. This little Fili was finished on the Oozuku Assagi with a full nagura progression (botan, meijiro, koma, tomonagura), and had a wicked sharp yet very smooth edge.

The lather today was incredible. The weatherman says we're getting snow today, so I had to go with the Vostok, and it paired very well with the Saigon Bomb. What a contrast in warmth and cold! It gave me a great cushion and slickness for the newly sharpened Fili to slide right across my face leaving nothing but clear skin! A shave this good had to be followed with something classy, and Creed's now discontinued Bois de Santal fit the bill! The creamy sandalwood scent continues the hot/cold contrast of this shave and leaves me with thoughts of a warm tropical location!

Great shaves so far this week, gentlemen, thank you for letting me share my humble experience this morning!

My Monday SOTD post seems to be missing. I wonder what happened to it?

I have been waiting for this day sense august. Its my pretrial for divorce. Hopefuly it will get all wrapped up today. I HOPE!! So while talking to Bill we chose my Wacker. I cant literaly wack her so the next best thing. I also figured why not andther woman wacking her. So i picked my Wacker Red Head. Something about these wackers that get better and better evertime you use them.

Tony Miller Strop
Vestavia Brush
MWF + Castle Forbes Lime + Glycerin
Wacker Red Head
Witch hazel
Skin Food
St Charles Smoke n Beads AS
Lorenzo Velloresi Vetiver

11.1.11 Shave!

Background music was Rachmaninov`s piano conserto No. 2.

Startet with 20 strokes on the linen and 30 on the black leather of my SRD Black Latigo strop.

The Straight was a Wade&Butcher made in the 1880`s according to Mr. Bob/Lz6. This razor was a gift, and it shaves absolutely fantastic. Perhaps the two Gentlemen in the background of the picture used the same razor

I used baby oil for my prep today, worked out quite nice.

Todays shaving cream was Fitjarsoap`s "Telemark". This cream has a stong smell of a fire out in the woods and Islay whisky. Very special, but I like it, brings you out in the wilderness instantly

I made the lather in a Hamada coloured Georgetown Pottery scuttle with a Simpsom Emperor 2 Super Badger brush. This brush is a killer both on soaps and creams, and even as my smallest brush it makes tons of lather!

The shave went just like I dreamed about when I first tried a Straight and just made blood, hehe. Not a nick, and true BBS after 4 passes, the last two against the grain.

Finished up with Alun and TOBS Sandalwood gel. Have a great day everybody.

Something is wrong with the upload of pictures, so I will post the picture later if possible!

Arild