Thread: Sun January 16th - Sat January 23rd

Akatombow | Kanayama | Semogue Custom Boar | Bomb Vetiver Custom (SC & ASB) | Thayers Rose | Le Labo Rose 31

What a great shave!

Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson chubby
Razor Cape, for barbers use
Soap: MWF
AS: Pacco Rabanne Ultra Vilolet
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very clean
Very nice blade, felt really good to shave with it, but I left some stubble on my upper lip . Very strange, has never been a problem before .

[QUOTE=Mikael;724180]

Great set-up & pic

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Akatombow | Kanayama | Semogue Custom Boar | Bomb Vetiver Custom (SC & ASB) | Thayers Rose | Le Labo Rose 31

Legal Beagle, is that boar brush as good as badger? I had one a long time ago, but I don't think it was good quality...It was very rough...Perhaps there is a technique to breaking them in? If I wanted to get another one (for some variety), is there a quality level I should look for? Like the Bader quality levels?

By the way sweet razor! Is that a scew in? Or is it welded like the Japanese styles?

Razor: 5/8 F.H. Loeffler Co. DEMON
Cream: The Bomb Calypso
Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn Best Badger
Aftershave: RazoRock / Thayers / 444 / Booster Island Bay Rum
Cologne: Tommy Bahama St. Barts

Great pics gentlemen!!

o yes,what a great picture

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Legal Beagle, is that boar brush as good as badger? I had one a long time ago, but I don't think it was good quality...It was very rough...Perhaps there is a technique to breaking them in? If I wanted to get another one (for some variety), is there a quality level I should look for? Like the Bader quality levels?

By the way sweet razor! Is that a scew in? Or is it welded like the Japanese styles?

Wintchase, this was my first use on this boar. I like it a lot. It's very dense and has great backbone. I have one other boar (a Semogue 830). It is very different from a badger in my mind. The boars certainly take some time to break in. As you do so, the tips will actually split leading to a much softer face feel. I've been very pleased with my Semogues (boar and badger alike)!

The razor is not a screw in. It is a Japanese frameback, an Akatombow, so it is made in their style. I really liked this razor when I picked it up from Seth, but I like it even more with the new clothes Glen put on it!

Friday
Geo F. Trumper Eucris SS/shavemac finest/Edwin and Jagger with Astra/444 alum block/Burberry ASB

Thiers Issard Le Grelot | Rooney Heritage Stubby 2XL | L'Occitane Cade

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Lucky Tiger “Molle’” Brushless SC
Brush: Plisson - Faux Ebony - Pure European Grey - Size 12
SS/SC: Valobra Soft Soap (Almond)+ Cyril Salter “Sandalwood” (sample) = Superlather
Razor: 5/8 J A Henckels “Friodur”
Astringent: Dickinson’s Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea for Men “Extreme Comfort”
AS: Pino Silvestre
Result: A fabulous shave!!!