Thread: Sun January 30th - Sat February 05th

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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Truefitt & Hill
Soap: Truefitt & Hill Triple-milled soap
Strop: Ruprazor Filly
Razor: 6/8 Robeson "The Razor that Fits Your face" 16-C-250
Hone + Nagura: Nakayama and Chu nagura

Find this Robeson at an antique store yesterday for a sound. It has not seen a hone yet... intoduce it to the Nakayama that I have just acquired. What a fine shave!!! Have a great day Gens.

Location: 32°28′05″N 93°55′16″W
Music: Loverboy
Prep: Hot Shower & Towel
Preshave: Proraso
Scuttle: 1.5 Dirty Bird
Soap: Cella & Speck – interesting combo
Brush: New Forest 2211
Razor: Dovo Bergischer Lowe
Balm: Manetti & Roberts Rosewater
After Shave: Serge Lutens – Borneo 1834
Result: A good start to the week. The smell from the Cella & Speck is an interesting combo and very good; almost as good as Cella & P160. Topping it off with the Borneo 1834 makes me feel warm all day even with a slow drizzle. Have a good week gentlemen & ladies.

Originally Posted by Joed

Razor: Wade and Butcher - Sheffield with Masonic symbols frosted into the blade

Joe, this razor turned out absolutely beautiful, the scales are a work of art.
Grant

Lots of stunning photos today boys, thank you.

Originally Posted by baldy

Joe, this razor turned out absolutely beautiful, the scales are a work of art.
Grant

Lots of stunning photos today boys, thank you.

+1 Grant. With yours right up there at the top.

I always feel like I'm bringing meat and potatoes to a gormet potluck when I post here, but I guess the plain always makes the exceptional stand out.

Soap: Patchouli goats milk
Brush: Made Rite
AS: Old Spice
Razor: Genco (blade) in what appears to be a rescale. Just found this at a junk/antique shop the other day and wanted to try it out. The scales are steel with the Holler's Special logo etched in. A quick hone and it did very well. I agree with Bluegill that American steel can be surprisingly smooth.

Has anyone ever seen scales like this before? Thanks for sharing all the beautiful photography and blades.

Bill

Originally Posted by Joed

This was a wonderful shave and the razor will be reserved for special occasions, probably the pre-birthday shave as Jr gifted me a beautiful Nes for my Birthday!

I have been admiring this set of scales during construction in the workshop forum. Most impressive work and a beautiful result! It is good to know the razor shall be used. Sweet!

I agree with you about the exceptional shots. Yours is not a basic razor. Great scales!! Very unique!



[QUOTE=WJF;729403]+1 Grant. With yours right up there at the top.

I always feel like I'm bringing meat and potatoes to a gormet potluck when I post here, but I guess the plain always makes the exceptional stand out.

Razor: Genco (blade) in what appears to be a rescale.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

... I always feel like I'm bringing meat and potatoes to a gormet potluck when I post here, but I guess the plain always makes the exceptional stand out. ....

I can't speak for everyone else here but I usually shave with a plain Jane razor like the Genco's and Robeson's and they shave every bit as good as most of the fancier razors I have. Now the quality of the pictures everyone posts in the SOTDs is something to envy.

Tonight's shave:

Hot Shower, Burt's Bees SC rubbed into the whiskers
Warm Oil
Hannah Ceramic
Nancy Boy Cucumber Shave Cream
Custom Badger Brush
Boker shoulderless
SRD P1, 50 Felt 100 Leather
Osage AS
Vaseline for men

Had a nice weekend with the youngin. Dropped her at the bus and then came home and enjoyed a nice shave.

Enjoy the evening.

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