Thread: Sun February 06th - Sat February 12th

Originally Posted by orretfisker

Ever have a terrible shave… but you just can’t stop it? So I make the lather… to thin so I add some water… to much so now it’s watery… but I keep trying to make it right, arghhh. Then while shaving, I just can’t get this little patch right on the edge of the chin… keep at even though I know it’s going to end bad… it does. I ended up with four weepers and a little razor burn on that chin edge that I JUST KEPT AT. After I rub the alum block across the whole face feels like a mess, the Proraso balm helped though, a little Aquarius to add a little burn to remind me for the day. Then the final insult was after stropping, cause I know that it needs a touch up I turn the blade half way up the strop and slice. A horrible shave, I should have just let the beard rest for a day.

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Sorry you had a bad shave. It will just make the next shave better!

Hot Shower
1908 Gillette Single Ring
VDH Boar Brush
TSD English Fern
Witch Hazel
Murray and Lanman's Rose Cologne

It just doesn't get much better than this shave. BBS face and dome.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Great shave and gear Fonti.
PS: Curious as to why you'd prefer the Semogue 2010 LE to the Polo?

Robert,
thank you very much!

PS: No, I really like my Polo 10, it's is an excellent shaving brush! …but for this SODT (Spanish theme) is now would have been better a Semogue 2010 LE. I like Semogue 2010 LE too, but unfortunately I don't have (yet).

Cheers,
fonti

Greetings, Fellows! Nice posts today!

I was given this 1860 Wostenholm frameback to do an heirloom resto in a shadow box for a friend. It was super rusty and worm-eaten. After finishing, I could not help but make a bevel and hone it. I shaved with it this AM and WOW!
A shame it's going in a shadow box, but at least it IS a shaver! I am glad to own one like it and am now more anxious than ever to get it going
What a shave!!!!!

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this ivory handled with lead wedge Barrett rivals the Le Jaguar.
MIke[/QUOTE]

I am sooo glad to hear this, Mike! I happen to own a pair! Good shave and pic!

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Ahhhhh Arild,
Now, that sounds like my kinda shave...nice and long and enjoyable. Well done maestro

Shavemac 2-bands are absolutely a dream to use. I have a custom 24mm and she is one of the densest (yet soft tips) with stiffest backbone brushes I own. Love this beast.

Beautiful blade too....But wait a second....hey, where's the model we've so become accustomed to seeing??? Were you just teasing us, LOL.

Thank you Robert Teasing, well, I think you will se her again in the SOTD, but not everyday

Splendid Super Bowl Shave

RAZOR - John Pritzlaff Hardw. Co., Splendid #900, made in Germany
HONE - Coticule
BRUSH - Made Rite
SOAP - Palmolive Shave Stick
AS - Pinaud Classic Vanilla

Plisson #12 : Mühle R106+Polsilver : Erasmic SS : Weleda ASB : Czech&Speake Oxford&Cambridge EdT

C.V. Heljestrand MK 32 | Simpsons Anniversary Astor | Corvette | Floïd

Prep: Hot shower--followed by Lucky Tiger Molle' Brushless SC
Brush: Omega Lucretia Borgia Series "Super Badger"
SC: The Gentlemens Refinery 2 "Black Ice"
Strop: VB Red Latigo--55 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8 Dovo "Prima Klang"
Astringent: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea for Men "Sensitive"
AS: Ogallala Bay Rum
Result: Feeling like a millionaire...

This GR 2 "Black Ice" shaving cream is nice. The fragrance--anise--reminds me of licorice from my days as a kid at the notions counter in the corner grocery. It is not bad at all in terms of shaving lather either, although I want to reserve final judgment in that area until I have used it more than once.