Thread: Sun February 13th - Sat February 19th

M new faz razor a Wacker..Shaves almost as good as my DE..Excellent edgea, balance and overall feel. THe Spanish point (or barbers notch) is actually a really friendly edge...I likethe way it can get into those hard to reach areas. The round tips are just a little difficult to get up under the nose, and the spikes cut the crap out of me..Anway, great pics guys. You give me my daily motivation with your pics
By the way, this is an old pic..I need to update to how my new Georgetown scuttle in the pics...Great Scuttle, keeps the lather very warm. The only downside is the opening at the top is a little narrow for my tastes. The other suggestion i would gve to the folks at Georgetown would be to not glaze the bottum of the scuttle, so that it would be easier to build a lather..I am thinking if the bottom were rougher it might be quicker?

Hot Shower
Baby Oil Gel preshave
WC Horn and Bros Extra Hollow Ground
VDH Boar
Speick Shavestick
Alum Block/Cold Water
Clubman AS

Probably my best shave so far this week. Nice edge on the razor, pretty decent foam, nice finish too.

Razor: 5/8 Fox Cutlery
Brush: Vulfix 2234
Cream: The real Shaving Co. Moisturizing
Aftershave: RazoRock / Thayers / Floid Vigoroso
Cologne: Old Spice Classic

Great pics everyone!! Thank you!

Krusius Brothers, KBextra / Everest Shave Cream / Omega 49 / Mustang AS / Avon's Wild Country Balm

Found this razor with broken scales, at an antique shop yesterday. Lucky for me I had a set of scales at home from a grifffen with a chipped blade. Fit perfect and cleaned up easily. Honed it last night after watching "One stone honing" video. All I can say is wow. I've learned so much here in such a short time. Thank you to all, for sharing your knowledge, tips and comments. Have Great Shaves today, gentlemen.

Congrats David, well done!

Wednesday

EJ 89L
Voskhod Russian Blade (day 1)
Omega Boar
TOBS Sandlewood Shave Soap
Black Suede Cologne

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I would like to thank YOU, Robert, and nicnbleeding as well, for so eloquently commenting on everyones posts on a daily basis! All I can say is "DITTO" Thanks to all!

Originally Posted by blugill

+ 1

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by eTom

Today:
soap: Proraso
brush: Muehle
razor: Wade & Butcher
AS: Brut

Nice setup Tom

Originally Posted by Mikael

Brush: Shavemac D01, 24 mm
Wow, how nice was that! Four days and no shave, been sick as a dog (infection in an old root canal job), but now I feel like a new man . I actually think I got some help from the infection, since I didn´t need to stretch my left cheek, it was allready like a balloon .

I also got a new brush from a trade, these D01:s knots are very dense and has an extremly soft touch.

Mikael,
Been wondering where you were hiding...Sorry to hear about you being under the weather and the dental issue. Root canals that go bad are not fun. Glad to hear that you seem to be well on your way to recovery.

Congrats on the D01...they are fantastic brushes...The density is unmatched by any other brush. Well done. Good trade.

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

High Class | Semogue LE 2010 | Cade Uberlather | Thayers Rose | Cade ASB | Mazzolari Patchouly

Rene (NickNBleeding) sent me this razor to test his edge, which he felt was too harsh. I shaved with it on Monday, and had to agree with Rene's assessment, so, with his permission I gave it a go with my hones.

this baby is ready to return to its rightful owner!

Very nice gesture and SOTD Bill. That, more than the blade, signifies pure class

Originally Posted by du212

Vulfix Grosvenor+Simpson superbadger : Henckels Friour 17 : Acca Kappa : Loewe

Lovely shot Jose

Originally Posted by baldy

Soap: Tabac
Razor: Shortened Bengall 11/16

I'm really happy with it, the edge is great and the razor is very comfortable, light, well balanced and easy to use. 3 passes and I'm clean and smooth.
I found this old Pharmacists bottle in an Antique Store today, and couldn't resist it, much more character than the white plastic bottle the Bay Rum came in.

Grant,
Loving the shot, the blade and especially that bottle...it does have character.

Originally Posted by sharp

Result: 2 passes and ready for a long and arduous day.

Robert, I think you are right about the distilled water. I normally use it, except when I'm traveling. I'll try it when I get home.

Glenn,
Hope things ease up a bit. I know how you must feel.

BTW: aside from the water, I think the loading is important too.

Originally Posted by Wintchase

M new faz razor a Wacker.
By the way, this is an old pic..I need to update to how my new Georgetown scuttle in the pics...Great Scuttle, keeps the lather very warm.

Nice Wacker Wintchase. Congrats on your new scuttle. I believe that I will get my Monster DB scuttle from Julie today...will test drive it soon.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Baby Oil Gel preshave
WC Horn and Bros Extra Hollow Ground
VDH Boar
Speick Shavestick
Alum Block/Cold Water
Clubman AS

Probably my best shave so far this week.

Congrats...sounds like a nice shave

Originally Posted by mbeem

Razor: 5/8 Fox Cutlery
Brush: Vulfix 2234
Cream: The real Shaving Co. Moisturizing
Aftershave: RazoRock / Thayers / Floid Vigoroso
Cologne: Old Spice Classic

Mark,
Nice shot (and shave). Love the color contrast.

Originally Posted by newb

Krusius Brothers, KBextra / Everest Shave Cream / Omega 49 / Mustang AS / Avon's Wild Country Balm

Found this razor with broken scales, at an antique shop yesterday.

David,
Wonderful find. Congrats...and a great photo

Originally Posted by blueman

Voskhod Russian Blade (day 1)

How do you like them Russians?

Originally Posted by eTom

Congrats David, well done!

Thank you.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

David,
Wonderful find. Congrats...and a great photo

Thank you, I would not have known what to look for in a good blade, how to get it so sharp quickly, nor how to start taking better photo's, if it wasn't for all the wonderful information that is shared on SRP. Also, thank you for taking your time to comment on those shaves of the day, I enjoy reading your comments.

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: 22mm New Forest Silvertip Badger

Razor: 13/16" Maher & Grosh "Famous Toledo Blade", 1/4 Hollow, Barber's Notch, Burgundy Linen Micarta (Restored by Max)

Strop: 5/10 (Torolf linen/Premium IV leather)

Überlather: CarrieM "Dragon's Blood" Shave Creme + Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave Soap + Gycerin

Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose Petal, no alcohol)

Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer

After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue

Cologne: Penhaligon's Racquets EdC

Results: Today's turn was for the Maher & Grosh to shine, the fourth in the line up of seven Maxterpieces . Max put her in beautiful burgundy linen micarta with a "caramel" color wedge. He also gave her a satin look as she was suffering from some pitting and patina along the surface of the metal (you can still see these imperfections). She now looks fantastic and the shave? EXCEPTIONAL!!!! Another shave that, I am sure, will leave me smiling all day long.

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Have an GREAT Wednesday guys.

Originally Posted by newb

Thank you, I would not have known what to look for in a good blade, how to get it so sharp quickly, nor how to start taking better photo's, if it wasn't for all the wonderful information that is shared on SRP. Also, thank you for taking your time to comment on those shaves of the day, I enjoy reading your comments.

My pleasure. I love reading all my brothers' posts...it's fun

Originally Posted by Mikael

Thank you, Robert! Absolutly, great brushes! It´s strange though, that they have such a soft touch/hair, but still have a really good backbone
The dentist refused to give me a good/strong pencilin though and it took three days to convince them that I needed something stronger and when I got that, it turned really fast (within 12 hours).

Enjoy the brush Mikael. Shavemacs are some of the BEST brushes out there. Great backbone with soft(est) tips...no compromise choosing between one or the other.

Regarding antibiotics...Kudos to your dentist not to prescribe it. The reason I say it is because the medical field has been so "loosy goosey" prescribing these things that we all risk running the risk of developing resistant bugs in our system...not all of which are good bugs, but nonetheless are necessary for the well being of the entire colony. The human mouth.

More recent research has shown that bugs live in biofilm state...this is basically a structural housing where bugs live and die (most of it is impervious to antibiotics). A colleague of mine at the Univ of Piitsburgh has published a paper (a year or so ago) showing that the human mouth contains as much as 600-800 different species of identifiable bacterial species (90% of which no one had ever heard of). Problem is most of them are not culturable in a petri dish like they do routinely in clinical settings to see what antibiotics to give you. Now, imagine getting an antibiotic that wipes out a few "good" species of bugs, leaving most other bugs intact, giving them the "carte blanche" to expand and grow. If a few of these happen to be nasty ones, then you will have a problem on your hands.

Prescription of antibiotics should be very limited and only in most dire of cases. Your dentist probably thought that the infection was not too bad (albeit it seems that way to the person having it).

I got to keep this short (gotta run)...There's a lot more behind this as far as research and info I have given here, but biofilm research is a nascent field and a very controversial one at that too...but, more and more evidence points to this being the case.

Another food for thought before bed tonight:
In terms of number of total cells in our bodies, we are 80-90% bugs and 10% human cells. Now, try to digest that. I am still trying to wrap my head around this. I am 9 parts bug and 1 part human...peachy