Thread: Sun April 17th - Sat April 23rd

Originally Posted by nubskillz

Tomorrow I drive up to San Francisco with the ladyfriend for a bit of a spring break vacation... see you guys in a day or so.

I remember spring break on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Nice

Originally Posted by eTom

I love San Francisco! Enjoy your trip!

+1

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Wacker Mod.2 | Shavemac | Bomb Custom Vetiver Blend | Alum | Sabon | MPG Racine

Love the Wacker. I need someone to make me a razor called a "wacko."

Originally Posted by fonthunter

RAZOR: 6/8" Le Talisman / PEROUX-COGNET, Thiers

That is one gorgeous razor!!!!

Fonty, that's an amazing shot, and a damn fine razor!

Thanks for the wishes Jeff, now comes the hard part: what razor and gear do I pack for the trip?

Thanks Jeff!
Béla

Originally Posted by nubskillz

Fonty, that's an amazing shot, and a damn fine razor!

Thank you for your kind words my friend.
Cheers,
Béla

Originally Posted by blugill

[FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="3"][COLOR="darkslategray"]Back to my roots today !
This ones for you Rene

Focus Spike Point
This blade always puts a smile on my face

Thank you! Beautiful Razor!

Honing Experiment (Series 2 - Asagi w/Atoma slurry "Polish/Finish")

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: 22mm New Forest Silvertip Badger

Razor: 6/8" Geneva Cutlery, Full Hollow, Round Point (from Rene)

Honing Regimen: Shapton Pro 1k/2k/5k/12k

Strop: 0 laps (Neil Miller linen/Premium IV leather)

Überlather: TABAC Shave Creme + TABAC Shave Soap + Glycerin

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

Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer

After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue

Results: Today was the last of the series in experiments I am doing to correlate various honing regimen with quality of shaves. The edge being tested today is the Asagi with Atoma slurry. Again, for more details you can see HERE. What a terrific shave. The Shaptons put a fantastic edge on this blade, but it seems like the Asagi dialed that back just a tad bit, but smoothness was amazing. BBS and ready for my lunch meeting today. This shave is rated as follows: (1) Sharpness: 9.0, and (2) Smoothness: 9.5. Next on the agenda for this experiment, is to hone the 3 blades using random regimen (blinded study( and send them back to Rene who will test shave with them and report back. Once finished, I will un-blind the study for a better assessment of what we have. So, stay tuned for Rene's report in the next week or so.

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Have a TERRIFIC Tuesday gentlemen .

Rushing out the door for a day filled with meetings. No time for comment, other than:

***GREAT SOTDs everyone. You made my day***

Guys, you have time to shave with str8 everyday??? WOW!! With all the things I need to do before work with the kids and all...

I only shave once on weekends and once in weekdays...

BTW Fonthunter you always have REALLY NICE razors!!!

Cheers
Dom

Ice Hockey World Championship U18
results afternoon games:
RUS vs SUI 7:2
FIN vs CZE 2:2

In the evening:
USA vs GER
SWE vs CAN

stay tuned
I favorizes three teams:
USA, CAN, SWE

Originally Posted by DOOM

Guys, you have time to shave with str8 everyday??? WOW!!

It only takes me about 10 minutes incl. stropping to get a "close enough shave for work" with a straight.
About the same time it takes me with a DE.

When I first started it took about 45 minutes with a straight razor.

Originally Posted by Otto

It only takes me about 10 minutes incl. stropping to get a "close enough shave for work"

I'm 15 min. without stropping and it's still too much in the morning rush.