Thread: Sun April 24rd - Sat April 30th

Robert,
I've only 6 W&B
Will you sell me some more?

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

No shave for me today

Saving up those whiskers, are we

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Birnando,
Lovely experiment my friend. I admit, I have done the two finisher thing as well from time to time. I found it to be overkill too. But hey, why not? It's fun...Does Chosera make higher grits than 10K?

Love that Palmera. She's a beauty. You're lucky I don't live near you buddy. I'd be there all the time, drooling over your collection, LOL

Yeah, it's a lot of fun playing around with all these lovely hones.
I even went out and bought some more JNats today

The Chosera ends at 10K. But to be honest, that is all I could ever need before I go to my favorite finisher.
I did however get a Suehiro Gokumyo 20K to have a higher grit synthetic. A fine stone, but basically just yet another fine finisher

Thanks for the kind words on my humble collection, however I'm so not alone on having a few good ones.
Your Maximized collection are but one
That's the real fun of the SOTD, such incredible collections of beautiful gear all around!!

Bjoernar, I've done the JNat to Escher progression, too. I did it on my Filly EPBD and the edge was just sharp in a strange way. Not harsh at all, but so sharp that if I tripped up in any way, it would give me a super clean slice.

Originally Posted by heirkb

Bjoernar, I've done the JNat to Escher progression, too. I did it on my Filly EPBD and the edge was just sharp in a strange way. Not harsh at all, but so sharp that if I tripped up in any way, it would give me a super clean slice.

Thanks. I love to hear others experiences as well.
I haven't given up on the testing yet
I can sit for hours with this. the possibilites are endless

Originally Posted by blugill

So Smooth, Bubble Gum wouldn't stick to it !!!
Torrey "SHARK"

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Originally Posted by eTom

Robert,
I've only 6 W&B
Will you sell me some more?

Hehehe...Sure, but I must make sure the post Office here in the US agrees...They did give me a warning about sending things to Buddel country, LOL

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Saving up those whiskers, are we

You know it brother. Although there was quite a bit of stubble today. I just want to wait fo rthe ultimate result with a very Special blade tomorrow

Originally Posted by Birnando

Yeah, it's a lot of fun playing around with all these lovely hones.
I even went out and bought some more JNats today

The Chosera ends at 10K. But to be honest, that is all I could ever need before I go to my favorite finisher.
I did however get a Suehiro Gokumyo 20K to have a higher grit synthetic. A fine stone, but basically just yet another fine finisher

Thanks for the kind words on my humble collection, however I'm so not alone on having a few good ones.
Your Maximized collection are but one
That's the real fun of the SOTD, such incredible collections of beautiful gear all around!!

Amen B.,
How many JNats do you have now? Your collection of stones muct be more impressive than that of your blades by now, LOL.

BTW: my colleague and I will be looking at the edge of a blade (that Rene sent) under SEM today. I decided to do a Naniwa regimen (up to 12k). Yesterday, we looked at the "Shapton edge" and it looked a bit "unclean" (lots of pitting, electron dense areas...I think that's because I asked Rene to send me a crappy blade he didn't care about). Scratch patterns looked bizarre. We'll see what the results say today. I will post pictures in the "Edge" thread I started soon

Originally Posted by heirkb

Bjoernar, I've done the JNat to Escher progression, too. I did it on my Filly EPBD and the edge was just sharp in a strange way. Not harsh at all, but so sharp that if I tripped up in any way, it would give me a super clean slice.

That's interesting Ehsan. What kind of JNat or Escher (i.e., hard, soft)? What about going from Escher to JNat? I wonder if that would produce a similar edge!

Originally Posted by Birnando

Thanks. I love to hear others experiences as well.
I haven't given up on the testing yet
I can sit for hours with this. the possibilites are endless

We can call this sport the Hone-Zen (instead of Honzan), LOL. It can be very relaxing.

PREP: Hot shower with face scrub
RAZOR: Otto Duetsch
BRUSH: Thater
SOAP: Bluebeards revenge
ASTRINGENT: Thayers
EDT: Guerlain Vetiver

Third day shaving in a row and still no irritation Just did a WTG and XTG today, this lather smells soooo good, and provides an amazing lather too I dint want the shave to end. The

AWESOME PHOTOS THIS WEEK GENTS!!!!!!!

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Razor: Wade&Butcher The Diamond Edge razor

Strop: Ambrose Spanish Horse 25/50

Brush: Truefitt&Hill Wellington Superbadger

Lather: Truefitt&Hill 1805 shaving cream

AS: Truefitt&Hill 1805 Lotion

EdT: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet

Summary: I didn't use very often shaving creams for straight, but the sunny day invites me to enjoy some fresh lemony scents as 1805. The W&B always gives me a smooth shave, today everything seems to go well, enjoy the weekend gents.

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Picture:

Friday
D.R Harris lavender SS/Edwin Jagger DE87 with Astra SS/New Forest 2201 brush/Weleda Lotion/Weleda Balsam

Just for a change, I shaved with one of mine



William Revitt 4/8; custom best badger by Neo; Mitchell's Wool Fat; Taylor's St. James aftershave.

Today's shave is as English as I could manage, part of a little coordinated shaving exercise organised by Ralfy. The dubious bits are the badger hair and the buffalo horn razor wedge!