Thread: Sun April 24rd - Sat April 30th

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

I am anxious to see which razor you found to provide a better shave and how it was honed.

I started my day with heavy ugly clouds in the sky and a short run over the Cross Bronx Expressway North. The road can jar your teeth loose and the winter was not kind to the road. Made it to Manchester about an hour early and am now sitting in a nice bistro called "Between Rounds."
On my way here, the roads smoothed out and the sky cleared and I had a wonderful drive. It is now beautiful outside as predicted and I am enjoying the morning.

Enjoy the day!!

Sounds like a perfect day for a mini-meetup! I hope you and Rene (and Liz) enjoy your visit. I'm looking for you coming to DC...

Prep: Hot Water Face Wash, Baby Oil Gel
Razor: F.A. Clauberg Tonsorial Gem
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum Sage and Cedar
AS: Alum Block, Nivea ASB, Skin Bracer
Finish: Manantiales de La Toja Agua de Colonia

Super Lather: Castle Forbes Lime/ QED Fresh Limes
Shavemac 177
Simmons Hardwar 5/8ths 'Barbers Pet'
Thayers Lemon W.H.
Castle Forbes Lime A/S

Prep: Hot shower – followed by Robeson bay rum (mentholated) beard prep method
SS: Tabac
Brush: H. Thater 21mm “Silvertip Badger”
Razor: Merkur 34C HD Heavy Duty w/ Lord Stainless blade
Astringent: Dickinson’s Witch Hazel
ASB: Realm - Men
AS: Speick - Men
Result Wunderbar!

Originally Posted by eTom

again I'll use a beautiful Wade & Butcher (bow) today

I love the Bow. She's a beautiful shaver Tom.

Originally Posted by Birnando

Razor: Jose Montserrat Pou Filarmonica , Especial Para Barbas Duras #14
Honing Regimen: Chosera 1-5K, Nakayama Maruichi with Nagura progression , Y/G Escher
Results: A fine shave, The EPBD is quite simply an outstanding razor. I will never tire from the wonderful shaves this baby gives

Birnando,
...And I will never tire looking at her, LOL. She is quite the looker too. Congrats. You know, I was thinking: Have you tried shaving off those stones without stropping? I'd be very curious about this especially going from a JNat to an Escher. Don't try it on my account, just wondering!!

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Hellberg Arlen & Frummerin | Semogue Custom | Martin de Candre | Cade ASB | Diptyque Vetyverio

Another Army day today. The little Swede is true to its heritage. It gave a BBS shave, even though I need to take it back to the stones for a little play time, I believe.

Very nice Bill...even for an Army day. As the saying goes: "She is all that she can be"

Originally Posted by Mikael

Razor: Klas Törnblom
Soap: Provence Sante

An excellent choice of blade and soap today Mikael.

Originally Posted by du212

.Summary: A simple Saturday, because DE shave is so easy and it's a great choice for a comfortable and simple shave.

José,
You've gone totally DE today, LOL. Well done. Nice way to start Saturday my friend.

Originally Posted by baldy

You Sir, truly are an enabler, and I'm sure there would be a few other guys around here who would agree. . I have an unidentified Sheffield wedge on the to be restored pile. Maybe some work on that might save my wallet some weightloss.

Hehehehe. But make sure you don't put your wallet on a "lapband"...there are side effects, LOL. Looking forward to seeing your restore buddy.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Ok so today is the 2nd shave of Roberts test. I am using the same cream for the test to keep it consistant. I am also only doing 2 passes. This shave was much better than the first. Its was a GREAT shave. On the last shave i will compare all 3 Blades!

Beautiful day today. After a nasty winter it feels so good! Im leaving soon to meet Jeff "MVCRASH". This is my first time meeting a fellow SRP junkie!

Nicely done Rene (and thank you). Have fun with Jeff.

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

I am anxious to see which razor you found to provide a better shave and how it was honed.

Jeff,
The honing will be revealed after Rene is done. Is "Between Rounds" bistro where you're meeting Rene?

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Razor: F.A. Clauberg Tonsorial Gem
Finish: Manantiales de La Toja Agua de Colonia

Beautiful blade and an even better finish. Gotta love the Manantiales

Originally Posted by Books

Super Lather: Castle Forbes Lime/ QED Fresh Limes
Shavemac 177

What a nice combination of top products. CF is amazing as is the QED line of soaps. Well done

Originally Posted by jhenry

SS: Tabac
Brush: H. Thater 21mm “Silvertip Badger”
Razor: Merkur 34C HD Heavy Duty w/ Lord Stainless blade
Result Wunderbar!

Monroe,
Soap + brush + razor = AMAZING!!! No wonder you feel WUNDERBAR.

PS: Hope your niece is doing OK.

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: 23mm Shavemac Silvertip Badger

Maxterpiece: 8/8" DOVO #55 "Best Class", Full Hollow Ground, French Point (Bone Linen Micarta)

Strop: 0/5 laps (Neil Miller linen/Premium IV leather)

Lather: La Toja "Manantiales" Shave Soap

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

Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer

After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Amber

After Shave Creme: Sabon AS Creme (Thank you Frank )

Results: I had my DOVO #55 rescaled by Max who decided to clothe her in his newest scale material - i.e., Bone Linen Micarta. Needless to say, she looks AMAZING (Thank you Maxtro)!!! The La Toja Mantiales provided an incredible lather in which the DOVO was all to happy to play in. The 2-day growth was absolutely no match for this beautiful blade. I loved the smooth and BBS shave this wonderful steel delivered. I didn't feel a thing. In fact, I had to remind myself that I had just shaved.

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See you all tonight...Busy day ahead. Have a TERRIFIC Saturday gentlemen .

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

An excellent choice of blade and soap today Mikael.

Thank you Robert! It was a sweet shave that left a smile on my face, I was going to sell this blade, but I changed my mind

Edited: W O W, what a set up and what a lovely razor!!! Would love to have one of those blades one day.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Monroe,
Soap + brush + razor = AMAZING!!! No wonder you feel WUNDERBAR.

Thanks Robert...It was a great shave. The only thing that could best it is a straight razor shave.

My niece is fine. I just spoke with her on the phone. She's in her parent'e house in Montgomery now. She says that it will be several weeks before she can return to her apartment complex in Tuscaloosa.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Results: I had my DOVO #55 rescaled by Max who decided to clothe her in his newest scale material - i.e., Bone Linen Micarta. Needless to say, she looks AMAZING (Thank you Maxtro)!!!

Say the truth man!! You have hijacked Max and he's rescaling your razors as a slave .... Miguel and me have sent some razors and there is no answer from Max.....

MWF Hand Soap,
GFT Coral SF as prep,
GFT Roses SC,
Simpson Duke 3 in Best,
Dovo 5/8,
Alum Block,
Davidoff Cool Water EdT.


No photo today! But first shave in what seems like a very long time. Been under the weather with an old bug!

Just did one pass today and boy-o-boy do I feel civilized. Though I'm not quite back on my feet this has made me feel a whole lot better.

Ah life is good.

Oscar.