Thread: Sun April 24rd - Sat April 30th

Had a great relaxing shave with the W&B, Mama Bear's Northwoods Shave soap, and Colors AS splash and balm.

Found the deer antler this past week in the Southern Indiana hills. Have a great week!

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Razor: Genco 'Gold Seal'

Stunning razor!

Originally Posted by baldy

Quite probably the best edge I have ever achieved

The student becomes the master. Please share your wisdom.

Originally Posted by jhenry

Very nice Merkur "Barber Pole" de razor. Congrats!

Merkur was purchased right from SRP member. It is a beautiful razor indeed.

I received the T & H sample pack and I can't wait to try them all out.

I also have Wilkinson and Feather blades to try out. I am still a "newbie" and getting familiar with the different brands and trying to figure out my preferences. Eventually will try straight razor, but for now just having fun learning how to lather, pre and post shave preferences, and wet shaving jargon.

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience.

Originally Posted by Teiste

Sunday
Santa Maria la Novella Crema Da Barba/Merkur HD with Gillette 7 oclock yellow/Semogue EL 2010 brush/Art of Shaving balsam

Nice going Teiste

Originally Posted by jhenry

Razor: 6/8” Boker “King Cutter”

Nice blade Monroe (and for making my decision for tomorrow easy). I will be Böker-izing my shave tomorrow too.

Originally Posted by blugill

1912 Ever Ready with Gem SS Blade aka Pella's
One Hella Smooth Shave this Easter Evening !!!

Awesome Easter shave Mark.

Originally Posted by Books

Omega 31064
Speick SS
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (4)
Speick A/S
Nivea Sensitive ASB

Niiiiiiice shave Books

Originally Posted by nycexit2

Puma special 89 just honed and Crown Cutlery

Gorgeous blades

Originally Posted by newb

Thank you, Robert. I seem to be acquiring too many Roll's, They are amazing razors once honed and stropped properly.

I bet David. Nice acquisition indeed.

Originally Posted by sharp

Thanks Robert. After 3 years of Layoffs and no job growth, we've been growing rapidly lately and it's nice to be able to put a smile on employee's faces again. The BBQ was a huge success!

...everyone is safe and my family and I did not sustain any major damage.

Glenn,
Great to hear that the company is on an upswing. Congratulations. But sorry to hear about the mess the tornadoes left behind. Glad to hear you and family came out of this one OK. Hope the rest of the co-workers and friends will also fare well tomorrow (fingers crossed). Great shave BTW.

Originally Posted by PaulCam

Shave cream: Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar (wow)
Post shave: Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar after shave balm
Cologne: Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar (EdT)

I received my sample pack from Trueffit and Hill this week and I couldn't wait to use them. I didn't know which one to use first but I went with the Trafalgar.
Wow! The lather had an incredible smell and the after shave and eau de toilette didn't disappoint either. Spicy scent, I think strong bergamot scent. I like it a lot.

Congrats Paul,
All good choices. Well done. I love the scent of Trafalgar too, but for some reason the balm leaves my skin a bit itchy after a shave. T&H pre-shave oil is also amazing.

Originally Posted by CrazyCloud

Had a great relaxing shave with the W&B, Mama Bear's Northwoods Shave soap, and Colors AS splash and balm. Found the deer antler this past week in the Southern Indiana hills. Have a great week!

Jason,
Mama Bear's rocks. She makes amazing soaps. Nice W&B too. I wonder if those antlers could be used to make nice set of scales. They are beautiful

Originally Posted by sharp

...and then there were the worst storms my area has seen in probably 40 years.

Sorry to hear about the devastation in your area mate, but glad to hear you guys are OK. Fantastic photo today BTW.

Originally Posted by PaulCam

The student becomes the master. Please share your wisdom.

No real wisdom to share unfortunately, other than Honing takes practice. Sorry, thats it.
Grant

my personal SOTD:
soap: Mitchell's
brush: Muehle Silvertip
razor: Pearson
AS: Brut

And we ( the bear-gang)send some greetings to our Jacky and the bear-gang in Down under.

Back again to the SOTD thread, and so GLAD to read your shaves and look at those nice pics!!!!!

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Razor: Jose Monserrat Pou 14 "Medallón Taurino, Estocada"

Strop: Ambrose Spanish Horse 25/50

Brush:shavemac silvertip

Lather:Kell's Amber SS + Palmolive SC

AS: Floïd Vigoroso

EdT: Parfums de Nicolai, Cedrat eau de Cologne

Summary: The Filarmonica brand is the most known and better spanish razor manufacturer. Before the use of this brand some razors were sold as Jose Monserrat Pou, the name of the Owner and founder of Filarmónica. This taurino is an amazing razor. Today my choice seems good, with this shavemac silvertip, but the soap is not the best for straight shaving (for shaving), I had to uberlather it with some cheap but effective Palmolive cream. Finally Floïd, never fails,...a good lotion with a classic scent. But the fresh "cedrat" is more wearable than Floïd.

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Picture:

Monday morning

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: Shavemac Silvertip D01, 2 band

Razor: Hänckels Friodur 8/8 Scalloped back French point

Honing Regimen: Chosera 1K-5K-10K, Charnley forest on oil

Strop: C-MON Vel-Edge vintage Cordovan Shell

Soap/Cream: Martin de Candre

Astringent: Thayers Medicated SuperHazel

After shave Balm: Copra oil, MdC

EdT: Eau de Candre, Eau de Vetyver

Results: A fantastic shave. This razor was low on my list untill I found the right honing regimen for it. Now it is amongst my very best! Nothing wrong with a stainless steel razor

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Another Sunny and warm day here in Oslo today. I bid you all the grandest of days

Easter Monday:

Merkur : Wilkinson : Simpson : The Art of Shaving : Myrsol : Henriksen : Diptyque

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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger.
Soap: Proraso
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8 Bergam Damascus in Mammoth Ivory Scales
ASB: Proraso Liquid Cream Aftershave
soundtrack: Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Relaxing BBS shave!

Originally Posted by eTom

And we ( the bear-gang)send some greetings to our Jacky and the bear-gang in Down under.

Cool looking bunch of bears Tom, I'll be sure to show Jacky in the morning.

Originally Posted by du212

Back again to the SOTD thread, and so GLAD to read your shaves and look at those nice pics!!!!!

Fantastic picture as always Jose

Originally Posted by Otto

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Now I can see why you like her music
Grant