Thread: Sun May 15th - Sat May 21st

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Edwin Jagger best badger
Soap: Proraso
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Dubl Duck Wonderedge 11/16 - cracked ice celluloid scales
ASB: Proraso

Great shave and now I´m very, very clean

Originally Posted by baldy

Have a safe trip mate. Hope you and your folks enjoy the time together.
G.

Thanks Grant. I'm sure we'll have some quiet time since last week was graduation and things were pretty much nutty.

Originally Posted by sharp

Beautiful blade Jeff. Sorry to hear about your Dad's accident. Glad to hear he is ok. Enjoy your visit with your folks.
Glenn

Thanks Glenn. The man has an iron dome. CT and other tests all negative.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Jeff i hope your father is ok. Enjoy the time with him.

Thanks Rene. I think I need a drive when I get home. If weather permits I'll take a run up for breakfast!!

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

I would like to start this meeting of. Hello! My name is Rene and i am a RAD aholic. I thought i was done for a while buying but then i saw this one when looking for my own add on Ebay. Fromm 15/16+. Im a sick man! I decided to shave tonight to enjoy it. No rush. If i didnt know any better i would have thought Max honed this razor. Hell he just may have. LOL! Wonderful 3 passes. Smooth, comfortable and no irritation.

Tony Miller strop
TGN ST-A 24mm
The Bomb custom Vetiver "Bill's custom"
Fromm 15/16+
WH
Skin Food
Calypso ASB

Jeff great minds think alike. Fromm. Well at least sick minds!

Rene, and sick they are.....LOL

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

I feel for you Jeff. Have a safe trip back and hope your dad starts feeling 100% soon. I am sure your dad is proud to have a son like you.

Thanks for the kind words. I am certainly proud to have a father like him. He is a good man, difficult at times, but he has a good heart.

The incident is kind of weird. As he stepped from the elevator, my Mom called him, he turned with his back to the elevator door. The door then began to close, hit him and threw him off balance. His head hit the wall, not the floor. Anyway, all is well.

I decided to spoil myself again after the wonderful shave yesterday. I checked the flight and it was on a 757. Big aircraft, many passengers, lots of pushing and shoving and waiting in the aisle for ladies to lift bags over their heads that they could not possibly lift. I was not in the mood to be part of this so I upgraded. Should make the travel a bit easier.
More news from last night. I may be driving my daughter home!! I like road trips with her. We have fun.

Enjoy the day. I still say we need a bar thread in this section, or someplace on the website.

Prep: Hot Water Face Wash
Razor: Klas Tornblom "The Swede"
Brush: Semogue 2000
Soap: Arko Shavestick
AS: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Nivea ASB
Finish: Crusellas Colonia 1800 Sandalwood

Suzuma "Solgen" | Semogue Custom Boar | D.R. Harris Almond + AK 1869 | Thayers Rose | Sonoma Scent Studio Fireside Intense

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Nice shave Kelebekcc,
All I can say is: Interesting scales!!! I had seen this razor before, but never realized that they were the actual scales of the razor. How's the handling?

Thank you Robert. I liked design and bought. Tried and liked straight razor's comfortable shave too. My first razor. For me no problem holding and handling. Also you can put fingers on sword, (two fingers on shank, two fingers on the sword's sides, and last little finger on the tang) this second hold more tight and comfortable for me. I shaved 5-6 times and now i can get very close shave with WTG XTG and touch ups. No irritation except neck, my lower neck growing up and right and have Adam's Apple. Maybe i should go up (wtg) on lower neck. Still learning

Thursday:

Very busy here, woke up late as well, no time this morning thus quick shave and unfortunately no photo.

Merkur 34G > Wilkinson > Omega No. 34 > Dovo cream Eucalyptus > Myrsol Agua Balsamica > Creed Aventus.

Two passes, very smooth and super clean, absolutely no irritation.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Grant: Holy cow buddy!!! I get the feeling that like Dominique Strauss-Kahn, you should also be on a suicide watch Was the razor out to get you? Heal fast bro

Robert, I think you may have misunderstood, that photo was after my first ever straight shave in April 2009. I'm actually surprised it went that well, here's what it was honed on. The combo stone from the hardware store and an ebay strop with some Dovo paste on it. Stupid newbie

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Fromm 15/16+

Sweet razor Rene
Grant

Strop: Illinois 835
Soap: Proraso
Brush: FS Finest Badger
Razor: Joseph Rodgers 6/8
A/S: Gillette Cool Wave (Come on, it was 4 bucks)
Result: Just a quick 1 pass shave tonight to assess the edge on this new razor after a little more honing this afternoon. Its a little better than last night, I think I'm happy with it. A very nice shave.
I found the Gillette Cool wave after shave splash on special today and thought for $4 I'd give it a try. I walked into the living room after tonights shave and my wife said "who's been using Fly Spray?" Dont think I'll be using that one again. I just cant find a menthol style A/S in Australia that isn't ridiculously overpriced.

Have a great day fellas
Grant

Originally Posted by Mikael

W O W ! ! What nice razor, great catch Rene!!

Thank you! As you can see i just couldnt pass it up.

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Thanks Rene. I think I need a drive when I get home. If weather permits I'll take a run up for breakfast!!


Rene, and sick they are.....LOL
.

Sounds like a plan!

Bill This is a family forum.

Originally Posted by baldy

Sweet razor Rene
Grant

Thank you Grant!

Originally Posted by baldy;789637
I found the Gillette Cool wave after shave splash on special today and thought for $4 I'd give it a try. I walked into the living room after tonights shave and my wife said "who's been using Fly Spray?" Dont think I'll be using that one again. I just cant find a menthol style A/S in Australia that isn't ridiculously overpriced.:rant:[/CENTER

Have a great day fellas
Grant

Too funny! I guess there was no need to ask if she liked it after that comment!