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My shaving kit for the last two days while I was in Washington, D. C.

Prep: Hot shower
SS: D. R. Harris & Co. “Arlington” Shave Stick
Brush: Simpsons Major M1 Travel Brush “Super Badger”
Razor: Merkur 33C Classic w/ Lord Stainless blade
Astringent: RazoRock pure alum block
ASB: Visal “Dopo Barba” gel
Cologne: D. R. Harris & Co. “Arlington”
Result: Bye, bye beard…

Have not posted for a long time. So here goes

Pre: Wet face
Soap: Shea butter Armani scent
Brush: Rooney
Razor: A no name that I took a chance on because of the spine detail
AS: Blue Musk

A very homemade shave. For those of you that haven't tried to make shave soap or AS give it a try it really rounds out the hobby. Gives one a feeling of self satisfaction. Honing your own razor, your own soap, your own AS. Results into a very smooth satisfying shave. The no name shaved pretty well but I think I'll try to tweak it up a little. One advantage of our hobby.

Shave well gentlemen
Best regards Jim

Originally Posted by Advisory

Greetings Gentlemen!
Today marks the first day of my adventures into straight razor shaving.

Congratulations, good to have you with us. There's some good shave videos on YouTube, and some here on the Wiki Shaving videos - Straight Razor Place Wiki if your interested. It might help a little to see how other people do it.
Look forward to more posts from you.

Originally Posted by tumtatty

Shaved with my Victorian (VR) stamped Wade & Butcher (honed by Lynn).
Thought I'd pair her up with my VR stamped Martini Henry Rifle as well!

Nice razor, rifle and photo. I enjoyed the vids too, looks like a lot of fun.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Today i recieved this razor from Robert. lz6.

Great new score Rene. She's a beauty.

Originally Posted by metalfab

Have not posted for a long time. So here goes

Good to see you back here Jim. Thats a sweet looking razor, hope you get that edge to where you want it.

No shave for me today. I've spent the evening working on something special, (I think it will be anyway). Still have a bit of finishing off, then honing and testing but you will see it soon.
Thanks for all the great posts and pics fellas.
Hope your all enjoying your weekend
Grant

Gillette Slim+Polsilver, Semogue SOC finest badger, Institut Karité, Mennen Green Tonic

Originally Posted by Racinggreen

The house is quiet this morning. The kids are still sleeping and so is the light in my life. Outside the sun is shining and a beautiful summer day has just started.

i will hopefully get there eventually but who stated that shaving or life should be easy ;-) ... However the search for the perfect shave goes on.

Johan,
Sounds like a blissful and peaceful shave this AM. Congrats on pushing the limit with the Dovo and going with all 3 passes. Don't worry about the "perfect" shave...To some degree, we are all in search of it...hence the fun in this saga of adventures. Keep having fun brother

Originally Posted by Birnando

Razor: Chr. Rabén, Uppsala. 6/8 Spike point
Results: This new Swede was a pleasing new arrival. I had never even heard of the brand, but figured it worth a shot. It takes an edge just as well as my other Swedes. Good stuff. Sadly, when testing it after honing it gave me the biggest cut I've ever had from this sport

Ouuuuuuch Birnando,
Sorry about the cut brotha. Hopefully, not too deep. Put some aloe on it for a speedier wound healing. I think you got that cut because this razor felt intimidated amongst your wonderful collection of razors, LOOOOL...This was probably her way of saying: I want all the attention. She's beautiful I must say. Congrats on a fabulous score. Now, she just needs to be tamed a bit.

Originally Posted by eTom

and a Boker King Cutter I got from my friend Alex who lives nearby at the Golan Heights

Tom,
Nice score from Alex

Originally Posted by Mikael

Brush: Simpson Chubby 3
Razor: Ari-ya, my lovely japanese ant-arrow blade (cheers Jim!)
Ahh. this was a nice one, best in a long while. This superlather combo was perfect, the blade is wonderful and the brush is out of this world nice!

Yesterdays shave was lousy and I didn´t want to write about it ;-)

Wowww Mikael,
Sorry to hear about yesterday's less than perfect shave, but you certainly seem to have more than made up for it today. beautiful Ari-ya btw. Love the Chubby 3 too. May all your shaves turn out this good (not just once in a long while)

Originally Posted by jhenry

My shaving kit for the last two days while I was in Washington, D. C.
SS: D. R. Harris & Co. “Arlington” Shave Stick
Brush: Simpsons Major M1 Travel Brush “Super Badger”
Razor: Merkur 33C Classic w/ Lord Stainless blade
Cologne: D. R. Harris & Co. “Arlington”
Result: Bye, bye beard…

Nice travel kit Monroe. Hope you had a nice time (conference, I assume) in DC. Did you get to hook up with Bill?

Originally Posted by metalfab

Have not posted for a long time. So here goes
Razor: A no name that I took a chance on because of the spine detail

A very homemade shave.

Jim,
It's great to see you back...and what an entrance too!!! Love the spine work on that "no name" blade...congrats and kudos on taking a chance on it. I am sure she'll turn out to be a top shaver. Also, well done on the "home made" software front. That's quite an "Organic & Green" shave

Originally Posted by du212

Gillette Slim+Polsilver, Semogue SOC finest badger, Institut Karité, Mennen Green Tonic

Well done José

Originally Posted by jhenry

My shaving kit for the last two days while I was in Washington, D. C.

Monroe,

You were in DC and didn't call? What's up with that? Hope you enjoyed your time...

Pre: Hot Shower
SS/SC: Tabac
Shave: Imperial 11/16 / Merkur 34C HD w/ Astra SP
Brush: Shavemac (I forget the model number uh oh)
Post: Proraso Splash




Well today was interesting. It started off well and good with a SR shave for the side of my face as I did yesterday. Today was much easier, however I wasn't paying attention for all of five seconds and the point of the blade sliced part of my cheek, which resulted in the use of an alum cube. However, after this incident, everything went fairly well. However, I was a bit over aggressive with my Merkur today and had some minor irritation as a result .

I think this is what I get for going on a run before I decided to shower and shave! Endorphins are a big no go in terms of being relaxed enough to maneuver a piece of sharp steel, I'd think.

Have a great day everyone!

Prep: Morning PT, Warm Shower
Razor: The Swede
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: VDH Deluxe
AS: Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Finish: Murray and Lanman's Florida Water, Dax High and Tight

Definitely nothing high brow about this shave but the razor's edge was in fine shape making a great leisurely Saturday shave (CBS in 3 passes). Johnny Paycheck (Don't Take Her She's All I Got) and Merle Haggard (Lookin for a Place to Fall Apart) were the tunes de jour. And oh yeah, I took a hero shot afterwards, here it is:

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Monroe,

You were in DC and didn't call? What's up with that? Hope you enjoyed your time...

Bill,

Sorry about that. It was a whirlwind visit. Primarily business. I spent the only full day I was there at the National Archives in College Park, Md conducing some research.

Got back home about 1:00 A.M. last night on the last plane out of D.C. I'm bushed.

I may go back to conduct some more research. If and when I do, I'll give you a call.

Razor:Gem 1912 with Gem CS blade
Pre-shave:Noxzema
Brush:Rooney pure badger
Soap:Omega
AS:Thayers Lavender and Clubman Original
Result:After yesterdays phenominal shave, I only needed one multi-directional pass with the Gem to retain my Catfish Belly Smooth face.