Thread: Sun July 03rd - Sat July 09th

Originally Posted by jhenry

My street is undergoing major repairs by the city in preparation for the 2012 NFL Super Bowl that may never happen because of the lockout. The entrance to my driveway disappeared this morning in a cloud of concrete dust from a diamond saw, a dump truck and a backhoe--replaced with a one foot deep hole in the ground. I had to move fast in my shave den to avoid being marooned in my driveway.

Monroe,
I understand you. Ditto. ...panorama from my window:



Sorry for off topic.
Regards,
Béla

Post: #81RE: Shave of the day W/C Saturday 2 July

Mysore sandalwood soap
Merkur 34C-HD
Astra Blade
NF Finest Silvertip
TOBS Sandalwood cream
Alum
TOBS Sandalwood Balm + Propolis
TOBS Sandalwood Eau de cologne

Smooth shave, not used the Astra to many times before nice blade, one pass shave with minor touch up, I have a small cold sore just above my top lip , so I left that small area, till the end of the shave I finished with a disposable Bic then instanly binned it. overall a very enjoyable shave.


Jamie

Early shave for me today;
Hot shower
Warm oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Custom Badger
Uber lather today (I think): AOS Sandalwood, Cella cream and a bit o' glycerine
Puma
SRD Paddle Strop, 120 laps
Thayers Rose Petal
Vaseline for men.






Enjoy the day.

I'm slowly regaining the use of my foot, so today I took a bike ride for the first time in ages. What a great feeling

Pre-Shave: A cold shower

Brush: Simpson Polo 12, 2 band Super Badger

Razor: J. Taviant, Lyon. Le Royal Russe, Frameback 8/8"

Strop: SRD premium IV, English Bridle

Soap/Cream: Fitjar East Indies Shaving Soap

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Osma Alum

After shave Balm: L'occitane Cade

EdT: Domenico Caraceni 1913

Results: Frame-backs are a strange beast. I like the solid feeling and the tactile feedback of this thing. It took some time to find the right honing strokes and regimen on it, but once found it provided me with the sweetest of shaves. It will not be the last Frame-back I buy

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Originally Posted by Birnando

I'm slowly regaining the use of my foot, so today I took a bike ride for the first time in ages. What a great feeling

Glad your foot is getting better. Enjoy the day.

Pre-Shave: A warm shower

Brush: Semogue Custom Boar

Razor: Wostenholm Frameback

Strop: Kanayama

Soap/Cream: AlRaz's Bomb in Potomac

Astringent: Thayer's Lavender

After shave Balm: L'occitane Cade

EdT: Dunhill 1934

Results: I didn't really have that much to shave this morning because the Maxtom did such an incredible job yesterday. But, I persevered! I whipped up some incredibly thick and wonderful smelling Potomac for a quick one-pass "cleanup" this morning. The Wostenholm performed flawlessly. I only needed one with the grain pass, but I did a little touch up with water only ATG and now I'm ready for court...

Prep: Hot Water Wash, Baby Oil Gel
Razor: 1908 Gillette Old Style Single Ring
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
AS: Clubman Bay Rum
Finish: Florida Water, Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Razor: 11/16" F.W. Engels "Perfect Temper", Full Hollow Ground, Spike Point

Love the scales on that one Robert.

Originally Posted by du212

A forest fire 2 miles far from my house.

Glad the fires are under control Jose, man thats a beautiful part of the world you live in

GLENN, hope work isnt sucking the life out of you too much mate and hope to see you back here real soon.

No shave for me tonight, been too busy. Just finished off the new Mutant Fixed blade.
Still need to hone it but I think it looks sweet.
Thanks for all the fantastic posts boys, I enjoy each and every one of them
Grant

Wednesday

Sprock 6/8 - NF2213 - Vulfix English Rose - Alum - Xeryus AS

The Sprock was an ebay win and arrived yesterday in pretty good condition. After a gentle polish and a quick honing it took a lovely edge which is certainly as sharp as any of my better razors.

Nice to see another Sprock--they seem to be kind of thin on the ground! I love my Sprock 6/8 that I bought in the classifieds here from Scipio. It's a terrific shaver, and Sprocks definitely win the "coolest tang stamp" award.