Thread: Sun July 10th - Sat July 17th

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Oohhh soooo nice Monroe. Love the setup and shave. Better late than never

Thanks again Robert. You know, I may have scored with this Vitos pre-post-shave cream. I think it can give Proraso a run for its money.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Ivan,
That is one gorgeous JR I love the covered Ivory tang on her. What a beauty. The Puma wasn't enough, now you're taunting me with this one, LOL? Great matchup with the G&Q.

He-he, yeah them's nice razors. But since I looked up the picture for somebody else yesterday, here it is again - they are not really covered tangs, these are basically tangs carved out of ivory. The blade ends with a little stub that gets inserted into a hole carved in the the tang. Pretty cool:

Originally Posted by jhenry

Thanks again Robert. You know, I may have scored with this Vitos pre-post-shave cream. I think it can give Proraso a run for its money.

Monroe,
I'll keep my eyes peeled for your followup reports/experiences with this Vitos

Originally Posted by gugi

He-he, yeah them's nice razors. But since I looked up the picture for somebody else yesterday, here it is again - they are not really covered tangs, these are basically tangs carved out of ivory. The blade ends with a little stub that gets inserted into a hole carved in the the tang. Pretty cool:

Man,that's even way cooler than I originally thought. Absolutely gorgeous. Did you clean her up like that? First class all the way Ivan. You just an exceptional eye for detail. I like that

Cheers,
Robert

Hi Robert,

Yeah, I cleaned it!!! Put it in a box, addressed it to Las Vegas and a bunch of months later unpackaged another box I'm a maxter restorer!!!
Actually that's not completely true, one of them I brought to JoeD's place and Lynn and Joe were holding it for a while in proximity to running buffer, while I was holding a succession of tasty beverages. Then it looked just like this one too.
See, I am good

The one pictured that the tang shattered while max was cleaning it actually went to a guy in the UK who wanted to experiment with it and fashion a replacement out of acrylic, but I don't really know what happened with that project and how it worked. Hope he was able to make something good, the blade deserves it.

Cheers

Good Evening Gentlemen. I took the day off from shaving. Let someone else do the work.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Sten,
Thank you for kind comment about the razor. The peens are two color (silver-ish and gold). The top layer of gold came off from too much rubbing/drying, LOOOL. As for teh Catalyst: I like it but not my favorite (like to use it once in a blue moon). I think it's got too much stuff for its own good and it becomes a "mish mesh" of scents. But I was in one of those "mish meshy" moods today anyways, LOOOOL.

Ah Robert, it looked to me as if it was some black or gray coating on the bottom washer, then brass and finally a Nickel silver peen. I'll keep that in mind, perhaps I'll be the first to use that setup then
As a result of your choice of fougere, I went and did my research, came back with a surprisingly long list of fougeres that I don't know. I'll bring it with me when I go shopping, perhaps something nice will come out of it anyways

I'm guessing by the name badge she's wearing that this was a professional shave! How'd she do?
I've never been shorn by another. Do the pros do 3 passes too?

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Dominic,
You have to be put under close watch buddy, LOL. You've been on an impressive buying binge, LOOOOL. FANTASTIC score my friend. Congrats.

LLLOOOOLLLL!!!!

Thanks Robert,
Wait, it's just starting, I have some more coming HAHAHA!! Got a new job, got a bit of $$ from the other one, so I had to threat myself and change the rotation a bit.

cheers
Dominic

Originally Posted by tumtatty

I'm guessing by the name badge she's wearing that this was a professional shave! How'd she do?
I've never been shorn by another. Do the pros do 3 passes too?

Yes. She was quite good. Two passes. One WTG. One ATG. Lots of hot towels and lather. Then a clay mask, some more hot towels, then a cool towel, some balm and I was good to go. Very relaxing.

Originally Posted by gugi

See, I am good

I have no doubt Ivan.

Originally Posted by gugi

The one pictured that the tang shattered while max was cleaning it actually went to a guy in the UK who wanted to experiment with it and fashion a replacement out of acrylic, but I don't really know what happened with that project and how it worked. Hope he was able to make something good, the blade deserves it.

I hope so too. It is a rather nice blade and it would be nice to see her in all her beautiful glory

Originally Posted by Coloradoveto

Good Evening Gentlemen. I took the day off from shaving. Let someone else do the work.

Now, that is relaxing. Nice going Veto.

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Ah Robert, it looked to me as if it was some black or gray coating on the bottom washer, then brass and finally a Nickel silver peen. I'll keep that in mind, perhaps I'll be the first to use that setup then

Haaa. Shows you how much I know about restoration and peening, eh? Max would probably know more of the details on the peening

Originally Posted by str8fencer

As a result of your choice of fougere, I went and did my research, came back with a surprisingly long list of fougeres that I don't know. I'll bring it with me when I go shopping, perhaps something nice will come out of it anyways

Sounds great Sten...We can call it FAD (Fougere Acquisition Disorder), LOOOOOL. In all seriousness, if you like Fougere, MdC makes some great bath soaps with Fougere. I love that scent. It's one of the best I have smelled .

Originally Posted by DOOM

LLLOOOOLLLL!!!!

Thanks Robert,
Wait, it's just starting, I have some more coming HAHAHA!! Got a new job, got a bit of $$ from the other one, so I had to threat myself and change the rotation a bit.

I like the way you think Dom