Thread: Sun July 10th - Sat July 17th

Originally Posted by thewatermark

Robert, I had tried MDC about 2 to 3 times with the sample u so graciously gave me, and it pretty much turned me into a face latherer only, its amazing stuff, one of the best soaps I have tried( I also have La Toja, and English Fern coming soon though) there was a difference, the scent was obviously stronger to my nose, which is a great thing with this scent

Excellent Matt

Originally Posted by DerekC

Not bad for a phone, eh?

I'm not usually a fan of the "sepia" filter - I mostly feel that it's way overused, but after messing around the the brightness, contrast, saturation and general hue, it came out alot better than I expected. This droid is making me smile more each day!

No bad at all...Sepia works wonders with the right photo and composition

Originally Posted by Zephyr

But hey, gotta try to know, right?

Absolutely Rune

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

It was a nice shave. Lord I am covered in greaseless compound after working on restore's all day!

Well...at least you can consider yourself polished as well, LOOOOL

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

OVR 385 by Hubbard, Spencer and Barlett Full Hollow
Nice shave tonight. Long day of training, again. Geez we train a lot.....

Hey Jeff,
More than a nice shave with this beautiful Spencer and Barlett.

PS: What did you guys train for?

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

OK...here we go...what's really the opposite of baby's butt smooth or catfish belly smooth? How about CTS (Cat's Tongue Smooth)?

LOOOOOOOOOL

Originally Posted by Coloradoveto

I was gonna post a photo of the Tour de France crash yesterday with Hoogaland's butt all chewed up, but I'm a little too new for that I think.

I saw that too...Pretty nasty crash. Poor chap. That had to hurt. Glad someone else is a follower of TDF.

Originally Posted by Earthdawn

Razor: Rosette #80

Lovely Hollywood style photo...and a great razor

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Colapa 13/16 full hollow & ED Wusthof 13/16

Wowww Rene,
You've been featuring some nice blades lately. These two are no exception. Congrats on fine tuning your honing skills

Originally Posted by jss

I don't use the old C&E much anymore..It was so much better than whatever I was using before..I didn't always have the tools I enjoy today....

Julian,
Amen brother. I didn't either.

FANTASTIC SHAVES GUYS

Today a Buddelized Pearson
soap: Speick
brushes: Muehle
AS: Brut
supervisor: Yoda

Have a nice day

Originally Posted by eTom

supervisor: Yoda

My friend is back!

Originally Posted by eTom

supervisor: Yoda

I've often said that to successfully shave with a str8 requires you to have full control of The Force

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

I love this "Shepherd" kinda shave Mikael. The whiskers must be the sheep...Congrats. She's beautiful indeed.

Thank you Robert! It´s a sweet English blade and the English sure´ve got a special relation to sheep

Prep: Hot Water Wash, Baby Oil Gel
Razor: Boker Red Injun 102
Brush: Semogue 1305
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
AS: Skin Bracer, Clubman Bay Rum
Finish: Pinaud Lime Sec EdC, Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Although 6 A.M. seems pretty early for a Mojito, this combination of mint, rum and lime seemed to work out just fine.

Prep: HOT Shower/Hot Towel
Strop: Osgar Vintage Shell Horse
Brush: Premium A Silvertip Badger in Cocobolo
Uber: Tabac Soap, Tabac Cream, Glycerin
Razor: Bengall 6/8
Astringent: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: Old Spice
Tonight I tried out this strop which I recently gave a complete overhaul. It was an ebay special when I first started straight shaving and was in terrible shape. It sat in my cupboard for 2 years until I recently decided to fix it up, and it did a great job.
The Tabac Uber is a favorite of mine and its hard not to go for the full 3 passes with a nice big bowl full of creamy lather.
The 3 passes left me clean and BBS.

Thanks for all the great posts and pics
Grant

Originally Posted by baldy

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Strop: Osgar Vintage Shell Horse

Great job on the strop Grant, she looks wonderful!

Glenn

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Henks 21 mm silvertip
Razors: C V HEljestrand B K 42 + Aristocrac no 15
Super lather: Al´s Custom´+ Provence Santé
AS: Ogallala Limes and Pepercorns
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very close
This blade doesn´t mess around, 1/4ish, stiff and more close to a kamisori blade in the feel (I think) than a western blade. Super nice lather too, they worked well together.

Razor: Livi 6/8 re-grind, crimson micarta scales by Neil Miller
Brush: Shavemac
Cream: Occitane
A/S balm: LAB