Thread: Sun July 31th - Sat August 06th

soap: Calani
brush: Muehle
razor: Wade & Butcher (buddelized)
AS: Brut

Have a nice day

L'Occitane Verbena soap
vintage Gottlieb Hammesfahr foche 4/8
New Forest Tubby 1
Vulfix Persian Musk
Alum + Distilled Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
L'Occitane Bavx EDT.

Jamie

Of the four attemps at using a straight razor of the four razors iv'e tried I would say this one would be the best shaver so far, if I were to switch to a straight blade I would try to get a modern or custom made 4/8 blade I like the control and preciseness this blade offered up, nice shave, still not convinced about straight razors, but I dont give up easy, will return, I still think they look fantastic though. I will also continue to restore vintage razors, as with this one you do get a certain pride in using a razor you have brought back from the scrap yard so to speak.

Originally Posted by mjhammer

Man, I sure had a good birthday. I couldn't wait to get home tonight to shave again!

I used my new Tabac and WOW, throw a little glycerin in the bowl, load the brush, start whipping and watch the lather grow!!

Glad you had a great birthday! Tabac is awesome I don't even need glycerin with it.

Originally Posted by NavalArchitect

Friday morning:

Rex Eskilstuna 5/8

Great pic Konstantinos, but I'm jealous of that Swedish steal

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

vintage Gottlieb Hammesfahr foche 4/8

Of the four attemps at using a straight razor of the four razors iv'e tried I would say this one would be the best shaver so far, if I were to switch to a straight blade I would try to get a modern or custom made 4/8 blade I like the control and preciseness this blade offered up, nice shave, still not convinced about straight razors, but I dont give up easy, will return, I still think they look fantastic though.

Lovely razor Jamie, who's honed your blades, your Kropp should be a top notch shaver too. It may be just that its a 4/8 blade, when I started out I found it easier somehow to get the right blade angle with a smaller blade, and that goes a long way towards the feel of sharp!