Thread: Sun August 14th - Sat August 20th

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

Unknown Quarter Hollow "Warranted Fine Steel"

I wish I knew more about this blade as it is a mystery to me. Any ideas my SOTD brethren?

I can't help much, but the "standard guide to razors - identification and values" lists the warranted mark as most commonly used between 1800 and 1830, and that manufacturer's markings were common from the 1830s. Also, monkey tails were common from 1810. I'd guess it's from that aera (1810-1830).
Not much, I'm afraid, but it's all I got

Pre-Shave:A cold shower.

Brush: H.L.Thäter Silver tip

Razor: Devin Thomas Custom Damascus in fossilized Mammoth bone

Strop: Neil Miller Cordovan Shell

Soap/Cream: Penhaligon's Endymion

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Alum

After shave Balm: Penhaligon's Endymion

EdT: Penhaligon's Endymion

Results: A good clean shave. I've been training hard these last couple of weeks and I very much enjoy a good shower and shave afterwards.

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Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Joe Chandler 7/8 Spanish Point Damascus

That thing is awesome Bill!!
I love it

Originally Posted by Birnando

Razor: Devin Thomas Custom Damascus in fossilized Mammoth bone

A wonderful "Haringbone" Damascus Pattern - a work of an artist... and the scales!!! - this is a beautiful razor indeed!

Originally Posted by Adept

A wonderful "Haringbone" Damascus Pattern - a work of an artist... and the scales!!! - this is a beautiful razor indeed!

Thank you kindly

I do love this razor. And to know it was one of the very first made by that artist makes what he accomplished rather remarkable.
That said, DT is no novice when it comes to steel, he's been a wizard of of knifes and steel manufacturing for many many years

Originally Posted by str8fencer

I can't help much, but the "standard guide to razors - identification and values" lists the warranted mark as most commonly used between 1800 and 1830, and that manufacturer's markings were common from the 1830s. Also, monkey tails were common from 1810. I'd guess it's from that aera (1810-1830).
Not much, I'm afraid, but it's all I got

thanks Sten does it show if english or somewhere else?

Originally Posted by tumtatty

Rune I've had razors honed by Lynn and a few others here on the SRP and yours were every bit as sharp and shave-ready. You do a fantastic job. Save the $ and buy more razors

Thank you for the kind words Tim
But I didn't pay for the honing, I got it for free from a guy who is experimenting with different high grit pastes/sprays as finisher to give some feedback of my experience with it.

As long as I can get a razor to a point where I'm satisfied, I prefer spending my money on razors

This is this morning's Shave of the Day (which is about 1/2 a day early for you guys on the other side). Shaved listening to the rain on the tin roof this morning after reading some Walt Whitman. It's always good to start the day with Walt:

Razor: Burrell Top Flight 'No. 1' 5/8 Hollow

Brush: Humble Boar's Bristle Supermarket

Pre Shave: Oscar (not shown)

Cream: Crabtree and Evelyn Nomad/TOBS Eton College/Glycerin Überlather

ASB: None

After Shave: (rather too much of) Trufitt and Hill Trafalgar

Summary: A great shave with a bit of ATG on the jawline.

Originally Posted by Mikael

I keep hearing good things about Wales and you never know where we'll end up next time Best tea was had near Bath in an old afternoon tea place ... Water from the Bath spring tasted like an old Roman though and much worse than the London water, lo.

Well the tap water in and around Bath is nearly as hard as London. Bath was where I grew up and I still live just 10 miles away, for many years you couldn't "drink" the spring water due to a life threatening amoeba but they have either found a source that doesn't have it or a way to treat it which means we can continue to torture tourists as we have for centuries When we show our visitors around the baths (as tax paying locals we get in for free) most of us know better than to take up the offer of trying the water.

Monday Night

Prep: Hot Shower

Razor: Sprock 6/8

Brush: New Forest 2213 'Chunky'

Soap: Culmak

Post: Alum, Aquatonic AS, Boots Freshwood ASB

Back from holiday. While I had hoped to keep up with my forums via phone while away, the area of North Devon I stayed in had poor mobile reception, which was as much of an advantage as it was a disadvantage. But I am back, rested from having walked miles and miles too and from the beach and spending hour and hours body boarding in Woolacombe Bay with the family.

It was great to have a good shave again, somehow the prep never seems as good while away, maybe as the shower is invariably like standing under a dripping tap! The Sprock made light work of a couple of days growth, the Culmak soap is a pretty cheap one but the price does not reflect performance, it is slick and lathers well with a light fragrance similar to Erasmic but a little lighter and more powdery IMHO.