Thread: Sun August 21st - Sat August 27th

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Béla,
Now, that's a shave worthy of royalty. First class gear all the way

Thank you Robert! I will try to follow you.

B

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: 22mm New Forest Silvertip Badger

Razor: 13/16" DOVO #300 "Waffen Schmied", Full Hollow Ground, Round Point

Strop: 20/45/45 (Neil Miller Linen / Imperial Horsehide leather / Imperial Cordovan leather)

Überlather: eShave "Almond" Shave Creme + Mama Bear's "Almond" Shave Soap + Glycerin

Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose, no alcohol)

Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer

After Shave Splash: Proraso AS

After Shave Balm: eShave "Almond" ASB

Cologne: Acca Kappa "1869" EdT

Results: I think I am hopeless (and hate to admit it), but I have a distinct feeling that I am reaaaaaaaaly beginning to become an almond addict...The eShave/Mama Bear Almond scent, not to mention the lather produced by the combination, was so good that I spent literally 15 minutes playing and smelling the darn thing . It finally hit me: at some point, I will have to stop, pick up the blade and run it across my face. Then again, who said that shaving should be done within a specified period of time? After all, isn't this when time comes to a complete stand still for us to enjoy a solitary zen moment ? I am stopping to smell the Roses, or in this case, the almonds . Anyhoo...as soon as I held the DOVO in my hands, the entire shave scenario flashed before my eyes (kinda like Tom Cruise in the "Last Samurai")...I knew exactly how this was going to play out. It was going to be a phenomenal shave. And it was.

Have a SPECTACULAR Tuesday gentlemen .

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Cheers,
Robert

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Nice razor (and score) Mikael...What did you end up traded for it?

For some Swedish steel ... I wanted to try some American blades and Robert wanted to try some Swedes, so now I've got two nice shavers (Genco Honor + this one).

Very nice SOTD Robert! Love almond too, have you tried the calssics (Cella and P160)? Not so refined almond but tons of it

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Yorkie,
I was also curious as to what you'd put on your plate to hone. Nice choice. You use hot water to hone? That's very interesting. What's the logic behind it?
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Cheers,
Robert

I put the hot water on to shave lol, it's fed by a water heater into a water tank. For some reason I don't have a combi boiler where I am.

I'm sure someone will try hot water to hone now lol

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

José,
I love that Taurino...at some point, I will want to collect all 6 Taurinos (not now though...as a reward to myself, after I have reached certain milestones in my goals). Sounds like you have found a great soap, but sorry to hear about her lack of glide...perhaps you can remedy that by adding a creme which has it?

Thanks for the avice Robert, I'm going to use it in superlather mode :

Another excellent shave with The Hamburg Ring I picked up from Rune!

Originally Posted by eTom

That's cool. I'll tell my wife about shaving the head. So we can share a lot of money.
I'll use my Tanto!

Result:
She gave me a big long hug and went to the barber
She don't like my Tanto.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Anyhoo...as soon as I held the DOVO in my hands, the entire shave scenario flashed before my eyes (kinda like Tom Cruise in the "Last Samurai")...I knew exactly how this was going to play out. It was going to be a phenomenal shave. And it was.

Awesome movie scene and fantastic set up.

Magna-LaToja/Acca Kappa 1869-Nivea ASB-Play AS

Great shave after PT. The blade seems so small after yesterday. Subtle Uber scent but great lather and glide. DFS. Have a great Tues everyone.

Razor:Utica Cutlery Helma 88
Brush:Rooney pure badger
Cream:Erasmic
AS:Thayers Lavender and English Leather
Result:Nice simple two pass CBS. What more could you ask for from a shave?