Thread: Sun August 21st - Sat August 27th

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Strop: Osgar Vintage Shell Horse
Brush: Comoy Badger
Soap: Proraso White
Razor: Long Life 11/16, Gillette Tech/Feather Blade
Astringent: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: Old Spice
Tonight I went with 3 passes on the face with my Grandfathers Long Life razor and finished with 2 passes on the head with the DE.
The result was a BBS on the face, and a nice shiny smooth head.
During tonights shave my mind was on the up-coming Sydney SRP get together. It's down at Oz's (Onimaru55) house on Saturday 3rd Sept. I'm REALLY looking forward to it. I've met Oz once before but never met any other Straight Razor junkies in the flesh. Its gonna be fun.

As always, thanks for all the great posts and pics boys.
Grant

Prep: Hot Water Wash
Razor: Imperial Extra Hollow Ground
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: VDH Deluxe
AS: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Finish: Brute Cologne, Firehouse Wacky Tacky

I could have slept for 4 more hours this morning no trouble at all. Even though the day started far too early, at least it started with a great shave. Nothing fancy, nothing flashy, brick simple and CBS.

Fantastic Shave Today!! I got a little bit of a rash (razor burn?) the last time I used the Bismarck so I ran it over my coticule for awhile. That must have done the trick because that baby sailed right through my stubble this morning. I'm sure the MdC helped a bit as well

Below is my humble and rookie tribute to Blix's cool strop/razor photo from yesterday!

Let's have a brake for a smooth shave

Pre-Shave: A cold shower after a hard work-out

Brush: H.L.Thäter, Silver-tip

Razor: C.V.Heljestrand MK33 in Ivory scales

Strop: Neil Miller, Custom Cordovan Shell

Soap/Cream: 12 different soaps and creams mixed together in a bowl.

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Osma Alum

After shave Balm: Castle Forbes Lavender

EdT: Martin de Candre Lavande

Results: A very nice and comfortable shave. The MK33 is a grand piece of shaving equipment. I got it for a song, and the seller thought the scales was plastic One of my better buys

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This must be one of the better weeks in our little corner of SRP.
Fantastic shots, Gentlemen
Thanks for all the great shaves shared by y'all!

Originally Posted by Birnando

I got it for a song

Compared to your average custom, yes I can believe you got it for a song.

EXCELLENT SOTDs Gents

Originally Posted by hornm

Spent the better part of the afternoon with fellow member [B]pinklather[B]...Great day spent with a great kid (my sister) and a great guy (pinklather).

Michael,
Sounds like a great time...Glad you're feeling on top of the world buddy

Originally Posted by easyace

Razor: Wacker 6/8" Spanish Point, Inox, Black Horn
Todays shave was good, Two passes, ATG first the WTG, seems to work slightly better than the other way round (don't know why)

EA,
What a nice Wacker-licious shave...That is weird with the order of the passes, but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?

Any interesting plans for the long Eid weekend?

Originally Posted by amb

Thursday
Straight Razor: Dovo Best Quality 5/8

Great razor Angel...Well done with the shave buddy

Originally Posted by fonthunter

RAZOR: No Name ("steril" Schulze?) from Thaler, Neunkirchen.

Béla,
No name razor? maybe...Gorgeous? absolutely

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Custom ERN Artor 6/8

The Custom ERN was star of the show, he gave a 70% of the shave.

Jamie,
Beautiful Ator my friend. She definitely steals the spotlight from that Feather

Originally Posted by Mikael

Thanks Robert, want to trade that Speziale of yours!? Loool

Haaaaaa...wishful thinking buddy, but good try

Originally Posted by Mikael

Razor: Veritable, Delolme

Hey Mikael,
Did you know your razor has legs...Oh wait, that's Mr. Salamander, LOOOOL. Love this Veritable buddy. She's stunningly clean.

Originally Posted by Otto

Razor: Le Grelot 6/8 Ram's Horn

Just gorgeous Otto...Love the "dark" Ram's horn on that thing

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Maxterpiece: Le Grelot

She's still got that vintage beauty Bill. Nice job but sorry about the soap

Originally Posted by baldy

Razor: Long Life 11/16, Gillette Tech/Feather Blade
During tonights shave my mind was on the up-coming Sydney SRP get together. It's down at Oz's (Onimaru55) house on Saturday 3rd Sept. I'm REALLY looking forward to it. I've met Oz once before but never met any other Straight Razor junkies in the flesh. Its gonna be fun.

Grant,
Great razor. That meetup at Oz' sounds fun. You'll get to try out his stones (he's got quite a nice collection, I hear). I bet you'll try out his Shapton pros too. Tell him I said hello. Wish I was there too.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

I could have slept for 4 more hours this morning no trouble at all. Even though the day started far too early, at least it started with a great shave.

Me too brother, me too. At least, a great shave was to be had

Originally Posted by tumtatty

Below is my humble and rookie tribute to Blix's cool strop/razor photo from yesterday!

Tim,
As soon as I saw the photo, I thought just that. Great job and nice backdrop. Not to mention a great shave. Congrats on bringing her edge back to life

Originally Posted by eTom

Let's have a brake for a smooth shave

Beautiful relaxing shave Tom...But wait a minute: Does Yoda know that Mr. Elephant is sleeping on the job?

Originally Posted by Birnando

Razor: C.V.Heljestrand MK33 in Ivory scales
Results: the seller thought the scales was plastic One of my better buys

Wowww B.,
What a nice score...Love this Helje. Great shave too

Could we get a few more shots of that razor? Looks amazing...

Originally Posted by Blix

Razor: Brian Brown #14 8/8

@Robert:
Yoda gave him a headbutt!

Originally Posted by eTom

@Robert:
Yoda gave him a headbutt!

I bet that hurt, LOOOOOOL