Thread: Sun September 18th - Sat September 24th

Fontana 5/8 | "Almonico Bombaceni" | Chubby 2 | Thayers Lavender | Bomb Tangerine ASB "Light" | Vetiver Extraordinaire

What a luxurious shave! I started out with a test sample of my newest custom scented Bomb - pure Turkish rose and sandalwood. The scent was out of this world, and it filled the den unlike any other SC I've used. Al warned me this took a bit more work to generate a lather, but it was worth every one of those extra 15-20 seconds. The lather was divine, and it left my face feeling so moisturized. Of course, applying that heavenly whipped goodness with the two-band Super Chubby is a luxury in its own right. The hardware today is my latest acquisition. It is an NOS Fontana. The blade is unbelievable. I think I can put a better edge on it than it came with. The only downside is that it came from the seller with scales that are horribly warped. All the same, I was left CBS in no time. The only bad part of that is that I didn't want to stop applying that lather! After the shave, I moisturized with a new formulation of ASB from Al's Shaving. I like this one much better. It goes on more smoothly and evenly and left my face feeling great. Then, I topped it all off with Frederic Maille's genius scent Vetiver Extraordinaire. I could not ask for a better start to the day!

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Brush: Franks Shaving Finest Badger
Soap: Proraso
Razor: Custom Gotta 120 11/16
DE: Gillette Rocket for Head Shave (Feather Blade)
Astringent: Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: David Craig Bay Rum
Result: Awesome

Thanks for all the great posts and pics boys
Grant

To Robert and Teiste,

Grant

Thursday

37C Slant
Personna Platinum Red Wrapper
FS Finest Badger
KMF Lavender Shea Shave Cream
Nivea Double Action Balm
Black Suede Cologne

Pre-Shave: A shower

Brush: Taylor of Old Bond street, 30mm Silver-tip

Razor:Robert Williams 8/8" Custom with a French point tip and blonde horn scales.

Strop: C-Mon Vel-Edge vintage Cordovan Shell

Soap/Cream:Taylor of Old Bond street, Lime and Lemon cream

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Osma Alum, rinse, Thayer's Medicated SuperHazel

After shave Balm: Taylor of Old Bond street

EdT: Truefitt&Hill 1805

Results: A superb shave! What a shaver this RW is, magnificent balance and feel. The edge felt soo smooth and comfortable.

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EXCELLENT start for today guys.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

St James Patchouli & Clarysage cream
St James Cedarwood & Clarysage Balm
St James Cedarwood & Clarysage Eau de cologne

A very fragrant shave, love the scent of Clarysage, two pass shave super smooth.

Jamie,
Very Yummmm!! Sounds delish. Love the photo too. Very classy

Originally Posted by Otto

Razor: E. A. Berg - Berg's Special / Shark

And he brings out the Shark...I love it. Great choice Otto

Originally Posted by fonthunter

RAZOR: 8/8" BUDDEL Custom (w/ Desert ironwood scales)

Béla
Beautiful Buddel with superb scales. Congratulations my friend. Is it new?

Originally Posted by Jacketch

Razor: WM Elliot #5 5/8

A thoroughly fun shave, exquisitely close and smooth, with an inexpensive ($7) rescue razor.
Although we post some expensive kit (and what's not to love), a great shave can be had for little money.

Nicely done Jack. +1 on the kit comment

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Razor: Boker Red Injun 102

Nice razor and great shave GI

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Fontana 5/8 | "Almonico Bombaceni" | Chubby 2 | Thayers Lavender | Bomb Tangerine ASB "Light" | Vetiver Extraordinaire

Bill,
Congratulations on both fronts. The Fontana is an exquisite shaver, but sorry to hear about the scales (did the seller say they were warped?). Also, that Bomb sounds like a heavenly formulation. Rose/Sandalwood are the best of both worlds.

Originally Posted by baldy

Razor: Custom Gotta 120 11/16

Grant,
Gorgeous razor you got there mate.

Originally Posted by baldy

To Robert and Teiste,

Thanks Grant

Originally Posted by blueman

37C Slant
Personna Platinum Red Wrapper
FS Finest Badger
KMF Lavender Shea Shave Cream
Nivea Double Action Balm
Black Suede Cologne

Great gear = great shave. Nicely done BM

Originally Posted by Birnando

Razor:Robert Williams 8/8" Custom with a French point tip and blonde horn scales.
Results: A superb shave! What a shaver this RW is, magnificent balance and feel. The edge felt soo smooth and comfortable.

Sounds like nothing short of divine B. I love it. Great looking RW

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Cheers,
Robert

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Mikael,
Absolutely gorgeous blade and an equally matched brush. Rod did mention this brush of yours...Very nice. I have commissioned him to make another for me (still waiting on my Soapstone one). This second one will be a very interesting design. Congrats on a wonderful shave and gear my friend.

Cheers Robert! I'm sorry you haven't got yours yet, I love that big and crunchy extra stuffed silvertip he used for mine! I'm very happy with the looks of this one, suits me very well, indeed

I sold a razor to one of your countrymen and it has been laying at the Chigago usps unit for several weeks now (since the 5th of September).

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: 24mm Thäter Silvertip Badger

Maxterpiece: 6/8" C.V. Heljestrand #32, 1/2 Hollow Ground, French Point (w/ Butterscotch Micarta scales)

Honing (refresh) Regimen: Maruichi Nakayama Asagi JNat w/ dilution on Botan/Mejiro/Koma/Tomonagura (very light) slurry, progressively diluted to water only.

Strop: 30 (Ambrose Horsehide)

Überlather: Al's "Vetiver" Shave Creme + SRD "Vetiver" Shave Soap + Glycerin

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

Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-Free Moisturizer

After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Amber AS

Cologne: Creed "Original Vetiver" EdT

Results: I don't know why, but the Swedish razors have a special place in my heart . One of Max' artistic creations, this Helje is no exception. She holds an amazing edge and is so much fun to use . The Vetiver concoction was no slouch. The lather was abundant, rich and super moist. Whiskers (whatever was left from yesterday) stood no chance against these power players. I am a very happy camper today and ready for another busy day working on proposals.

Have an INCREDIBLE Thursday gentlemen .


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Cheers,
Robert

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Béla
Beautiful Buddel with superb scales. Congratulations my friend. Is it new?

Thanks Robert! I like my only Buddel too. I bought it last year from Gábor.
This is one of my favorites.
B.

Thursday.
Actually quite a nice shave, yesterday this razor honed and he came out pretty good.
He lay for a while waiting for new scales,but i had no time for this work.
Prep.shower
Strop,Rch
Soap,proraso+arko
Brush,FSsilvertip
Razor,Laumez 6/8
Result, a 2pass BBSsmooth shave.