Sun October 9th - Sat October 15th
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Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W |
Razor: Genco |
Brush: PJ3 - 2 band |
Soap: Castle Forbes Lime |
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel |
AS: Booster Lime |
EDT: Davidoff - Coolwater |
Summary: Today the sun came out after several days of rain and very cold weather. I spend some time at the local shooting range in the morning. It turned out to be a very nice, sunny and hot day. Time to get the lime out. The Castle Forbes Lime just exploded in tons of suds. It is just amazing although I need to be in the mood to use Lime. Today was such a day :D. Everything was just perfect. From the first to the last pass. The Genco performed without a hitch. The AS and EDT were the icing on the cake. I'm happy. |
This past week was amazing. I was blown away by all the gorgeous hardware shown and used :) Keep it up gents. :rock: |
Week of October 9 SOTD - Sunday
All Things Custom...
Pre-Shave: Hot shower |
Brush: 26mm Rudy Vey w/ TGN Grade A Silvertip Badger (Kingwood handles) |
Razor: 7/8" Joe Chandler Custom, 1/4 Hollow Ground, Barber's Notch (w/ Mexican Kingwood scales) |
Honing Regimen: Naniwa SS 1k/5k/8k/12k, followed by Maruka Nakayama Asagi JNat w/ Tomonagura slurry with progressive dilution finished on water alone. Finished with 8 (light) laps on CrOx on sanded SRD Premium IV Bridle leather |
Strop: 0/50 laps (Torolf Linen / Ambrose Horse Hide Clásico leather) |
Überlather: Al's "Custom Spicy" Shave Creme + Mama Bear's "Myrrh" Shave Soap + Glycerin |
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose, no alcohol) |
After Shave Balm: Al's "Spicy Orange" ASB |
Results: Today's shave is brought to you by the all American Custom Makers (Al's Bomb and MB software, Rudy Vey Brush and Joe Chandler razor)...well except the stones. I scored/negotiated this Joe Chandler last week with a seller on eBay and I honestly didn't know what to expect. However, when I opened the package, I was very pleasantly surprised to see her in such pristine condition. The mirror shine is amazing as are the Mexican Kingwood scales (love the grainhttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...ys/001_wub.gif). Beautiful workmanship from the overall design of the worked back spine to the the thumb notch and monkey tail. All very nice and elegant touches. The only (minor) flaw was that the tang seems to be a bit on the longer side for me. But I must admit that this is no longer a concern as it took me no time to adjust to this style of shaving and the technique came naturally after a few strokes:tu. Even though she was shave ready, I didn't take any chances and off to the stones she went. She took on an amazingly smooth edge. The Rudy Vey whipped up mounds of uberlicious lather out of the MB/Bomb concoction (love the scent). I was disappointed with my first WTG pass as there was still 40% of stubble left. Subsequent XTG was better and going ATG with this razor was a dream come true:y. I do not know why I had so much stubble left during the 1st pass :shrug:, but I attribute that to my technique as the razor performed flawlessly during ATG. More time with this JC would certainly be in the books in the future. |
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Max: This JC will be headed your way in the next few weeks for your perusal as well as visual and personal pleasure. I would love to hear your opinion on the razor and the edge I put on her. Feel free to tweak it.
Have a BEAUTIFUL Sunday gentlemen:tu.
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Cheers,
Robert