Thread: Sun October 23rd - Sat October 29th

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

[CENTER][SIZE=3]You finally decided to make the leap of faith, eh Mikael, LOOOOL? Congrats buddy and yeap, that nick is her way of saying hello. She is wickedly pointy and out for blood but once tamed, she's a special one for sure.

Cheers Robert! Even though I knew, from your posts, I thought that it couldn't be that diffrent to my Henkotsu kamisori, but it was like you said - it was after my blood, or any blood ... I've never been this light handed and a couple of times I felt it was close and when I was almost home (I was on my last three strokes) she got what she wanted : blood, lol.

Originally Posted by sharp

We've undergone a lot of restructuring at work and there were rumors of a big realignment of reporting...it happened and I'm not impacted (HUGE relief) and I've even been put in charge of recruiting and hiring.
I've been doing quite a bit of photography work as of late (weddings, babies, families, etc) so I officially founded my own company.
My older sister got married and I performed the ceremony.

Good to see you back mate. Wow, thats busy

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
DE Razor: Gillette Tech with Feather Blade
Soap: Tabac
Astringent: Thayer's W/H
Balm: Nivea replenishing
Just a quick head shave tonight before I headed out to see some MMA cage-fighting.
One of the boys I work with was fighting and I'm pleased to say he won via Tap-out due to a rear naked choke about 2 min into the first round. A great night.

I haven't had a chance to catch up on all todays posts but its after midnight and the kids will be waking me up in 5-6 hours so I'm off to bed
Have a great weekend gentlemen.
Thanks for all the great posts and pics
Grant

Prep: Hot shower – followed by Proraso pre-post-shave cream
SS/SC: MWF + LaToja = Superlather
Brush: Rooney 3-2 (Medium) faux Ebony Super Silvertip Badger
Strop: Strop: VB Red Latigo 50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8” Imperial “Extra Hollow Ground”
Toner: Thayer’s “Lemon” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Nivea for Men - High Performance “Extreme Comfort”
EDT: Jean Paul Gaultier “Le Male’
Result: Delightfully BBS, fragrant shave…

Friday

Gear & Potions:

• Art of Shaving sandalwood
• Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
• Celebrated I·XL 7/8" (George Wostenholm & Son's) (I restored her some time ago)
• ASS Floïd

Have a fantastic Friday and don't forget to enjoy your shaves!

Antoni

Friday

Razor: Kraut & Donahl 9/16; Gillette Tech
Brush: Altesse Badger
Cream: KMF Key Lime
A/S: Adidas Ice Dive

Yesterday's shave was very close, so my beard was not very thick this morning. The K&D shaved quite nicely, but I had trouble at the bottom of the neck, so I pulled out the Tech after three passes for some touch up (and the Tech almost didn't get the job done because it is so light). Wound up with a DFS, but I'm happy. The Adidas Ice Dive provided a nice finish to a good shave.

Friday:

Red Man 6/8
EJ Best
Wilkinson Sword Stick
Witch Hazel
Nivea Sensitive Balm
Burberry edt

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: 23mm Shavemac Silvertip Badger

Maxterpiece: 7/8" Wade & Butcher Frameback, Spike/Barber's Notch (w/ Black Horn scales + Red Jasper Recon wedge)

Honing (Refresh) Regimen: Maruka Nakayama Kiita w/ Tomonagura slurry with 20 laps with each progressive dilution ending with 40 laps on water alone

Strop: 0/0/0 laps (Torolf Linen / Imperial Shave "Pegasus III" Horse hide leather / Cordovan leather)

Soapreme: RazoRock "XXX" Shave Creme + Cella Crema di Barba Shave Soap + Glycerin

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

After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue AS

After Shave Balm: Sabon AS Creme

Cologne: Acqua Di Parma "Colonia" EdT

Results: Been awhile with this W&B frameback . Using it flooded me with memories of my fallen brother Mark (aka, Blugill, RIP) who had one too. Remembering his posts brought a BIG smile on my face. So, this shave's for you buddy ...wherever you are, may you be looking down on these posts and (hopefully) smiling too. I decided to hook the W&B with the XXX/Cella dynamic duo. The lather was abundant, moist and subtly and wonderfully fragrant. A terrific way to start (and probably end) this Friday. I am ready to be seen in public with my wife tonight.

Have a TERRIFIC Friday gentlemen.


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Cheers,
Robert

Ohhhh Robert, this is my razor, really!

Finally friday!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Frank Shaving finest badger
Soap: Proraso Green Tea
Scuttle: Robert Becker large
Razor: F.W. Söderén & Co, 7/8 frameback
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Vetiver Rose home made splash
Companion: Glenfarclas 17 yo Single Malt
Notes: Uber-super shave this afternoon, just home from work and the weekend is fresh and new and brimming with promises. It's my second day on a row wearing the Rose Vetiver splash, it just crawled into my hands as I reached into the AS shelf. Nice slow and comfortable 2-pass shave, and to top it all off my old friend Glenfarclas stopped by as well. At only 17 he still knows how to make his arguments heard.



I wish you all a brilliant weekend!