Thread: Sun November 27th - Sat December 03rd

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Strop: MickR's Roo Hide
Brush: Comoy Badger
Uber: CarrieM's Black Raspberry Vanilla + MWF + Glycerin
Razor: Royal Invicta 6/8very relaxing
Toner: Thayer's Original
Balm: C.O. Bigelow Mentha
A/S: Old Spice
For 20 mins tonight I managed to block out all the craziness that comes with a family of 6, and have a very focused, relaxing Zen shave.
I followed Robert's example from last week and tried the Black Raspberry Vanilla/MWF Uber and as expected it was superb.
All the ingredients worked together to make a FANTASTIC shave tonight. 2 passes and a couple of touch-ups and to use Rene's term, I'm sticky smooth, and feeling good on Sunday night.

Thanks for all the great posts and pics boys
Grant

Good morning friends!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Haryali badger
Soap: Crabtree & Evelyn, Sandalwood
Scuttle: Robert Becker large
Razor: Fredrick Reynolds, 5/8 hollow ground spike point in zebrawood scales
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Home made sandalwood splash
Notes: First shave with this razor, I finished the restore a while ago but it took me a while to hone it. There's a piece of the original horn scales used as wedge. Manufactured pre 1891. It shaves great, possibly sharper than it's ever been. Smooth and comfortable BBS.



Have a lovely week Gentlemen!

L'Occitane Verbena soap
Feather AS-D1
Feather Blade
Vito's Coconut & Alomond soap
Le Tuft Le une grande Custom
Alum + Propolis
L'Occitane Bavx balm
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau de parfum

Jamie.

Fantastic shave two pass BBS, The first outing for the new Le Tuft Le une grande love it.

Sundaymorning
Afther a relaxing shave and shower im sitting on the hometrainer to practice.relaxing and easy.

Prep.shower
Strop.Rch
Brush. Boar
Razor. Böker
Cream. Bomb aokmoss+bergamot
As. None
Result. Smmmmmooooothhhh

Last nights shave.

Warm Shower
Burt's Bees rubbed into the whiskers
Warm oil
Custom badger
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Fromm, 5/8 full hollow
Beau Brummel 5/8 full hollow
Filarmonica, DT13,
Razorock Aluminum
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Vaseline from men

I spent the afternoon yesterday working on the three razor. I had the from for a few weeks and it needed a bevel, the other two I wanted to try to get them shaving to my liking. It took some time to get the bevel set on the Fromm. The 1K was slow going but eventually it started popping hair. Then I did the 4K,8K,12K, .25diamond, Crox and Strop.

As most say the only true test, is a shave test. I had a few days of growth on my face. The whiskers were at the point where they give any razor blade a run for the money. After the wrestling match with the Fromm's bevel I was very surprised that it did a great job cutting through the whiskers. I cannot say the same for the other two, I will have to do a bevel on them today as I did not like the shave at all.
I finished the shave with the Fromm.

I think a faster 1K is in order as I spent quite some time with the Fromm on the 1K. Hope everyone enjoys their da thisy.

All this just to shave!!

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: New Forest, high mountain badger
Razors: Thomas Turner Everlasting + Gillette Popular (for head)
Soap: MdC
AS/edt: Paco Rabanne, Ultraviolet
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Smoooth and clean, all over upper part
Turner sure knew how to make a smooth razor and I really like these smokey horn scales, been to long since I used it last time


... and some:

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Razor: Maxtom 9/8

Beautiful creation Max, and love that brush too.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

RW 7/8 Barbers notch shoulderless
I recieved the beauty from Robert on Sat. What a stunning razor. 2 pass irritation free shave.

Awesome new addition Rene. You up early Sunday or just up late Saturday night??

Originally Posted by fonthunter

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

Stunning razor Bela, I love Buddel's work.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I’m not really happy with the smoothness of the chin this morning. Do you guys actually get a BBS on the chin, i.e. when you rub your fingers up against the grain do you not feel any hair?

I never get a perfect BBS finish on that area under the chin. It seems to be the most sensitive skin on my face down there so I dont push it.

Originally Posted by alb1981

SWMBO made me take her to see the new twilight. Had to wash the Emo stink off me.... still think its F'n idiotic for vampires to glitter....

I get off easy, the wife wants me to look after the 4 kids while she goes and watches it on her own.

Grant

Originally Posted by eTom

It's tradition.
Yesterday my wife decorated all rooms.

I take my Bow for a smooth Sunday-shave.

It's great to see the return of the Smoking Men Tom

Originally Posted by baldy

All the ingredients worked together to make a FANTASTIC shave tonight. 2 passes and a couple of touch-ups and to use Rene's term, I'm sticky smooth, and feeling good on Sunday night.

Great shave Grant & Fantastic photo, this one really stands out!

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

I think a faster 1K is in order as I spent quite some time with the Fromm on the 1K.

All this just to shave!!

Is this the first sign of HAD I hear the Chosera 1K's are nice. That's what Lynn was using when I was over at his place. He said that it cuts quickly, yet doesn't leave as deep of scratches as the Norton.

Carl- As to getting BBS on the chin, it can be done, but it takes a while to get the techniques down. Also, I've started to realize that this area of my face can tell me the difference between an edge that is good and great. A good edge with take the whiskers off just fine, but not BBS (you can't see them but you can feel them); a GREAT edge will take them off and it will be BBS. Specifically the hair under my lower lip has become my "Test shave" indicator YMMV. I normally don't push for the BBS in this area though as Grant mentioned, the skin in this area is very sensitive. More times than not, if I'm not getting good results here, It's back to the hones (give your technique a chance to develop on the chin area though, you'll be amazed what angles work here).

Glenn

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Razor: Maxtom 9/8
AS: Aramis
EDT: Aramis
And what's not to love with the classic Aramis scent. I'm happy, the wife's happy and Vivi's happy.[/FONT]
Have a great upcoming month of December. We need to finish the year with a bang and we're already so ahead.

Nice razor!!! Where did you get it? I've been wearing Aramis for 25 years. Classic scent and as you state, keeps SWMBO Happy.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

RW 7/8 Barbers notch shoulderless
I recieved the beauty from Robert on Sat. What a stunning razor. 2 pass irritation free shave.

Congrats Rene.....No call, no text, I'm going to have to drive up and talk to you about this. Gorgeous razor!!

Use it in good health my friend.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Sunday

The third day of being sans Goatee which came off Friday. I’m still getting used to shaving my chin. The hair there is thicker and coarser than on my cheeks. I’m not really happy with the smoothness of the chin this morning. Do you guys actually get a BBS on the chin, i.e. when you rub your fingers up against the grain do you not feel any hair?

Yes, you can get a very smooth shave on the chin. Keeping the proper angle of the blade and figuring which way to attack the whiskers from is a bit more challenging, but you'll get there soon enough.

Enjoy the day.

The early morning crew (late night) is getting larger!!