Thread: Sun November 27th - Sat December 03rd

Not a great shave today....BUT...learned a lot and got a lot of questions i'll be posting later but here goes.....oh and it was only the second time shaving the chin!!!

PRE:

Hot Shower & Proraso

STROP:

IL 827 25/50

CREAM:

Proraso in my G5

BRUSH:

Capshaw Custom (i LOVE this brush)

RAZOR:

EBRO Barber's Notch Wedge

POST:

Cold Water, Alum, Thayers, Clubman.....oh i almost forgot and some moustache to try on the new handlebars!!!

Have a great day guys!

Razor: TI 15/16
Brush: Plisson 18
Soap: Valobra
A/S balm: Penhaligon Endymion

Vintage blade from last year's Belgian Knife Show finally got some new blonde horn clothes last night!

Good morning friends!

PREP: Floïd Sandolor Pre Shave Gel

BRUSH: 27 mm SIMPSON Polo PL10 Best Badger

SOAP/CREAM: Madame Scodioli - Fiji Mermaid (The Briny Deep)

RAZOR: 7/8" Max Sprecher custom, 1/4 Hollow Ground, French Point, w/ Cobaltium M3 Mokume Gane scales + G10 Hunter Orange tapered wedge.

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG

AS: Geo F. Trumper Lime SkinFood

COLOGNE: Aqua Di Parma Colonia Intensa

RESULT: This fantastic razor, - my first Max Sprecher custom - arrived yesterday from Max. "Spectacular shave with a piece of art." Not only beautiful, but it's very sharp and very good balance too. I'll really love it. THANKS MAX!

Have a nice day,
Béla

L'Occitane Bavx soap
Feather AC-SS
Feather Light Blade
Mitchells Woolfat
Simpsons Chubby 1 in Super
Alum + Propolis
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau de parfum

Jamie.

Super shave feeling great after that pampering session, I really rate all the L'Occitane products very highly.

Thursday Morning 1-12-2011

Pre : Shower and followed by hot towel
Razor : Merkur 37G
Blade : Feather 2nd day
Brush : Vulfix 404 Mixed
Scuttle : Schwarzweisskeramik XL
Soap : Arko Stick in Bowl
ASL : Arko Maximum Comfort
ASB : Arko Maximum Comfort

SOTD Thursday 1

Pre: Hot shower
Altesse, white badger
Wilkinson stick
Muhle R106 + Derby (#2usage)
ASL Irisch Moos

Not bad shave but I don't like this soap. Muhle had an excellent performance.

Sao Paulo from my hotel room.

Angel.

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Hey Nic,
Sorry about the lather buddy, but That's the first I ever heard of mineral oil on the Coticule...I thought these are water stones, not oil. Did the oil clean up nicely after the honing. Congrats buddy. Great experiment. Gotta try it at some point (when I am certain that oil won't mess with the stone)

Oil on a Coti is nothing new, the old time barbers did it and then moved onto using lather apparently. The stone isn't very porous so it cleaned up easily with a bit of soap and water, but if you are concerned about oil on a stone then apparently a mix of glycerine and rubbing alcohol produces a similar effect.

Thursday

37C Slant
Personna Red Wrapper
Domawood Silvertip
VDH Luxury Scented Shave Soap
L'Oreal After Shave Balm
Old Spice Classic Cologne

Thursday
Today a great shave, i chopt off my 4 days beard. And feel so smooth again.
Prep. Shower
Strop 40linnen50 leather
Cream/soap .bomb,MB cypre rose
Brush.FS silvertip
Razor, Ern 7/8
As,le Male
Result, Super smooth.

Originally Posted by fonthunter

RESULT: This fantastic razor, - my first Max Sprecher custom - arrived yesterday from Max. "Spectacular shave with a piece of art." Not only beautiful, but it's very sharp and very good balance too. I'll really love it. THANKS MAX! [/Table]

Thats an amazing razor Bela, congratulations