Thread: Sun January 01st - Sat January 07th

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

Hi Fonti,

Great shave for a new year.BTW who is this Madame Scodioli?How good is she and where can I get her?
HappyNew Year

Moonbeam

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Strop: Osgar Vintage Shell Horse
Brush: Comoy Badger
Soap: MWF
Razor: Wade & Butcher For Barbers Only
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: C.O. Bigelow Mentha
A/S: Aqua Velva Ice Blue
I had an urge to shave with the W&B tonight. Its just so much fun to shave with.
3 slow luxurious passes and I'm smooth as a baby's butt, and my face feels fresh & fantastic.
What a great 1st shave of the year.

Hope you all had a great new year, thanks for all the great posts and pics
Grant

Excellent photography, Grant...and the razor ist a beauty.

Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Pre-Shave: A warm shower

Brush: Thäter LE SRP 2011

Razor: Filarmonica Sub Cero #14

Honing Regimen: Norton 4/8K

Strop: Neil Miller Cordovan Shell/genuine linen.

Soap/Cream: Castle Forbes Lime

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Alum

After shave Balm: Castle Forbes Lime

EdT: Penhaligon's English Fern

Results: I've decided to join in on the JaNorton event on SRP. That means there will be only 2 different razors to use for me in January. And they will be honed on a Norton 4/8K hone, followed by a stropping without pastes. I look forward to this event, should be very educational and a lot of fun.

Todays Shave was quite decent. Good products and a reasonable edge. Sure, it could have been smoother/sharper, but it shaved, I'm smooth and without burns of any kind.

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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Neep, 28 mm extra stuffed silvertip
Razor: Mappin and Webb, Trustworthy
Soap: Provence Santé
AS: Ogallala, Limes and Peppercorns
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
What a nice shave, one of those where it all seems to fall together and after three days without a shave (shave sick leave) it was an even greater feeling to have such a nice shave . HAPPY NEW YEAR!!


... and I almost forgot my SOTY (first Shot Of espresso of The Year):

Originally Posted by eTom

Excellent photography, Grant...and the razor ist a beauty.

Yeah, I was thinking the same, cool photos Grant to start the year with. Cool razor :-)

Originally Posted by Mikael

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!...

Umm. Excuse me. Where's the coffee? You're not telling me you're starting a new year without a coffee?

I really enjoyed yesterdays shave with a Toyo Shoën Burg 665 frameback so well that I dug out my 663.

Pre: Hot shower + Vitos preshave cream
Lather: Vitos cream + Classic Shaving Sandalwood soap + glycerin + lanolin
Brush: Thäter Silvertip
Razor: Toyo Shoën Burg 663 frameback
Post: Alum block
PSB: Pre de Provence Shea Butter balm
ASL: Musgo No.2 Moss Oak
Results: Just as previous, this was the type of shave that sets the bar. A wonderful way to start the new year.



Not paying attention, I posted this first in yesterdays thread. Here it is for the new year.

Happy new year to all!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Umm. Excuse me. Where's the coffee? You're not telling me you're starting a new year without a coffee?

I obviously need coffee. Where's the coffee?