Thread: Sun January 22nd - Sat January 28th

• Pre: Lather massage
• Shaving Brush: Thäter SRP 2011 LE
• Shaving Cream: Cyril R. Salter French Vetiver
• Razor: Gotta 120 13/16
• Hone: Norton 4/8k
• Strop: Illinois #827, Kanayama
• Aftershave: Brut Eau De Brut, Citrusy start with vetiver drydown
• Cologne: Lalique Encre Noire
• Scuttle: SWK XL

By blix72 at 2012-01-27

Pre Floïd pre-shave oil
Brush Semogue 1800
Cream Veleiro creme para barbear
Mug Mühle
Razor Dovo Special 6/8"
Post Block alum + Frais-Monde Brutia balm
After TOBS Bay Rum



Fantastic shave today.

Cheers. Saludos
José Luis

Custom GD
Big green coffee mug
Alum block
British Sterling
Omega 22mm boar brush
La Toja Sensitive

TSD ISZ PSB
Wostenholm Chopper-Horn Scales
Rudy Vey Vintage Restore Brush with Finest Badger
Moss Scuttle
Musgo Real SC
TSD Iced Peppermint Splash
Baxter of California AS Balm
Music: Fats Waller

MDC-Acca Kappa 1869 Cream/Klas Tornblom Eskilstuna-DB 1.5-24MM silvertip-John Varvatos ASB and Cologne

Fantastic shave! 3 pass and smelling and feeling CBS. Not quite perfect but close. I love this blade in how hard it is but takes an awesome edge. These scales where done almost a year ago and they were the first G10 I worked with. Good memories.

Paul

Friday

RAZOR: Alex Jacques Custom 8/8+ "Meat Chopper" Spanish Point w/Gray G10 Scales
BRUSH: Merkur Futur Silvertip Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
AFTER SHAVE: Floid Suave After Shave Lotion
COLOGNE: Penholigon's Quercus

This is my second shave with this razor and I have to say it was even better than the first. Two passes was all it took to get BBS. The weight of the blade combined with the "Meat Chopper" smiling edge make it very easy to maneuver around the contours of my face and neck. I can see that this is going to become my goto razor real soon.

Cheers,

Chris

Another recent thread prompted me to bring this one out this afternoon.

Razor: 9/8 W&B celebrated for barbers use. Full hollow.
Soap: Proraso green
Strop: roo
AS: Nautica
Brush: Vulfix, a nice floppy one.
Beverage: Collingwood Canadian whiskey

What a shave. This razor is stunning.

Saturday

DE day. I decided to use my new stick of Arko today. It works well with the DE. It’s so easy to use. I’m amazed that after rubbing the slightly wet stick on my wet face for only a minute and then face lathering I can get such a good lather. It’s not a very ‘oomphy’ cream; not a lot of cushion (in comparison to say, O Melhor or Musgo Real) but I find I don’t need a lot of cushion when I use the DE.

A full three passes to completely eliminate any feel of hairs anywhere, including my neck.

Razor: Mühle R 89

Blade: Gillette 7 O’clock

Pre Shave: Proraso

Cream: Arko shave stick

ASB: Witch Hazel/Proraso Liquid cream AS

After Shave: None

Originally Posted by Jacketch

Beautiful camera Carl.

Thank you. It's a 1954 Rolleicord. Medium format (6x6) which means the negatives are huge in comparison to 35mm. It has an excellent lens, the best camera I've ever used. here are the 'stats':

November 1950 - July 1953, 87,000 pieces.
________________________________________
Taking Lens:
Schneider - Krauznach Xenar 3,5/75mm
Non interchangeable focusing screen.
Parallax control.
Shutter:
Compur Rapid X, 1 - 1/500 sec., B, X-sync., no double exposure protection.

Originally Posted by Maxi

Another recent thread prompted me to bring this one out this afternoon.

Razor: 9/8 W&B celebrated for barbers use. Full hollow.
Soap: Proraso green
Strop: roo
AS: Nautica
Brush: Vulfix, a nice floppy one.
Beverage: Collingwood Canadian whiskey

What a shave. This razor is stunning.

Nice setup, man. That razor is awesome!