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None today but Fresh off the hones is a nice one thurs!
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Attachment 89608
None today but Fresh off the hones is a nice one thurs!
Hot Shower,Stephan's, warm oil
DB Scuttle
New Forest Badger Brush
RazoRock Caprician Lemon Shave Soap
Carl Monkhouse, 5/8 Full Hollow
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Bay Rum
Vaseline for men.
Nice shave this evening. This razor sings while removing the whiskers with no effort at all.
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Hey look! My shave is "news relevant!"
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Prep: Hot shower -- followed by 3P pre-post-shave cream
SC: LaToja
Brush: Vie-Long 6910 "Silvertip Badger"
Strop: VB Red Latigo 50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8” Dovo “Black Star”
Toner: Thayers “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Anherb “Natural” After Shave Conditioner
AS: Shiseido “Basala” Pour Homme
Result: BBS…
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Wednesday Night
Gold Dollar 208
Nanny's Ice & a Slice hard soap
Vie Long Horse/Badger
Alum
Blue Stratos AS
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I offered to get a GD shave ready for a friend of mine, Brian aka madmedic, who I know from shave TheShaveDen. Upon receipt I saw that it was one of the better made ones, no problems with the shoulders, the heal doesn't protrude below the scales and the spine is straight. There was a bevel which was shaving arm hair but I decided to reset it just to be sure and I'm glad I did as it seemed not to be correct relative to the shoulders, if that makes any sense.
I used a very simple set up to hone it, a King 1000/6000 combination stone followed by a C12K. Setting the bevel on the 1000 side with a mixture of circles, half strokes and normal strokes then moved onto the 6000 with 40 strokes on a creamy slurry, diluting once then another 40 and washing it off before another 40.
As Brian has a C12K I thought it would be a good idea to finish the razor on a C12K myself. To be honest I've not used mine for a while as I have other stones I prefer. However, my honing has improved significantly since I last used mine and the edge I got from it was almost as good as I get from my 12K Naniwa albeit with about 4 times the number of strokes!
The test shave was great, as good an edge as I've been able to put on a GD and better than a couple of my vintage razors. I hope Brian enjoys using it as much as I have honing it for him.
Simpsons Eagle G2 | Valobra | FaTip - Bolzano | Alum | Cade Balm | Le Labo Rose 31
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Hot Shower
Proraso Pre Shaving cream
Muhle R106
Treet PSS
Rooney 1/3 Silvertip
Bigelow Cream
Brut ALASKA lotion
EDT : Brut ALASKA
Clover 5/8 Barber Notch 100 laps on SRD strop
badger brush
Anthony's Gold SC
Thayer's
Booster Bay Rum AS
Nicea ASB
tabac AS for cologne
Nice spicy shave today.
Barry