Thread: Sun February 5th - Sat February 11th

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.

Hey look! My shave is "news relevant!"

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Tony Miller/Ogallala+Vetiver/Breidohr 31/32

Rene, that blade is simply stunning :

Originally Posted by Zephyr

Having a fever, running nose and a terrible headache the last few days I haven't had the energy for shaving. Feeling a bit better today, and with four days of growth in serious need of a shave, the heavy BB cut down the beard smooth and easily, two slow comfortable passes gave a perfect BBS and made me feel even better.

Sorry to hear you've been under the weather. It's amazing how a great shave with a beautiful blade can make you feel so much better.
Glenn

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…

Wednesday Night

Gold Dollar 208
Nanny's Ice & a Slice hard soap
Vie Long Horse/Badger
Alum
Blue Stratos AS



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.

Originally Posted by sharp

Rene, that blade is simply stunning :



Glenn

Thank you Glenn. Ididnt have time to say much. But an awesome shaver.

Simpsons Eagle G2 | Valobra | FaTip - Bolzano | Alum | Cade Balm | Le Labo Rose 31

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