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Today's Shave
Hot Shower, Stephan's rubbed into the whiskers
Warm Oil
Dirty Bird
Custom Badger
Nancy Boy Signature series Shave Cream/Glycerine
Wade and Butcher Celebrated, 9/8, hollow
SRP1 Strop 50 linen, 100 leather
Razorock Aluminum
Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel
Vaseline for men
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Thater 2011 SRP Fan / QCS Cedarwood Lemongrass / EJ DE 89 Barley / Gillette Platinum Plus / Drakkar ASB / Drakkar EDT
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Prep: Hot shower – followed by Vitos pre-post-shave cream
SS: Irisch Moos
Brush: Vie-Long 16915 “Silvertip Badger”
Razor: Edwin Jagger “Chatsworth” w/ Lord “Platinum Class ” blade
Toner: Thayers “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Nivea for Men - High Performance “Extreme Comfort”
AS: Irisch Moos
Result: Da Moos is on the loose!
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Semogue 2010 | Martin de Candre | Merkur 37C Slant - Personna | Alum | Cade Balm | Le Labo Patchouli 24
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Ahhh!!!! Night time shave. Started to think i wasnt going to get one. I was looking for a diff razor but couldnt find the one i wanted in my boxes. But i came across this wonderful Herder. She is all busniess. 2 Passes was all she needed. Love this razor!
Tony Miller strop
TGN 26mm
La Toja
F. Herder 8/8
WH
Skin Food
ASB
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Heavy Metal
razor: Castagnon
Good morning friends!
PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream BRUSH: 23 mm MÜHLE (Synthetic fibres) SOAP/CREAM: Taylor of Old Bond Street LEMON & LIME Shaving Cream SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl RAZOR: 8/8" BUDDEL Custom (w/ Desert ironwood scales) STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000 SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG AS: Acqua Di Parma Collezione After Shave Balm RESULT: BBS shave
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Have a nice day,
Béla
SOTD 2/23
Frank Shaving
La Toja
Muhle R41 with blade Personna Platinum
Post: Alum & Evian Brumisateur
ASB La Toja
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Have a nice day!
Angel
BTW:
If you are interested...I added some sites at the following blog for our friends in Lynchburg, VA:
about Saxony - Städtepartnerschaft Lynchburg-Glauchau
You'll find some more pictures and videos about Dresden, Leipzig in the navigation "about Saxony"
Cool, looking at it I thought it might be turned on a lathe. Is it aluminium or steel? I have no idea about these sorts of things, last time I used a lathe was in High School, and I was shit scared of the thing...
I've never had a Terrier, but I've had a Bull Mastiff/Bull Terrier cross (and insane, evil dog), a German Short Haired Pointer (used to eat beer bottles), a Red Heeler Cross (another insane dog), a Cocker Spaniel (completely insane, destroyed the house), a Jack Russell cross (ate the chickens), and now I have a Dalmatian, a Papillon, a Bichon frise/cross Maltese and a Pomeranian cross Chihuahua.
As you can see, I like dogs. Like the Pearl Jam song says, I'd rather be with an animal...
Thursday, thursday, thursday, thursday (sigh)
Oh my goodness. One of THOSE days. Anyway…
Shave was excellent. Used the Burrell Top Flight. A very f’n under rated razor in my HUMBLE f’n opinion. The 5/8 full hollow grind adds the sense of hearing to a shave’s joys. I toyed with the Faulding’s shave cream. It started to look good and then went thin; maybe too much water? I guess if I’d added some glycerine it would have oomphed up; but I went with it as it was. Might give it another whirl on the morrow? I like the scent; this is the cream I used in the army and quite consistently thereafter.
You know, stupid, slightly mad me was lying in bed last night trying to remember what shaving was like for me in the 'pre-SR era'. I used a cream (as stated), and lathered with a supermarket brush in my cupped hand. Of course using a Bic plastic piece of shit meant it didn’t need to be a GOOD lather; sometimes I didn’t even USE a lather! I actually considered doing it once more, just to remind myself of how BAD it was (and that’s BAD as in POOR, not as in BAD ass!).
(Sorry for all the swearing; feeling somewhat aggressive today, must be the hormones being kicked along by the gym workouts or maybe a nearing 50 thing???)
Razor: Burrell Top Flight Pre Shave: Proraso Shave Cream : Faulding’s ‘Shave’ After Shave: Clubman Cufflinks of the Day: Slightly-boring-but-classic Antique silver
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Nice gun....
NICE photo, LOVE the DOF/focus...
What, no coffee?
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R41 + Gillette Spoiler | Thäter | QCS Celestial Woods | Sabon | Mazzolari Lui
Very early morning shave... I'm off to catch a plane!
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Beau Brummel 44 6/8
ASB: Mama Bear's Winter ASB Aged Spice
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Slow and comfortable shave.
What else?
686 Practical Champion
Thursday:
Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Omega Boar 81052
Cella
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Jovan Musk After Shave/Cologne
:tu
Prep: 3 mile run, lukewarm shower
Razor: Klas Tornblom
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
AS: Nivea Double Action Balm, Aqua Velva Classic
Finish: Nitro EdT
Tunes: The Whispers- Rock Steady, Prince- Let's Go Crazy, Toto- Roseanna (had a little 80's thing happening today)
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Thursday
Cobra Classic
Feather Pro Blade
KMF Cool Mint Shave Cream
Wellington Woodcraft Silvertip
L'Oreal After Shave Balm
Herve Leger Homme
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It's a day of shave rest for me. going for a haircut so I'll shave in the am Fri
Paul
Sick at home today, but my shave sure made me feel better.
Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Omega boar
Soap: VdH / Speick cream / glycerin
Scuttle: Robert Becker large
Razor: Fredrick Reynolds, 5/8 hollow spike point in zebrawood
Honing: Dragon's tongue, Llyn Melynllyn, finished on welsh dark green/grey black slate
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Florida water home made splash
Notes: Brilliant shave today, 1 pass and touchup to BBS. Re-did the edge on welsh slate, uberlathered for maximum glide and let this old gal spin. Smooth and comfy, the only complain is it was over too fast
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IBERIA Bassat 13 // Canica Finest Custom Brush // Valobra Stick // Thayers // Floïd Vigoroso
PREP: Hot shower
RAZOR:Merkur
BLADE: Personna Med Prep
BRUSH: Rudy Vey Dark Chubby
CREAM: O Melhor
ASTRINGENT: Thayers
ASB: Razorock Wax
EDT: Prada Intense
RESULTS: NICE CLEAN SHAVE
HAVE AN AMAZING DAY BOYS!!!!!
Have family visting so my house is a disater and I couldn't find my camera this morning :(
Prep: Hot Shower + Musgo PSO
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Brush: Vulfix 2236S (only because it was still out from yesterday's shave and I was kind of in a rush)
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Personna (3)
Suds: Ogalla Bay Rum + CO Bigelow + Glycerin
Post: Alum + Thayers WH w/Aloe
AS: Ogalla Bay Rum & Cedarwood
ASB: CO Bigelow Bay Rum
Cologne: Ogalla Bay Rum
Results: Hurried shave this morning due to company staying with us. Ended up with a few small niks. Lather was amazing, although I mistakenly thought a bit more of the Bay Rum scent would have been in the foreground. Oh well, live and learn.
Have a great day gents!!!
Thursday 2/23/12
Torrey 5/8
Semogue 830
MWF ss
Thayers Lemon WH
GFT Extract of Limes Skin Food
GFT Portugal Edt
Squeezing the most I can get from my MWF puck which has split in two pieces...it's probably good for another eight or ten shaves. The 830 works well with the MWF and another fine shave ensued. I tried the Portugal from a sample vial as I was in the mood for something different. I'm not sure about it as it seems initially to be a bit too "soapy" for my taste but I am waiting for the dry down to make a judgement. And today will be better than yesterday.
Pre Myrsol bálsamo : Vitos : Vielong Extreme Flat Top : Iwasaki Tamahagane : Geo.F.Trumper Spanish Leather
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Shave very fast and pleasant.
Sorry No Pic Today... I had a Job Interview and didn't have time to take pic..
Prep = Hot Shower
Mug = Pick Me Up (Big coffee mug)
Soap = Mama Bear's Cannabis
Brush = VDH Boar
RAZOR = TwinWorks ( Liking this Razor more and more)
A/S = Baby Oil rub
I'm really liking the Mama Bear's soap and the Twin Work Razor. I need to rework My W&B since it doesn't shave as good as the Twin does..
- Pre: Lather massage
- Shaving Cream: Yardley Elegance
- Shaving brush: TGN 2-band
- Razor: Keen Kutter 5/8
- Hones: Chosera, Shapton 1-30k. CrOx/CeOx/CBN
- Strop: Illinois linen, Kanayama leather
- Scuttle: SWK XL
- Post: Alum Block, Aqua Velva Ice Blue
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By blix72 at 2012-02-23
Honed up this old Keen Kutter this evening, doing a favor for someone starting out. Took an excellent edge, a very nice shave. :rock:
Prep: Hot shower – followed by 3P pre-post shave cream
SS: Queen Charlotte Soaps “Celestial Woods”
Brush: Caswell Massey “Super Badger”
Razor: Gillette 1960s Super Speed w/ Lord “Platinum Class” blade
Toner: Thayer’s “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Anherb “Natural” Aftershave Conditioner
AS: Bulgari “BLV” Pour Homme
Result: Yet another speedy, close, comfortable, and smooth shave…
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Hello guys !
Razor : Manufrance St Etienne 8/8
Cream : Trumper
Aftershave : Weleda
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Received some really good news today. My daughter was accepted to the graduate school she wants to attend into the MS/PhD program for Occupational Therapy. I guess I am a proud Daddy today. She worked so hard to get her goal. Does the heart good.
Tonight's shave.
Hot shower, Stephan's, warm oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
badger Brush
Razorock Shave Cream/soap
1959 Fat Boy #5, Derby Blade
Razorock Aluminum.
No Photo today. This arrived from Max today.
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Ha! I KNEW I may be picked up on that! As an ex artillery man a gun is an artillery piece, everything else was always termed a weapon. I didn't want to use the negative connotation of weapon, as I'm sure eTom would never use it in anger, and never to kill mocking birds ('cause that's a sin).
Loved that bit in the move Full Metal Jacket, EXCELLENT movie!!!