Thread: Sun February 19th - Sat February 25th

Originally Posted by TonyN

Congratulations to you and your bride Basil!

+1. All the best for you.


Salu2.
Indesio.

Best wishes to you and your bride, Basil.

[QUOTE=basil;925725]I'm getting married!!

Sunday morning and I'm getting reading to head to the church!
Hands shaking like crazy dont know how i didn't nick myself or the strop.
[QUOTE]

Congrats!!!!

PREP: Proraso pre/post
BOWL: DirtyBird scuttle
SOAP: Cella soap sample
BRUSH: Penchetta Custom 3X
RAZOR: Alex Jacques 7/8
ASB: Proraso pre/post
AS: Italian Floid Amber



Cheers
Dominic

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Prep:	Hot Shower / Very Hot Water Soak
Razor:	5/8 Dame Stoddard & Kendall "Hub" razor fresh off the hones
Hones:	100/200 felt/3" Chestnut Strop
Brush:	24mm Silvertip in American Ash
Uber:	TOBS Eton College & a chunk of Tabac in the bowl
AS:	Alum Block & Lucky Tiger
Edc:	Navy
Result:	I tried honing this razor again, using my buddy Roy's suggested method. I tried it yesterday with pretty poor results, so I went after it again this morning. This time I spent plenty of extra time on the 8k and the results were much better. So much better in fact I honed up another razor I plan on using tomorrow. The shave was smooth with no tug or pull. My face was already pretty jacked up from yesterday's attempt, but I shaved anyway cuz I just had to try this edge. I was NOT disappointed for a change. Maybe I am getting the hang of this honing stuff. Next will be some experimentation on the C12k and the Balsa paddles.

(no pic today, tomorrow will make up for it!)

Happy Shaving Men! Love your Gear!

Mike

SOTD 20-02-2012

Hot Shower
Proraso Pre Shaving Cream
Merkur Progress Set on 2.5
Personna Red
Schwarzweisskeramik XL
Semogue 2000
P160 Shaving Soap
Proraso Lotion

Monday

Nice shave with the W&B this morning after 20 laps on the Shapton 16k last night. I especially concentrated on the jawline ATG. A post I read the other day about switching hands (which I do) got me thinking. The other day I didn’t switch hands for part of the left side of my face (along the jaw). There’s benefits to that. When you have a goatee, using your right hand to shave along the jawline from ear to chin allows the hand to obscure your jaw; and you can’t see where to stop. Using your left had allows a better view.

Attended an interview for a new position in Head Office today, I think I ‘nailed it’ as they say. I went with the T&H Trafalgar for the interview, thinking Clubman or Floïd might be a bit overthetop-ish for some…

When I got home I did the ‘my place to the top of Mount Torrens’ walk. Time of 31:07, which is 4 minutes less than last time 1 week ago. Only the second time I’ve done this in years, back in ’02 I did it in 20:51; I’ll never do THAT time again!

Razor: Wade and Butcher Special

Pre Shave: Proraso

Shaving Cream : O Melhor

After Shave: Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar

Cufflinks of the Day: 1920’s Mother of Pearl

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Edwin Jagger best badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Bismarck (registered) 11/16
ASB: Mama Bear's Winter ASB Aged Spice

Nice and slow shave.

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Imperial Extra Hollow Ground
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: VDH Deluxe
AS: Nivea Double Action Balm
Finish: Brute Cologne

Monday

Gem Featherweight
Gem Stainless Blade
Jack Black Shave Cream
Wellington Woodcraft Silvertip
L'Oreal After Shave Balm
Old Spice Classic Cologne