Thread: Sun April 1st - Sat April 7th

That razor looks deadly gorgeous

Shavemac D01 | Palmolive | Scheon Burg 666 | Muhle R41 - Polsilver | Alum | Cade Balm | Le Labo Rose 31

Good evening friends!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Custom 28mm silvertip in wood and horn
Soap: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood
Scuttle: Robert Becker extra large
Razor: Bengall Cast Steel, 7/8 smiling wedge
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Sandalwood home made splash
Notes: 2 nice relaxing passes to a perfect BBS, but my angle was a little off for a second and I got a couple small patches of razor burn. That's not been much of a problem for me before, but I've improved my honing quite a bit and I've noticed it occure at times with the sharpest of my razors. Guess I need to work on a lighter touch. Anyways, not a big problem. Lovely suds tonight, the brush whipped up some lovely lather, and to finish it off a hearty splash of sandalwood. A great finish.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Love that razor, the patina and/or wear is really nice...
Well done on the BBS, it does take a little while to get there. I find that at times, you do take a step backwards, though. What I mean is, when you reach BBS it's not like every shave thereafter is BBS...

Thank you Carl, I like the razor a lot. Unfortunately, you are correct about the next shave. Today's shave had more bad points than good. The only good point was that it was my first go at Top Secret shave cream, which was very nice. Thanks for the recommendation, and thank you ThePortugalShopOnline for the fast international shipping.

No point in commemorating this disappointing shave with details...

Wed
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: TOBS Avocado
Razor: Schick Hydromagic
Blade: Chinese Schick
Pre: Hot bath & Poraso pre/post
Post: Alum Block, Lilac Vegetal, Arko fat
Hair Groom: Gables Pomade
Result: DFS

Thursday

A day off work today, I was supposed to take Bailey to hospital, but an emergency visit the other night means I don’t need to. There was no huge drama, his ‘port’ tube was broken, but it did mean a 50k trip to hospital and 50ks back. So I decided to take the day off anyway and be a productive ‘man about the house’ (or at least try to emulate one). I tackled the back lawn with the ‘whipper snipper’ (‘weed whacker’, or whatever else it may be called) as the lawn mower was broken (I generally break lawn mowers at a rate of several per season).

Being stupidly hot (only considering it’s mid April, not by my general standards) at 33 degrees C, I’m now exhausted after three hours of work and enjoying a ‘shandy’ (beer and lemonade) after my early afternoon shave.

Oh, BTW, I’ve decided not to keep shaving my head. SWMBO says it makes me look older, and we can’t have THAT, can we?

Razor: Burrell Top Flight

Pre Shave: Proraso

Cream: Faulding’s ‘Shave’/Proraso/Glycerine Überlather

After Shave: Lavanda cologne

Originally Posted by DFriedl

Thank you Carl, I like the razor a lot. Unfortunately, you are correct about the next shave. Today's shave had more bad points than good. The only good point was that it was my first go at Top Secret shave cream, which was very nice. Thanks for the recommendation, and thank you ThePortugalShopOnline for the fast international shipping.

No point in commemorating this disappointing shave with details...

Oh, that's no good! What went wrong? Angles? Lack of concentration? I really think the Top Secret cream is as good as any I've tried, but it's priced like a 'cheap' cream...

Hot Shower
Merkur Bakelite 45C
Shark Blade
Moss Scuttle
MDC
Shavemac Pure Badger
Brut Al Aska
Nivea Balm

nice shaving with Bakelite and shark blade and MDC just only 5 second soak the brush get enough lather for three passes and touch a really comfortable especially in neck area

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 27 mm SIMPSON Polo PL10 Best Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Acqua Di Parma Collezione Shaving Cream
RAZOR: 6/8" HartSteel BG, Satin, Quarter Ground, Square Point, O-1 steel (w/ blue silicon scales)
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Alt-Innsbruck EDC
RESULT: Excellent, BBS shave



Have a nice day,
Béla

R89 + Gillette Stainless (vintage) | Mike's Orange/Cedar/Pepper | Thäter | Sabon | XPec

An early morning DE Shave before catching a flight out of town for the day...