Thread: SOTD - 'HOBBY THEME' - Sun June 03rd - June 09th

gssixgun, how do you like the Devon & Spencer Sage? I ordered some yesterday. Just curious of you take on it's quality and scent. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Speedster

... my namesake coffee machine, a Kees van der Westen Speedster. This machine does wonders with coffee and looks like sex on my kitchen counter. I can't think of a better way to start each day.

Oh my God, those machines are supposed to be S W E E T ! !

Today's Shave:
Preparation: Hot Shower/Jojoba Oil
Razor: E.M. Dickinson Invicta with Purple Heart Scales
Brush: Semoque 830
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Old Spice
Today I shaved with my first custom restored razor. I have messed around with some others for practice but this one I felt was worth the effort. I purchased purple heart for the scales. I have a simple 'shop' which was located on my back porch. I used a dremel, a coping saw and some elbow grease to finish up the scales. I went from 60 all the way to 2000 grit sand paper. You cannot tell from the pics but it does have a nice finish. I applied some Howard's Feed-n-Wax as a final step. I honed it on my Norton 4k/8k combo this morning. I only thing I did to the blade is apply some MAAS. I think in this case the blade was in good condition and did not warrant any aggressive treatments. There are some stains on it but I think it gives it a little soul. The shave went fairly well. I still have trouble spots around the bottom of my neck and around my chin but I am still learning.

Mitchell's Wool Fat : Vielong Extreme Flat Top : Eclipse Res Ring + Feather : Geo.F.Trumper Spanish Leather



A hobby I had neglected a few years ago, coins. This is a rather large coin..
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Originally Posted by IamSt8ght

gssixgun, how do you like the Devon & Spencer Sage? I ordered some yesterday. Just curious of you take on it's quality and scent. Thanks.

Scent= Excellent to my nose, it is there, but not overpowering
Lather = Good, I have been trying two different samples of theirs that I came home with from the Yakima meet up, I like it, I would love it if it would lather just a bit creamier for me... I do have Very Hard well water, so I am a pretty tuff customer though

@Arioch:

That looks like alotta silver! But how do you like your Red Ring? That is an awesome razor!!!


*When I try to reply with a quote, I keep getting a message that says my message is too short and needs to have atleast 10 characters, even though it does! Does anyone know whats up with that?

Prep: hot shower
Brush: Penoftheforest by Rod Neep, silvertip in Masur birtch handle
Razor: Mappin and Webb, my Trustworthy
Cream: Castle Forbes, Lime
AS: Fonex, Malibu
Strops: Neil Miller
Result:Very, very clean
Fantastic cream and in the background my oldest hobby: books :d a fantastic novel by a criminal writer here in Sweden, by the name "Kepler".

Originally Posted by Arioch

A hobby I had neglected a few years ago, coins. This is a rather large coin..
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My son (now will be 7 years old) is now starting to collect the coins and the old paper money...like him your coin, too!

H. Boker Shoulderless French Point-Unknown Boar Brush-RazoRock Cumba Cheech-Thayers Lavender-Brut Attitude

I am a huge baseball fan, and as such I have collected quite a bit of baseball memorabillia along the way. Most of it is packed away at the moment as I don't really have anywhere to display it. I also have a closet completely full of baseball cards. Probably my biggest collection of all.

Originally Posted by tri33

@Arioch:

That looks like alotta silver! But how do you like your Red Ring? That is an awesome razor!!!


*When I try to reply with a quote, I keep getting a message that says my message is too short and needs to have atleast 10 characters, even though it does! Does anyone know whats up with that?

For me it is a very good razor. It has a balance between softness and aggressive which makes it perfect.
The coin, 1 kilogram of pure silver. I love both...