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

My theme and shave of the day photo, i've always been a Japanophile and have based my SOTD photo with a photo of a few of my knives and razors, all made and produced in Japan obviously.

Jamie

In a few days I start my 10th trip to the USA...is it a hobby? No it is obsession...

Cella/EJ Sea Buckhorn Cream-JA Henckles 250th Anniversery-EJ Sea Buckhorn ASB-London Burberry Cologne
Great shave with this my, Most fave JA Heanckles. 3 pass perfection. As This is the start of the shave theme, I thought I would start with my love of all things sharp. I tend to be Spyderco Heavy in my collection. great company, steel choices and strong blades/design. In this is the Spyderco Bill Moran, Temperance 2, and Citidel 92MM Auto. So you won't think Im a Complete Spyderco snob I present the Benchmade AFO2 Tanto. I really do have many different companies blades. Kershaw, K-Bar, Boker, cold steel, CRK&T, benchmade, Fallkniven, gerber, SOG etc. And I wont even start on my multi tool AD!!!
Bela, we seem to have more then shaving in common!

For anyone light saber sharp crazy for their knives, look into the Wicked edge knife sharpener. Expensive? Yes!!! Worth every penny? Hell yes!!!!!
I sharpen everything from machetes, tactical tomahawks, meat cleavers, tactical blades etc. The only thing I free hand is my razors. And yes I have shaved with my knives set at a bevel of 28 degrees very comfortably just to prove it could be done!!!!
Paul

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

Bela, we seem to have more then shaving in common!

Yep Paul, and I have HERE more knife.

Cheers,
Béla

You have some great looking knives Bela, especially liking the Striders, i have a very collectable never used or carried Klotzli Spyderco Michael Walker C22.

Jamie.

Jamie, congratulations, this is a valuable piece!
B.

Great photos gentlemen!

Razor: 5/8 John S. Holler
Prep: hot water, Barbasol
Brush: no name Boar
Soap: local goat milk shave soap
A/S: witch hazel, Joop Homme
Result: A great shave

Monday

Nice, smooth shave with a nice, sharp razor this morning. Not that my other razors aren’t sharp but some are more so than others. The cream was Top Secret. A very nice cream but one I’m now out of favour with due to my current distaste of Sodium Laurel Sulphates and such. I can’t wait for my soap and other goodies from Madame Scodioli.

Conflict in the workplace was used to fuel my evening workout. That and three Glucodin tablets resulted in personal best reps, a great pump in my biceps and triceps and me annoying my family members by constantly asking them if they had noticed how big my arms are getting. For some reason they decided to hide their envy and astonishment; I’m not sure why…

To continue our themed SOTD I’ve included a better photo of my favourite camera; a 1953 Rolleicord III with a Schneider- Kreuznach Xenar lens and a Compur shutter (‘B’ to 1/500). In the 50’s having your photo taken with a Rolleicord or Rolleiflex meant you’d made it as a star; a lot of the old photos of movie stars were taken with these cameras. They have really excellent glass; some of the older models were uncoated. This camera cost be 90 buckeroonies several years ago and is in perfect working order. However, some of the attachments were expensive; the lens hood itself was 100 bucks. I’d never part with this camera; it was my first Medium Format camera and is still the best. I wouldn’t mind a Hasselblad or a Roleiflex SL66, they are really cool; but prone to breakage I hear. I love shooting Ilford HP5 ISO 400 film and also Velvia ISO 50 Slide Film. I’d be so bold as to say a lot of people out there who happily take 100 shots with their digital cameras (where 1 or 2 are ‘keepers’) have no idea of the relationship between shutter speed and aperture values and have no idea what ISO even means. If that works for them, cool, but for me; I like to use my mind just a teeny weeny bit. I also like to really SEE things. Only when you really see things, and when I say things I actually mean light, can you take reasonable pictures. Not that mine are any good, but they have improved. Reading Ansel Adams’ The Camera helped a lot. Here’s a link to my Flickr page.


Razor: Schulze Wiener Schaber| Cream: Top Secret | After Shave: Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar

Straight Shave #100 (Sunday)

W&B Barber's Use in Bocote
Bocote 24mm TGN Finest
RazoRock King Louis Lavender Full Lineup
RazoRock Lavender EDT

I finally reached the century! And Sunday was a beautiful day for it. Now I can stop putting it off waiting for the occasion and lay aside the DE to get back to the straight. I'll be posting the updated Noob Chronicle in a while. Cheers, SOTD Brothers!

Dovo BQ 5/8
MWF


After taking my blades over a newly aquired 3" paddle strop, the edges have never been smoother. Between that and getting a better handle on the Fat, the Dovo cleared up a three day beard with one pass and touch ups. Best part about the recent activities post paddle is that threre's rarely been any irritation, razor burn or AS Face Fire.

So I got that going for me...