Thread: Sun June 10th - Sat June 16th

I bought this one off ebay. It is a Frederick Reynolds and it was pretty rough. Straightened up the edge and polished out the scales.
It is also one of the first razors I've ever honed on synthetic stones. I stacked 4 layers of tape on it and went to town. It got SHARP.
That was several months ago. I shaved with it a couple of times and it was eating me up so I put it aside. Last night I was pretty scruffy and decided to
give it another try. It TOTALLY blew me away!. It just wiped the whiskers off. I guess my technique has improved.
Soap: VDH
Brush: Vintage boar KLEENZO, "sold only at REXALL Stores"
Washed, lathered, and wiped 'em off.

It was a semi-vintage shave today! Just received some things in the mail today, a Donovan Blue Steel straight and this Slim Adjustable with a half used pack of Blue Blades. So I thought I'd try one out. This is my first time shaving with a 50+ year old blade. I have to say that it turned out nicely, not quite BBS, but a great shave nonetheless.

The Shave

Pre: Hot Shower/ Apricot Face Scrub
Razor: H4 Slim Adjustable w/ Vintage Gillette Blue Blade
Brush: Shea Moisture
Soap: The Soap Opera "Himilayan"
Bowl: Vintage Stoneware
Post: Thayer's and a little bit of leftover lather as an ASB (It just makes your skin feel so soft!)

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 24 mm Shavemac D01 Extra Silver Tip 2 Band Version
SOAP/CREAM: Manantiales de La Toja Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Georgetown Pottery Scuttle
RAZOR: 6/8" Hishakaku Folding Kamisori
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Alt-Innsbruck
RESULT: Awesome shave



Have a nice day,
Béla

Thursday

Martin de Candre
HJM 31 P8
Muhle R41 (2011) + Feather
Rose water, Aloe Vera
Floid
ASL Aqua Velva

Very good shave.
Have a nice day!
Angel.

Thursday

A day off work today to take Bailey into hospital for blood tests, the dentist and a review. All is OK. I loved watching him play in the play room; he’s a very sociable boy. In the hospital canteen he waved to a bunch of doctors and nurses that came in and would NOT be ignored; he didn’t give up until they said hello.

The shave that started the day was with the new Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn soap I bought yesterday. I’m normally more of a cream guy, rather than a soap guy, but with my current obsession of staying away from Sodium Laurel Sulphates and the like soaps appear to be a better option. This soap is great. I haven’t had a lot of experience with shaving soap, so I’m no expert at them, but this lathered really easily. The puck is quite small, but it fitted into a little mortar bowl I had perfectly. The bowl may be a TAD small (some lather escapes) but it holds the puck nice and firmly; so no slopping around in the dish. I think it looks good too. I did consider a dish with a lid, and I still might, but maybe it isn’t necessary. After all, who ever puts hand soap in a bowl with a lid? My only criticism of this soap would be that it doesn’t have a strong scent; I like STRONG scents. Also, even though it’s apparently 99.9% natural (and I’m hoping that .1% isn’t pure poison) I don’t know what the ingredients actually are. This is more about my lack of knowledge than anything, though. For all I know Sodium Palm Kernelate might be growing wildly in my back yard, or on the mountaintops of Tibet, or might be gathered by kindly fishermen from the bottom of the Norwegian Fjords…


Razor: Burrell Top Flight| Soap: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn | After Shave: Pinaud Clubman

[QUOTE=carlmaloschneider;979285]Thursday

Hi Carl,
Nice to hear about Bailey doing good.
Now I off to hunt Mr Pinaud,must find him at the nearest loc to KL.

Have a great shave to all.

(Moonbeam