Thread: Sun June 17th - Sat June 23rd

Originally Posted by TheXelol

...RAZOR: 6/8 GEORGE WOSTENHOLM AND SON...

Nice looking razor. The pattern I can see on the blade and the size and shape of the scales appeals to me for some reason...

Originally Posted by DFriedl

Carl, is there any animal you can hunt in your region this time of year? Hunting always helps me break out of a Winter rut (as remote as it seems to me right now!). Not just the hunt itself, but the feeling that there is some purpose to the season and the feeling of being alone in peace with a single purpose.

Not really. I'm not sure but we're a bit strange here. I think generally one just can't take animals; I'm sure I'd need some kind of permit. However, it appears to me that my fellow citizens extinguish native fauna regularly with utter abandon with their auto-mobiles, at least the bloody carnage on the roads suggests either this or some sort of satanic acts are taking place each evening round these here parts. Good suggestion though. I don't have my bow yet, so I suppose guerrilla type manaouvers should take place; the poisoning of water-holes for instance; that do you think?

Originally Posted by moonbeam

SotD - Wednesday
Lately I found out something is not right with my shaving routine.I guess the ritual needs to be reviewed.When I started Str8shaving 1 and a half years ago,the first few weeks was a very careful one though you get cuts and nick here and there,time was not a criteria.The next few weeks was like a champion wannabe,a quick no nick comfortable shave below 10 mins or so.After a few months, I seemed to be very confident with the str8s, getting BBS shave most of the time.These few days I do not feel I am getting the shave right.My daily shaving routine is:immediately after shower in the morning,wet face,lather face with cream/soap,WTG,XTG and ATG,followed with astringent and AS.I do not touch my face anymore and I am ready for the day.The problem is when I left the house,it is quite congested and at this time I started to touch my chin,lower jaw,upper and lower lips and found out that though not visible,I can feel the sharpness of the hairs at some spot as I strecthed the skin.This really gave me disappointed feeling about my shaving [unless the rate of growth is very fast].I guess I need to go back to square 1,a proper face prep[with hot towel treatment this time],increase shaving time and a thorough touch up before applying the AS.O yes,back to the basics for that perfect shave.

Have a perfect shave to all.

(Moonbeam

This was exactly my experience a month or so ago; maybe six weeks. Even as far as feeling the chin. I found I'd got so much better that I stopped really trying. I also found I had either stopped trying to go completely ATG on all hairs, or hadn't really paid attention on mapping my face; or maybe a combination of both; I'm still not 100% sure. Anyway, I started to take a few minutes more and 'care' more and concentrated on going REALLY absolutely ATG on all hairs (as close as can be possible) and found the result was better than anything I'd achieved before. I found my motor skills and comfort using the razor now allowed (and probably didn't previously) this degree of precision.

Best wishes.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

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The first thing I thought was 'Jamie, your photos are always really excellent' (with a hint of jealously)
And then I thought, 'How on earth did he get it to stand up like that!'
Then I saw the stand. That's an excellent photo!!