Thread: Sun June 24th - Sat June 30th

Wow Grant that sure is a major mile stone in todays world of quick fix relationships, i myself have been with my Wife for 25 years, so you have beaten me by two, well done my friend, please pass on my congratulations to your Wife.

Jamie.

Originally Posted by baldy

27 years, wow. Congratulations.
Grant

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Wow Grant that sure is a major mile stone in todays world of quick fix relationships, i myself have been with my Wife for 25 years, so you have beaten me by two, well done my friend, please pass on my congratulations to your Wife.

Jamie.

LOL, Jaime. Grant was congratulating me. He's not nearly old enough to have been married that long...but thanks!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Omega boar
Soap: Tabac Original
Scuttle: Robert Becker large
Razor: D.C. Halsted, 6/8 Hollow Ground, spike point
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: "Woody green" home made splash
Notes: Wonderful 2-pass relaxing shave while the grill is working it's magic on tonights roast. Now for some smoked pork with a home made KC sauce. Good times.

Well I now pass on my congratulations to you and your Wife Joe, well done.

Jamie

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

LOL, Jaime. Grant was congratulating me. He's not nearly old enough to have been married that long...but thanks!

Originally Posted by baldy

Here's a before and after the shave

Right said Grant

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Neep 23 mm silvertip in coffee bean handle
Razor: Feather SS
Cream: Lea menthol
AS: Tabac
Result: Uberclean
This's the first cream or soap I get the chills off, _strong_ menthol! Maybe not the most refined scents, more like industry smelling Arko kind off stuff, but good stuff if that scent works for you (like me)

Thursday
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Proraso Sandalwood
Razor: Valet Autostrop
Blade: Gem SS PTFE
Pre: 3P
Post: proraso balm
Result: DFS

Century Finest
Provence Sante Verlaine SS
6/8 Bengall
Provence Sante Verlaine AS Splash

Friday

Palmolive / HJM 31 / Fatip + Feather / Mennen, Grand Large

Excellent. 2 passes
Have a nice day, gents!
Angel.

Friday

Well, officially on holidays and it’s BUCKETING down with rain outside. I would normally use a more crass term but you are gentlemen.

The shave this morning was an Oh My Goodness shave. All the ingredients, both hardware and software, I’d used before. However, it just all came together. I took Mephisto’s advice (gotta remember to respond to his PM) and face lathered with the Mme Scodioli soap (I love the abbreviation ‘Mme and can’t stop using it when I refer to this gifted vendor of soaps).

I added no water after ‘soaking’ the soap (a little dribble of hot water left on top as I showered) and still shook my brush ‘the regulation’ five times but added no other water. The water I’d placed on top of the soap puck in the bowl was discarded from the soap before I loaded the brush. Worked a charm; thanks Mephisto! I used an Astra blade (as I generally do) in the Mühle. I was enjoying the lather and the shave so much I did THREE passes! I NEVER do three passes!!! I don’t think I’ve EVER DONE THREE PASSES!!!!. I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M SHOUTING BUT I’M EXCITED!!!!! And AFTERWARDS I could feel nary a hair! Nary a one!

Do you like the word ‘nary’? It’s nice, isn’t it? Not as nice as ‘cellar door’, which was J R R Tolkien’s favourite word (it’s actually two words, of course, but due to the fact he gave us Leaf by Niggle, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (among other gifts) I shall forgive that numeracy error). ‘Cellar door’ does have a very nice ring to it. Tolkien of course invented a fairy (or ‘faery’) language, and he very much enjoyed making words that SOUNDED nice. I remember in Aldous Huxley’s Chrome Yellow the protagonist, young Dennis, who writes prose (much to Mr Scogan’s disgust) and poems, says he very much liked the word ‘carminative’ (until he finds out what it means)…

"One suffers so much," Denis went on, "from the fact that beautiful words don't always mean what they ought to mean. Recently, for example, I had a whole poem ruined, just because the word 'carminative' didn't mean what it ought to have meant. Carminative—it's admirable, isn't it?"

As I was saying, the shave was most excellent, bodacious even.

Music for the day was Johnny Cash. I’ve been watching and listening to Johnny’s rendition of ‘Hurt’ (a Nine Inch Nails song) over and over and over and over again. I’m listening to it now.

The whole nicety of the day was topped by a fabulous workout and biceps that continue to do what biceps are supposed to do when worked upon (i.e. grow) as evidenced by the second photo.

Be good, everyone, and check out Johnny’s ‘hurt’ video on Youtube, it’s quite old but it’s a really powerful song…


Razor: Mühle R 89| Blade: Astra | Soap: Mme Scodioli ‘Boheme’| After Shave: The Incredible Mme and Cirmes ‘Step Right Up’