Thread: Sun July 01st - Sat July 07th

No shave yesterday. It was Canada Day. (Our dog was throwing himself into the spirit of things).

Today was another holiday so another shave on the learning curve was completed with no nicks or cuts and VERY smooth.

Only issue was that the blade "bit" my right thumb at the very end.

Originally Posted by jfleming9232

Excellent shave. The Duck performed admirably and the Bigelow's whipped up nice and fluffy. As always, the Thayers was refreshing!

Primum Non Nocere

LMAO!!! Are you shaving in the back of the rig????


Paul

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: New Forest Tubby2
SOAP/CREAM: Fitjar Soap Norwegian Fern Shaving Cream
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: C.V. Heljestrand MK 31
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Fitjar Folgefonn Mint After Shave Balm
RESULT: Fresh and relaxing, nordic cool shave,
during heat alert in Budapest. Today only 100°F expected...



Have a nice day,
Béla

Originally Posted by Mephisto

I think you are fan of BS Maca Root, right? That stuff gets uberlather if you just look at it.

Yeah, I DO like Body Shop Macca root. I think that cream will lather with no water at all! And it's reasonably natural-ish; I'm pretty sure from memory that it doesn't contain SLS etc...

Originally Posted by dr1312

...No shave yesterday. It was Canada Day...

Oh happy Canada day. I've like every Canadian I've ever met; they fit very well into Australian culture, and I reckon I'd fit in quite well there...

Tuesday

No shave today. I’m on holidays PLUS I’m waiting for my new soap PLUS it was too cold to shave anyway, as evidenced by the photo of the ice on my car’s roof racks. I know frosty weather is run of the mill for you folks up there in the northern climes, but for us here this certainly is cold. Two buckets of water on the window to get the ice off and I still had to sit there for ten minutes and wait for the heater to defrost it some more. When you throw two buckets on and it still freezes that’s cold by my standards. Or when you go outside and keep saying “F&*K” over and over again, and “This is just STUPID!” and sort of growling. You know what I mean. Everyone sort of grows when it's really cold. You go "Grrrr". You do, don't you?

The day was spent taking Bailey, my grandson, to the hospital for x-rays and a visit to the bone surgeon. His fibula (which is now in his arm replacing the humorous, which was removed due to a bone tumour) STILL hasn’t knitted to what’s left of his humorous, and it’s now about 5 months! So ANOTHER operation needed! We were trying to work out how many operations he’s had in the last 12 months. We believe it’s 7 or 8 coming up, but we aren’t sure. It’s ridiculous that we don’t know; and we stopped counting blood transfusions ages ago. The left arm is now about two inches shorter that the right and it may get more pronounced. The doctor feels the fibula may not have been as well vascularised as it should have been (i.e some of the blood vessels they took with the bone may not be operating). I tell you all this simply because I find the marvels of modern medicine astonishing.

Bailey’s coping very well, considering, but he did tell me today at the hospital that he hates this place and that fire extinguishers are ‘boring’. He’s been using ‘boring’ to refer to all bad things lately; which is fair enough, really. He equates fire extinguishers with hospital, so is generally negative about them whenever he sees one. I guess he's not going to be a fireman when he grows up...

Prep L'Occitane Vetyver Soap
Razor Vintage Japanese Towa
Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in Super
Shaving Cream Simpson
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
Penhaligon's Castile EDT

Jamie.

Two pass shave, BBS the Japanese razors are so hard to beat, i wish i owned more.

Toyo Special | Proraso Red | Thäter Bulb | Auslesse | Chanel Antæus (Vintage)

Another fabulous shave. I'm CBS and ready for a Temporary Restraining Order hearing...

Morning Fellas!
Prep: Roll out of bed grumbling, lukewarm shower
Razor: William Elliot and Company
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
AS: Nivea Double Action Balm
Finish: Clubman Bay Rum
Result: Great shave. After no shave yesterday I had a bit to cut and this combination of gear seemed to do so effortlessly.

Valobra / HJM 31 / GEM Micromatic / ASB La Toja

Have a nice day, gents!
Angel

Tuesday

PREP: Hot shower
CREAM/SOAP: Geo F Trumper Coconut Oil Shaving Cream
BRUSH: 23mm Omega - Boar
RAZOR: 6/8 GEORGE WOSTENHOLM AND SON
BOWL/SCUTTLE: soup bowl
POST: Osma Alum