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Tuesday 10th

Busan, South Korea
Temperature 26 deg. C, humidity 82%, moderate rain (8pm)

Merkur 34G & Timor (#2)
Omega No. 48
Nanny's French Lavender hard soap
Floid Vigorosso
Fresh Creme Ancienne Eye Cream


Ricoh GX100, 24mm, 8", f/4.1, ISO 80, tripod.

Tuesday

PREP: Hot shower
CREAM/SOAP: Fitjar Soap Telemark
BRUSH: 19mm NoName - syntetic
RAZOR: 5/8 ERIK ANTON BERG -frameback
STROP: Scrupleworks 3"
BOWL/SCUTTLE: soup bowl
POST: Osma Alum

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I really appreciate it.

Razor: Concord
Blade: red pack Personna
Prep: Bald Frog Eucalyptus Balm
Brush: Whipped Dog black badger
Soap: Veleiro shave cream
A/S: Nivea for Men Energy
Result: DFS, but not any closer than my Weishi, which is odd, given the greater blade exposure. Both are known to be very mild, though.

Brush: Silvertip Badger In Cocobolo
DE: Gillette Tech, Feather Blade
Soap: Proraso White
Astringent: Thayer's Cucumber Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
Just a quick 2 pass head shave tonight.
I haven't used a DE for a while and enjoyed tonights shave a lot



Nice to see a lot of you blokes using the Signature Line feature. It makes for an entertaining read, and I think it gives a little extra insight into everyone's personality.
Thankyou to the SRP team for giving the feature back to us.

Thanks for the great posts and pics boys, keep 'em coming.
Grant

Gentlemen, here is today's shave menu:

Razor: Muhle R41, long handle
Blade: Perma Sharp Super
Brush: Vulfix 2435
Soap: The Art of Shaving Sandalwood
Pre-shave: The Art of Shaving oil
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Coral Skin Food by Trumper
Aftershave: Coldinava

Razor: Aristocrat Jr.
Blade: Gillette Yellow
Brush: The Colonel
Shave Cream: Proraso Green (new)
A/S: Proraso

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Neep (Pennoftheforest) xtra stuffed silvertip in Masur Birtch handle + New Forest silvertip
Razor: Feather SS w pro blade
Cream: Castle Forbes Lime
AS: Ogallala Limes and Peppercorns
Result: Butter smooth
Yesterday I went with the same razor, but with the new formula LEA stick (great stuff as well as the Forbes, slight price diff though ). Two great shaves!!

Good morning gentlemen. Today's line-up:

Strop: SRD English Bridle
Brush: Stephen's Woodworking
Cream: Castle Forbes Cedarwood
Razor: Krusius Brothers "Black Diamond"
AS: Dominca Bay Rum

For some reason, I have not used this razor in awhile, but after today's performace I think it will be put back in my regular rotation. This was a very relaxing start to what will be a busy day. Have a great day.

Prep:	Hot Shower + Face Scrub with a plastic brush
Razor:	13/16 Dorman 'Dutch Rattler' ALONE
Hones:	Touched her up yesterday, trying for that perfect edge. She got an additional 300 laps today.
Brush:	24mm Silvertip in American Ash
Uber:	Godrej & Glycerine in my 6" mixing bowl
AS:	Alum + OBR Sage & Cedar
Edc:	OBR Original
Result:	Only one word describes this razor: Smooth! A really fine 2 pass shave.

Enjoy Tuesday Mates!


Mike

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Revisor 6/8
Honing: Chosera 1K-Shapton Pro 2K - Nagura progression on Okudo Karasu
Stropping: 30/60 Neil Miller Linen/English Bridle
Brush: SRP Thäter
Soap: Martin de Candre
Aftershave: Str8fencer's English Leather
Result: A wonderful DFS++ (More like a BBS- actually) with another great edge from the Okudo. I'm really starting to like this stone