Sun July 15th - Sat July 21st

[Maximilian]

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Gebr. Geldmacher 86
Brush: Simpson Polo 10
Cream: GFT Sandalwood
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
ASB: AOS Sandalwood
EDC: Sandalwood Elizabeth Arden for men

Finally some cool down and rain halfway the month of July. It is monsoon season here after all. With that in mind it was time for some earth warming sandalwood.

In short. A perfect combination from start till finish. I'm ready to face a brand new day.

Wishing y'all a superb new week.

[fonthunter]

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm Shavemac, Finest Badger ("Gut rasiert" forum shaving brush 2011)
SOAP/CREAM: Mama Bear's Caribbean Glycerin Shave Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 6/8" HartSteel BG, Satin, Quarter Ground, Square Point, O-1 steel (w/ blue silicon scales)
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Floïd (Spanish)
RESULT: Great shave, BBS



Have a nice week,
Béla

[eTom]

Sunday morning.
There are some other razors in my collection
Today one of the TI's

Have a nice day!

[mav13]

PREP: Hot Shower
BRUSH: 22mm Thater Two band Silvertip
SOAP/CREAM: MWF
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Dirty Bird 1.5
RAZOR: 6/8" Bengal Square point
SHAVE: 3 passes, WTG/XTG/WTG
ASTRINGENT: Thayers Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Deramalogica
Have a great week Gents.

[baldy]

Strop: MickR's Roo Hide
Brush: Comoy Badger
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Razor: Kropp 6/8
Astringent: Thayer's W/H
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: Old Spice
I've posted this Kropp many time here on SOTD but this is its debut in new scales (More pics here)
After the whole re-scaling process the blade didnt have much of an edge left on it. So I took it down to the King 1k, then finished on my new $10 BBW/Coti natural combo. Going from slurry to clear water on the BBW side then straight water on the Coticule.
I'm only just getting to know this stone, but tonights shave tells me I've got a great stone on my hands.
3 passes for a beautiful BBS Sunday night shave.



Here's a photo of my son Jacky today playing with a home-made Ben 10 board game I made last night.
Just a few dollars in material, a couple of hours out of my Saturday night, and he absolutely loved it, he's been playing it all afternoon.
Its been just over 2 months since he stopped Chemo. He is doing well, and is more of a hand full than ever.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

Have a great week boys and thanks for all the posts and pics
Grant

[MODINE]

Razor – James H. Flagg, French frameback
Brush – SABA
Soap – MWF
AST – ALUM Osma block & Thayers Lavender witch hazel
EDT – Vierges et Toreros

Good morning.
That's great news about your son Grant I am glad for you. Today a fine French frame back was put into action. A very nice shave was the result. We’re bracing for another round of heat with severe drought.
Mike

[jhenry]

Grant,

A beautiful razor, a great shave and a healthy child...

Life doesn't get much better than that.

Congrats.

[LegalBeagle]

Sunday morning.
There are some other razors in my collection
Today one of the TI's

Have a nice day!

That one is lovely, Tom. I was beginning to think you'd sold all of your other blades to pay the ransom on your Maxtom!

[TheXelol]

Sunday

PREP: Hot shower + Nyasha Black Facial Cleansing Bar
CREAM/SOAP: Martin De Candre
BRUSH: 30mm GB Kent H12 - Best Badger
RAZOR: 6/8 TI - Le Grelot
STROP: Scrupleworks 3"
BOWL/SCUTTLE: soup bowl
POST: Osma Alum + Alpa + Fitjar K3 Extra

[ShavingSrgn]

First weekend off since the mid-June. Did a whole lot of nothing. A special patient gave me a vintage Dubl Duck brush a few months ago. I had it restored/re-knotted and have been looking for a "matching Dubl Duck" razor since that time. Found what looked to be a nice Satinedge. It arrived Friday and I thought I would give it a try this morning. Sanitized it yesterday, stropped it on ChromOx pasted balsa x 30, followed by diamond pasted felt x 30, then latigo leather bench top x 80.

Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Pre: Hot shower, Nivea face wash, Nivea face scrub
Soap: Proraso green
Brush: Restored vintage Dubl Duck "Barber's Brush -- For Professional Use" with silver tip badger
Scuttle: SWK XL
Razor: Dubl Duck Satinedge
Post: Thayer's Witch Hazel, Nivea Post Shave Balm

Result: The Satinedge handled three day's growth without any difficulty! Two passes, no nicks, no blood, CCS!!!

The Satinedge was a great shaver. Will definitely be in the regular rotation. Have a great week everyone!