Thread: Sun July 15th - Sat July 21st

Razor: F.A. Clauberg Tonsorial Gem #2
Prep: Bald Frog Eucalyptus Balm
Brush: Vie-Long 12705
Soap: Bald Frog Eucalyptus Lime, face-lathered
A/S: Nivea for Men Balm
Result: Decent shave

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Hi Mikael, how are you able to get such a narrow depth of field? What f stop are you using? That's a really nice photo...

Cheers Carl! Well, I've got a macro lens on my Nikon D90m, Micro Nikkor 60 mm and I had it on automate (works great in natural day light, through the kitchen window type).

Thursday
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: VIe Long, silvertip (cheers Peter! )
Razor: Gotta 120
Cream: Vulfix English Rose
AS: La Toja
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
What an edge Neil put on this razor and he always seems to do it (every 20 or so for me) and this brush's a nice one, soft and floppy (but not to much for bowl lathering and painting strokes on the face). Great shave! I'm on my way to shave now, but haven't decided what to use yet, now my holiday starts and it feels GREAT

Finally Friday!
Proraso pre/ AOS Badger/ G5/ MWF/ Unknown blade in FWE scales/ Proraso AS/ Nivea

Have a Great Friday Gents!

Pre myrsol bálsam : Mix of various shaving soaps : Simpson Polo 10 Two Bands : Mastro Livi 8/8 Abalone : Myrsol bálsam





A very good shave, I'm running out of remaining stocks, here on the beach. The straight razor has surprised me with a blade that improves day by day. It is very smooth and sharp.

Wade Wingfield with Ivory Scales
Rudy Vey Vintage Restore Finest
C&E Sienna Soap
Dr Harris Arlington Splash
Ahava AS Balm
music-Mozar String Quartets
indulgent, fantastic shave experience

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I like the fact you work in an office but have a tractor... :-)

Well, it's not much of a tractor. Enough to mow four acres and clear snow in the winter. More of a "suburban" tractor

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Clauss are tempermantal. I had one i spent hours trying to get and edge from a norton stone. It never happened. I bought a diff 1k Chosera and shapton and was able to set the bevel no prob. Which 1k do you have?

I just have the basic Norton combo set: .4k, 1k, 4k, 8k. This Clauss was either the first or second razor I ever honed, which probably explains why the edge is quite unrefined. In fact, I seem to remember seeing a micro-chip at the heel when I looked at the bevel with a jeweler's loupe. I eventually gave up on it, because it just seemed like it was continuing to flake away as I worked it. Still shaves like a champ, though. (Although now that I've had more practice at honing, I'm tempted to run it through a pyramid on the 4/8k and see if I can refine it better.)

Cheers!

Originally Posted by csrund

I just have the basic Norton combo set: .4k, 1k, 4k, 8k. This Clauss was either the first or second razor I ever honed, which probably explains why the edge is quite unrefined. In fact, I seem to remember seeing a micro-chip at the heel when I looked at the bevel with a jeweler's loupe. I eventually gave up on it, because it just seemed like it was continuing to flake away as I worked it. Still shaves like a champ, though. (Although now that I've had more practice at honing, I'm tempted to run it through a pyramid on the 4/8k and see if I can refine it better.)

Cheers!

Ahh ok. I found they didnt like nortons. Mine was one of my first honing attempts also.

Test shave. I honed 3 tonight. Did my normal progression. Chosera 1k Naniwa 3,5,8,12k. I brought my Schwedenstein to test out. Stroped 50 laps shaved half my face. WOW! I loved it. I was affraid to put it on the hone in fear of making it worse. But that is why i brought it. So 20 laps on Schwedenstein. Shaved the other half. Holy Crap i didnt think i would have gotten better but it did. SAHHHWEEETTT!!!! I got an amazing shave 2 passes. Sticky smooth.

I was thinking if anyone knocked on the door while shaving i could yell out. "Leave me alone im playing with my stones"

Tony Miller strop
TGN 26mm brush
Eucris & TOBS St James UBER
Hess 99
WH
Skin Food
TAOS Balm