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First Time Shaving XTG and ATG. No nicks or cuts. A really good shave
Prep: Shower and Face wash
Strop: 60 Latigo
Bowl: Coffee Mug
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: CO Bigelow Proraso
Razor: M Jung A Piano
AS: Aqua Velva
BBS Shave.. First time ever. AMAZING!!!!
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Sorry about the monitor in the background...
Prep: Prep pre shave cream
Scuttle: SRD Royal Blues
Brush: Simpson Duke 3 in Best Badger
Razor: Henckels Friodur 6/8
Cream: New Proraso Red
Alum: AOS
AS: AOS Lavender after shave balm
Result: BBS (including a big cut under my nose)Attachment 101412
Monday, July 16
Prep: Hot shower
Strop: SRD Premium IV
Razor: Robert Williams Custom 6/8
Soap: MNS Barbershop, DB scuttle
Brush: Thater 2 band
Post: Alum + Pinaud
Result: BBS
I love everything about this shave. I'm kind of disappointed that we are traveling this weekend and I won't have my normal stuff with me.
A happy new week to you all!
Prep: Hot shower – followed by Vitos pre-post-shave cream
SS: Proraso “Sapone Da Barba
Brush: Omega #11205 – Beehive “Two Banded Boar”
Razor: Gillette “Aristocrat w/ Astra “Superior Platinum” blade
Toner: Thayers “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Proraso “Creama Dopobarba”
AS: Proraso “Dopobarba”
Result: A great start to a busy day…
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-Washed the face a couple of times for prep..
-Lathered up with the little bit of Wilkinson that I had lying around (running through my old stock while waiting for Colleen to restart production)
-C&E BB brush as always
-Genco Grant - usually one of my top shavers but it's been neglected.. Today's shave tells me it will need to get back on the Norton.. Wasn't pulling but wasn't gliding either, was a bit harsh
-Pinaud Clubman as always, but already on the lookout to try the Clubman Bay Rum or just go back to DBR for at least a bottle
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Good morning friends!
PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm Mühle Sophist silvertip badger, in olive wood
SOAP/CREAM: Geo. F. Trumper's Sandalwood Shaving Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
MAXTERPIECE: Carl Friedrich ERN "ATOR" (w/ Bolivian rosewood scales)
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Pitralon (Swiss made)
COLOGNE: Madame Scodioli - Step Right Up (Cedar, Saffron + Vetyver)
RESULT: Very clean shave
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Have a nice day,
Béla
I find pine can coat the flue with pine tar; which can catch fire (apparently). However, it's always nice to have a bird fly into the flue each year, as they clean it out by flapping around (a positive from a negative I say). :-)
Ha! I was wondering how long it'd take you to post a SOTD post, Parker!
Tuesday
Nice shave with the De Pews this morning (again). Normally I do rotate my razors, as most of you do; but using this even a couple of days in a row has made me love it all the more. If I get time I’ll do 5 laps on the Shapton 16k tonight; just to try and tweak the edge a bit more. I got the Body Shop cream to lather like a rabid dog just by looking at it, as is its way.
The stropping was performed as precisely as a karate kata; it was a delight to behold.
I guess that may be an appeal of a set of seven matched razors; the fact that different razors ‘act’ differently and matched act the same. Stropping one is not that same as stropping the other in regards to un-matched razors; esp when the styles may vary significantly.
Trepidatious is the mood. Results of Bailey’s (my grandson’s) MRI scan are due tomorrow. Ten years of an MRI every three months equates to 30 trepitatious moods for the future. An operation for him on Friday, too, on his arm again. We’re not counting operations any more. Anyway, I should remember these well said words, “But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?”
I couldn’t fully appreciate that early morning golden light on that stand of young sapling trees near the pond down the road if there were no dark night, could I? I've found those words helpful in the past to muse on. I wonder sometimes why some people think their lives should be all peaches and cream. I sort of think, look around you, why do you think you're more deserving than everyone else?
Razor: De Pews | Cream: Body Shop Macca root| After Shave: Dominica bay Rum | Eau de Cologne: ‘Whisky’, by Evaflor
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Quick shave this morning:
Warm Shower, Stephan's
Cade Soap
Boar Brush
1959 Gillette Fatboy, Astra Blade
Aramis AS
Aramis Cologne
Vaseline for men
Went to take a picture, forgot I had no lens on the camera. No time to replace the lens. No photograph.
Single pass shave as I intend on shaving again tonight.
Enjoy the day
Le Grelot Maxterpiece | Chubby 2 | Cade Über | Cade | Rancé Le Vainqueur
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C'est magnifique! I feel like French royalty after a shave like that. And the lavender in the Rancé just keeps the feeling going! A great way to start the day!
PS - Best of luck for Bailey!
Tuesday
Proraso/ AOS Badger/ G5/ Proraso/ Satinedge 6|8"/ Proraso AS/ Nivea Lotion
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Dialed in to BBS perfection!
Have a Great Tuesday Gents!
Welcome to the SOTD Parker!
Carl,
I sincerely hope that you always keep that hope alive in your heart, and I hope that Bailey with pass through this with the grace and humour that you show here every day.
Best Regards,
Joe
Strop: Illinois 835
Brush: Comoy Badger
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Kropp 6/8
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Aqua Velva
I dont usually use the same razor 2 shaves in a row. However, last night I gave the Kropp a tiny bit more time on the hones and couldn't wait to test it out.
Fantastic results, a superb 3 pass BBS.
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Thank you all for your comments on Jacky Boy on Sunday. I enjoy sharing a little of him with you guys.
I know there is a great deal of genuine care for him out there, I cant thank you enough.
Carl: Hope everything goes well tomorrow mate.
Grant
Hang in there Carl! We are all pulling for you and Bailey.
Tuesday
TOBS, Eton College Shaving Cream
HJM 31 P8
Merkur 15C + Elios
ASL Medicis
Floid MV
Excellent shave in two passes. Good lather but I prefer Mr. Taylors scent.
Have a nice day!
Angel.
Hmmmm... I thought I was going to try my Red Imp 133 today, and had a pic ready that I took on Sunday, but my wife surprised me with another rushed morning :mad: So out came the Weishi. I even forgot aftershave.
Razor: Weishi 9306
Blade: Super Max Super Platinum
Prep: Bald Frog Eucalyptus Balm
Brush: VDH boar
Soap: Bald Frog Arabian Hooka
A/S: witch hazel
Result: DFS
Tuesday
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Muhle R106
X2L in Best
Red personna
Proraso Green
Proraso Splash
It was a two pass DFS this morning! I received this razor soon after I started wet shaving. It feels natural for me to hold and I always get perfect shaves from it! :)
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Prep: Hot shower + Hot towel
Brush: Omega Badger
Pre-Balm: Proraso Aloe and Green Tea
Cream: AOS lemon Shaving cream
Razor: Dovo "Best Quality" Razor 5/8"
Alum: Lafes Natural and Organic
Astringent: Thayer's Lemon Witchhazel
Did a three pass... excellent shave
Forgive the Waterspot on the razor haven't got rid of it yet... sigh.
Thank you Sir :o
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JabonMan Tierra húmeda // Plisson EW Size 12 // IBERIA Basat 13 Doble Temple // Provence Sante Lotion
Tuesday:
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Carl, our thoughts and prayers are with Baily, you and your family.
Bill, I have other lenses just forgot to grab one last night.
Today's Shave
Warm Shower, Stephan's, Warm oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Badger Brush
AOS Sandalwood Shave Soap
Dubl Duck by Glen
Honed and stropped by Glen
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Bay Rum
Vaseline for men
Grabbed this razor from Glen last week after the razor and scales kinda grabbed me. He honed it on a blue/green Escher for since I have never had the opportunity to shave off one.
After today's shave I will be in the market for an Escher. Glen honed this razor to perfection. I know it will take some time before I get the same results, but I'll try. The edge was buttery smooth, very sharp and delightful.
Glen, thanks for a great shave.
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Just a quick shave today...
no stropping
Lather started to deteriorate, so added some MWF
Razor: Custom Damascus by GSSixgun
result: absolutely BBS. No trace of stubble in any direction. He said he had a nick, but it must of healed up before the shot
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Look at that chin technique!
Hi Carl my thoughts are with you and Bailey during these difficult times, i would like to leave you with a beautiful Welsh lullaby for your brave Boy.
Jamie.
Huna blentyn ar fy mynwes Clyd a chynnes ydyw hon; Breichiau mam sy'n dynn amdanat, Cariad mam sy dan fy mron; Ni cha' dim amharu'th gyntun, Ni wna undyn â thi gam; Huna'n dawel, annwyl blentyn, Huna'n fwyn ar fron dy fam. Huna'n dawel, heno, huna, Huna'n fwyn, y tlws ei lun; Pam yr wyt yn awr yn gwenu, Gwenu'n dirion yn dy hun? Ai angylion fry sy'n gwenu, Arnat ti yn gwenu'n llon, Tithau'n gwenu'n ôl dan huno, Huno'n dawel ar fy mron? Paid ag ofni, dim ond deilen Gura, gura ar y ddôr; Paid ag ofni, ton fach unig Sua, sua ar lan y môr; Huna blentyn, nid oes yma Ddim i roddi iti fraw; Gwena'n dawel yn fy mynwes Ar yr engyl gwynion draw.
Sleep my baby, at my breast, ’Tis a mother’s arms round you. Make yourself a snug, warm nest. Feel my love forever new. Harm will not meet you in sleep, Hurt will always pass you by. Child beloved, always you’ll keep, In sleep gentle, mother’s breast nigh. Sleep in peace tonight, sleep, O sleep gently, what a sight. A smile I see in slumber deep, What visions make your face bright? Are the angels above smiling, At you in your peaceful rest? Are you beaming back while in Peaceful slumber on mother’s breast? Do not fear the sound, it’s a breeze Brushing leaves against the door. Do not dread the murmuring seas, Lonely waves washing the shore. Sleep child mine, there’s nothing here, While in slumber at my breast, Angels smiling, have no fear, Holy angels guard your rest.
http://youtu.be/xK2R-596FZE
Wednesday
I did manage to give the De Pews just five laps on the Shapton 16k last night and it’s amazing to me that the five laps did indeed seem to me to make a discernible difference. Maybe it’s just me, but it seemed to improve. I wonder what the limit is, i.e. five laps, shave, five laps, shave (from one day to the next), where’s the limit, or does it just keep getting better and better until I swoon mid-shave due to pleasure?
The Mme Scodiloi ‘Boheme’ soap matched with the Mme Scodioli ‘Step Right Up’ after shave is an excellent choice.
Thanks for the comments about Bailey; seems his results are due tomorrow, not today. No news is good news, I guess. I’m so lucky to live in a country where the health care is so good; the Women’s and Children’s hospital in Adelaide; just 50 or so Ks away is reportedly the best in the Southern Hemisphere.
PS, do you like my cufflinks?
PPS, be good, be healthy be happy, my friends.
Carl
Razor: De Pews | Soap: Mme Scodioli ‘Boheme’| After Shave: Mme Scodioli ‘Step Right Up’
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Well, Jamie, you're so cool to do that; but now I'm crying...
Bailey's braveness makes me feel like a wimp...
Here's Bailey 'in uniform' and out of uniform...
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That's funny, Parker looked a bit older than that in the video, but only a bit...
Hey, Parker, don't worry about, it's what we Australians call 'sledging'... :)
That's funny Grant, I did the same thing!
Wednesday
PREP: Hot shower + Nyasha Black Facial Cleansing Bar
CREAM/SOAP: Fitjar Soap Telemark
BRUSH: 27mm Omega - Boar
RAZOR: 7/8 TI Purple Boxelder Burl
STROP: Scrupleworks 3"
BOWL/SCUTTLE: soup bowl
POST: Osma Alum + Alpa + Fitjar K3 Extra
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TI Foroafeitado | Rover | MdC | Sabon ASB | D'Orsay Arome 3
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The day is starting out in the most calming and serene way with all this lavender. The Rosewood scaled TI is a great little shaver. And the combination of the earthy MdC lavender with the lavender and chypre D'Orsay has put my mind and body at ease. I can't think of a better way to prepare for court!
Best of luck to Bailey today
7/18/2012
Pre : Shower + Myrsol Emulsion
Bowl : Robert Becker Scuttle
Brush : Vie-Long 16401 Best Badger "Foroafeitado 2012 Edition"
Safety : Gillette Old Type 102A Tuckaway 1922
Blade : Racer Super Stainless #1
Soap : Jabonman Foroafeitado 2012 Edition
Post : Floid Vigoroso
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No shave for me today,
...but I had an 3in1 Instant Tibetan Original Flavour Yak Butter Tea - tasting. Maybe it as like the original. Maybe not, I never will know. :)
Test shave. This Big ol W&B 31/32 honed on a Jnat i bought from bill a while back. Kitta. Same progression as before but finished on my Kitta. An awesome 2 pass shave super BBS.