Thread: Sun July 15th - Sat July 21st

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



Have a nice day,
Béla

Originally Posted by Zephyr

...And yes, the wood in the stack is birch, very popular firewood here besides pine.

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). :-)

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

...First Time Shaving XTG and ATG. No nicks or cuts. A really good shave...

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

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

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

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

Sorry about the lens. I wonder where it could possibly have gone?

Le Grelot Maxterpiece | Chubby 2 | Cade Über | Cade | Rancé Le Vainqueur

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!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Ha! I was wondering how long it'd take you to post a SOTD post, Parker!

Didn't take long

And thanks Bela!

Tuesday
Proraso/ AOS Badger/ G5/ Proraso/ Satinedge 6|8"/ Proraso AS/ Nivea Lotion

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

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

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

Ta, Joe. I try to be funny but I think grace might be overstating it :-)
You guys have been my 'leveller' for a year now. I guess you could also call it an anchor. I love the fact that we talk about stuff here.