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T4 Kent
Martin de Candre soap, glass bowl
Filarmonica DT 13
R&G L'Homme ASB
Acqua di Parma Colonia

Wednesday
Proraso pre/ Thater/ G5/ MWF/ GPG 'Otello' wedge/ Proraso AS/ Nivea

Have a Great Wednesday Gents!

Can't seem to find any info on this razor. It's a GPG with an arrow through the letters and 'Otello' with reg. U.S. pat on the other tang. Funny thing is I bought it's twin and gave it to my brother, so it can't be too uncommon...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

It seems to be a great picture to me!

LOVE that patina, that is very very cool. Very cool. I'm a little obsessed with patina on razors lately...

Thanks

Glad to hear that, I always leave the patina on my oldest razors, first because I'm layzy, second because it's keeps some sort of authenticity !

I just remove the infamous red rust !

Strop: MickR's Roo Hide
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Brush: Frank's Shaving Fine Badger
Razor: Geo Wostenholm 11/16
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Proraso
There was bloodshed on Sunday when I used this razor, but I had more luck tonight.
I took it to the hones last night, giving it 25 on the vintage Coti and 30 on the Thuri. The edge was much better and the 2 pass shave left me clean and smoooth.

Thanks for the great posts and pics fellas
Grant

I think i will be test shaving for a while. I honed 5 more last night with still more to test from before. Another wonderful shave. One pass left next to nothing but some touch up. But i still dii a full second pass. Its starting to make me think i know what im doing. Yea right! Ha ha.




Premier strop "3
Vestavia Brush
Ogallala Bay rum
Halfmann 15/16
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Calypso ASB

Originally Posted by mjhammer

Wedgwood & Cornhill Wedge

I'm still loving this old, rough wedge. Ugly as hell, smooth as heaven. A great shaver. Oh, it's clean as a whistle and glows nicely, but shows all the scars from my first ever attempt at re-grinding a blade. It was in pretty bad shape when I started, and even if I got out all the pits, it left such horrible scarring that I couldn't sand them out if I had 100 years to do it in. That sure doesn't stop her from being a wonderful shaving razor. (thanks Tom!)

So nicely said...!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh my what a strop. That's a very substantial looking handle...

These strops made ​​a member of the Czech-Slovak shaving forum ( britva.cz)
Above the handle is intaglio my name.
Here is the next Scrupleworks 3 "

Around the World in 80 Shaves: Iberia!



Today, the Spaniards and Portuguese make war on whiskers:

Filarmonica Sub Cero 8/8, stropped 20/60
Musgo Real, whipped with badger
Had to default to Clubman, as I don't have any a/s from the peninsula.

Because this Filarmonica is such an incredible shaver, and the Musgo was so rich and silky, I indulged in three full passes this morning. Closest, smoothest shave I've ever had!

Someone with a Mastro Livi want to take us to Italy next?

Custom made 8/8 razor by Denis member of a French forum "leretourducoupechou.com", strops from the Wookie of another french forum "coupechouclub.com", a french shaving cream Roger et Gallet, this house produce shaving cream for allmost 140 years !

Only one regrets the razor is made in inox, and the temper is quite hard, it's a pain to hone, and he's a bit agressiv...

Welcome to the SOTD Charlie48!