Thread: Sun July 29th - Sat August 04rd

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Alba 50
Brush: Simpson Chubby 2
Soap: B&B
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea sensitive
EDC: B&B

My computer froze like a few hours ago. Tried to re-boot with no image or beeps. Made my heart stop for a second. After an hour pulling stuff out, measuring the PSU and trying different things I finally found the culprit. My graphic card is dead. So time to go visit Fry's tomorrow. Very frustrating and time consuming if you ask me. The positive is I had a great shave today. Invigorating scent from both the soap and cologne. A super sharp Alba blade to boot. At least it made up for all the frustration of today's hardware experience.

Enjoy the last days of July and let's get rocking for August. Wishing y'all a superb new week.

Good morning friends!

PREP: Floïd Sandolor Pre Shave Gel
BRUSH: 27 mm SIMPSON Polo PL10 Best Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Georgetown Pottery Scuttle
RAZOR: 7/8 Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor w/barber's notch
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Geo F. Trumper Lime SkinFood
RESULT: One amazing shave



Have a nice week,
Béla

Prep L'Occitane Vetyver Soap
Razor Thiers Issard 7/8 in Buckeyed Burl
Brush Simsons M7 LE in Finest Silvertip
Cream Vulfix Persian Musk
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
L'Occitane Baux EDT

Jamie.


Perfect start to my day.

Originally Posted by fonthunter

...RAZOR: 7/8 Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor w/barber's notch...

Nice patina. Glen posted a restore of a similar one of these here in horn that looks nice too.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: New Forest 2201, extra stuffed
Razor: Weltmeister
Soap: Castle Forbes, Lime
AS: Mennen Skin Bracer
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Fantastic little razor and actually it was even better than my large Otto B Weltmeister ... or I had a lucky day, but it's a sweet blade never the less.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Nice patina. Glen posted a restore of a similar one of these here in horn that looks nice too.

Thanks Carl! I bought mine several years ago from Sham (hi_bud_gl).
...but the posted WB by Glen is very, very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Béla

Sunday

No shave for a couple of days.


The shave was with the De Pews, that I forced a patina on today with a warm vinegar and lemon juice mix. Very nice look. However, of course, the forcing of the patina caused a degradation of the edge, so even after a heap of laps on the Shapton 16k, and the benefit of the blackened edge to let me know how evenly the edge was being honed it’s still a way off where it was before. I like the new look, though.


Razor: De Pews | Überlather: Mike’s Eucalyptus and Lemongrass soap/O Melhor/Glycerine | After Shave: Trafalgar

Carl, your De Pews look very good!

Originally Posted by fonthunter

Carl, your De Pews look very good!

Thank you. The treatment worked OK I think. I should have documented it better (i.e.measured the ingredients). I'm lusting after a couple of original condition Framebacks that a particular fellow who lives in Sweden and who likes coffee has...

Don't ever polish that W&B, will you? You don't own it you know, you're just a custodian... :-)

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Don't ever polish that W&B, will you? You don't own it you know, you're just a custodian... :-)

This is very true!