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    Thumbs up 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.

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    Default SODT -- Sunday

    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

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    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by fonthunter View Post
    ...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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider View Post
    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,
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    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

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    Carl, your De Pews look very good!
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    Quote Originally Posted by fonthunter View Post
    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... :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider View Post

    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!

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