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SOTD August 28th 2012
Me... time travel?... my tools did!

Razor: WARRANTED/CAST STEEL ~1816
Strop: Hand made and old
Soap: Cella
Mug: Milk glass/silverplate with P on it
Brush: Horsehair
Aftershock: none
Splash: Lucky Tiger

Seems that a couple centuries do give the steel a chance to resign itself to its fate. That blade will shave with the best! The Cella was ok but not a favorite. The Lucky Tiger was known and selling to the trade in 1921. The blown glass bottle is wobbly on its base and seems to be a lot older. The brush, any time after 1890.

The razor was one of my first finds from the wild and I made new acrylic scales for her from the old scales as a pattern.
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!

~Richard

Prep: Washing the face
Brush: SOC two band
Razor: Mappin and Webb, My trustworthy
Soap: Fitjar, Neroli
AS: TOBS Victorian Lime + Tiger face tonic
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Face lathered with the Fitjar cream (seems the best way with Castle Forbes and I think they feel like close relatives in both quality and texture) and it was nice and with some more practice I'll prob get it real good. Razor performed stunning!

Originally Posted by Mikael

[CENTER]Prep: Washing the face
Brush: SOC two band
Razor: Mappin and Webb, My trustworthy
Soap: Fitjar, Neroli
AS: TOBS Victorian Lime + Tiger face tonic
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Face lathered with the Fitjar cream (seems the best way with Castle Forbes and I think they feel like close relatives in both quality and texture) and it was nice and with some more practice I'll prob get it real good. Razor performed stunning!

Great close up of that beautiful blade, Mikael!