Thread: Sun September 09th - Sat September 15th

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Truefitt & Hill: Luxury Shaving Soap
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Henckels Friodor 8/8 Spanish point w/ mammoth ivory scales
ASB: Geo. F. Trumper – Lime Skin Food

Good start of a new day.

Tuesday

Hi guys, I hope you’re all having a good week so far. The shave this morning with the Hellberg frameback was superb. This is fast becoming one of my favourite razors. The thin tang and reasonably large (for a frameback I think?) blade size makes holding it a bit tricky but the edge and the shape of the blade is just fantastic. The edge needs a little bit of tweaking around the heel (for those cutting in strokes around the goatee) but the belly is really very, very nice.

The O Melhor cream I’m finishing lathered really well, and the two Bay Rum products together are also becoming a firm shaving favourite.

I went to the gym at lunch time and completed four supersets of 4 sets in 37 minutes. I plan on having a ‘go to the pool without wanting to wear a T shirt body’ in 8 weeks. I reckon I need to lose maybe 5- 7 kilos.

Razor: J A Hellberg frameback | Cream: O Melhor | After Shave: D. R. Harris Bay Rum | Hair Tonic: Pashana Bay Rum

Originally Posted by Scookum

Yeah that's a nice lens. I've got the 17-55 dx 2.8 which is on my camera most of the time. I've considered upgrading bodies but I really know my D200 and I've got some dx glass that I would have to replace. It would be an expensive venture.

I'd like the option of a bigger f stop myself, but the Rolliecord I use for 'serious' photography only goes to 3.5. The old Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ5 that I use (with a Leica lens, non changeable) that I use for the SOTD photos goes to 2.8. I like the inspiration good photos here brings to me...

Originally Posted by unit

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That's a really, really cool SOTD post. I love the fact you used your grandfather's razor and the mug your son made, very cool.

I also love the razor and the way you cleaned it up but left the patina.

Maybe we should have a STP thread; a Save the Patina Thread, where we post photos of old razors with nice interesting patina?

Originally Posted by eTom

...some more "rusty" steel...

I don't know what I'm looking at but I like it. Are they actual photos? They look very 'steam punk' esp the last one. The middle one reminds me of an old woodcut...

Originally Posted by Geezer

[CENTER]...Henckles Rapide, Wester Bros (US), and others had similar blade locking systems. Henckles patented the Rapide, WOTAN and similar razors about 1880. The nasty looking device to the right is a honing and stropping stick to refresh the blades. The WOTAN can be distinguished by a solid blade keeper and the Wester and Rapide have wire "U" keepers...

What a cool looking device! Sort of like razor blades before they had razor blades! (maybe; when were razor blades invented?).
What the doowoppy at the right with the two holes in it?

Originally Posted by turando72

Hi Carl,

Althought that book was way before my time, I did indeed read it. I must admit though that although I enjoyed the narrative frame of the work, I had trouble relating to Marlow and the days of slavery & colonialism in the then Congo/Zaire. I did enjoy the descriptive of the ivory trade and Kurtz 'interaction' with his surroundings.

All that considered, IMHO Coppola did a fantastic job in adapting the book to that of the Vietnam war, which again was way before my time! Lol

Regards,

Ash

Hi Ash, I think it was before all of our times (1902). It's interesting you found it difficult to relate to Marlow. Marlow seems to me to be a pretty good man who loves his ability as a river boat captain and who is extremely satirical in his comments on 'colonialism'. I love the comments about the 'natives' being called 'enemies'; it's little things like that and the quote below that make me really like this book. I also love 'The Secret Sharer' though that seems to have a bit of a homo erotic undertone. 'Youth' is also an excellent book...

Apocalypse Now (unfortunately) was not before my time, I saw it at the cinema. It's a really great movie; I loved the Iroquois Helicopter scene in the beginning, and years later, when I was in the Australian army, was often very powerfully reminded of that scene. I never even knew Apocalypse Now was related to Heart Of Darkness, even after listening to the audio of the book for many months. These days I prefer to listen to books rather than read them. The audio I have of this is free from loudlit.org, it's very very well read for a free audio book, I think...

...on one end a large shining map, marked with all the colours of a rainbow.
There was a vast amount of red--good to see at any time, because one
knows that some real work is done in there, a deuce of a lot
of blue, a little green, smears of orange, and, on the East Coast,
a purple patch, to show where the jolly pioneers of progress drink
the jolly lager-beer.

Originally Posted by sharp

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I'm coming 'round your place next weekend!

A luxurious and enjoyable shave this morning. I hadn't pulled out the AdP in a while, so I decided it was time to do so. While I was at it, why not just go the full monty...

Filarmonica EPBD 14 | Manchurian Badger Rover | Acqua di Parma | Acqua di Parma Balsamo | Acqua di Parma Colonia Intensa

To All those survivors of 9/11, God Bless You!

Proraso pre|AOS Badger|G5|Pannacrema 'Casablanca'|Brummel #18| Proraso AS| Nivea Lotion

Have a Great Tuesday Gents!

Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Red Pack Personna
Prep: Bald Frog Eucalyptus Balm
Brush: Vie Long Horse
Soap: Bald Frog Eucalyptus Lime soap
A/S: witch hazel, Chrome Balm
Result: A great shave

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

That's a really, really cool SOTD post. I love the fact you used your grandfather's razor and the mug your son made, very cool.

I also love the razor and the way you cleaned it up but left the patina.

Maybe we should have a STP thread; a Save the Patina Thread, where we post photos of old razors with nice interesting patina?

Thank you, sir.

'twas fine experience.

Regarding the patina. They take many years and stories to form...and a few minutes with abrasives to remove