Thread: Sun September 09th - Sat September 15th

Top'O the afternoon, Gents! Great shaves to-day!


Musgo Lime Prewash~Neil Miller leather~Pre de Provence Lather~Thater~Joseph Rodgers and Son~Musgo Real







High-class shave today with lovely accessories from my friend, Darl (Tarkus). Thanks!
The Musgo Real is a bit stiff for me, but is one of those which is more to my liking with an AQV "thinning"!
This Rodgers is one of my smoothest blades and the Pre de Provence, what can I say!

Have a healthy and splendid week, All! And, of course, a Happy Anniversary, Robert!
Tom


Oh! Perhaps some of my SOTD brethren could vote on a brush contest and compete?
Here:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...mandatory.html

Some razors (english, french and german, a real "conférence internationale ") that I restored during this WE, some had big chips, other just required a regular service, they have all pasted the "shave test" succesfully, sorry for the picture (a bit ashamed of the quality due to the lack of light)

Regards

Sunday Shave and Haircut before the Bucs Game
Prep: Hot Water Wash
Razor: 1908 Gillette Single Ring
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Arko Shavestick
AS: Skin Bracer
Finish: Murray and Lanman's Florida Water
Refreshment: Michelob Amberbock
Result: Dome and mush BBS

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Strop: Scrupleworks 2.5 inch Swedish Bridle Barber's End
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 2 Butterscotch - Manchurian Badger
Prep: Shower followed by Castle Forbes Pre-shave
Cream: QCS Queen Charlotte scent
Scuttle: DB Brush Scuttle
Razor: Thiers Issard Dreadnought in Blue Box Elder Burl 7/8, half hollow
Shave: 2 pass - WTG and XTG on face/ATG on neck
Astringent: Alum Block
A/S Balm: QCS Queen Charlotte scent

Result: Excellent - BBS

Ash

PS I apologize for poor pic quality - taken with phone camera in rubbish bathroom lighting

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Special Bulletin: Two tornadoes rip through New York

I hope anyone that lives in New York (especially in Brooklyn or Queens) is safe from the ravages of the two tornadoes that hit the city hard yesterday.

Jeff: I hope you're OK buddy

No problems here, thanks Robert. Happy Anniversary to you and Liza. Many more happy years to you both!!

Kent T4
Creed Original Vetiver
Le Grelot 6/8
R&G L'Homme
Creed Imperial Millesime

Today's Shave.
Shower, Stephan's, warm Oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Badger Brush
Momma Bear's Roses Shave Soap
Wade and Butcher Celebrated, 5/8 Barber's Notch
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Bay Rum.

Nice shave!!

Originally Posted by DFriedl

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Carp are a sport fish in Europe, and I catch them on lures and live bait on Pennsylvania's Allegheny River pretty often while going after other species. You're right though; they tend to be targeted with dough-based bait around here. My dad used to cast dough balls on his larger fly rod and pull in some beasts.

du212, you'd love Pittsburgh's three rivers for carp, as fishermen rarely target them here. We frequently see fish over a meter long.

I guess that you are right, I fish the carp from my university years, I started with bait, but when I switch to fly fishing I focused my fishing day trips to the trout and I forgot the carps.

This year I am trying to catch barbels and carps, that are bigger than the trouts in my region and easier to find....But they are not as the carps of Pittsburgh, I must be quiet and stealthy in the river or the fish run as Forrest Gump.
cheers, Jose

I flyfished for carp in a little campus town once, and people watching from riverside cafes made jokes at me until I hooked one up. It took ten minutes on a six-weight to land one. After that they watched with more interest and less joking.

Prep:Hot Shower
Scuttle:Dirty Bird Custom Double
Brush:22mm H.L. Thater
Strop:SRD P1 30/60
Soap:MDC
Razor: National Cutlery "Napoleon"
After shave: Alt-Innsbrook
EDT: Cuba Red




Result: Back at home with some beautiful weather. Fall is in the air and cooler weather is here in the evenings. Great shaves gentlemen! Keep them coming.
Glenn