Thread: Sun September 09th - Sat September 15th

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

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Nice cuff links Bill!

Originally Posted by turando72

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Just read your sig line, have you read Heart of darkness, By Joseph Conrad?

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Nice cuff links Bill!

Thank you, Carl. I thought they were distinctive.

Proraso pre| Thater| G5| Pannacrema 'Casablanca'| Brummel wedge|Proraso AS| Nivea

Have a Great Monday Gents!

Happy Belated Anniversary Robert and Liza! (She doesn't get the 'tough girl' award until after she has put up with you 20 years!...lol) Seriously though, congratulations on your milestone and all the best to you both!

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Thank you, Carl. I thought they were distinctive.

That is perfect Bill! Pairing the cufflinks with the scent of the soap! I thought you had been into photography for a while now. My question is, how do you follow up on some of the fantastic pics you have already posted? You have set the bar pretty high.

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Lecran Cutlery
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Clearly Natural Honeysuckle
AS: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Finish: Nitro EdT (a Hugo Boss knock-off)
Results: Not much to cut this morning after a late afternoon shave yesterday. The quick one pass was more than adequate.

Originally Posted by Scookum

Nice lens, i can't make it out tho. Which one is it?

Thanks, Scookum. The lens is a 24-70 f/2.8. I picked it up on the recommendation of eTom and a few others. It quickly became my go to lens. It proved to me what a difference good glass makes, and I'm very happy I splurged on it!

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

That is perfect Bill! Pairing the cufflinks with the scent of the soap! I thought you had been into photography for a while now. My question is, how do you follow up on some of the fantastic pics you have already posted? You have set the bar pretty high.

Thanks, Joe. My wife actually wanted me to wear a rose based cologne as well to really make the pairing, but I just couldn't resist the Knize because I hadn't worn it in a while. But I may wear these later this week with a suit, and can break out the rose cologne then. Maybe I'll even pair it with my rose/sandalwood Bomb that day!

As for following up other SOTDs, I just keep trying to develop some consistency because these random nuts I've been finding like a blind squirrel can't support me forever!

Originally Posted by sharp

Razor: National Cutlery "Napoleon"

Really good to see you back on the scene more lately mate.
I love that Napoleon, it was that razor that inspired me to lash out and buy some of those cool scale materials
Grant

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Just read your sig line, have you read Heart of darkness, By Joseph Conrad?

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

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.