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10-31-2012, 05:36 AM #71Senior Member
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13/16 Toyo "Special Razor", Full Hollow Ground, Square Point
Kanayama No.3 Strop
Simpson Chubby 1 Manchurian
Valobra Stick
Cold Water Rinse
Proraso Splash
Hermes Un Jardin En Mediterranee
David,
"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won" - Winston Churchill
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10-31-2012, 07:20 AM #72Senior Member
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Dovo 5/8
SRD buffalo strop
47 Gillette Aristocrat
Custom silvertip brush set in elk horn
SRD Opus X soap
Scuttle
Hot bath, 2 passes with the Dovo, touch-up with Aristocrat (detail work around handlebar mustache)
No a/s BBS
The SRD Opus X is quickly becoming my go-to soap. It replaces TGQ's Cavendish Black only because TGQ'S isn't readily available. However, the scent is very manly, not overwhelming, and the lather is great. It has taken the #1 spot in my soap rotation from Ogallala Bay Rum. If Cavendish Black were available, it would be very hard, for me, to choose between the two.Last edited by freebird; 10-31-2012 at 07:24 AM.
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10-31-2012, 08:14 AM #73Senior Member
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Prep L'Occitane Cedarwood Soap
Razor Vintage Japanese Fon Golden Star 13/16
Brush Bill Jack Le Tuft Chubby 1.5 in Lignum Vitae
Pamolive Shave Stick
Alum & Witch Hazel
Clinique Moisturer
Lalique Encre Noire Edt
Jamie.
As always the Fon Golden Star delivers a BBS shave.
“Wherever you’re going never take an idiot with you, you can always find one when you get there.”
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10-31-2012, 08:39 AM #74Plausibly implausible
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Wednesday
The kangaroos are really active at the moment; almost hit another one today on the drive home. Problem is you never know which way they’re going to bounce, apart from backwards; you can count on them not going backwards; just like emus and flies.
Told the wife this arvo we should sell the house, buy a Winnebago and travel around Australia for a year. I’ll wear beads and grow my hair long, except if I did I’d look like Manny in Black Books.
The morning’s shave was short and shiny, as I had to take the wife to work again and she needed to do what she does in there. So one pass only. The Proraso soapcream worked a treat.
Razor: J A Hellberg 4/8 | Soapcream: Proraso | After Shave: D R Harris Bay Rum | Hair Tonic: Pashana
Black Books wine talk - YouTubeStranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
Walt Whitman
10-31-2012, 08:50 AM
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Nay, Hyundai or something,. and what's your problem with Fords? I used to have a very spiffy Ford Cortina, 4.2L with a Toploader gearbox, you could drop it back from fourth to first at 60ks and drop the clutch and do a nice little diff lock. I've got a picture of it somewhere, but while I'm looking for it here's a picture of my wedding night car...this was a cool beast...Originally Posted by Grazor
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Here's the Cortina, sorry for the poor quality, it's a photo of a slide held up to a floor lamp..
Last edited by carlmaloschneider; 10-31-2012 at 09:17 AM. Reason: Someone (clearly not me) typed an apostrophe in Fords!!!
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
Walt Whitman
10-31-2012, 09:30 AM
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October 31st
Strop MickR's Roo Hide
Soap: Proraso
Razor: Bengall 11/16
Astringent: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: C.O. Bigelow Mentha
A/S: Wahl Bay Rum
Haven't used the Bengall for a while and it performed like a champ, and after a hot day here the Proraso was a great choice.
I also gave a little test shave to another razor tonight, but I might take it back to the stones for a few more laps before having a full shave with it.
More on that later...
Have a great Halloween everyone.
Hope everybody is coping with the carnage caused by Sandy.
Grant
"I aint like that no more...my wife, she cured me of drinking and wickedness"
Clint Eastwood as William Munny in Unforgiven
10-31-2012, 09:34 AM
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My best mate used to have one of them, that was an awesome car.
G.
nicknbleeding and JoeSomebody like this.
"I aint like that no more...my wife, she cured me of drinking and wickedness"
Clint Eastwood as William Munny in Unforgiven
10-31-2012, 09:39 AM
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No shave today. No power either !!!
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Albert Einstein
10-31-2012, 10:01 AM
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Bye Bye, Sandy! The HUGE storm that failed to live up to expectations here in DC (no offense to NYC where I understand she lived up to expectations a bit better), is gone and life is returning to normal. This seemed at my house to be much ado about nothing inasmuch as we never lost power and the only change was that I was pretty much the only person in the office or on the roads for that matter.
Today's shave was a beauty. I reached for the PannaCrema Casablanca, which paired quite nicely with the Thäter to produce a lovely thick and cushioning lather. With the face painted a lovely white, the Flaschner got to do its thing. The growth was smoothly and effortlessly wiped away. I was left CBS in two quick passes. I knew for certain that the lather quality was not just a figment of my imagination when I applied the Lucido. Just a cool menthol blast with zero sting! I wrapped it all up with some Rancé Le Vainqueur, and I'm ready to see my workmates at the office!
He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his own stable; And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind of Cain and his brother Abel.
-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
10-31-2012, 10:15 AM
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Wednesday
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: Winchester 5/8
ASB: Caswell-Massey No.Six
Slow, comfortable and sticky smooth shave
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
