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Wednesday

The scales informed me this morning that I was 73.6; a loss of 5.6 kilos in 64 days. The target of losing 6.1 in eighty days will be a breeze, however, the wife’s birthday is on the weekend which will result in feasting and drunken drunkenness, which may add a calorie or two and hence a gram or two. The workouts are getting intense, they are only short (40 minutes max) but hard. Anyway…

The shave was with the J A Hellberg. I’m actually starting to get used to this razor now, I was going to put it up for adoption, but it’s enamouring its self to me…

The cream was with Nomad which I rushed and made a mess of. Madame Scodioli’s Step Right Up anointed my face. ‘Anointing’ is a very apt word in this case, this ‘after shave’ (anointing balm of precious oils) is always a delight to administer, esp considering my terrible beard itch after removing the facial hair configuration two week’s ago for Movember. I haven't even made a dollar. I felt a little silly asking for money, it’d go along the lines of:

Me: “I’m doing that Movember thing and growing a Moustache…and also a soul patch and goatee thingy for mens’ cancer awareness; give me some money”
They: “But you had a moustache and soul patch and goatee thingy yesterday”
Me: “Yeah, right, I know, but I don’t NOW, I’m going to grow one”
They: “Oh, well, that’ll be really interesting, it’ll be, um, really fun to see what you look like” [looking uncomfortably sideways]
Me: "Yeah, won’t it, can you IMAGINE!!?” [jumping up and down and excitedly clapping hands together]
They: “Well, yeah, I can imagine, you, um, had one yesterday”
Me: “Yeah……it itches you know…..I’m doing this for YOU…” [walks away sadly]

Originally Posted by Cangooner

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Nice looking razor and very interesting reading. What's an 'indenture'...Quote us all a paragraph... :-)

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Birthday shave.
Warm shower, warm oil.
Bowl made by my daughter Hannah
Custom Badger Brush
Mama Bear's Rose shave soap
Dubl Duck Pearl Duck in Paua by Max
Roo strop by Mick
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Nivea AS Balm


My wife purchased the DD for me for my birthday several years ago. It provides a really nice shave. The aroma of the Rose Soap turns the bathroom into a rose garden.

Gorgeous day today, enjoy!

Happy Birthday Jeff

All the best, Jeff!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Birthday shave....

Happy birthday!!! I hope you had a nice day.

Carl

Shave prep: Evening shave, so just a splash of hot water
Brush: D.R. Harris
Preshave: Proraso
Soap: Taylor of Old Bond Street - Sandalwood
Scuttle: Simple soup bowl
Razor: Max Sprecher Custom 8/8 square point - 1/4 hollow, M3 Mokume gane
Strop: Kanayama 20 canvas strokes and 80+ strokes on the leather
After Shave Splash: Nivea aftershave Balm

Notes: Afraid to ruin Max’s edge from new, when honing this MSC , I was cautious but still confident that I could bring back a keen edge. I took it on a few laps on the Norton 4/8k, then finished it on a Naniwa SS12k and balsa+Cr02. I protected the back with tape and also used a black marker to see how my edge was doing. Already after the Naniwa, arm hair went like wiping off with a towel.

This first shave just went fabulous!
Comfortable and with a soft and BBS result.
Whoa!

Paul

Originally Posted by JBHoren

Magnificent photo! I especially like the contrast between the (more or less) monochromatic elements of blade and brush, and the muted colors of the blade-handle's wrapping and the soap tub. Also, the restricted depth-of-field provides an additional (and appealing) contrast between them. Bravo!

NB: I hope the shave was every bit as good as the photo!

Thank you for your comments. Actually I try to do different things with photos and occasionally go right. Shaving was fabulous.

Santa Maria Novella Shaving Cream : Simpson Polo 10 Two Bands : Mastro Livi 7/8 Ivory Scales : Geo.F.Trumper Spanish Leather

Sometimes absence does make the heart grow fonder! Today I broke out two pieces of kit that have never really captured my heart. The C&S 88 soap has always been fine, but just didn't wow me and the Ern ATOR never really felt that comfortable on the skin. They sure worked a treat together, though! I wanted the 88 soap for a long time because I was drawn to that milled aluminum bowl. And I believed it was everything I'd ever imagined when it arrived. Perhaps the problem, though, was that I ordered the travel size to save a few bucks, which always seemed to small. I went at the soap today with my Rover and never noticed its small size. I was rewarded with a nice thick and creamy batch of suds. The ATOR after being refreshed on a balsa strop with CrOx was super smooth and sharp. I was near BBS in one pass, and after two felt incredible! The Lucido left a great menthol freshness and some vintage Chanel sealed the deal!

88 | Rover | ATOR | Lucido | Antaeus

Prep: Hot shower, Prep pre shave cream
Brush: Semogue Owner's Club (two band badger)
Cream Soap: Razorock Classic
Razor: Merkur Futur w/Astra Superior Stainless blade
AS: Thayer's Original Witch Hazel Aftershave / Razorock Aftershave wax
DFS!