Thread: Sun November 18th - Sat November 24th

Soap~PGS Whiskey Razor~ Made it myself (TGN head) Brush~ Made myself (23mm Finest)
I love having my own lathe, I can make a new razor or brush, just because

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Location: Heart of Dixie
Pre: Hot Shower, Nivea Face Wash & Scrub
Strop: Tony Miller 2.5" Bridle Leather
Soap: D. R. Harris Arlington
Brush: Vintage Rubberset Restore Silvertip Badger
Scuttle: SWK XL
Razor: Thomas Ward "Stub Tail" c.a. 1850?
Astringent: Dickenson's Witch Hazel
AS: D. R. Harris Arlington
Result: Two Passes -- CCS, almost BBS

Special day today, my oldest daughter is getting married next Saturday and today is her Wedding Shower. Last night the wife and I went out to celebrate her birthday and then slept in this morning. I was a bit hurried getting ready for the Wedding Shower, but nothing slows things down like a great shave. I love this old Sheffield wedge. This is only my second shave with it, but I really enjoy it. I rotate my "new" razors with my "vintage" razors. Today marks the start of my "vintage" rotation -- and I just LOVE my vintage blades! I hope all my friends have a wonderful and safe holiday week.

Roll Tide!

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Originally Posted by Maximilian

A soap that's a cream, no wait, it's a cream that's a soap,...

I think I'm going to change my standard header to use "Lather:" instead of "Soap:". So there!

Originally Posted by DFriedl

I think I'm going to change my standard header to use "Lather:" instead of "Soap:". So there!

Dave everyones a critic. Dont you know???

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Dave everyones a critic. Dont you know???

I am thinking "suds" covers everything!

Good Evening.

Today's shave was mainly AOS with a hint of Mme Scodioli "Step Right Up".

Very Nice.

Originally Posted by dr1312

...Today's shave was mainly AOS with a hint of Mme Scodioli "Step Right Up".

Very Nice.

Oh, 'Step Right Up' it's like a fine oil for anointing, isn't it? Not that I'd know what a fine oil for anointing is like, really, or at all, actually...

Maybe I should have said "Oh, 'Step Right Up', it is nice, isn't it?" and just left it at that...

Monday

A new working week ‘workin for da man’ and all I can think of is tomorrow’s workout, buying climbing shoes and rock climbing on Saturday. The mornings shave was not very good. I spied the Arko on the shelf and thought I’d give it a go. After lathering my face (I wet the stick and rubbed my wet shave brush on the stick to make the lather; and then face lathered) I stropped. After stropping I looked in the mirror and at first thought I must have rubbed some of the cream off. Then I realised it had simply dissipated and all but disappeared. Not sure if it was just my lathering or the oils on my skin but I had to lather again and even then there was no cushion at all. I’ve used this shave stick only about three times since I’ve had it; I wouldn’t buy it again.

Originally Posted by DFriedl

I think I'm going to change my standard header to use "Lather:" instead of "Soap:". So there!

See, I've dispensed with 'headers' these days and simply rave on a bit, making vague references to the shave and leave it to the reader to work out what I used...Sometimes it's less clear than others...

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Edwin Jagger best badger
Soap: Truefitt & Hill: Luxury Shaving Soap
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8 Bergam Damascus in Mammoth Ivory Scales
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport

I liked yesterday's shave so much that I decided to do a re-run. Well, almost.
Have a nice day.