Thread: Sun - January 27th - Sat February 02th

Honed up my NOS 13/16 Puma 89 this morning. It took a beautiful edge and what a buttery smooth shave! I usually prefer heavier grind razors, but this full hollow is truly exceptional.
Brush: Saville Row
Preshave: Proraso green
Cream: Proraso Red
Aftershave: Dominican Bay Rum
Moisturiser: Emu Oil

Originally Posted by sashimi

Friday evening
No prep...
Cocodrilo #14 - LaToja sc - Badger brush - cold water splash - L'Oreal asb - Floid mentolado vigoroso as

An after midnight shave, so technically Saturday. I don't know whether it was the amount of shochu I had earlier at the Japanese restaurant, that made me forget about my hot water prep, or whether it was the fact that I had the LaToja lather way too thick, or whether the Cocodrilo is finally ready for a touch-up, but the shave was "okay" at best.
Amazing shaves this week gentlemen. Highly enjoyed them.

I've not heard of a Cocodrilo razor before. Judging from the coffin, I assume it's a Spanish razor. How is it?

I've been absent with my posts for a few days as my laptop has been temperamental recently..... and I haven't shaved since Thursday. I'll get around to it on Monday.

Anyway, no shave for me today as I went for a hike. Here's a picture from it. If you click the link, give it some time as it's a 2mb file.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4...3805stitch.jpg

SATURDAY
Hot shower prep
Razor: Henckles “WOTAN”
Soap: Nivea Cream
Mug: Cheap set
Brush: Grey badger
Aftershock: none
Splash: Benneton Essence of Man
The Day: Cold: -20ºC. The Shave: Close and relatively smooth for couple months since honing. Nivea is great for these super cold dry days.

The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard
My thanks for a week of ideas, possibilities and assorted triggers of my acquisitiveness !

Originally Posted by dfrazor

Prep - Basin of hot water + Shave towel
Mug - Newer green scuttle

Thanks for the Mug shot of a very nice scuttle!
~Richard

Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson Chubby 1
Razor: Filarmonica Sub Cero
Strop: 40/60 Neil Miller Linen/Kanayama Cordovan
Soap: La Toja Manantiales
After shave: Str8fencer's English Leather

It's been some time since my last post here, but don't worry, I'm not gone, and I have shaved...... but the new job, and life in general have kept me quite busy lately and I haven't had the time to be around as much as I use to.
Today I had the time to take a long hot shower, and enjoy a slow and wonderful shave, now I'm off to cook dinner, the missus and I are going to spend a quiet saturday evening with good food and drinks and eachothers company.

2nd February 2013

Location: Milano, Italy
Prep: Hot shower + cold splash
Soap: Cella
Brush: Custom 24mm Silver Tip Badger
Razor: Stainless Steel Dovo 5/8 Round Point Ebony
Strop: Tony Miller 2,5" Horsehide Leather and Linen
Shave: 1 pass WTG
Astringent: Alum
A/S: Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum

Saturday 2nd February

Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
Shavex Brushless Cream
Thiers-Issard Le-Grelot Form 11/16 X-Thick Grind
New Forest Tubby2 2 Band
Nanny's Cedarwood and Vetyver Soap
Alum Block
Organic Shea Butter
Myrsol Metilsol AS
TBS White Musk for Men
Yardley Pomade
Brian's Own (Moustache Wax)

A lovely 3 pass BBS.

Originally Posted by ojinsa

I've not heard of a Cocodrilo razor before. Judging from the coffin, I assume it's a Spanish razor. How is it?

The Cocodrilo brand is thought to be from Ferdinand Herberz in Solingen. He produced different brands, among which Palmera, Cocodrilo, Barcelona, El Plumero, etc. These were probably destined for the Spanish market. The box is in spanish, and I bought this razor NOS from a guy in Spain.
Source:Ferdinand Herberz & Cie (in German)

The blade is the best of any #14 I have shaved with. It is on par (if not better than) with my Filarmonica 14's and the Henckels 14 that i have. Very nice "singing" blade and every shave is a delight.

Originally Posted by sashimi

The Cocodrilo brand is thought to be from Ferdinand Herberz in Solingen. He produced different brands, among which Palmera, Cocodrilo, Barcelona, El Plumero, etc. These were probably destined for the Spanish market. The box is in spanish, and I bought this razor NOS from a guy in Spain.
Source:Ferdinand Herberz & Cie (in German)

The blade is the best of any #14 I have shaved with. It is on par (if not better than) with my Filarmonica 14's and the Henckels 14 that i have. Very nice "singing" blade and every shave is a delight.

It looks sweet! I just bought a couple of Palmeras from eBay myself. I'm looking forward to shaving with them. One of the Spanish razors I've been on the lookout for is Iberia. I assume it's on par with Filly, and other Spanish steel blades. If you have a guy in Spain looking to sell more 14s, PM me!