Thread: Sun - February 03th - Sat February 09th

No Shave Day! Customer service calls! Prototype parts must be delivered prior to end of day.
~Richard

Originally Posted by ojinsa

Good morning y'all! Because I'm in a current infatuation phase with Sheffield razors, my judgment has become questionable with respect to buying more Sheffield razors. Proving this point was a Frederick Reynolds POS, complete with larvae ridden horn scales that I insisted on buying thinking I could restore her. Well, once I received it, it became obvious that I would not be capable of changing the status of this razor from POS to beauty queen. I needed a pro to do it, and I had the perfect pro in mind. Max.

Max turned my POS into a sweet razor, and once I received her yesterday, this morning's shave could not get here quickly enough!! She started out as a 7/8 with pits, nicks, devil's spit, and chewed up scales. Because of the amount of work needed to get the edge, she's now a trimmed down 13/16.

Thank you Max!

Prep - hot shower
Soap - Acqua di Parma
Brush - Simpson Polo 8, super
Razor - Frederick Reynolds, Maxed up
Post - col water, styptic pencil, Kiehl's lotion
EDT - Creed, Millesime Imperial

Have a great day y'all!

Thanks for the razor/cream/cologne p0rn, Oscar. This is a great pic with all the goodies possible thrown in: Sheffield steel, AdP cream and Millesime Imperial by Creed, all favourites of mine!!
Have one on us -

Originally Posted by rum

Thanks for the razor/cream/cologne p0rn, Oscar. This is a great pic with all the goodies possible thrown in: Sheffield steel, AdP cream and Millesime Imperial by Creed, all favourites of mine!!
Have one on us -

Gracias amigo!! Just goes to show you have incredible taste!!!

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Rod Neep, 28 mm in Kenya soapstone handle
Razor: J Nowill and sons
Soap: Cade
AS: Mennen S B
Edt: Penhaligon's Castile
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Really nice razors this one, with lovely old ivory scales plus it took a nice and very thin edge/bevel.

Pre: Lavazza Blu "Vigoroso"
Soap: Omega
Brush: Omega 10005
Razor: Nichirico CAPE For Barber Use
Strop: Self Made Paciccella

"Max turned my POS into a sweet razor, and once I received her yesterday, this morning's shave could not get here quickly enough!! She started out as a 7/8 with pits, nicks, devil's spit, and chewed up scales. Because of the amount of work needed to get the edge, she's now a trimmed down 13/16.

Thank you Max!"

1+++ I've got Max on speed dial!

Prep - Basin of hot water + Shave towel
Pre-Shave - Musgo Real Glyce
Brush - Dad's old brush
Soap - Palmolive
Mug - Grandpa's old mug
Razor - 11/16 custom microtome
Post - Thayers + Nivea Balm

First shave on this microtome razor. Not a shaver for beginners, due to the extreme light weight, very thin blade, and crazy working angle (much closer to parallel than normal). A little draggy, might need more polish on the edge. No irritation though, and a close shave. First time trying the Palmolive shave stick, very nice. Reminds me a lot of Speick, although it has been awhile. Fun times

Tuesday evening
Hot towel prep
Wade & Butcher FBU spike point razor - Select Coticule touch up - Cyril Salter travel badger brush - Ueberlather from Olivia's Eichenmoos ss, Olivia's creme de la creme and glycerin in Silly cow mug - cold water splash - Thayer's Rose resplash - Truefitt & Hill 1805 asb - hot towel - LaLique EdT

So, what do you do when you don't get along with a particular soap? You give it another try. Still nothing, what do you do? You give it a try with your best razor, freshly touched up in an Ueberlather with glycerin. The Eichenmoos and I didn't get along from the start and I have put my best efforts in it for a few times now. I gave it the Ueberlather chance today with one of its own kind of cremes. My face is red, my mood spoiled and my faith in this one almost gone. The last attempt will come soon with the Palmolive cream as a final resort in an Ueberlather chance. The Palmolive gets almost *anything* in Ueberlather state.
Disappointed, my face a tomato and not the nice relaxing state I had hoped for this evening. At least the tunes of Paul Desmond - Take Ten, provided some relief.
Guess we have our good and our bad days...

PS: Disclaimer: I mean nothing bad with the above comments. The soap simply doesn't work for me, that does not mean it won't work for you. Never take one man's comments as the final truth. I discovered on this journey that I'm a cream-guy. Others favour soaps. Simple as that.

Originally Posted by sashimi

Tuesday evening
Hot towel prep
Wade & Butcher FBU spike point razor - Select Coticule touch up - Cyril Salter travel badger brush - Ueberlather from Olivia's Eichenmoos ss, Olivia's creme de la creme and glycerin in Silly cow mug - cold water splash - Thayer's Rose resplash - Truefitt & Hill 1805 asb - hot towel - LaLique EdT

So, what do you do when you don't get along with a particular soap? You give it another try. Still nothing, what do you do? You give it a try with your best razor, freshly touched up in an Ueberlather with glycerin. The Eichenmoos and I didn't get along from the start and I have put my best efforts in it for a few times now. I gave it the Ueberlather chance today with one of its own kind of cremes. My face is red, my mood spoiled and my faith in this one almost gone. The last attempt will come soon with the Palmolive cream as a final resort in an Ueberlather chance. The Palmolive gets almost *anything* in Ueberlather state.
Disappointed, my face a tomato and not the nice relaxing state I had hoped for this evening. At least the tunes of Paul Desmond - Take Ten, provided some relief.
Guess we have our good and our bad days...

PS: Disclaimer: I mean nothing bad with the above comments. The soap simply doesn't work for me, that does not mean it won't work for you. Never take one man's comments as the final truth. I discovered on this journey that I'm a cream-guy. Others favour soaps. Simple as that.

I, for one, didn't take it badly at all. In fact, I was thinking another possible issue may lie with your razor, and to help rule this out as the possible antagonist, I'm willing to shave with it for as long as it takes to make sure there are no issues with it. I know what you're thinking, and I agree, it's a very generous offer I'm making...

Gentlemen, here today's shave den lineup:

Razor: Rudolf Schmidt "Bambola"
Strop: Neil Miller shell cordovan
Brush: Thater silvertip
Soap: Scottish Fine Soaps (to be retired) spiked with Arko cream
Preshave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Moss
Face lather
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Some artisan stuff that doesn't seem to want to end
Aftershave: Pierre Cardin