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Heavy metal
Castagnon
Lapp Knife 250 by Marttiini, Finland
Puukko by Marttiini, Finland
Have a nice weekend!
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Attachment 122891
Heavy metal
Castagnon
Lapp Knife 250 by Marttiini, Finland
Puukko by Marttiini, Finland
Have a nice weekend!
Proraso|G5|Mountain Badger|Tabac|Kropp 6/8|Tbac|Cade Balm
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Have a Great Saturday Gents!
SATURDAYhttp://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5dac58ed.jpg
Thank you all for a week of great ideas,shaves,tools, and photos!
Hot shower prep
Razor: Morley 9/16ths
Soap: vintage Williams
Mug: face lathered
Brush: Semogue
Aftershock: none
Splash: Granny Juice
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The Day: Beautiful and sunny -11ºC. The shave: I was not disappointed at all! A great maker of blades was Morley!
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard
2 MARCH 2013
* Rotbart No.15
* Super Iridums
* Frank Shaving synthetic 24/48mm
* Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
* Unrefined Shea Butter
Prep: Hot shower
Strop: SRD modular paddle
Brush: Kent K8
Soap: TOBS Jermyn Street
Razor: Boker
AS: Alum block
Result: Close enough ;)
Thought i might get in on the SODT, as i love a lot of the photos that get posted.
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Cheers,
Paul
Received another ebay razor in the mail yesterday, a puma 39 5/8 pour barbe très dure. The seller didn't describe it as shave ready. When I asked him whether he did any work on the blade, he simply told me that he found it at an antique shop, stropped it on a pasted strop, it passed the hanging hair test but that he didn't shave with it.
Given my previous ebay experiences, my expectations were low. I had a hard time imagining that all an antique shop razor find would need is a pasted strop to be shave ready . True or not, boy was I pleasantly surprised! The razor only seems to have factory hone wear and it was genuinely shave ready!
Here is my shave of the day:
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Todays stubble scrapings occurred with the following weapons...
Cream : Palmolive green tube
Brush : Men-U synthetic bristle
Razor : Gillette Superspeed flare tip
Blade : Derby
Pre-shave : Hot water
Post-shave : Cold water, alum block
Balm : Nivea sensitive moisturiser
Finish : Up to my usual DE standards... smooth. :D
Comments : After years of using Tesco "own brand"/Personna rebadge, I plumped for a selection pack from Shaving Shack; 10 personna, 10 derby, and loaded the flare tip with 1 derby. They're not as aggressive as the personna, and are a welcome addition to the armoury. To be honest, I think the alum block's faulty... there was no sting.
Happy Saturday y'all! Today's shave was a lazy DE shave.
Prep - hot shower
Soap - DR Harris, Arlington
Brush - 2012 SOC LE
Razor - Feather AS-D1, Gillette 7 O'Clock super platinum razor
Post - cold water, alum, Kiehl's lotion
EDT - AdiP, Blu Mediteraneo, Mirto di Panarea
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Thanks for the great pics last week!