Wednesday morning:
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Jabonman Ylang-Pachouli-Naranja SS
Dr. Dittmar 2Band
Tosuke Kamisori
Dopo Barba di Camaldoli AS
Enjoy the Wednesday :).
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Wednesday morning:
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Jabonman Ylang-Pachouli-Naranja SS
Dr. Dittmar 2Band
Tosuke Kamisori
Dopo Barba di Camaldoli AS
Enjoy the Wednesday :).
Prep - None
Strop - 3 Inch bridle leather/hard felt
Razor - Geo. E Helgren?/stropped night previous
Brush - Omega 10066 Boar
Soap - Williams puck/cold water face lathered
Post - Alum block followed with Thayers witch hazel
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Happy hump day everybody.
Bob
27 FEBRUARY 2013
* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Brass
* Super Iridiums
* Rooney Heritage Stubby 1XL 3-band
* Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
* Unrefined Shea Butter
Good morning y'all! There are some awesome pics this week!
No shave for me. Just EDT - Acqua di Parma, Blu Mediteraneo, Mirto di Panarea (I agree, the name's a bit longish...).
Week's half over!
27th February 2013
Location: Milano, Italy
Prep: Hot shower + cold splash
Soap: PannaCrema Amomum
Brush: Custom Silvertip Badger 24mm
Razor: Wade & Butcher 5/8 Barber's Notch "The Hollow Ground Razor", black resin scales
Strop: Tony Miller 2.5" Horsehide Leather and Linen
Shave: 1 pass WTG
Astringent: Alum
A/S: Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Result: an average shave and a brand new cut :( I should stop shaving when I'm not fully awake...
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OUCH! It looks like you learned the definition of my South Texanism of "chingaso"...I'm still trying to get rid of my scabby soul patch from last week. I don't know if they have Simpson's reruns in Italy, but Bart Simpson says one of all-time favorite quotes "Chicks dig scars...". This quote was stolen and used by Shane Falco in "The Replacements", another rerun for you to catch.
Gentlemen, here is today's shave bill:
Razor: Ralf Aust 6/8 round point
Strop: Mountain Mike 3" Latigo
Brush: Thater 22 mm silvertip
Soap: Tabac
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Moss
Face lather
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Some artisan stuff
Aftershave: Taylor of Old Bond Street No. 74 Victoria Lime
Najeeb Malluk Razor
Semogue 830 Brush
MWF Shave Soap
Proraso ASL
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I struggled getting this razor in order. Something was always missing. I think I nailed the edge this time. Great Shave!
WEDNESDAY
Hot shower prep
Razor: Norvell-Shapleigh “Diamond Edge” ~1917 a relieved wedge
Soap: Rose of Bulgaria
Mug: English
Brush: vintage Austrian boar
Aftershock:
Splash: Rose by HESS
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The day: overcast ~4ºC. The Shave: An outing for another blade from the shop. It will need tweaking but gave a good shve. The Rose from Bulgaria is a lather making treat!
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard
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“Relieved Wedge” is the only way i can describe the razor grind with the Fuller on each side of the blade for lightness.
I wish you all to have a shave like this one, this blade is devilicious, thanks a lot to Zephir !
Monterosa surgical razor-victoria pinsel -floris-floid
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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: M&F blond badger 2band
Razor: TI
Soap: Maca Root
AS: Floris Santal
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean :D
Damned Fine Shave! :D
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Ford&Medley 6/8|Omega boar brush|MB Rose Ice soap | Le Male after shave | Result a realy smooth head.
Wednesday evening
Hot water prep
Joseph Rodgers & sons razor - Barbershop badger brush - Harris Lavender ss - cold water splash - Thayer's Rose witch hazel resplash - shower - AK 1869 AdC
The Rodgers also got a small touch-up on the Thuri. An amazing blade. Always a smooth shave. I experimented a bit today with lather thickness and re-lathering in between. Finally starting to get the hang of this soap. It likes water. :)
thanks I think it was an old exhibitor for cotton yarn :hmmm:
Prep: 4 mile run, hot shower
Razor: C.S. Bresnick Vesuvius Grim Reaper
Strop: SRD Prem. I
Brush: Semogue Boar 610
Soap: RazoRock Don Marco
A/S: Broken Chunk of Alum Block, Nancy Boy Signature Aftershave Gel
Result: This little razor holds an incredibly sharp and smooth edge. The bevel is so tiny, I have a hard time seeing it, but I know it's there because I am BBS with little effort. This soft soap really lathers up easily; however, I prefer tallow based hard soaps, why, I dont' know. I do enjoy the orange scent while shaving, in fact it got me hungry for lunch. Have a great Wednesday!
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Wednesday
iKon Deluxe SB
Feather
Frank Shaving Finest Chubby
Ach Brito Lavanda Shave Cream
Nivea Balm
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
Soap- William's with Lavender EO, Lanolin and Glycerine Added
Brush- Fuller w/ TGN Black badger
Skuttle: Doug Smith Copper Swirl
Japanese Steel- Diamond Hayashi 8000
AS- Nivea 'Energy'
EDT- Diesel Zero Plus (Smells like Christmas Trees and Musk)
Result- I may not get to shave again until the weekend..... IF IT GROWS BACK.
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Nothing too exciting...I'm in a comfortable rut.
I have some nice razors that I like a lot, but I seem to be stuck on one lately. It works great, and since I re-honed it, I'm very very happy with it.
I enjoy seeing the wonderful variety some of you guys post up and would sort of like to have a big collection (actually having a dozen shave ready razors that I don't use is a big collection if you ask me), but truth is, I'm so happy with one that I see little reason to pursue more...at the moment;)
I'd love to share a photo, but tapatalk has not been cooperative with this forum for me in recent weeks.
It's a sweet custom Spanish point with large scale file work on the spine and jimping top and bottom. 15/16 is a nice size...I suppose I could love a bigger blade, but this one works pretty well for me.
Sorry no photos...
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Razor: 6/8 Wheatley Brothers Wheat Sheaf Round
Hones: Norton 1K, 4K/8K, Zulu Grey
Strop: N/A - shaved straight off stone
Brush: Whippeddog Silvertip
Soap: Razorock XXX
Scuttle: Robert Baker 002 in Lava Slate
Shave: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Ogallala Bay Rum
Reading Material: Mid-19th Century edition of Thomas Johnes' 1805 translation of Froissart's Chronicles.
As I had hoped, trip #3 to the hones with my newly-arrived Wheatley was well worth the effort. Added a second layer of tape, reset the bevel and worked up through to my Zulu Grey. The result was a fantastic shave.
I love it when everything comes together on a tricky blade.
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That said...no offense to anyone, if you love rotating, enjoy yourself.
I think new guys should probably limit variables before trying a rotation of non-identical razors.
Good morning friends! :)
PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm Mühle Sophist silvertip badger, in olive wood
SOAP/CREAM: Acqua Di Parma Collezione Shaving Cream
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 7 /8" J.A. Henckels Friodur, stainless steel, square point,
w/Worked back and White Ebony scales
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: L'occitane Vetyver EDT
RESULT: Awesome shave, BBS
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Have a nice day,
Béla
Prep L'Occitane Verbena Soap
Razor Puma 75 5/8
Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Brush Semogue OC 2012 Boar & Badger Mix
Cella Crema Da Barba
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
Penhaligon's Castile Edt
Jamie
Today's shave was excellent I'm really impressed with the Puma, the shave was inspired by looking at the Surrealist painter Salvidor Dali, and in particular the painting the persistence of memory, most of us will recognise this painting with the melting clocks set in a surreal landscape, now I'm not the biggest fan of Dali's work more of a Picasso fan, but I still enjoy looking at some of his work.
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Thursday
Razor | Burrell | Razor | Burrell | Cream | Palmolive ‘Shave’ | After Shave | Trafalgar
Close shave this morning, the Burrell is a perpetually super-sharp razor. I tried a little harder with the ‘Shave’ cream (which I now doubt is manufactured by Palmolive; it certainly doesn’t say ‘Palmolive’ on the label) but the cream itself wasn’t trying at ALL. Yesterday I thought it was trying to be the shepherd, but today I see it’s slipped backwards a little. I’m not sure it can measure up without some chemical assistance. A bit like me at times. With the ‘Shave’ cream I think the assistance will be in the form of glycerine. For me it’s normally a nice German pilsener, though I’m not averse to Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Japanese or whatever. South Australian beer’s OK but the other states can keep their swill. You American’s can keep yours too, esp that Budweiser, I hear it’s watered down now. And the Bud I’ve tasted was pretty weak anyway. So now I guess it’s spring water in a can. How novel…
I should say I laid down a home brew last weekend. You’re all invited ‘round for a tasting in a couple of weeks. Actually, there’s only about 24 longnecks, so that means only, well, um, three of you plus me?
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Kent T4
Martin de Candre in wooden bowl
Filly 13 DT, black scales
Castle Forbes Lavender balm
Acqua di Parma Colonia Essenza
The CF and MdC worked together a treat. Face feels so smooth!!
28th February 2013
Location: Milano, Italy
Prep: Hot shower + cold splash
Soap: Cella
Brush: Custom Silvertip Badger 24mm
Razor: Wade & Butcher 5/8 Round Point, black resin scales
Strop: Tony Miller 2.5" Horsehide Leather and Linen
Shave: 1 pass WTG
Astringent: Alum
A/S: Floid (Italian)
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Have a Great Thursday Gents!
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Hot Shower, Imperial Extra Hollow Ground, VDH Boar, Tabac Shavestick, Skin Bracer, La Toja Manantiales AdC, Firehouse Wacky Tacky
Thursday
iKon Deluxe SB
Feather
Frank Shaving Finest Chubby
Ach Brito Lavanda Shave Cream
Nivea Balm
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum