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03-06-2013, 06:42 AM #131Plausibly implausible
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Wednesday
Razor | J A Hellberg | Soap | Proraso | After Shave | Floïd
This morning I took my own advice, as is pertinent to do at times, and had an icy cold water shave with Proraso. It really is wonderful, though I would guess that to you folk in the frosty northern climes the thought doesn’t at this time fill you with joy. Here the temperature is in the mid to high 30s. This I think will be the last warm burst from summer; before too long the leaves on the vines will be yellow and falling and the morning mist will sit in the valleys until lunchtime, wood smoke will drift from chimneys and crumpets with hot tomato soup will be weekend lunchtime fare…
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03-06-2013, 07:03 AM #132Senior Member
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Good morning everybody,
-Proraso preshave
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-Semogue 2000
-Dr. Harris Marlborough soap
-Dr. Harris Marlborough ASL & Cologne
Harry
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03-06-2013, 09:54 AM #133Senior Member
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The Shave before the Storm... We are expected to get a lot of snow today (I don't believe the hype), so I figured I should make sure my skin is nice and smooth. I broke out the vintage Yardley and the Dovo 55 - and they worked a treat! I am ready to face the work day. I just wonder if the office will remain open...
He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his own stable; And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind of Cain and his brother Abel.
-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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03-06-2013, 10:46 AM #134Senior Member
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Prep: Shower
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik basic
Brush: Thater 4125/00 2 band Fan
Soap: Nanny's Silly Soap Company soft "Coriander"
Razor: CV Heljestrand Frameback
Astringent: Osma Alum
Balm: Woods of Windsor Aftershave Balm
Eau de Toilette: Penhaligons Castile
Notes: Not a bad shave. Perhaps my expectations were too high given this razor's reputation. In honing I didn't want to push it as far as I pushed the Hellberg - perhaps I should have. A bit of sting but BBS nonetheless.
Surprised by the soap - for some reason I thought it would smell like a curry (the sample packaging perhaps) but I found I rather liked it.
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03-06-2013, 10:47 AM #135Senior Member
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Prep - None
Strop - 3 Inch bridle leather/hard felt
Razor - Premier Cutlery "Premier King"/stropped night previous
Brush - Omega 10066 Boar
Soap - Tabac puck/cold water face lathered
Post - Alum block followed with Thayers witch hazel
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue
What a lovely little razor, shaves as well as any DD I have. The Tabac is a soap that I hate to put away to await it's turn in rotation, just great. After two weeks of everyday use the Omega boar brush is almost broken in, another week should do it. Good thing too because my other brushes are feeling neglected. I really hear that Simpsons Manchurian badger calling out to me to be used. Hope your mid week shave was as fine too.
Bob
Life is a terminal illness in the end
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03-06-2013, 10:47 AM #136Senior Member
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Razor: Halfmann 8/8
Brush: Thater 28mm
Soap: Klar
A/S: Thayer's + L'Occitane Verdon
Keep those pics. coming please, wonderful stuff!Last edited by MichaelS; 03-06-2013 at 12:00 PM. Reason: typo!
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03-06-2013, 10:55 AM #137Senior Member
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Wednesday
Razor | J A Hellberg | Soap | Proraso | After Shave | Floïd
This morning I took my own advice, as is pertinent to do at times, and had an icy cold water shave with Proraso. It really is wonderful, though I would guess that to you folk in the frosty northern climes the thought doesn’t at this time fill you with joy. Here the temperature is in the mid to high 30s. This I think will be the last warm burst from summer; before too long the leaves on the vines will be yellow and falling and the morning mist will sit in the valleys until lunchtime, wood smoke will drift from chimneys and crumpets with hot tomato soup will be weekend lunchtime fare…
Nice description of your oncoming fall season. Not to worry, some of us northern folk love our cold water shaves. I have been doing them since the new year and see no reason to go back to hot water. It has warmed up here lately and was only -8C when I got up this morning.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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03-06-2013, 11:27 AM #138Who's that guy think he is...
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Proraso|G5|Mountain Badger|Tabac|Satinedge 6/8|Tabac AS|Iggy's Balm
Early start at 4:00 this morning, just wrapping up a project at work. Good to have muscle memory and a smooth 3 pass shave to start the day!
Have a Great Wednesday Gents!Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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03-06-2013, 11:49 AM #139Senior Member
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Wednesday
Fatip Gold OC / Griest 360 Brass Handle
Gillette Super Thin
RL Petree Vie-Long Silvertip
Sultans Lavender Shave Cream
Nivea Balm
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
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03-06-2013, 12:20 PM #140Senior Member
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Hot Shower, Lecran Cutlery, Omega Boar, Cella, Skin Bracer, Classic Match (CK Obsession)
Great shave. No wax for the stash just wash it out and brush it out (Wilford Brimley style)The older I get, the better I was
