Thread: Sun - March 10th - Sat March 16th

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Nichiri "Rikishia" #50
Brush: Simpson Chybby II
Lather: Castle Forbes Lime
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
ASB: QED Lime
Result: Exhilarating
Thank You for past week's SOTD! Can't wait to see the upcoming razor porn!

Proraso White
Le Grelot 6/8 Razor
Semogue 1438 Brush
La Toja Shaving Stick



Late night shave with the new razor-a Le Grelot. Is that right? I mean I am writing 'a the bell', you know? It just sounds ridiculous. Anyway, I also tried out La Toja shaving stick, not bad stuff. You can get great soaps on the cheap. I was thinking about getting some MDC but the Le Grelot busted my budget. Man, there I go again. I just typed 'the the bell'. Anyway, It was not quite 'shave ready' but it only needed a few strokes with some paste. I am scared to take this to the stones. This is my first big boy razor. Well, next up might be a custom or not. Maybe a Kamisori will strike my fancy. All and all, The Bell did a great job at whacking the whiskers away. Happy as I can be.

Hi guys!

Today’s shave was provided by this wonderful 6/8 Gotta 120 – A razor that seems to be abundant in New Zealand (Gotta and Bengall must have had NZ sewn up back in the day). Good examples are hard to find of course, so I was very happy when I found this one in need of nothing more than a little rust removal and a hone.

The shave was great (last finished on a Naniwa 12K) but I think I will run it over my Zulu for next time just to gauge the difference. Here’s the breakdown:

Razor: 6/8 Gotta 120
Brush: 24mm Rudy Vey Custom in Buckeye Burl
Strop: SRD Modular Paddle (60/100)
Pre-shave: Truefitt & Hill Pre-shave Oil
Cream: Taylor of old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Cream
AST: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
Post: Geo. F. Trumper Coral Skin Food

Have a great week gentlemen!

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 27mm SIMPSON Polo PL 10 Best Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Arabian Spice Shaving Soap, Chelsea's Soap Garden - Natural Handmade Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 7/8 Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor w/barber's notch
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Geo. F. Trumper West Indian Extract of Limes Skin Food
RESULT: One amazing shave



Have a nice week,
Béla

Max Sprecher Custom 9/8 / Omega Boar / Penhaligons Edymion / Alum Bloc / Pinaud Clubman



First shave with the Maxtom...Simply Amazing!! Pics will Never do it Justice and Thanks again Max!
Have a Great Week Gents

Showing off the Max with Old School Pinaud.

I truly enjoy the quality of the photography in these threads.

Prep L'Occitane Verbena Soap
Razor Dubl Duck Goldedge 6/8
Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Brush Semogue OC LE 2012 Boar & Badger Mix
Cella Crema Da Barba
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
L'Occitane Baux Edt



I've been having a bit of a L'Occitane Baux fest with my last few shaves, as I'm just coming to the end of the Edt and the balm I thought I may as well finish it off, the shave was excellent a two pass superb BBS finish delivered by the Dubl Duck.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson The Hive
Razor: Max Sprecher THE French point
Soap: Nannys Marzipan
AS: Blue Floid
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean

Strop: Heirloom 3" Latigo
Brush: Silvertip Badger in Cocobolo
Uber: Proraso Soap C.O. Bigelow Cream + Glycerin
Razor: Customized Invicta 6/8
Astringent: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea
A/S: Proraso



I haven't shaved since last Sunday, and I was looking forward to this shave.
I chose the Invicta because it's one of my best shavers, and I knew it would be up to the task.
Result: A fantastic 3 pass BBS to kick off the week

Thanks for the great posts and pics gentlemen and have a great week
Grant