Thread: Sun - March 24th - Sat March 30th

Brush: Fuller w/ TGN Super Badger
Creme: Proraso Green
My Latest Restoration: John Barber Wedge- Enjoy Bayamontate!
Post: Cold Water Splash
AS: Stetson

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Razor: 6/8 Wheatley Brothers Wheat Sheaf Round
Strop: Cangooner Enterprises #3
Brush: Cangooner Enterprises #1
Soap: Razorock XXX
Scuttle: Robert Baker 002 in Lava Slate
Shave: 3 passes, WTG/XTG/ATG
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Captain's Choice Bay Rum



I absolutely love this razor. It has gone from a troublesome blade that took forever to hone over multiple sessions, to the most insanely sharp thing I think I have ever held in my hands, to a nasty vampire that offered a valuable reminder about pressure and not rushing, to an absolutely fantastic shaver that is giving my FBU a run for its money in my rotation. 6/8" of Irish-pointed wedge-y Sheffield greatness.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Now that's Old School.

Originally Posted by Catrentshaving

Rodrigue Razor / Omega Boar / Proraso Red / Alum Bloc / Clubman Bay Rum



Honed and testing this razor for a fellow Member. So far so good, I got a very nice shave from it
Have a Great week Gents!

Cat,
At first glance that razor looks like its got snake skin scales, or I've been drinking too much diet Dr. Pepper tonight.

Originally Posted by gooser

1) Clauss 5/8 in some walnut scales i just made for it
2) Gillette Super Speed with Gillette yellow

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

I brought in the prettiest (and youngest) chick I know. Not to mention probably the only female on the planet that would sit in the shave cave and intently watch through two passes on the dome and two on the face. I then pulled out: Clubman, Clubman Bay Rum, Skin Bracer and Aqua Velva Classic. I told her to smell them all and pick the one she likes best. She's apparently an Aqua Velva Classic girl. When I finished my shave and applied the Aqua Velva as directed, she said, "Now you smell really good Grandpa." Here's a picture of her from this afternoon

I wish I had two likes for these!

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Brush: Cangooner Enterprises #1

I love the handle on that brush, and I have had a few that I needed to mature with.....
well learn... Some of the ones I hated when I started are my go to razors now.

I think of this one as a "back to my roots" sort of shave. It has been a while since the old Dovo made an appearance with Conk almond. The shave was finished with Stephan's lilac from the collection of reagent bottles.

Razor: John Clarke & Son 13/16, 1/4 Hollow
Cream: Lemon & Bay Rum, Fitjar
Brush: Walnut Ω-48
Lotion: Pinaud Clubman Vanilla
Balm: Siena

Monday

Razor | Wade and Butcher Special, 5/8 | Überlather | Crabtree and Evelyn Nomad/O Melhor
After Shave | D. R. Harris Bay Rum Hair Tonic | Pashana Bay Rum

Excellent shave this morning, in fact as I marvelled at my incredible shaving skills and the prowess and exactitude with which I handled my razor I thought to myself I really ought to make a shaving video one day.

I tried for an überlather with the Nomad soap and O Melhor cream plus glycerine but the O Melhor has solidified in the heat of summer somewhat. After the shave I noted that the O Melhor was still hiding in a little extraction below the frothy cream, so basically the überlather was just the soap with some glycerine. Nevertheless, the resulting mixture was adequate. I did two passes which resulted in a pretty good shave; not perfect, but certainly pretty good.

I hope you’re all having a good week. Another two day’s work at the madhouse and I’m then off camping with my sons and my brother to Deep Creek, which is essentially a long-lost remnant of the Garden of Eden, but with kangaroos, snakes, lizards, spiders, poisonous ants, inaccessible terrain, harsh dry conditions, idyllic beaches, a carton of beer, ridiculous topics of discussion, questionable fare and happy banter.

Being a long weekend (Easter) there will be the normal compliment of simple fisher-folk (bogans, i.e. white trash), who I shall endeavour to ignore. It is important that I ignore them, as otherwise I have a tendency to confront them. I shall resist the temptation to confront them, no matter how loud, brash, base and crass they are and read Tennyson, Whitman and Keats.

Originally Posted by JoeLowett

...My Latest Restoration: John Barber Wedge- Enjoy Bayamontate!

Love the look of that razor; that's cool!

Originally Posted by mjhammer

...the lubricity it provided...

Hmmm. 'lubricity'. I like it. Nice word. 'Lubraciousness' even. 'Lubraciousnicity'. 'Anti-Lubracious-ism'. I like new words. I tell my dog, Lucy, a Dalmatian, that the spareaciousness (spare-acity) of food is NOT increasing; that is, the rate of food becoming 'spare' is not increasing. I say this when she is hungry and she tells me she wants 'spare' food...

Hmmm, "The lubricity of this beer is making me overly verbose"...

Prep - None
Strop - 3 Inch bridle leather/hard felt
Razor - Premier Cutlery "Premier King"/stropped night previous
Brush - Muhle Retro silvertip badger
Soap - Musgo Real
Post - Alum block followed with Thayers witch hazel
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Bob