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Originally Posted by lotse

Today something special. A wedding is coming up. Strange. It is my own.

Congratulations.

Wonderful picture too.

Mama Bear Orange Orange - Knights Badger - Clements Perfection - TOBS Jermyn Street Balm

I decided to try out a different type of SOTD from my usual.

3 May 2013

* Weber DLC + Bulldog handle
* Super Iridiums
* WSP 2-band + oscar11 all-amber
* Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
* Unrefined Shea Butter

Originally Posted by lotse

Today something special. A wedding is coming up. Strange. It is my own.
My shave on Friday:

Chicman Shaving Soap
Simpson Persian Jar
Zwillingswerk Henckels Travel Case (a nice 5/8 and a nice 6/8)
Tüff sensitive AS
Molinard pour homme II EdT

Have a nice day!

* Jean, congratulations and best of luck to you!

Prep: None!
Brush: Semogue Boar OC Cherry
Razor: Aubril 7/8" quarter hollow
Cream: TOBS Jermyn Street
Astringent: Osma Alum
Eau de Toilette: Penhaligon's English Fern



Notes: Good clean shave, easy 2-pass and a touch for the jaw. Slight sting but very close.
Shaved with the 2nd of the pair of Aubril's I'd picked up. This one seems to be fractionally thicker and took more of a bevel than the first. Lovely razors.
Jermyn Street behaved itself today. Loves water as it dries quickly.

Originally Posted by lotse

Today something special. A wedding is coming up. Strange. It is my own.
!

My best wishes!

Gentlemen, today's shave was magical, when everything worked, the razor, the brush, the soap, the music, the coffee and . . .

Razor: Focus 6/8 hollow square point with a glorious edge
Strop: Bison 2.5"
Brush: Saville Row 3824 in 24 mm silvertip — a delicious brush
Soap: Klar
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Moss
Music: A string of Vivaldi violin concertos
Face lather
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Pierre Cardin
Aftershave: Musgo Real Classic

"So, anyway, I say, you can force a patina, you can make it look older than it is. Oh. Wow, he says, Like in that show American Pawn where that dude brought in that shotty [shotgun] and it wasn’t really old but he said it was and made it look like it was? Yeah, I say, like that. So, I say, vinegar, you can do it with vinegar".

Carl, when I read your post I remembered reading an interview with a flintlock rifle maker. He made his own browning formula using...urine. Apparently in the old days they would apply or soak metals in a urine bath until rust started to form. Then they would sand the metal and apply oil to stop the rusting process, I seem to remember. This was pretty common. Hawkeye even waxes poetic on the superiority of browning over blueing in Last of the Mohicans.

Anyway, I get a kick out your stories in SOTD posts. Do you have a background in Literature?

Originally Posted by lotse

Today something special. A wedding is coming up. Strange. It is my own.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch und alles Gute für ein langes und glückliches Leben zusammen.

May God bless.

FRIDAY
Hot shower prep
Razor: F.Hahn N.Y. 1880 -1889 NY Importer of German razors.
Soap: VdH
Mug: cup and bowl
Brush: Century boar
Splash: Bay Run
The Day? More snow overnight, total here over 18 inches / 20CM. Rain expected! Me?..bummed! The shave? good.

The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard