Thread: Sun - May 05th - Sat May 11th

Today a Thiers Issard

...and installed a carrier for a portable fire extinguisher in my Jeep.
For outdoor and offroad activities it is a useful tool.

Gentlemen, here is today's shave bill:

Razor: Alcoso 5/8 round point
Strop: Neil Miller 2.5 shell cordovan
Brush: Rooney 3/1 super silvertip
Soap: The Art of Shaving sandalwood
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Moss
Face lather
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Pierre Cardin
Cologne: Zino by Davidoff

06/5/2013



Pre : Hot water, Old Spice preshave wash, Proraso pre-post cream
Soap : Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush : Turkish "No.6"
Razor : 1920's Gillette old type
Blade : Feather
Post : Cold water, Proraso pre-post cream

Finish : BBS

Comments :
I'm in love with this razor and blade combo. A fresh Feather in the razor, taking care to balance the blade whilst securing it, and the day-old stubble simply brushed off.

Now, Galileo says it's 23°C, that means it's G&T'O'Clock. Cheers.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Neep/Pensoftheforst in Kenya soapstone handle
Razors. Feather + GEM (for head)
Superlather: Dr Harris Almond + Proraso cream
AS: Proraso
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean indeed
Lovely chill thrill of a shave, Proraso sure's a nuice product when you feel a little hot or warm!!

We take some Mama Bear soap a wacker razor.
A nice boar brush and a face whit a 3days beard growth and we shave.



Result a BBS face then ending with a splash pinauld clubman special reserve
And im ready to go! .

Pre~Hot towel & AOS pre shave oil
Scuttle~Dirty Bird
Cream~Musgo Real Orange Amber(tube's almost empty, time to order more)
Razor~ dubl duck goldedge
Post~hippie store alum
AS~Ogallala Bay Rum Sandalwood

I bought this razor on Ebay, and after I got it, it went into my "drawer of shame". I had bought an razor that couldn't be used. It had a VERY big frown, warped, cell rot scales and I had no idea what to do with it. I took it to a straight razor meet in Yakima, just to show what not to buy. Then I heard, "Oh, we can fix that, what kind of scales do you want"? Gerrit made a pattern and whipped out some cherry wood scales in twenty minutes!! Glen, of gssixgun fame, took the frown out by doing some of the craziest things one would ever think you could do with a hone. I wish I had it on video, he did things to it that shouldn't be done, or so I thought, and in only a couple minutes the frown was gone!! The finish wasn't dry by the time I left the next day,(over 600 mile drive home), but Gerrit finished it up, honed it and sent it to me. This razor has truly been reborn. From a life destined to be forgotten in the drawer of shame, to a razor I look forward to in my rotation.

Omega 18
Nanny's Men's only forum edition Honeysuckle & Jasmin ss
Filarmonica Corte Cabello 9/16
Nivea Arctic Freeze

I need to upload some photos in the future.

Originally Posted by eTom

Today a Thiers Issard

A TI that's resting on the Tao Te King...
My favourite book of all time.
The words in there are timeless...
Glad to see that among the knives and guns you display.

blade. Solingen
brush. Badger
soap cake. Trumper
A/S. Davidoff Adventure Amazonian
mascot. Blue Metzeler tyres Elefant ( Harry Elafontee)
music. Out of Time by The RollingStones

Originally Posted by Mikael

...Lovely chill thrill of a shave, Proraso sure's a nuice product when you feel a little hot or warm!!

Above 10 degrees C over there, is it, Mikael?