Thread: Sun - May 12th - Sat May 18th

Prep face wash L'Occitane cedarwood soap
Razor Taylors 3000 special 6/8
Strop Kanayama cordovan #8000
Brush Simpsons chubby 1 in super
Cella creme da barba
Alum & witch hazel
Una Brennan neroli moisturiser
Penhaligons castile Edt





This razor as always been one of the smoothest of shavers, two pass shave ultra smooth finish.

Originally Posted by hitemfrank

You could be right Carl. I'll try walking it off!

Yeah, bit of stretching, ice, fish oil capsules washed down with a cup of green tea, you'll be right mate!

Originally Posted by eTom

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Cool photo of the vehicle, you're having fun, aren't you?

Originally Posted by ratbag

It's funny that you say that Carl, I just saw a t-shirt recently that read :

There's a name for people without beards
WOMEN

And we all spend time shaving our beards off, what's that tell us?

Hmmmm. I have a bit of a beard, does that make me an hermaphrodite or a lesbian? Not that there's anything wrong with that. I see you have a face now...

Wednesday

Razor | Wade and Butcher | Superlather | Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn/Faulding ‘Shave’ cream| After Shave | Pashana Bay Rum

Great shave; very smooth and nice, one pass only was needed. The soap/cream mix worked well, actually. By themselves I rate the soap and the cream at 5/10, but together they were a 7.

Last night as I lay in bed I remembered for some reason some childhood memories. I thought of a place we used to go when we were kids with my parents; a place called ‘The Retreat House’. Some sort of place connected to the church where they held ‘prayer weekends’. I remember being awe struck at the nuns that me and my twin brother would come across as we ran and investigated the gardens in this big mansion like house with carpets laid over carpets laid over carpets; overlapping in interesting bumpy patterned ways.

I remember the little pebble garden out the back, with little paths and succulents growing. I remember my big bird book, titled 'Birds, Birds, Birds' and showing the picture of the Toucan to some stranger during what seemed to be an especially long prayer. The place seemed to me back then like a huge rambling mansion full of mysteries and unknowns.

Those memories last night of 'The Retreat House' prompted me to think about the childhood books I still have. I still have a number of those childhood books, one being ‘Algonquin, The Story of a Great Dog’. I got that book from the newsagent when I was maybe eleven; and loved it. Ever since I have loved ‘gun’ dogs. I’ve had several, not for sport but for the fineness of them.

It’s funny sometimes what you think about. As you get older I think you muse more; and contemplate; a bit of a ‘going over’ your life to see what it says to you. Of course you want it all again, resetting to maybe nineteen, or thirty, or five years old; but you also want to see what it tells you, what your life tells you, because you know you can’t reset and you know, really, it’s not that long before it’s time to go and see what else there is, after this thing that we’re all doing for some reason, this moving about and experiencing things, this 'living' thing that we do, awkwardly; a little shyly, casting furtive glances at each other as if asking if what I’m doing is alright; picking up hints from each other on how to go about things, how to do stuff, how to act…

That's what it is, isn't it? That's what life is as far as can be told?

Proraso|G5|Mtn.Badger|Pre de Provence|Invicta|Proraso|Iggy's Balm

Taking us down a meandering path through a deep shaded gorge Carl?

Have a Great Wednesday Gents!

Another day at the salt mine...

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

...Taking us down a meandering path through a deep shaded gorge Carl?...

Yes, that's it

Originally Posted by Supernats

DEBRIEF
DFS. Not to be overly effusive, but I'm just loving the lather from this Prairie Creations stuff. Granted, it still qualifies as the honeymoon phase, and I am adding glycerin each time, but it is NICE! In terms of technique, cleaning around my goatee/thin beard thing still needs work, and the hollows of my neck are a puzzle I'm not sure if I care to solve.

Have a great day, gents. May your blades always be keen and your lather whiter than seafoam.

Love your post; gave me a nice chuckle

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Hmmmm. . . . . . . . . . I see you have a face now...

Yes,
i thought, why not let everyone know what a Ratbag looks like