Thread: Sun September 18th - Sat September 24th

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Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W

Razor: Toyo

Brush: Simpson PJ 3 - 2 band

Soap: La Toja manantiales

Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel

AS: Alt Innsbruck

Summary: Another gorgeous day in the desert. The Toya was send to me to try out and I must say it performed flawless. It gave me a an excellent 3 pass BBS shave. A pleasure to use. Together with the LTM soap and Alt Inssbruck I felt extremely rejuvenated.

Have an excellent new week Gents.

Good morning friends!

PREP: Floïd Sandolor Pre Shave Gel

BRUSH: 23 mm Vie-Long 16510 Silvertip Badger Shaving Brush

SOAP/CREAM: La Toja Shave Cream

SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl

RAZOR: 6/8" Le Talisman / PEROUX-COGNET, Thiers

STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #30000

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG

AS: Floïd (Spanish)

COLOGNE: Aqua Di Parma Colonia Intensa

RESULT: Smooth shave

Have a nice week
Béla

Razor: Puma 6/8 (smooooooth)
Brush: Simpsons 59 (don't see many but comfy handle)
Cream: Cible (fragrance-free foam from France - say that quickly )
A/S balm: Muhle Sea Buckthorn (love that scent)

Have a great Sunday (MotoGP in a few hours!)

Tabac Day

Pre : Hot Shower with Tabac Luxery Soap
Razor : MerKur Progress
Blade : Blue Bird
Brush : Simpson The Duke 3
Moss Scuttle
Soap :Tabac
ASL : Alum + Tabac Lotion
Cologne : Tabac
EDT : Tabac

Rain, Lightning and Thunder in Saxony
Time for a smooth shave with my buddelized Pearson



Have a nice day.

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Strop: Osgar Vintage Shell Horse
Brush: Silvertip Badger in Cocobolo
Soap: L'Occitane Cade
Razor: Unknown Sheffield Wedge 6/8
Astringent: Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
Balm: C.O. Bigelow Mentha
A/S: Wahl Bay Rum
Result: Its moments like these that really boost my confidence in my honing ability.
This is only my second shave with this razor since restoring it, and after giving the edge a little refining last night she is now one sweet shaver. BBS in 2 and a half.
This was my first try of the L'Occitane. Funny story there.
When I was in Sydney recently I found a place that stocked it. I saw the puck of soap wraped in plastic on the shelf for $20 and next to it the metal container for $30. I naively assumed the $30 container had soap inside.
The next day when I went to use it I realized I was mistaken, but I was already 30 bucks into this venture so what choice did I have but to go and drop another 20 bucks to get the puck.
Good thing I like it, and a good thing the wife only asked me how much my new "soap" cost.

Thanks for all the great posts and pics boys, have a great week
Grant

Sunday 18
Brush: Altesse, white badger (Model 72228)
Soap/Cream: Proraso
Strop: Herold Razor Strop (Model 9185)
Straight Razor: Dovo, Best Quality 5/8
Astringent/Post: Alum
AS: Balsam, I Coloniali
Cologne: EdT Tom Ford for men
Comments: Very good shave. Smooth. Two pass. Three hours after I still smell I Coloniali.

Have a nice day
Angel

Prep: Hot shower and some Proraso for the doom
Brush: Simpson, Polo 8
Razors: Revisor and Gillette Popular no 47
Superlather: Dr Harris Almond soap + classic Palmolive cream
AS: Aramni, Code
Strops: Neil Miller 30/30/30/25 (linen, buffallo, cardovan and latigo oil strop)
Result: Very, very clean
What a nice Sunday shave, worked like a sharm and the lather was ultra stable and lasted for 1½ hour (our boy shaved after me)


... and of course some:

Great Stuff so far. I am using this as a place holder also. Some day I'll be the second person to post.

Pre-Shave: A shower

Brush: Simpson Polo 12, 2-band Super Badger

Razor: Robert Williams Custom, 8/8" Spanish tip in Mother of Pearl scales

Strop: Kanayama #90000 tri strop

Soap/Cream: Castle Forbes Lavender

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Osma Alum, rinse, Thayer's Medicated SuperHazel

After shave Balm: Castle Forbes Lavender

EdT: Martin de Candre, eau de Lavande

Results: This is what shaving is all about Nothing but A-list stuff in this one. IMHO.

Castle Forbes rock, and the Polo is rising fast towards the top spot on the podium. Mr. Williams does some amazing work, this beauty is no exception. Stellar performance!! I'm sporting a shiny dome and face today, and with a big grin too

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