Thread: Sun February 19th - Sat February 25th

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Palmera 14
Brush: Simpson PJ3 - 2 band
Soap: SRD Bulgarian Rose
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Coral Skin Food: GFT Rose
EDC: Hollister SoCal

It had been a while since I took my Palmera 14 for a spin so I gave it a good stropping on 50 linen, 50 red latigo and 50 horsehide. Lathered up with the amazing Bulgarian Rose from SRD and mowed away those whiskers in no time. Sealed it all with some Coral Skin Food and a final spritz of Hollister's SoCal. Got a very nice compliment from the wife and a happy wiggling tail from Vivi.

Gents, rise and shine. Get in gear as the new SOTD is up.

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream

BRUSH: SIMPSON CHUBBY 2 Best Badger

SOAP/CREAM: Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap

SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl

RAZOR: 7/8" Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated, Hollow Ground Razor

STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG

AS: Geo. F. Trumper West Indian Extract of Limes Skin Food

RESULT: Excellent, BBS shave

Have a nice week,
Béla

Inspired by Béla...I took my Wade & Butcher- celebrated too.

Have a nice Sunday!

SOTD 2/19

Brush Mason Pearson
MWF
Scuttle, Woodhead Studio Pottery
Muhle R41 (2011 Model) with Personna
Alum and Evian Brumisateur
ASL Brut Original
Have a nice day, Gentelmen!
Angel

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Strop: MIckR's Roo Hide
Brush: Silvertip Badger In Cocobolo
Soap: Cella
Razor: John Hassall 6/8 wedge
Toner: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: Wahl Bay Rum
I haven't shaved since Monday night, so for me it was a choice between the Wade & Butcher and the John Hassall, my two favorites for dealing with heavy growth.
I went with the later, seeing it seems to get out less than the W&B.
A great choice, It sliced through those whiskers like a one day growth. I went all the way for a 3 pass BBS.
A fantastic way to start the SOTD week



Last night I took the first step towards becoming a bladesmith. Fired up my home made forge and got my first experience working with hot steel.
There are a few pics on this thread for anyone interested

Thanks for all the great posts and pics boys. Have a great week.
Grant

L'Occitane Lavender soap
Razor Max Otte 6/8
Brush New Forest tubby 1
Mitchells Woolfat
Alum + Witch hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau De Parfum.

Jamie.

The Max Otte is such a refined razor, so smooooth and so sharp, She delivered a first class shave on this bright but cold sunday morning.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Steinbrück & Drucks Mozart Spezial 6/8
ASB: Mama Bear's Winter ASB Aged Spice
soundtrack: Anne-Sophie Mutter: Mozart Violin Concert #1

Unhurried, comfortable and relaxing shave.
More snow, I'm tired of the winter.

Hot shower
Warm oil
Dirty Bird Custom Double
Custom Badger Brush
Truefitt and Hill Almond Shave Cream
Brian Brown Custom, 8/8, 1/4 hollow on Bocote
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Bay Rum
Vaseline for men

First time shaving with this razor. The custom double is so big the Truefitt and Hill created a small mountain of sweet smelling lather. The razor was just superb so I ended with a favorite, Bay Rum.

The craftsmanship on the razor is just superb.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Got a very nice compliment from the wife and a happy wiggling tale from Vivi.

Gents, rise and shine. Get in gear as the new SOTD is up.

That's a lovely Palmera, and the shave sounds divine, but I'm wondering what kind of tale Vivi told...

Razor – Russian, “Stalingrad”
Brush – Semouge Custom badger
Soap – Mitchell Wool Fat
AST – ALUM
AS – Modine’s BoomBoom juice

Good morning all;
One of my Russian razors was called to action today. A fast smooth shave was the result. I paired it with the MWF soap which I had never used before. I like it very much. The Semouge brush was an acquisition from the classified section and I could not be happier. Check out the beautiful abalone cap on the handle. It’s a big brush that holds soap like a mop.
Mike