- Joined
- Thursday December 10, 2015
- Location
- Limassol Cyprus
Excellent shave set up..that Semogue brush is excellent.
Thank you! It is a great brush
Excellent shave set up..that Semogue brush is excellent.
Great pic and G8 schick
G8 Schick
Manhandled Woods Omega 10066
Stirling Black Ice Software
Happy shaves, All! [emoji41]
You are right there Palmolive fox - a really effective balm for very little (under £3 I think) money. I also like the Boots Shaving soap - a similar steal , as is the Freshwood aftershave.You could always use Boots Freshwood Aftershave Balm.
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Wishing your Nephew well in all he is doing.
SOTD: 11/16/2016 - "Fear Not, For I Am With Thee"
Pre: Hot shower
Soap: Soap Commander "Courage" (him) and "Ambition" (me)
Brush: Brushguy "Noah" silver tip (me) & Bevel 2-band (him)
Razor: West Coast Shaving OC on Barber Pole stainless handle (me) & Bevel DE (him)
Post: Soap Commander aftershave balm
My wife and I have the privilege and pleasure of hosting our nephew before we take him to the Missionary Training Center today. He flew in from Wisconsin yesterday and he'll be heading to Argentina at the end of the year. My thoughts this morning were akin to Isaiah 41:10 - "Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismayed for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
God speed, Elder G. You'll do great work for the people in Argentina.
Be smooth and shave it up, everyone!
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Great Gem and brush.16 November
CELLA
SOC 2-Band
Gem MMOC
Gem Super Stainless
Old Spice
What blades are you liking with your wonderful Hone?Second shave with the all brass @Hone 15 and it's only getting better. A very nice shave.
Nice photo!Prep: Myrsol Masaje Antesol
Bowl: Fine
Brush: Thäter 4125/4 2-Band
Soap: Fitjar Island Slåtterøj
Razor: Barbaros TR-1
Blade: Feather Stainless
Post: Alum Rub
AS: Myrsol Agua de Limon
AS Balm: Fitjar Island Slåtterøj
Best Regards
Marco
I wouldn't bother going to the trouble and expence of a replate, the fact that it's got some wear is part of its charm and as you said the money could be spent on a few other things but it's your razor and your callView attachment 21993
Pre Shave: Hot Shower and Proraso Green
Razor: Gillette New
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow (3)
Brush: ToBs Badger brush
Cream: L'Occitane Cade
Post: Cold water and Thayers cucumber
Balm: Nivea Original Replenishing
First shave with a Gillette New that I picked up on eBay, it cleaned up well but the plating is worn on the combs and some other parts of the razor. It shaved very well and I was quite pleased for a first shave with this razor, one tiny weeper that disappeared between passes. Not sure if I should just leave the razor as it is or get it re-plated, the 1940's Gillette Tech I have looks almost unused but this razor has obviously served someone very well for many a shave, I wonder how many shaves it takes to wear the plating down. Will give the razor a few more shaves before I decide, £40 odd re-plating a razor could be spent on a few other things and I kinda like the fact it is worn, I doubt I will wear it down much more.
Evening chaps,
Prep: Hot shower and L' oreal charcoal face wash
Pre: King of shaves oil
Razor: R41 with ATT Kronos handle
Razor blade: Gillette 7 o'clock yellow
Brush: Semogue 830
Soap: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Post: Thayers witch hazel and Myrsol emulsion
As some of you may now I've been trying to improve my experience with the R41.
I tried a different blade, used a longer handle and a steeper shaving angle.
Did all these things improve my shave? No.
The end results were very good but getting there was pretty uncomfortable.
I'm going to give the R41 a miss for a while and stick with my ATT. I am going to order a Fatip piccolo as recommend by some of members here, thank you.
The Stirling soap work well and smelled nice.
Cheers fellas and goodnight.
Rob