Gentlemen, allow me to kick this thread off with a few pictures ....
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: 24mm Morris & Forndran, 2-band Silvertip Badger (Bone Handle)
Razor: 13/16" Toyo "Special Razor" Frameback, Swedish "Asaab" Steel, Full Hollow Ground, Spike Point
Honing Regimen: Naniwa 1k, Shapton Pro 1k/2k/5k/12k, Y/G Escher
Strop: 40/60 laps (Neil Miller linen / SRD Premium IV leather)
Überlather: La Toja "Manantiales" Shave Soap
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose Petal, no alcohol)
Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer
After Shave Splash: La Toja "Manantiales" AS
Cologne: La Toja "Manantiales" EdC
Results: I recently score this beautiful NOS Toyo from eBay and I am in love . Although she's advertized as a full hollow, I think based on her singing that she is an extra hollow. She took an incredible edge using the honing regimen outlined above. Smooth as butter. What a way to start this Friday.
Have a STUPENDOUS Friday Gentlemen.
Merkur Futur
with red Personna (3)
Semogue 820
Van der Hagen SS
Geoffrey Beene`s Grey Flannel AS
Patchouli EdT
Have a nice day!
I apologize for the delay this week.
Thanks...
PRE-SHAVE I - Shower
PRE-SHAVE II - Proraso "Crema Pre Barba... com olio di Eucalipto e Mentolo"
BRUSH - Semogue "SOC" 2 Band 2011 Edition
SOAP - D.R. Harris "Arlinghton"
BOWL - Scwarzweisskeramik XL-Scuttle
BLADE - Gillette Platinum 2@
RAZOR - MUHLE "R107"
finish...
AFTER SHAVE I - Astringent Thayers "Aloe Vera"
AFTER SHAVE II - Balm "O Melhor"
Santa Maria Novella // Vielong EL 2010 // Aristocrat N.21 // Thayers // Wiliams Sport
Good weekend to all
Friday
- Pre-shave: Shower and Myrsol Emulsion
- Brush: Semogue SOC 2-band
- Razor: Friodur 8/8
- Strop: Illinois 827, excellent and affordable strop.Did 25/50 linen/leather
- Soap: Cella
- Post-shave: Alum, Myrsol Forumla K for the menthol blast, Truefitt 1805 ASB and finished with a splash of Clubman for the awesome scent
- Result: Awesome shave, much more confident with the 8/8 today even if I got a little nick. Maybe my best straight shave so far!
By blix72 at 2011-07-02
Penhaligon's English Fern Soap // Morris & Fordran // IBERIA BASSAT 7/8 // Thayers // Penhaligon's English Fern EDT
Sunday, 3.Jul.2011
Predopobarba Proraso
Semogue Antiga Barbearia de Bairro
Trueffit & Hill Luxury soap
7 O'Clock
Gillette Platinum
Thayers Witch Hazel Lemon
Proraso Crema Liquida
Photo dedicated to my friend David
Miltchell´s Wool Fat // Aristocrat 21/Polisilver // Shavemac D01 Dos Bandas // Thayers // Floïd Blue
Simpson Chubby 1
C.V. Heljestrand 924FL
Cella
Musgo Real
I've had this strange little razor a while, but haven't honed it until today.
The steel was just as hard as expected, took me about 45 minutes on the La Grise Coti to get it right. With that said, this is the first razor I hone completly on the coti, from bevel to finish.
It is a strange little razor, the scales are made of stainless steel, and the blade is 4/8 and between 2 and 2 1/2 " long.
Nonetheless, she gave me a extremly smooth and comfortable shave (as expected from a Heljestrand).