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Eben Stone

Eben Stone

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Preshave: PAA Clown Fruit Cube
Razor: Karve CB OC-E brass
Blade: Gillette London Bridge #3
Brush: RaxoRock 400
Soap: Captain's Choice Bay Rum
Aftershave: Captain's Choice Bay Rum

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Jgreenepa

Jgreenepa

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SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Today is my birthday shave, and this is a big one for me! Eight years ago I was informed by three medical schools in Philadelphia that my rare, extremely aggressive bone cancer was inoperable. They recommended I consider hospice and get my affairs in order. Since I’d just lost my wife of 38 yrs to metastatic breast cancer two years earlier, I didn’t feel like being cooperative!

I contacted my old team medic, now a retired Professor of Rheumatology and he hooked me up with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX., the oldest dedicated cancer research and treatment facility in the US. My problem was that my aggressive tumor had engulfed three ribs on my left side, the bottom lobe of my left lung and a third of my diaphragm.

As each of the docs I’d consulted in Philly explained, the cancer I had didn’t respond to chemo or radiation. The only recourse was surgery. And it wasn’t like they couldn’t excise the tumor, they just had no FDA approved means of putting me back together afterwards.

The really great thing about MD Anderson is that they aren’t generalists like most community oncologists. They’re all specialists, each headed up by a medical director with decades of experience in a particular cancer. In my case, my surgeon had specialized in my very rare bone cancer for almost three decades. They accepted me as a patient with the proviso that I agree to be a research subject for five years!

A team of four surgeons and 11 hours of surgery and the use of a non-FDA-Approved bovine nano mesh to put me back together and here I am eight years later. The date of my surgery was June 11, 2014. Two years later on June 11, 2016 I married my child bride who turned 65 yesterday.

I would like to express my gratitude to all the wonderful people I’ve met in this wonderful wet-shaving hobby we all share together. Thanks for your friendship and willingness to engage with this retired old guy missing three ribs, the bottom lobe of his left lung and a third of his diaphragm, regardless of your age, background or experience.

Anyway back to my 75th birthday shave! I selected my Iwasaki 33 11/16 for my mug shave this morning. It was advertised as shave ready, but not for this Mediterranean beard after taking the seller at his word on my first shave with it! I restored the edge on my coticule and finished it on the 9 Ball Slate and the Jasper stone. This morning’s shave was sweet! Two and a half passes and I was smooth as my great granddaughter’s behind!

I tend to prefer SE’s over DE’s, but my Eclipse Red Ring is no slouch and can definitely hold its own! This little DE is surprisingly efficient. Especially, when fitted with a new Kai blade which tends to be just a smidge wider than most DE blades and quite sharp! Two ATG passes put the baby to bed and in the process left yours truly smooth as a peach after his 75th birthday shave was completed to the Traveling Wilbury’s “Handle With Care”!

RAZOR: Iwasaki 33 11/16 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Canoe Original EdT
 
jaro 101969

jaro 101969

Jgreenepa said:
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SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Today is my birthday shave, and this is a big one for me! Eight years ago I was informed by three medical schools in Philadelphia that my rare, extremely aggressive bone cancer was inoperable. They recommended I consider hospice and get my affairs in order. Since I’d just lost my wife of 38 yrs to metastatic breast cancer two years earlier, I didn’t feel like being cooperative!

I contacted my old team medic, now a retired Professor of Rheumatology and he hooked me up with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX., the oldest dedicated cancer research and treatment facility in the US. My problem was that my aggressive tumor had engulfed three ribs on my left side, the bottom lobe of my left lung and a third of my diaphragm.

As each of the docs I’d consulted in Philly explained, the cancer I had didn’t respond to chemo or radiation. The only recourse was surgery. And it wasn’t like they couldn’t excise the tumor, they just had no FDA approved means of putting me back together afterwards.

The really great thing about MD Anderson is that they aren’t generalists like most community oncologists. They’re all specialists, each headed up by a medical director with decades of experience in a particular cancer. In my case, my surgeon had specialized in my very rare bone cancer for almost three decades. They accepted me as a patient with the proviso that I agree to be a research subject for five years!

A team of four surgeons and 11 hours of surgery and the use of a non-FDA-Approved bovine nano mesh to put me back together and here I am eight years later. The date of my surgery was June 11, 2014. Two years later on June 11, 2016 I married my child bride who turned 65 yesterday.

I would like to express my gratitude to all the wonderful people I’ve met in this wonderful wet-shaving hobby we all share together. Thanks for your friendship and willingness to engage with this retired old guy missing three ribs, the bottom lobe of his left lung and a third of his diaphragm, regardless of your age, background or experience.

Anyway back to my 75th birthday shave! I selected my Iwasaki 33 11/16 for my mug shave this morning. It was advertised as shave ready, but not for this Mediterranean beard after taking the seller at his word on my first shave with it! I restored the edge on my coticule and finished it on the 9 Ball Slate and the Jasper stone. This morning’s shave was sweet! Two and a half passes and I was smooth as my great granddaughter’s behind!

I tend to prefer SE’s over DE’s, but my Eclipse Red Ring is no slouch and can definitely hold its own! This little DE is surprisingly efficient. Especially, when fitted with a new Kai blade which tends to be just a smidge wider than most DE blades and quite sharp! Two ATG passes put the baby to bed and in the process left yours truly smooth as a peach after his 75th birthday shave was completed to the Traveling Wilbury’s “Handle With Care”!

RAZOR: Iwasaki 33 11/16 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Canoe Original EdT
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HAPPY Birthday Jeff @Jgreenepa I hope it is a great one and wish for you many many more.....

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KeenDogg

KeenDogg

Slays On Fleek - For Rizz
Jgreenepa said:
View attachment 1404472
SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Today is my birthday shave, and this is a big one for me! Eight years ago I was informed by three medical schools in Philadelphia that my rare, extremely aggressive bone cancer was inoperable. They recommended I consider hospice and get my affairs in order. Since I’d just lost my wife of 38 yrs to metastatic breast cancer two years earlier, I didn’t feel like being cooperative!

I contacted my old team medic, now a retired Professor of Rheumatology and he hooked me up with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX., the oldest dedicated cancer research and treatment facility in the US. My problem was that my aggressive tumor had engulfed three ribs on my left side, the bottom lobe of my left lung and a third of my diaphragm.

As each of the docs I’d consulted in Philly explained, the cancer I had didn’t respond to chemo or radiation. The only recourse was surgery. And it wasn’t like they couldn’t excise the tumor, they just had no FDA approved means of putting me back together afterwards.

The really great thing about MD Anderson is that they aren’t generalists like most community oncologists. They’re all specialists, each headed up by a medical director with decades of experience in a particular cancer. In my case, my surgeon had specialized in my very rare bone cancer for almost three decades. They accepted me as a patient with the proviso that I agree to be a research subject for five years!

A team of four surgeons and 11 hours of surgery and the use of a non-FDA-Approved bovine nano mesh to put me back together and here I am eight years later. The date of my surgery was June 11, 2014. Two years later on June 11, 2016 I married my child bride who turned 65 yesterday.

I would like to express my gratitude to all the wonderful people I’ve met in this wonderful wet-shaving hobby we all share together. Thanks for your friendship and willingness to engage with this retired old guy missing three ribs, the bottom lobe of his left lung and a third of his diaphragm, regardless of your age, background or experience.

Anyway back to my 75th birthday shave! I selected my Iwasaki 33 11/16 for my mug shave this morning. It was advertised as shave ready, but not for this Mediterranean beard after taking the seller at his word on my first shave with it! I restored the edge on my coticule and finished it on the 9 Ball Slate and the Jasper stone. This morning’s shave was sweet! Two and a half passes and I was smooth as my great granddaughter’s behind!

I tend to prefer SE’s over DE’s, but my Eclipse Red Ring is no slouch and can definitely hold its own! This little DE is surprisingly efficient. Especially, when fitted with a new Kai blade which tends to be just a smidge wider than most DE blades and quite sharp! Two ATG passes put the baby to bed and in the process left yours truly smooth as a peach after his 75th birthday shave was completed to the Traveling Wilbury’s “Handle With Care”!

RAZOR: Iwasaki 33 11/16 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Kai DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Pure Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Canoe Original EdT
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To many more wonderful days. Happy Birthday.
 
Wilkinsmooth

Wilkinsmooth

I recently decided to change to DE razor shaving. Today is my birthday and I received a Muhle R89 razor and a T3 shaving brush and a scuttle.

Ive spent the past couple of weeks gleaning all your experience and reading reviews on various products. So, I had ordered a sampler pack of razors, Proraso pre shave balm, Proraso red shave cream, Proraso post shave balm, TOBS shaving cream, Proraso cut cream, styptic pencil, a scuttle ARKO shaving soap sticks and Hawkins Brimble post shave balm. And my mother has got me a Boker/Lindner thumb hole shaving bowl which I’ll get tomorrow when I see her.

For my very first DE razor shave with the Muhle R89, I used an Astra superior platinum blade, Proraso pre shave, ARKO soap stick mashed into my scuttle and Hawkins and Brimble after shave balm.

It was a fantastic shave! No cuts or nicks and my cheeks are noticeably smoother than with the fusion cartridges, although I only ever had a quick one pass shave with those. I’m quite lucky in that I’ve never really suffered with sensitive skin or problems after shaving.

My neck, mostly on one side, is still rough when I run my hand against the grain. I had done a beard map as many suggested, but that’s the area that I couldn’t completely pin down which way was with/against the grain. I’ll pay a bit more attention to it next time and with more experience I’m sure I’ll get a great shave.

I also bought a Gillette tech which came earlier in the week but I had promised I’d wait to use my shiny new Muhle for my first proper shave. After I’d bought the Tech, a poster on B&B advised the head was 1940s but the handle is from a later model. It was only £20 delivered so no big loss and I learned a bit about vintage Gillette razors into the bargain.

My 2nd proper shave will be with the cobbled together Gillette Tech.

Your experience has been invaluable in deciding which tools and products to buy.
Thank you to everybody who make this forum such a great place to be and learn.



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I have also bought a TI straight razor and strop, which I’m also looking forward to learning.
 
ackvil

ackvil

Wilkinsmooth said:
I recently decided to change to DE razor shaving. Today is my birthday and I received a Muhle R89 razor and a T3 shaving brush and a scuttle.

Ive spent the past couple of weeks gleaning all your experience and reading reviews on various products. So, I had ordered a sampler pack of razors, Proraso pre shave balm, Proraso red shave cream, Proraso post shave balm, TOBS shaving cream, Proraso cut cream, styptic pencil, a scuttle ARKO shaving soap sticks and Hawkins Brimble post shave balm. And my mother has got me a Boker/Lindner thumb hole shaving bowl which I’ll get tomorrow when I see her.

For my very first DE razor shave with the Muhle R89, I used an Astra superior platinum blade, Proraso pre shave, ARKO soap stick mashed into my scuttle and Hawkins and Brimble after shave balm.

It was a fantastic shave! No cuts or nicks and my cheeks are noticeably smoother than with the fusion cartridges, although I only ever had a quick one pass shave with those. I’m quite lucky in that I’ve never really suffered with sensitive skin or problems after shaving.

My neck, mostly on one side, is still rough when I run my hand against the grain. I had done a beard map as many suggested, but that’s the area that I couldn’t completely pin down which way was with/against the grain. I’ll pay a bit more attention to it next time and with more experience I’m sure I’ll get a great shave.

I also bought a Gillette tech which came earlier in the week but I had promised I’d wait to use my shiny new Muhle for my first proper shave. After I’d bought the Tech, a poster on B&B advised the head was 1940s but the handle is from a later model. It was only £20 delivered so no big loss and I learned a bit about vintage Gillette razors into the bargain.

My 2nd proper shave will be with the cobbled together Gillette Tech.

Your experience has been invaluable in deciding which tools and products to buy.
Thank you to everybody who make this forum such a great place to be and learn.



monkey junction nc map

I have also bought a TI straight razor and strop, which I’m also looking forward to learning.
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Happy Birthday.
 
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