It looks like you were able to create some very nice pieces. Well done and welcome back.
Eleven Years On
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Thanks for letting us tag along, it was very interesting and impressive.
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4/11
Today is my 35th birthday. I have been down with a cold all week, but I'm finally around the bend and feeling much improved. During that time I was using DE for a slightly milder experience (NEW LC and '66 Tech) but today I return to my supremely close and reliable MMOC with a fresh PTFE blade.
Warm enough weather to warrant a cream, selected TOBS Sandalwood which was a gift from @Tanuki --sorry it has been so long since I've poked into the forum or visited in person. Hopefully we can plan something soon. Yaqi silvertip has a nice brushed metallic handle to match the MMOC.
The shave was comfortable, efficient, a couple pinhead weepers but the closeness can't be matched by any other shaving tool.
Meantime, I have *finally* completed my reknotting project, with these new/old specimens. The boars will take some break-in certainly, I'm sure they'll all look better after some blooming:
I'm running out of room on my brush shelf, so I might organize a PIF to make space for these new friends. I'll be curious how the two badgers (one is finest, the other silvertip, both from TGN) will perform. The Rubberset long-handle boar is a Shave Forge, the clear handle (also Rubberset, formerly with nylon bristle) is a TGN boar, the comparison will be interesting there also.
Spring continues comfortably here; I am watching the blooming rhododendrons, who are beginning their performance following the painfully-brief fireworks of the cherry blossoms that have now been scattered to the wind.
I am hoping my coming year is filled with growth, connection, health, and peace.
Today is my 35th birthday. I have been down with a cold all week, but I'm finally around the bend and feeling much improved. During that time I was using DE for a slightly milder experience (NEW LC and '66 Tech) but today I return to my supremely close and reliable MMOC with a fresh PTFE blade.
Warm enough weather to warrant a cream, selected TOBS Sandalwood which was a gift from @Tanuki --sorry it has been so long since I've poked into the forum or visited in person. Hopefully we can plan something soon. Yaqi silvertip has a nice brushed metallic handle to match the MMOC.
The shave was comfortable, efficient, a couple pinhead weepers but the closeness can't be matched by any other shaving tool.
Meantime, I have *finally* completed my reknotting project, with these new/old specimens. The boars will take some break-in certainly, I'm sure they'll all look better after some blooming:
I'm running out of room on my brush shelf, so I might organize a PIF to make space for these new friends. I'll be curious how the two badgers (one is finest, the other silvertip, both from TGN) will perform. The Rubberset long-handle boar is a Shave Forge, the clear handle (also Rubberset, formerly with nylon bristle) is a TGN boar, the comparison will be interesting there also.
Spring continues comfortably here; I am watching the blooming rhododendrons, who are beginning their performance following the painfully-brief fireworks of the cherry blossoms that have now been scattered to the wind.
I am hoping my coming year is filled with growth, connection, health, and peace.
Peter!! Great brushes! I wish you prosperity and health!And only 35?! Based on your posts I think you have an old soul
Cheers,
Guido
Happy Birthday, Peter! 
Here’s hoping your next trip around the Sun is the best one so far and the first of decades of best years yet.
Here’s hoping your next trip around the Sun is the best one so far and the first of decades of best years yet.
Happy birthday from me as well. I hope this next year will be your best ever.
Happy Belated birthday . My step daughter shares your birthday! I had to word it that way because you had yours first 
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. My step daughter shares your birthday! I had to word it that way because you had yours first .
Happy even more belated birthday!! I, too, have been limited in presence on B&B lately.
Let's get together as soon as we can. That Simpson's boar I've been ignoring is your b-day present!
Glad to see those knots in place!
Let's get together as soon as we can. That Simpson's boar I've been ignoring is your b-day present!
Glad to see those knots in place!
