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There and Back Again, A Wet-Shaver's Tale
- Thread starter Smattayu
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Thanks guys! Our big event is on Saturday, and once that is done I can finally get some time to wind down.
I had mentioned a while ago about a friend that was sending me some straight razors. Well, I got them(and several other items) yesterday and with the amount of stuff there it would have taken a while to take individual pics, so I recorded an unboxing video. Ok, it all came in a bag, but I'll call it an unboxing.
Have a great night all!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Awesome Eric, Thanks for sharing
Thanks KJ! He is generous. He hooked me up with a travel Tech when I first got started, and has kept an eye out since then.
Thanks Dave!
Thanks Chris! The multi blade looks a lot like a frameback, so I imagine it could be honed. I haven't looked for replacement blades yet, though I expect they are probably rare.
Man those are some really awesome items! It was like a mystery box...!!!
There were some gems in there. Even the Old Spice is still good.
I’m pretty sure it’s bone, but it’s still awesome, and the scales are in amazing shape.
Thanks Walt! The older Monkhouse is going to clean up nicely. 5 minutes on the buffing wheel took all the rust off, and there is very little putting underneath.
WOW nice to have friends like that! Great unbagging.
FYI The Dead best and the faux tortoise shell razors, the rust looks like what is called cell rot, IMHO. This is cause by celluloid scales off gassing, not a question of if but when they will do that. This can migrate to other razors, so quarantine those two for sure. Be sure to double check me on this for sure, but in the mean time better safe than sorry.
FYI The Dead best and the faux tortoise shell razors, the rust looks like what is called cell rot, IMHO. This is cause by celluloid scales off gassing, not a question of if but when they will do that. This can migrate to other razors, so quarantine those two for sure. Be sure to double check me on this for sure, but in the mean time better safe than sorry.
Thanks craig! I have heard that about the celluloid scales, but this is my first time experiencing it. It's almost funny how good the spine looks, then you go to open it, and things just start crumbling lol.
Thanks guys!
Straight razor shave #508
Pre-shave: Hot towel
Razor: Feather SS
Blade: ProGuard(1)
Brush: TSC Legacy
Soap: CBL Rosa Bourbonia
EDT: Claude Montana Graphite
Sad to say that straight razor shave #500 came and went, and I'm not even sure what set up I used for it lol. I had to check back in the journals, and it's a little scary how long it's been since I posted an SOTD. This morning's soap choice made it a requirement though. I was beyond thrilled when I heard that Chris had joined the artisan soap maker marketplace. I still have enough of the samples that he's sent over the last couple years to shave for a month with nothing but CBL, but I still had to place an order, and it won't be my last one. I'm not going to lie; I chose the Rosa Bourbonia for my first order mostly because there weren't many left and I wanted to make sure I had a tub. It was a close call, and Tabacaveg almost won the first tub award, but Rosa won in the end.
The blade in the SS has been tugging a bit the last few shaves, so I popped a fresh one in and got ready to go. The soap was quite soft, and it took barely any load time to get more than enough on the brush for several more passes than I would be making. Much water was added, and suds were making their way onto the mirror by the time I had the lather where I wanted it. Regarding the scent; it is a somewhat spicy rose, and I was enjoying every minute of having it fill the shave den. The scent strength was up there, but was not overwhelming, and I could smell it throughout the shave and beyond.
I grabbed the Feather and went to work. The soap's performance more than lived up to my expectations, and was plenty slick with lots of residual slickness. Three passes with minor clean up left me with a fantastic HCBBSG, and let me say that the post shave on this soap is outstanding. It is extremely rare that I will opt out of aftershave, but my face felt so good after the cold water rinse that I had no desire to use an AS. Three Vassily's of Graphite added the lovely pencil shaving goodness to the lingering spicy rose from the soap, and I skipped off to work a happy man.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day!
Pre-shave: Hot towel
Razor: Feather SS
Blade: ProGuard(1)
Brush: TSC Legacy
Soap: CBL Rosa Bourbonia
EDT: Claude Montana Graphite
Sad to say that straight razor shave #500 came and went, and I'm not even sure what set up I used for it lol. I had to check back in the journals, and it's a little scary how long it's been since I posted an SOTD. This morning's soap choice made it a requirement though. I was beyond thrilled when I heard that Chris had joined the artisan soap maker marketplace. I still have enough of the samples that he's sent over the last couple years to shave for a month with nothing but CBL, but I still had to place an order, and it won't be my last one. I'm not going to lie; I chose the Rosa Bourbonia for my first order mostly because there weren't many left and I wanted to make sure I had a tub. It was a close call, and Tabacaveg almost won the first tub award, but Rosa won in the end.
The blade in the SS has been tugging a bit the last few shaves, so I popped a fresh one in and got ready to go. The soap was quite soft, and it took barely any load time to get more than enough on the brush for several more passes than I would be making. Much water was added, and suds were making their way onto the mirror by the time I had the lather where I wanted it. Regarding the scent; it is a somewhat spicy rose, and I was enjoying every minute of having it fill the shave den. The scent strength was up there, but was not overwhelming, and I could smell it throughout the shave and beyond.
I grabbed the Feather and went to work. The soap's performance more than lived up to my expectations, and was plenty slick with lots of residual slickness. Three passes with minor clean up left me with a fantastic HCBBSG, and let me say that the post shave on this soap is outstanding. It is extremely rare that I will opt out of aftershave, but my face felt so good after the cold water rinse that I had no desire to use an AS. Three Vassily's of Graphite added the lovely pencil shaving goodness to the lingering spicy rose from the soap, and I skipped off to work a happy man.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day!
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Nice shave and pic Eric