1. I’m back. In mid-September my wife left to help her parents out. I got lazy and skipped shaving a few days and eventually decided to take a break until she came back. Which she did. But it was two days until Hurricane Ian struck and we were just 35 miles or so from the eye. Sooooo, all hell broke loose which meant no shaving for me for a while.

    With water restored, power, wifi, etc. it was time to break out the big gun and take off the month old beard. The big W&B was no match. The beard came off like a carpet being rolled up. Wonderful :happy036:

    Hot water preparation
    Baume.be Shaving Cream
    Romera Wengue Chubby Silvertip Badger
    Wade & Butcher 9/8 The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor FBU
    Shulton Old Spice After Shave

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    Happy shaving - Karl
  2. It does. I have had good luck with the Clauss brand.
    Sorry to hear you had to deal with the hurricane but glad you got through it. And you picked the perfect blade to tear through a beard!!! :eatdrink047:
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  3. Packwood
    Brush: Horn salt shaker Silvertip
    Suds: Mike’s Natural Barber Shop
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    Enjoy your shave.
    Tom
  4. very cool Tom.:cool:
  5. Thank you Gary. I really enjoy the look and use of the slight smile.
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  6. very rustic.old school.not pretentious like some gold adorned razor are.:):eatdrink047:i get how the slight smile works.
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  7. Gelles Freres rattler, cream was SMN lathered with a Zenith boar, and Fine Italian Citrus AS finished up a fine frameback Friday shave

    Gelles Freres is a drugstore, or chemist as the English would call it, in Paris and is still in business today. No straights that I know of though.

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    I think that an object of more than a century must reach its age
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  9. Rigarazor
    His interpretation of the Mappin & Webb Lancet Edge… beautiful design.
    Brush: Elite Razor
    Suds: AoS Ocean Kelp
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    Enjoy your shave.
    Tom
  10. Small razor, big stone - a 5/8 Cattaraugus with very fine grained, hard steel and an edge off a 4-pound Nakayama. It took a fine edge indeed. Cream was SMN lathered with a Zenith boar, both still out on deck from yesterday. D.R Harris Arlington finished up a great Saturday shave.

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  11. Drama free, easy peasy, smooth and efficient shave with this lovely Leader. :happy036:

    Hot water preparation
    Argan Oil PSO
    Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
    Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger
    FW Engels Leader 13/16
    Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm

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    Happy shaving - Karl
  12. very cool Tom.love the Caddy fin look to it..:cool:
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  13. SOTD

    Razor: Schick Proline BBR-1J
    Blade: Schick Proline
    Soap: Elvado lake of the woods
    Brush: Coyote cuts silver tip badger[​IMG]


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  14. that's a beautiful razor Karl.it's what one expects a straight razor to look like.:cool:
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  15. :):eatdrink047:
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  16. Thanks Gary :thanks:
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  17. That is a cool connection- hadn’t thought of that, but I see it now. It is such a unique shape to a blade. :eatdrink047:
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  18. :)the top frame looks like a 60's caddy front fender.
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  19. Welcome to your first post.

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  20. Now, just picture shaving with that razor using the side view mirror :happy097:
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