well, just goes to show that i'm not half the man i thought i was, or you are!...razor color or rust, that razor scares me!
sorry, that read really snippy. I didn't mean it that way. I meant to be informative, not authoritative.
No worries David, I took it as you intended. If anyone was snippy it was me with my initial tetanus comment that, evidently, was uneducated. I'm glad that my friend from the Pacific NW @Mustache has a sense of humor! Cheers! RT
Razor: Gillette Black Tip (X3) 1952 Blade: Voskhod Teflon Coated (2) Brush: Omega 10066 Boar Cream: Proraso Green Bowl: Yokohama Studio (Hand Painted) A/S: Lucky Tiger DFS this evening. Working on improving my razor angles this month. A new razor every week takes a shave or two to get the angle correct.
I was at Camp Pendleton also. Shipped out from San Fran to Vietnam. I believe as a Corpsman you qualify for Corpsmen Heaven. You've got my vote for sure.
No doubt! Even the close-ups that @Mustache later sent look that way to me! But he did say it was Bakelite in his original description. I guess I'm just distracted by pictures too much and skipped the text! (I used to "read" a lot of comic books too!)
Thursday's Birthday Dove Men Face Wash Tabac Jayaruh #23 Silver Tip Gillette NEW LC/Gillette Aristocrat* 1947 BYR Personna SS CWR, Asma Alum Block Thayers Lemon WH Pinaud Vegetal The Tabac Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #23 Silver Tip brush. First pass with the Gillette LC NEW followed by second pass with my Gillette Aristocrat (1947 Birth Year Razor) with a Persona Super blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then Pinaud Lilac Vegetal after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Thursday morning: Neutrogena Men Facial Wash Large Horsehair Barbershop Super Speed/Derby day 4 Krampert's Frostbite SS Lucky Tiger AS Cream Krampert's Frostbite AS Drakkar Noir EdT Again I'm putting the freeze to my face and it's a good one - Brian's Frostbite soap delivers a ton of awesome lather with a great scent and PLENTY of menthol goodness. Ok, not quite as icy as the Synergy Frost_byte and certainly not as potent as what a Glacial soap would give, but still pretty damned icy. I'm really loving the Lucky Tiger a/s cream, and the Frostbite aftershave from Brian has wonderful skincare as well as a POWERFUL menthol kick. I'm still trying to figure out the scent. Some guys say frankincense and pine, but I don't really know. Whatever it is, it smells awesome!
October 14 Gillette New LC Feather blade (1) Kent BK4 silvertip brush Trumper's Coconut cream Three passes Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Trumper's Coral Skin Food A wonderful near-BBS shave this morning and a fine way to start the day!
