Shave Den Sunday

wow...Clubman to follow the TSD Lanolin.....winning combination, that.

 

OK...things have gotten a bit out of hand here....I went to Academy this morning and bought a cheap-o Plano 4-gun case for 15 bucks. My middle grandson's 10 (or 11, I can't recollect), so it's time I packed up a few razors and passed them on to him (his daddy, my son, can have a field day playing with them until the boy starts shaving himself). But there's only so much room when you're a boarder...maybe, when I grow up, I'll get my own place.



Say, maybe this is a blessing in disguise. If I get rid of 30 or so razors, that means I have room for more! Win-win!

And here's what I'm reduced to...

 

Yesterdays Shave:

Fatip Grande/ Wilkinson Sword blade
TSD London Type Soap and Aftersahave
JR #53 Brush

 

Ahead of schedule this week! Set up tomorrow's shave, let's see what we have here!:



The soap is the Iced SubZero, I got it in last week, and have been enjoying it since! @Queen of Blades

The other items I have received from members of the forum, except the alum block, so I wanted to include as many as I could in this shave. First is the brush, from @Jayaruh, JR#53. Hand carved Rubberset 400 pattern with synthetic knot. He also sent me the lather bowl. I usually face lather, but I'll use the jello tin tomorrow.

The SR, which @HolyRollah restored for me a short while ago is my only straight thus far. I have yet to master this art, but have been running a first pass on mornings I have time. (The bench strop, I made myself, so I guess that counts as being from a TSD member)

After I have closed in on my chin with the SR, I'll switch to the Schick Krona. I was lucky enough to score this off of the second TSD raffle. I'll load it with a Wilkinson Sword blade that was part of a PiF from @PickledNorthern. I don't know which version this blade is, but I find it to be very sharp, and not uncomfortable as a result.

Anywho, I'll finish with the OS, which was also a raffle win, aren't I lucky? Both the OS and Krona were donated by @Omaney . The telescope decanter was from the third raffle.

Just a friendly reminder, TSD Shop is still open, so get what you want, while you still can!

http://www.theshavedenshop.com/index.php

Enjoy the rest of your weekend guys and gals!

 

9-4-16
Shave Den Sunday


Still my favorite TSD set-up!
Long live the Queen!

 

I love the scent of Barber Shoppe, and it's a great performer.

 

Beautiful gear Adam!

 

Too late for today, but now that I have my TSD Shop items, I better use them each Sunday!

 

You got Yin-Yang? I got Russian Leather. We're happy.

 

My shave for today .

The shave with this razor was fantastic ! I don't know much about it other than it's a thin handle Canadian Gillette. This soap is now my worst performing soap. The lather just is not there. It's very thin and airy. I keep loading it and I can't get it to thicken.

 

I have good luck building the lather in a bowl, and adding a little water at a time, and working the lather until it gets thick. Its definitely one of the trickier soaps I have to get a good lather with, but the post shave feel makes it worth the effort IMO.