Thread: Sun November 11th - Sat November 17th

Full Dr Harris Arlington // EJ Georgian // Rooney Alibaba Heritage

Just a couple photos from my previous SOTDs where Tapatalk was preventing me from sharing them...



This Electric Cutlery razor...I just cannot say enough about how great it is. In every capacity, it makes me happy!





This Hunter is a razor I know very little about. It is the first razor I ever honed (and did so after removing an unhealthy frown), the results were good, but I have since re-honed it and now it performs VERY well. Interesting wooden scales that are perhaps ebony, and a nice lead wedge. Truly among my favorite razors in part due to the jimping top and bottom on the tang

I simply refer to this one as my “working man's razor”. It is a simple Geneva 5/8 that just gives good shaves. The soap was Klar Kabinett, followed by cold water, Dominica bay rum and Proraso cream.

Birthday shave.
Warm shower, warm oil.
Bowl made by my daughter Hannah
Custom Badger Brush
Mama Bear's Rose shave soap
Dubl Duck Pearl Duck in Paua by Max
Roo strop by Mick
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Nivea AS Balm


My wife purchased the DD for me for my birthday several years ago. It provides a really nice shave. The aroma of the Rose Soap turns the bathroom into a rose garden.

Gorgeous day today, enjoy!

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

...Carl, absolutely loved your SOTD Sunday. I am rendered speechless by your musings! I think we all share the thought you express...

Thank you, that means a lot to me. I know "sometimes" my musing are "a bit out there", and I'm glad you all don't simply piss yourselves laughing...Unless you ARE, and in THAT case I have your name, I have your number....

Earlier this morning:
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson Duke 3 in Best Badger
Razor: Merkur Futur w/Astra Superior Stainless (blue)
Cream: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
AS: Nivea aftershave lotion / Razorock Aftershave wax
D F S !

Prep L'Occitane Cedarwood soap
Razor Vintage Japanese Fon Golden Star 13/16
Brush Bill Jack Le Tuft 59 in Buckeyed Burl
Cream GFT Coconut Oil
Alum & Witch Hazel
Clinique Moisturiser
Lalique Encre Noir Edt

Jamie.

A superb two pass shave from the Fon Golden Star.

Good morning friends.
Today my H-Diamond

Tuesday

I’ve been thinking and talking about ink pens lately on another thread. Those other threads keep sucking me in. Lucky there isn’t a Caribbean island thread here or I’d be buying one; or at least researching it.

I have only three pens, a modern Parker Sonata (that decided to leak and scratch recently) the Swan (’50 ish I think, very flexible nib, rather wet, terrible nib creep) and the dip pen (from an antique shop, very easy to use actually). I’m no calligrapher, but it’s a nice way to while away an afternoon at times. I like to take the blank pages (flyleaves???) out of my old books and write on the yellowed paper. Why are the called flyleaves? Because they look like flies’ wings or because you fly past them, looking for the story? At the moment I’m reading The Book Thief; sporadically. The sporad-icity is no indication of the book’s worth; it has excellent prose; very poetical; some of the similes are insane:

“the sky was murky and deep, like quicksand. There was a young man parcelled up in barbed wire, like a giant crown of thorns. I untangled him and carried him out. High above the earth, we sank together, to our knees. It was just another day, 1918.”

and:

“The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places it was burnt. There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked among the redness.”

The shave was very nice; the Klas Törnblom is a classy razor.

Proraso and Floïd each tried to out do the other’s brashness…

(Hey, eTom, how long till you get the Jeep? How cool to travel through German in a Jeep!)

No shave today, but I smell good!