Thread: Sun - April 21st - Sat April 27th

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Wednesday

Razor | Wade and Butcher Special | Soap | Crabtree and Evelyn Nomad | After Shave | Tabac

So, there I was arranging my stuff on the dining room table to take the day’s SOTD photo. As I was taking the picture, my smart arsed 15 year old son, who sat at the table on the laptop with hair pulled from his sarcastic eyes with one hand so he could look at me sarcastically, said, in a sarcastic manner, “How BORING Dad, why don’t you just use one of your OLD photos?”.

“Yeah”, said the wife, bit boring.

I said…well, you know what I said and took a couple more pictures.

Then I got worried.

A creeping fear; a loathing; a foreboding crept up darkly from the aftershave bottle, tub of soap and razor positioned ‘artistically’ on the ‘artistically’ wrinkled piece of thick white paper and struck fear into my VERY heart, into my VERY soul.

“It’s so [expletive]ing BORING” I wailed (inside myself). "They’re right! Damn the critics, damn then all to hell!”.

The next ten minutes went like this:

THEM: Why don’t you do something different?
ME: I’ve done everything
THEM: What about that book?
ME: I’ve DONE books. Anyway, I’m not really reading that at the moment
THEM: That’s right, put a gun in it.. (as I reached for nicely patinated non-functional shotgun atop the dresser)
THEM: (again) What about Autumn leaves? (as I returned the shotgun to its place)
ME: I’ve DONE Autumn leaves
THEM: What about some flowers
ME: There are no flowers now and anyway I’ve done flowers
ME: (again) Is it too early for ANZAC day stuff?
THEM: Yes, they’ll think you’ve jumped the gun. What about one of your ink pens?
ME: I’ve DONE ink pens…

Then I had an idea about some splatters, so here it is…

Oh, yeah, the shave was great…

Carl you may be the new Jackson Pollock of the shaving world.

Jamie.

Soap: Tobs Rose shaving cream
Brush: Omega 20106
Razor: Friodur 7/8"
Strop: Paciccella Cordovan & Reptile
EDT: Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet

• Pre-shave: Proraso Green Pre-Post Shave Cream
• Soap: Self home made Extravirgin Olive Oil and Lavender Shaving Cream
• Brush: Wilkinson Bristle Brush
• Razor: Kamisori Honke Nobu
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: Floïd Orange After Shave

Gentlemen, here is today's shave bill:

Razor: Frederick Reynolds 7/8 smiling wedge stub tail with barber's notch and original blond horn scales
Strop: Illinois 361 (barber style without a handle)
Brush: Semogue 830 boar
Soap: La Toja Manantiales spiked with Arko unscented cream
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Moss
Lather bowl: Bonnyman
Alum
Balm: Scottish Fine Soaps
Aftershave: Santa Maria Novella Russian

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Lethargy is a bitch.

Rise up, why mourn this transient world of men?...

...when you are free to slough your skin
And become naked spirit, souring far
Across God's Empyrean, you will blush
That you lay cramped so long in body's gaol.

Hmm... at what point does one get arrested for flashing?

Mama Bear Orange Orange - Semogue 1520 - Henkotsu Kamisori - Myrsol Blue

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Then I had an idea about some splatters, so here it is…

Fantastic post and picture Carl. Thank you!

Castle Forbes' Preshave
Castle Forbes' Cedar and Sandalwood Cream
Castle Forbes' 1445 Balm
Semogue 830
Le Grelot



Great Shave!

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Rod Neep custom made, handle in Desert Iron Wood and extra stuffed silvertip 29 mm knot - Cheers Rod!!
Razor: Edv. Neiström no 2
Soap: LEA new formula stick
AS: Floid Blue
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
Fantastic brush, a little new funk, but it has such promise in it (dense, but with good flow through and good back bone, but still soft tips and soft enough knot for my liking). Razor was excellent too!

Originally Posted by Deegee

Hmm... at what point does one get arrested for flashing?

Oh, I think that's after the Final Judgement or something like that...