Doesn't that entail having a sex change?Thanks Mark.
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Thanks Mark.
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Off to the honing stones this afternoon to soften that toe right out, then I think it'll be a magic little shaver @Dale.Whiley - am I correct in assuming that the Johnny Good Sir soaps are now classed as unobtainium?
These mid-morning shaves each Saturday are the best. I really look forward to them. I've been up early enjoying the quiet doing emails/P&C'ing etc, my wife gets out of bed a couple of hours later and goes out with a friend for breakfast, I'll mow/potter 'round a bit and then 'round about 10.00-11.00am come in for a haircut and shave. Plenty of light in the bathroom, I've downed 6-8 espressos by this time, I'm awake and nobody wants to talk to me while I'm enjoying my shave in the man cave.
Cold water shave
Soap: Johnny Good Sir TMBR
Brush: Simpson Berkeley badger
Face lather
Blade: Inoue Fujisuke kami
Ah; JGS TMBR -that scent. This soap lathers well, just not to the standard I've come to expect using @Anthony's Shaver Heaven soaps everyday, but that scent (JGS lacks that top-shelf slickness/glide). I'm telling ya @Anthony, there is a market for your soap with this scent. The Berkeley lathered up a storm. Whenever I use this brush I wonder why it is that I prefer the cheaper Edwin Jagger badger I have. I can only put it down to preferring a firmer/scritchier??? brush. Might have to look at getting a horse.
The kami is an excellent blade. Once you learn the angles and passes that using a traditional kamisori needs and training your body for the callisthenics required, these blades give a smooth, close shave. I really should use this blade more often just to get a bit quicker with my shaves but concentrating on every aspect of the shave, how you hold the razor, make sure the angle is correct, is the blade only lightly against the face. listen for the acoustic feedback, etc,, etc., brings back memories of my first few months of straight shaving.
A great shave, a great day.
Yep. yep. A very sad state of affairs. I joined this forum, and Johnny was in the process of shutting up shop; still had his website up but was not answering emails. Through the goodness of others in the forum I obtained 2 x partly used jars, crammed them into one to get a very full jar and have been using it sparingly since. Down to about 3/4 jar left. This scent is legend status; whiskey, smoke, timber, engine oil, rusty barbed wire fence, broken teeth, fist fights, etc. - a real manly scent.
I like the continuity of having the same fragrance throughout the shave. What about the rest of you? Does anyone have matching soaps and aftershaves that they love? Particular pairings of soap/AS etc that are unusually brilliant? Have a wee rant please guys - tell us all what you think
Face Wash : Shower
Pre-Shave : Myrsol Emulsion
Brush : Plisson
Soap : Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Razor : Nobels Folding Kamisori
After Shave : Alum, Lipikar Balm, Stirling Sharp Dressed Man AS
Twice Shy...
Shaved with a pretty new (to me) folding Kami. Shave started out really well - a very agile, close cutting and comfortable ride. Then the razor suddenly bit me while shaving the jawline. It turns out that the unusually short blade gives the toe a greater chance of contacting the skin than a longer blade, and that the the toe of my Nobels is very right-angled and very sharp. @Sxot described the same experience in his recent SOTD
Rest of the shave was really pleasing thanks to the wonderful Sharp Dressed Man soap and AS combo. I like the continuity of having the same fragrance throughout the shave. What about the rest of you? Does anyone have matching soaps and aftershaves that they love? Particular pairings of soap/AS etc that are unusually brilliant? Have a wee rant please guys - tell us all what you think
Love the picture - great composition @Draco Noir
