SOTD 11-17 October 2015

Friday AM 10-16-2015

Georgetown Pottery G5 scuttle
Rooney 1/1 Porcelain Finest (22mm/45mm)
C&E Sandalwood shaving cream
'Stealth' Feather AS-D2/Delta Echo Bulldog
Iridium Super (4)
Floris Santal aftershave balm
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Wolfman
Savile Row
Le Père Lucien
Pitralon

A 100+ year old classic razor, a modern classic shaving soap... perfection.

Freddy, if I could hit my thumbs up button multiple times I would... would love to see more glamour shots and hear a bit more about that razor!

Freddy, if I could hit my thumbs up button multiple times I would... would love to see more glamour shots and hear a bit more about that razor!

Yes, I know, my usual photos are pretty mundane.  Today's shave just called for something more tasteful.  As for the "look" of it, I had help with Picasa.  I am still learning my way around this basic program but I liked today's result.

As for the razor, it is a 1907 Ever-Ready lather catcher and is, by far, my favorite SE razor.  I have several lather catchers but this is the one I use most often.  It may have originally been made for a wedge blade, though I'm not sure about that.  However, it easily accommodates regular SE blades such as the GEM Blue Star I used this morning.  Here are a couple of more shots of it:





Also, here is the original photo with a bit of brightening added (the original was way too dark) and the one I posted for the SOTD so you can see the difference.  As you can tell, unlike the incredibly talented photographers we have here at DFS, I cheat.

Those are the most ornate razors I've seen. Wee Beauty!

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Those are the most ornate razors I've seen. Wee Beauty!

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Thanks, Will.

Not cheating, just using all the tools you have at your disposal!

Beautiful piece of functional history Freddy. When I see things like that it makes me wonder at the other users, lives it has touched and a great sense of nostalgia. Appears that it is in fantastic shape and look forward to seeing it in upcoming SOTD.

K

PS your images are great by the way

Not cheating, just using all the tools you have at your disposal!

Beautiful piece of functional history Freddy. When I see things like that it makes me wonder at the other users, lives it has touched and a great sense of nostalgia. Appears that it is in fantastic shape and look forward to seeing it in upcoming SOTD.

K

PS your images are great by the way

Kevin, that is exactly the way I feel.  I am the same way about the vintage fountain pens I have.  Who has owned them previously, where did they live, what did they do for a living, etc.? To me, that is all part of the vintage razors/fountain pens I have, not just their utility.  If all I wanted was something in working order, I could just buy new.