There and Back Again, A Wet-Shaver's Tale

I've got nothing to add but my admiration, both for your gear and your handiwork. Well done!

Poor cheerleaders. Like the red shirts in Star Trek, always doomed to die!

Nice photo, and Wow, great cigar box refurb!!

Wow, what a shave setup Eric and the Cohiba looks GREAT

Thanks Dave! I'm really glad I found that one. Went back to the same cigar shop yesterday and there was a younger guy behind the counter. Like last time I asked if they sold empty cigar boxes, but he went back and grabbed a few instead of letting me back there like the last guy did. He brought out a few really nice ones, and when I asked how much he just told me to take them. Knowing the sheer quantity they have back there I'd still like to go back and pick my own, but I can't complain about the price.

Wow, what a shave setup Eric and the Cohiba looks GREAT

Agreed! That razor is a stunner and the Greenfresh is about as good as it gets for a soap.
Sounds like a stellar Saturday shave.

The Greenfresh is fantastic. I can see that being a Summer 3017, it's that good.

Good show. Red+Black= Sweet.

Thanks Ken! I love that combination, and I've been on the lookout for some more black boxes.

Eric, that razor is absolutely beautiful. That is great work on the cigar boxes also.

Thanks Tim!

I've got nothing to add but my admiration, both for your gear and your handiwork. Well done!

Thanks Mike! I'm practically collecting cigar boxes at this point so let me know if you'd like one made.

Poor cheerleaders. Like the red shirts in Star Trek, always doomed to die!

Nice photo, and Wow, great cigar box refurb!!

Yeah, but the cheerleaders usually die a lot louder than the red shirts lol.

5/9 SOTD

Razor: Robert Williams SRP
Brush: Sorrentino Turquoise
Cream: AoS Lavender
Aftershave: Ethos Grooming Lavender

Sometimes a straight lavender is just the way to go. AoS are some of the best performing creams I've used, and the scents are always great. Broke out the Williams for today's shave and I really wish I'd been using a honing journal when I did this one. I'm almost positive it was either lapping film or one of the first successes on the Jnat. Either way the edge is marvelous and it handles great. Three passes and a bit of clean up left me with a fantastic BBS, and a nice amount of Ethos Lavender capped it off nicely. The Ethos lavender is just a wonderful earthy lavender that I can see using a lot, and it performs like every other Ethos product I've used, which is to say amazing.



Thanks for reading and have a great day!

I've always liked the look of those SRP/Williams razors.  Very Skippy.

I've always liked the look of those SRP/Williams razors.  Very Skippy.

It's a really comfortable shaver as well.

5/10 SOTD

Razor: Gillette New type(?) long comb
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Switchback 400 w/Gelousy knot
Soap: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Aftershave: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum

I've been going through the den deciding what to sell in the upcoming purge, and decided to give all my DE's and SE's one more go before determining whether or not to add them to the list. I'm not nearly as well versed in DE's as I am in straight razors, but I believe this one is a Gillette New, and I'm still trying to remember for certain how I acquired it lol. Either way, after today's shave this one goes firmly in the "keep" column. It was a pretty mild razor, but was also incredibly efficient, and I got one of the best shaves of my life from it. Two passes and some clean up left me with a marvelous BBS. Atomic Age Bay Rum also one of my favorites scents and only added to a fantastic experience, with the soap creating a marvelous surface for the New to slide over and a hefty glug of aftershave to cap it all off.



Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Love my new long comb but mine has the other handle and was reading through to see if you were selling that one LOL because I would have added it to my Den for sure. Good call on keeping it!

Yous guys is killin' me!  I joked just the other day about if any more people talk about how great NEW long combs are, I will be tempted to get one! And one nice fellow here offered me one!

Resistance. Is. Futile.

Yous guys is killin' me!  I joked just the other day about if any more people talk about how great NEW long combs are, I will be tempted to get one! And one nice fellow here offered me one!

Resistance. Is. Futile.

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