Thread: February 11, 2007 - February 17, 2007

Sunday morning shave:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
DD#50 strop
6/8 Wacker Stippleback
Pinaud Clubman A/S

Good shave.

Shave 6

Hot shower
Trumpers limes cream/skin food lather
Kent brush
2xlathers with hot towel
3 pass shave (my first to date!)
Dovo standard (ebony handle)
Cold wash
Trumper skin food
Nivea extra soothing balm

My first 3 pass shave to date and loving it!! Very smooth.

Boker 6/8 1/2 hollow spike
Honeybee Cedarwood-Amber
Rooney #1 large silvertip
Pitralon Classic
Will G's sandalwood ASB

Great shave with this razor - took off a couple days worth of beard without a problem.

I've been playing with some hollow grinds and really noticed the difference between the hollows and the 1/2 hollow grind on this razor. I definitely have a preference for the wedgier razors - especially when there's more than one day's worth of stubble.

Hot Shower

6/8 Dovo horn handle
twillegers Cedar & Lemon shaving cream
silvertip badger brush

Old Spice

Several days' growth
Shower
Black bear / Red Imp linen vintage strop
6/8 Radium Depose
B&B Finest ebony
Trumper's Violet
Trumper's alum
Trumper's CSFood

I have found a second 10+ / 10 razor! Honestly, it doesn't happen too often. Chrome plate wedge, barber's notch. Covered tang. Me like!

I was thinking about running it through the hones but in the last moment did a HHT and it passed ok, thumb feel was also there so I decided to just strop and go. Had prepared 2 razors for backup (generally I just tough it out, which is stupid)- rated 10 and 9+, both terrific shavers. This debutante looks so beautiful that I was expecting a mediocre performance.

And then I started shaving - ah, the bliss! I won't even begin to enumerate what other razors felt inferior, but the list would include some impressive shavers and well-known / cult brands and models

Cheers
Ivo

Shower
conditioner on beard
Bobbo's strop
7/8 TI silversteel
Olivia's Amber cream
TAGMSC ASB
King of shaves moisterizer

Delicious shave. Lovely scent. Also I love the brush I've put together. The Blankity blanks brushhead is amazing and the handle I made is nice and hefty. It's going to be my brush for decades to come I think.

2 days growth
Hot towel
Shavemac 501
Mama Bear masculine musk soap
Frederick Reynolds frameback

Felt a little stubble against the grain on my neck when rinsing off, so:
Vulfix 2234
Taylors Almond cream
Gillette Slimboy set on 5, 3rd use Derby Extra blade
Diagonal & E-W pass ATG, both sides of my neck
Alum
Tabac A/S splash

I probably made a total of 7 passes on my neck between the two razors and still felt barely a sting with the alum and A/S - just a nice tingle. I've been working my way up through the settings on that Slimboy and could go higher since it feels impossible to nick or scrape myself with it on 5 with that blade, but with results like this I don't see much to be gained.

Absolutely the finest shave of my life, complete with much smooching from the wife. "Wow," she said.............. "it feels like a baby's bottom"

Originally Posted by izlat

6/8 Radium Depose

Ivo, that's one of the best looking razors I've ever seen and I love the tip profile. American? German? British?
Where did you find it?

Dave

Monday

Muhle ST
T&H Trafalger cream
TM Strop
Genco 6/8 RP
Coral Skin Food
Hoyt's cologne


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