Thread: Sun October 13h - Sat October 19th

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Wade & Butcher 'The Celebrated'
Brush: C2
Lather: Bay Spice - Woodsprite
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Nourishing: Dominica Bay Rum
Scent: Acca kappa Cedro

Comments: Talk about an intoxicating Bay Rum experience. Wonderful shave.

Enjoy the new week gents.

FON GOLDEN STAR full hollow 13/16
Kanayama cordovan #8000
Rooney Heritage Stubby 2
GFT Coconut oil shaving cream
Alum & Thayers rose & aloe toner
Kiehl's aftershave balm
Guerlain vetiver Edt

Sunday morning:



Trumper Sandalwood Shaving Cream
Pens Of The Forest Shaving Brush by Rod Neep
Puma 52 6/8
Dr. Harris Sandalwood Aftershave

Have a nice week!

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm MÜHLE (Synthetic fibres)
SOAP/CREAM: Jabonman - Mountain
SCUTTLE/BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 6/8" Hishakaku Folding Kamisori
STROP: Biber-Elster Feinste Spez. Juchte paddle strop
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: L'Occitane Vetyver EDT
RESULT: Smooth shave



Have a nice week,
Béla

Prep - None
Soap - Vintage Yardley
Brush - SOC 2 band badger
Strop - Neil Miller 3 inch shell Cordovan leather/English linen
Razor - DD Special No. 1 rescaled
Post - Alum block
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Cold water face lathered shave. You know, there is only one problem with Yardley shave soap ............ It's not made anymore. Nice soap that Yardly.

Bob

GFT Limes SKin Food - Mystic Water Mysore Sandalwood - Semogue 2011 LE FB1 - 11/16 Wagner & Lange - Myrsol Blue

Razor: JA Henckles #16 5/8
Brush: custom silvertip badger
Soap: Godrej
AS: Thayer's Lemon

Second shave with the #16 and I'm in heaven. This razor is magnificent. Also really like the Godrej soap! For being so cheap @ $3.00 I was pleasantly surprised how well it stood up, also has a great scent.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Prep: Truefitt & Hill Pre Shave Oil
Razor: PILS with Personna Med Prep Blade
Soap: Speick Stick/Grated
Brush: Vulfix Hyde Park Boar
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Post: Pitralon Classic

14/10/2013



Pre : Nivea face wash
Soap : Cella
Brush : Bullardo boar
Razor : Kropp 5/8"
Post : Homemade lime scented balm

Finish : BBS... finally!

Comments :
160 laps on the King 800 hone, 40 laps on the hide strop, 40 on the leather strop, 40 on the CrOX strop. After letting my face have a weekend off, I was a bit dubious about giving the razor another go. I wasn't fancying another week of scrapes and burns. The only difference between last weeks honing effort and the last time the blade was used, was the CrOX powder/paste. Certainly there was no difference in my pre-shave routine. The WTG strokes felt like nothing I'd felt from the previous week... no scraping. XTG felt like wiping, not scraping. ATG... it still pulled, so I suspect I just need some work on technique there. Overall though, it's as though it's a different razor.

It's not pretty, thanks to rust scars. It's not perfect, but I finally have a useable straight.

And one that I can say I honed myself.

Valobra Stick // IBERIA Bassat 13 Doble Temple // Morris & Forndran Stubby 2 Finest Fan Ivory // Thayers // Tobacco AS