Thread: February 18, 2007 - February 24, 2007

Redkin AllSoft Conditioner
Hot Towel
Taylors Of Old Bond Pre Shave Gel
Hot Towel
QED Limes Shaving Soap
Hot Towel
QED Limes Shaving Soap
Moss Skuttle - Nice Warm Lather - love it
Rooney Silver Tip Badger - Small
Tony Miller - Best Quality Strop - Butternut - The Best
7/8 Stainless Steel - Solengin - Straight
Classic Shaving Alum Bloc
Thayers Rose Witchhazel

I wish I had a girlfriend to feel my face

My first shave back home...
-2 days' growth
-Face wash
-EJ BB
-CH Leatherneck both for pre-shave and first two passes, water for the third
-Actual HOT water
-Filly #12 (my heaviest shave-ready piece as the W&B will need a bit more work on the hones)
-Old Spice followed by Neutrogena RD

Need I say more?

Fri

Muhle St
TM Strop
Trumper Sandalwood cream
Challenge 5/8 SP
AoS Sandalwood balm
Hoyt's

Rushed this morning. Only time for 1 pass, but its good enough for a Friday.

Jordan

Very very nice shave today:

Shower
Conditioner
2 days growth
TGQ bay rum soap
3 different razors to be tested and my trusty WUG travel razorr\
Bay rum with peppermint aftershave
King of shaves moisterizer

Amazing shave. I'm starting to like Colleen's soaps a lot more now. I was already in on her cream but never had such good results with the soap untill now.

2 of the test razors were sharp enough (did a single pass) so Rum and someone else will be getting their razors back pretty soon. The Puma that I tested still is no good. It will require some more work....even afterthe 2+ hours I've already spent on it.

The bay rum with peppermint left me a wonderfull cool feeling. And since the shave was so good pretty much no burn. Moisterizer meant that the cool feeling stayed but no irritation or burn was left. And offcourse my face is smooth as a mofo now.

Shower/conditioner
Shavemac 501
Mama Bear masculine musk soap

5/8 Henckels Platinum
5/8 Boker India Steel shoulderless
6/8 Torrey Gibralter
5/8+ Wing Cutlery swedish steel

Alum block
Pinaud bay rum

I've been catching up on project razors lately that needed blade sanding and just recently received the Henckels that only needed some polishing. Got these four to the point where I thought they were worth test shaving with and all did well. Still have a couple more Bokers that don't look right under the microscope yet.

I'm up to my ears in razors so will be selling some of these as inexpensive starters.

Hot rinse
Proraso green preshave
Cien hair conditioner

Trumpers Limes cream
Went and made some coffee

Re-lathered and in with my little Lewis 5/8 roundpoint
2 passes, one with and against

Hot and cold rinse
Witchhazel with citrus EO
Proraso a/s balm
Pinaud Clubman Classic a/s


A truly pukka shave, and I am getting quicker too. Only 20 minutes this time and only needed a quick touch up under the chin with a DE to get a truly BBS shave.

I wish I could do that sideways pass under the jaw ..

Sat:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Kinfolks
Taylor's Bay Rum

Pretty good shave. Got a small nick.

Note to self: Turn off vibrating ringtone before shaving.

Hot shower
5/8 Droescher w/a plain old white handle
Tryphon Millefiori soap
pure badger shave brush
TM strop
2 pass shave
Pinaud Clubman a/s

Sweet Shave!

-Fred