Thread: 3 March - 9 March

Went in for a fast 1 day growth shave, no messing about, and tried a new soap ..

Hot rinse
Proraso green pre
Wilkinson Sword soap in a bowl (I picked it up in Boots chemists in a plastic bowl, clean fresh scent, easy to lather, no irritation)

EJ Best Badger
Lather up
TM red latigo strop
Krusius 5/8 spike
Lather again

Cold rinse
Alum block
Proraso a/s

Nice quick shave, the proraso a/s will take some getting used to, but a nice clean finish all the same.

Have a load of new stuff on order from TAGMSC, including a few bottles of their goats atershave milk and can't wait to get them back into my rotation.

this morning:

Vulfix 2236
Florena Shaving Cream
Clauss 5/8
Proraso ASB
Pecksniff's Edt


Raf

a nice cold day -5F with windchill around -30F

20/40 honey TM strop
HOT shower
Muehle Pinsel best badger
Colleens Bay rum shave soap
5/8 Woshtenholm IXL
3 passes
cold water
thayers rose witch hazel

not the nicest shave lately... this was the test shave for the razor... needs a little work, but no nicks or gouges.

Wahl barbers cream;
Mason Pearson badger brush.

Face:

Splash of hot water;
Heljestrand No 32;

Single pass - great razor and nice shave.

Head:

Splash of hot water;
8/8 Friodur;
Single pass.

Larger size Friodur is excellent at shaving areas of thicker hair (above ears etc). Really close and enjoyable shave.


Body shop moisturising cream (head);
C&E Sandalwood aftershave balm (face).

James.

Hot shower and towel
SR 208
Speick Shaving Cream
Shumate 4/8
Hydrolast Conditioner ASB Peppermint
Polo Safari Edt


Raf

hot shower

7/8 Dorko
toasted coconut shaving cream
silvertip badger brush






Great shave

Hot Shower
Redkin Allsoft Conditioner
C & E Sweet Almond Soap
Hot Towel
Lather
Zirth Pre Shave Oil- Bad Stuff- Better off just getting olive oil and using that.
Moss Scuttle
Rooney Small Super Badger
TM strop
5/8 Udall - Stainless Steel
Thayers Rose Witchhazel

Nice shave despite the dissapointing Zirth - pure advertising hype

4 or so days' growth

No prep (other than washing face w/ glycerine soap)
B&B Finest Ebony
Musgo Real Cream
DD #70 strop
W&B 8/8 blade 1 5/8"
TI Frameback 13/16
Genco Tiger 5/8
Sta Sharp 5/8
Trumper's alum
Trumper's Lime Skin Food

Still can't like the Musgo Real cream as much as I want, and definitely does not smell as freshly cut grass, as some people say. Decent lather, though.

Strop was great, really enjoyed using it.

The idea was to compare a few razors. All passed HHT and I had used most of them (except the W&B) for a shave or two already with 9 - 10+ /10 results.

First one out of the gates was the TI. Hm, still not where I want it in sharpness & smoothness. Quickly moved to the W&B. Boy, was it hard to shave with the 8/8 in 1 5/8 length. I'm leaving this one aside. Maybe a 5/8 would work fine for me in this length but the 8/8 did not feel comfortable. It may be a "getting used to it" thing, but I am not willing to spend the time to get used to this. On to the Genco - meh, felt OK but just that and I have come to expect more. Finally - the Sta's second appearance. Felt much better than the others (but certainly worse than its debut) - no wonder, as I had virtually no prep this time and the growth was shorter.

It may be strange, but I find it is much easier and smoother to cut hairs after a week or more without shaving, than hairs on their 3-4 or so day. The longer hairs soften much better with prep and are easier to cut, razor feels smoother

Shave was fairly quick, except that I had to stop and wipe several razors before picking up the next one. No nicks, cuts, or irritation - for which, given the lack of prep and sub-par experience with some blades, I am glad.

Cheers
Ivo

Wed:

Rooney small style 1 brush
T&H Grafton cream
hand american strop
5/8 Koeller spike

Decent but not great shave today. Shoulda stuck to my soaps.

Hot Shower
Proraso Pre Shave
Newly honed Joseph Rogers and Sons Sheffield straight.
C&E Sandalwood Soap
C&E EJ Super Badger
Moss Scuttle

I have to say this razor surprised me a lot. It sharpened well and it shaved super. Very very smooth. I will have to give it some more attention in the restoration department. It definitely has earned itself a good cleaning.

I also lathered right in the scuttle today. I loaded my brush and went to town. Worked quite well. All in all a very good shave.