March 18, 2007 - March 24, 2007

Sunday:

Simpson Chubby 1 in Super getting hot in the Moss Scuttle
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre-Shave
HoneyBee Sandalwood Soap
J.R. Torrey Gibraltar 5/8 All most all of the right side still only the cheek with the left hand. Still staying away from the chin and adams apple getting there slowly.
Gillette 1940's Gold Milord - IP Shave
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Cucumber AS Splash
AOS ASB in Sandalwood
Pashana OriginalHair Tonic
Finished with Penhaligon's Endymion EDT

Little razor burn todayhttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/smilies/redface.gif . I think the last time I used HB it was the same I am not sure my Face is liking it. Give it one more try, Third times the Charm

Haven't done proper prep for at least the last 5 or so shaves. Honestly, results aren't bad. Sure, could be better but I find I am impatient to use the razor and for that nice feeling when you finish with the ASB and you're done. You know what I'm tlaking about

H&J Special 5/8 hollow rp
Plisson HMW 12
Lucky Tiger Shave lotion
Vintage Clydesdale strop
Trumper's alum
CADE ASB (it's colder now, some change from CSF for variety)

good shave. LT SL lets me do multiple passes without irritation (unlike many soaps and creams), which is really nice. Now, if I liked the scent it would have been even better

Cheers
Ivo

Hot shower and towel
Shavemac Best
Taylor Lavender w/Cube for a superslick superlather
15/15 laps HandAmerica Latigo Strop
Dubl Duck Bresduck Special No.1 5/8
Hydrolast Conditioner ASB Peppermint
Pecksniffs Edt

Raf

2 days growth
Hot shower


4/8 Fermarud
classic shaving coconut and lime soap
silvertip badger brush



Smooth shave very confortable.

Mon:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
hand american strop
5/8 Puma inox
Taylor's Bay Rum

very good shave.

Since Saturday's test-shave was after a shower, I did one before showering yesterday, with about 36 hours of growth on my face. The Workman performed admirably and left me with another clean, irritation-free shave, thus proving that it can take and hold a good shaving edge.

Hot Shower
Redkin Allsoft Conditioner
Hot Towel
Nanka Pre Shave Gel -- Becoming one of my favorite products
Hot Towel
Moss Schuttle
C & E Seinna Shave Cream
Hot Towel
Rooney small superbadger
TM Honey Brown Strop
5/8 Henckels Stainless Steel
Thayers Medicated Witchazel
Musgo Real Aftershave Balm

Had time this morning go up early. Great way to begin the week.

morning shave:
10/20 tm honey strop
hot shower
Colleen's highlander soap
6/8 extra hollow ground boker
3 passes nice and clean but starting to pull on the last pass... no nicks or burn though
unscented thayers witch hazel


pm shave:
hot towel 4 minutes worth (for me that means hitting the towel with fresh hot water 3 times)
trumpers almond shave cream
6/8 extra hollow ground boker, freshened up on my new TM bench hone 5 passes on boththe 1 and .5 side then 10/20 on a new TM red latigo
3 full passes, no nicks or burn and no pulling
unscented thayers witch hazel

both shaves were good but the second one bordered on great

Last night I gave the other Workman blade a shave test, together with the horn-scaled Eskilstuna frameback (thanks Ivo :D) that gave me a bit of trouble when I took it on vacation, while it wasn't quite shave-ready. It was good enough to shave, but the shaves werent' comfortable and were lacking in the closeness department.
The Workman performed as well as the other one I tested, so I'm very pleased with those blades.
After the final honing session, I am finally seeing why Ivo likes this particular model so much. The shave was on the par with any of the steady performers in my rotation.

Hot shower


6/8 Dorko
Mama Bears toasted coconut shaving cream
silvertip badger brush




nice shave. Very smooth

third shave in 26 hours.

10/30 TM red latigo
hot shower
trumper's almond cream
6/8 puma 39
3 passes (should have stopped at 2)
thayers unscented witch hazel

new lesson in razor burn :cry: i might take a day off to recover.

Proraso Pre
Mama Bears Orange Rum ( Mystery Soap ) / KMF Vanilla Earth Cream
Shavemac Silvertip
3" Hand American Strop
6/8 TI SRP Edition
Alum
Thayers Lavender WH
Aqua Velva Musk AS


Great Shave :D

Tonight I got it on with Genco Grant and some Leatherneck, right after the shower. Lovin' it :D

Hot shower

6/8 Puma
Feather pre shave
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
silvertip badger brush

Wed

B&B Finest
TM Strop
T&H 1805 cream
Union Razor and Cutlery Co. 5/8 RP
AOS Sandalwood Balm
L'Occitane Vetiver

Nice

Jordan

Joseph Rogers 6/8 wedge - Refinished by Jason
JM Fraser cream
B&B Finest Silvertip
Body Shop Tea Tree toner
Proraso Pre/Post

Great shave with this very heavy wedge.

Jason polished this to a mirror shine and made me a set of beautiful striped ebony scales.

2 days' growth

Hot towel
Honeybee Shea Chamomile soap
Plisson 12
DD Wonderedge
DD #70 strop
Moss Scuttle
Trumper's alum
Trumper's LSF

Test shave before sending off the WE. Razor performance was maybe 9+ / 10 BUT:

water in scuttle was too hot and this ruined the lather :( I usually go for a bit colder water. This time decided to experiment... Bottom line: I shouldn't have. Overall shave was sub-par as I had no patience for good new lather so just dabbed soap / water with the tips of the brush... which was not that great.

Cheers
Ivo

Beauty and the Beast

Simpson's Polo 10 in Super bathing in the Moss Scuttle getting hot while I shower.
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre-Shave
CF Lime - My Benchmark Cream
Beast - Gillette 1955 Red Tip Super Speed with Feather Shave 1
Beauty - Dubl Duck Wonderedge - Up to the whole right side and still the cheek on the left have not ventured to the chin or adams apple yet.
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Dickinsons Yellow Label WH
CF Lime ASB
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Floris Lime EDT

WOW:bow Not sure which was better the tools or the products Great Shave

Hot Shower
face scrub

15/16 Dorko
Colleens Desert Ironwood soap
silvertip badger brush





Good shave.

Dang, Rich - I was hoping for 3 Ducks in a row...

But I guess it's better this way - the name is Double Duck, after all - not Tripple, and Taz and I did a nice little number with the Wonderedges :D

Cheers
Ivo

That's true two wonderedges in a row. Wow

Henckels 5/8 (just got it in good shape)
Taylor's Avocado Cream
Proraso Balm
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouqet

Pretty good shave. Hat's off to Tony's strop and Howard's coticule for putting the finishing touches to a sharp as heck (but perhaps too flexible) blade. Got this blade in an ebay lot a few months back and it seemed like it had been used for opening boxes or something. It took a lot of effort to get it shave ready - not sure if it was worth the trouble because it's very hollow ground and very flexible.

-Steve

Proraso Pre
QED Wild Rose SS / Trumpers Rose Cream
Shavemac Silvertip
3" Hand American Strop
8/8 Henckels Fridour Spanish Point
Alum
Thayers Rose WH
Trumpers Coral SF
Czech & Speake #88 edt

Great Shave, Feels like I was beaten :eek: about the head with some Rose bushes :D

Proraso pre
Taylors rose cream
Homemade silvertip brush (how I love this thing)
RJ Outram's first edition strop
TI 7/8 silversteel red stamina
Sanex AS balm
King of shaves moisterizer

Very nice. The first time I got a nice shave out of the Taylors rose cream. The first time I tried I scratched myself up pretty bad. I like it now though, although I have to admit I still find rose scent a bit of a weird scent.

My third shave with a straight, but my first posting here...

2 days growth
Hot shower
KOS oil soaking in whilst drying off
Lather up with Haslinger Marigold soap
Cheap, reliable generic drugstore brush
Solingen made 4/8 "already honed"
20 passes on linen, 20 passes on leather with lather on
Wash now cold lather off and relather with hot
Shave almost whole face wtg
Get cocky and try a xtg
Slight nick to right cheek
Stiptic pencil to cut
Homemade aftershave balm with (censored - girlfriend wants to keep the recipe secret)
Givenchy Very Irrisistable aftershave (love the smell)

Still can't approach my chin area, mainly due to not wanting to mess up my facial hair arrangement there (been described as 70's porn star moustache with centre stripe, but i think its unfair).

Razor burnt on my neck - and a little on my left cheek which I can't quite master. All in all though, passed the girlfriend test nicely (rubbing of the face and an "ooooh"), and razor burn nothing like as bad as when I use an electric.

Getting there - but patience is something I was born with thankfully (other hobbies include Bonsais and World of Warcraft).

Cheers all

Si

Simpson's Chubby 1 in Super bathing in the Moss Scuttle getting Hot while I shower.
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre-Shave
Dr. Harris Lavender Soap
Puma 5/8 getting closer to the complete Straight Shave
Schick Injector - Pella Blades 1st Shave, Not only with the blade but also a Schick Injector, not bad not bad at all might even say I enjoyed it.
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Minty WH
Dr. Harris AS Milk
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Finished with Floris Veviter EDT

BBS http://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...ys/thumbup.gif No cuts or burn with the Straight and did a lot morehttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...guys3/clap.gif

what a nice spring day. time for a sahve with a brand new razor

hot shower

7/8 filarmonica doble temple (Classic Shaving, naturally Lynn honed)
20/20 tony miller 3inch red latigo
truefitt and hill Trafalgar cream
shavemac 410 silvertip brush
3 passes on 2 days worth of growth

BBS... no nicks of burn.
thayers unscented
T&H trafalgar cologne

a very good day.

Simpson's PJ 3 in Super bathing in the Moss Scuttle getting Hot while I shower.
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre-Shave
Salter's Mint Cream
No Straight today running Late
Schick Injector - Pella Blades 2nd Shave
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Minty WH
QED Lemon Peel ASB
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Finished with Floris Lime EDT

A Minty Citrus Dayhttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...s/thumbup1.gif

Proraso Pre
QED Wild Rose SS / Trumpers Rose Cream
Shavemac 177 Silvertip
3" Hand American Strop
7/8+ Wostenholm Wedge / Bubinga Scales by J. Chandler
Alum
Thayers Rose WH
Trumpers Coral SF
Czech & Speake #88 edt

2 days growth...What a shave, Joe did a Fantastic job on this razor restoration. It's shaves Incredibly close :D

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Hot shower ( TGQ Highlander)
Hot towel
Diamondine 5/8 stropped w TWG 4-sided
Vuflix pure badge
TGQ Leatherneck
Cold water
Thayers Witch Hazel
Pinaud Bay Rum AS

great shave.... 8 days growth gone in a flash....

Ant

Hot Shower
face scrub


15/16 Dorko
Classic coconut Lime
boar brush





Nice shave...... Smooth