Thread: March 25, 2007 - March 31, 2007

Anthony Logistics preshave soap
Hot Towel
Trufitt & Hill preshave oil
Hot towel
TOB Lavender Shave Cream
Hot Towel
Moss Scuttle
Rooney Small Super Badger
Lather
TM Strop
7/8 Solengin
Classic Alum Bloc
Thayers Lavender Witchazel
Trumpers Coral Skin Food

The Sun is out this morning

Hot shower

4/8 Femarud
taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
silvertip badger brush






nice shave with one pass

there were robins (three) in my yard... maybe the snow will all melt now.

20/30 TM red latigo
Hot shower
Muehle Pinsel olivewood handled silvertip 23mm brush
Trumper's Almond shave cream
5/8 spike point Boker "the celebrated hollow ground razor" (open more champagne)
2 passes and some touch up on the chin
one tiny nick near the left ear... alum to the rescue.. looks fine now.
TOBS #74 after shave

not too bad of a day, FYI i shave in the mornings and usually do not get a chance to post until the evening.

Dovo 5/8 carbon model 300
60 passes on linen Barbers Best strop
60 passes on leather Illinois 206 strop
30 passes on linen Barbers Best strop
30 passes on leather Illinois 206 strop
Hot water splash
Hot washcloth
Paraso pre-shave applied with Wal-Mart boar brush
Hot washcloth
Paraso shaving soap applied with above brush
20 passes on linen Barbers Best strop
20 passes on leather Illinois 206 strop
10 passes on linen Barbers Best strop
20 passes on leather Illinois 206 strop
Colonel Conk Bay Rum soap on top of the Paraso shaving soap applied with same brush

* Now we can start shaving *

hot washcloth
Colonel Conk Bay Rum soap applied with same brush
20 passes on linen Barbers Best strop
40 passes on leather Illinois 206 strop

* Second pass - against the grain *

Colonel Conk Bay Rum soap applied with the same brush
20 passes on leather Illinois 206 strop

* Touch up pass *

Dickenson's Witch Hazel
(No use to waste the after shave as I was getting ready for bed)

*** Best shave yet!!!! ***

Call me a stroppin' fool

Bob

Woot! Full shave, no mach 3, no stray hairs and no nicks!!!

Hot shower
KOS pre shave whilst drying off
Hot towel
Haslinger marigold soap
30 strops on linen 30 on leather
wtg only, but full face including tricky bits around the goatee/chin area
No cuts, minor abrasion to chin that is now invisible
Home-made aftershave balm
Givency Very Irresistible aftershave

Nice. Feel almost as proud as my face feels good.

Hot shower
face scrub

6/8 Puma
Taylor of OBS St James coll shaving cream
silvertip badger brush




nice shave smooth

Hot Shower

5/8 Torrey spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TGQ Oak & Moss soap
Michelsen's Bay Rum

TGQ Oak & Moss soap is OUTSTANDING!!!!


Terry

Getting Closer to the Full straight shave. Today my whole right side including chin and on the left my cheeks and easy part of neck I would say about 70%. No Blood Shed or redness all

Simpson's Chubby 1 in Super sitting in the Moss Scuttle Hot Tub while I shower.
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre Shave
QED Wild Orange Soap
Torrey Gibraltar 5/8
Gillette 55 SS Red Tip Derby Shave 2
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Minty WH
eShave White Tea ASB
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Finished with Penhaligon's LP9 Cologne

-Leatherneck with 2 drops of Peppermint EO
-C&E BB
-W&B wedge (full resto, including re-scaling by yours truly)
-OS+Neutrogena RD

Very nice and smooth. Can't stop faceturbating now

Nanka Preshave Gel
Hot Towel
QED Rose Shaving Soap
C&E Large Super Badger
TM Strop
Udahl 5/8 Stainless
Thayers Rose Witchazel

Nice Shave. I don't know what's in this soap (it's great) but I get a real tingling sensation on my face. It's nice, feels like it's doing something.