Thread: March 25, 2007 - March 31, 2007

What, no one shaved today?


Proraso Pre
Mama Bears Orange Spice Rum / SCS B&B Bay Rum Cream
B&B Finest Silvertip
3" Hand American Strop
6/8 Dorko Workedback
Alum
Thayers Lavender WH
Nivea asb
SCS B&B Bay Rum w/ twist edt

A Fine Shave

Yeah I did - just too lazy to post.

Hot shower and handtowel to face
KOS alpha
Haslinger Marigold soap
30 passes on linen 30 passes on leather
4/8 Solingen
wtg and xtg
Styptic pencil to gash on left cheek (!)
Home made aftershave balm

5th str8 shave, and amazed at the difference. Loving it.

Hot Shower


15/16 Dorko square point
Trwilliger Lemon & Cedar shaving cream
silvertip badger brush





super good shave wow BBS

Hot shower
Anthony Logistics Preshave soap
Hot towel
TOB Preshave Gel
Hot Towel
Nancy Boy Replenishing Shave Cream
Hot Towel
Moss Schuttle
C&E Large Super Badger
TM Strop
TI 5/8 Silver Steel
Classic Alum Bloc
Thayers Lavender Witchazel

What a way to start the day.

Mon:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Puma INOX modified spike
Pinaud Clubman

As a matter of fact i did not shave on sunday.

mon:

10/30 TM red latigo strop
hot shower
TGQ sandalwood and vanilla soap
shavemac 429
SRP#142 razor (yes they are not just pretty looking)
two full passes and a little touchup under the chin
thayer unscented witch hazel
TOBS no.74 after shave

beautiful smooth shave thanks to Lynn's honing skills.

Proraso Pre
Mama Bears Hydrogen / AOS Lavender Cream
Shavemac Silvertip
Dorko 5/8 #100 Roundpoint
Alum
Thayers Lavender WH
Nivea asb
D.R. Harris English Bouquet edt


What an incredible lather, a great combo.

Hot Shower

6/8 Genco spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Trumper's Violet cream
Old Spice


Terry

Getting Closer to the Full Straight Shave

Simpson Polo 10 in Super soaking in the Moss Hot Tub when I shower
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre-shave
Penhaligon's Endymion Cream
8/8 Henckels Friodur with Robert Williams Black & White Ebony Scales
Schick L Type Injector - Pella Blade Shave 3
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
QED Da Vinci Water
Penhaligon's Endymion ASB
Lucky Tiger 3 Roses Hair Tonic - My Favorite going to be bumming when my stock is depleted, they no longer make it
Finished with Penhaligon's Endymion Cologne
Awesome Shave Smells Great Too!!

Hot hot HOT shower
hotter water in Basin
Proraso pre
Homemade silvertip (of which the stone handle had gotten so hot that i think I burnt the skin of my thumb)
RJ Outram's strop
Rj Outram's testsize soap sample
7/8 TI silversteel red stamina
Hot water
Cold water
Bayrum with peppermint EO
King of shaves moisterrizer


Excellent shave. Feels very smooth. Also for a first test round of soap from RJ it's quite good already. Next time I'll be testing his Bay rum soap.