Thread: April 1, 2007 - April 7, 2007

Tue:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Illinois #127 strop
5/8 Puma #69 half hollow round tip
Old Spice A/S

Good shave. The Puma is very very close to where it needs to be. A few more laps on the arkansas should do it.

20/30 TM Latigo strop
hot shower
TGQ provence lavender
shavemac 429
6/8 t. hessenbruch, spike point
3 passes
thayers witch hazel
TOBS sandalwood EDT

a nice little shave, the edge is not perfect so it will be on the norton again before going to it's owner.

Test shave before sending off Beau Brummel 40
5 or so days' growth

shower
Lucky Tiger Shave Lotion
Plisson 12
Vintage Clydesdale shell strop
Beau Brummel 5/8 Full Hollow Spike
Trumper's alum
Trumper's LSF

Sale pending on this razor so I wanted to test it. I felt it was up to par and didn't even prepare a back-up. Had worked on sessions - various hones, including Norton, oiled Escher, and kosher coticule, followed by CrO2. 30 linen, 60 leather (strop has very little drag)

Shave was undoubtedly 10 / 10 experience, no irritation / cuts. Probably my best shave in the past couple of months. However, I think good prep had a lot to do with it. Have a feeling that the razor is actually 9+ / 10 at this point. I believe it can be better (based on other BB I have used).

Overall: very satisfied with this shave

Cheers
Ivo

Wed:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Waterville spike

Great shave from a great razor. The razor was a gift from Ivo (thanks Ivo!) and has honed up to be one of my best shavers.

Michael - reading this makes my day

Cheers
Ivo

hot shower


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






ok shave not great today.

Tried somthing Different

Hot Towel
Nanka Pre Shave Gel mixed with QED Lime Soap
Moss Schuttle
Hot Towel
C&E Large Super Badger
TM Strop
TI 5/8 Silver Steel
Classic Alum Bloc
Thayers Rose Witchazel

Great Shave

Proraso pre-shave cream
Dovo Bismark 6/8
TGQ Leatherneck
Vuflix pure badger
TWG paddle strop
Thayers WitchHazel

great shave... Leatherneck is growing on me. Still hasn't supplanted Cavendish Black but has moved ahead of Highlander.

Ant

Shavemac 501
Mama Bear Tangerine/Bay
6/8 Bengall
Alum
Jako A/S splash

My First complete straight Shave, Not BBS but No burn, weepers or blood shed. All in all a pretty good shave. Used this for my first full Shave:


Shavemac 167 Sliver Tip 30 mm Soaking in the Shuttle Hot Tub waiting for me to get out out of the shower.
TH Pre-Shave Oil
TH 1805 Cream
Mastro 7/8 What a Beauty
3 passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Cucumber WH
Dr. Harris AS Milk
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Finished with TH 1805 EDT