Thread: April 22, 2007 - April 28, 2007

Sunday morning,

20/30 TM honey brown
Hot shower
shavemac 429
TGQ Bay rum
6/8 Boker "Celebrated"
3 passes
thayers witch hazel

nice and clean, a great shave day

2 days of growth
Hot shower


15/16 Dorko spike
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
Silvertip badger brush.



Very nice shave. very smooth

Day and a half growth
Shower and conditioner on whiskers
Mama Bear masculine musk soap
Shavemac 501
6/8 Frederick Reynolds
Alum
Old Spice A/S

Just the basics, and one of those great shaves that makes this so worthwhile.

Day Off back to the Straights

Shavemac 30mm Silver Tip sitting in the Moss Hot Tub waiting till I shower
C&F Pre-Shave
C&F Lime
Robert Williams 9/8 in Giraffe Bone Scales - First Impression WOW
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Cucumber Toner
Pinaud Hair Tonic
C&F Lime ASB
Finished with Floris Lime EDT

Getting better with every shave still can not get BBS around the chin but getting there.

20/30 TM latigo
hot towels-- 5 minutes worth
TGQ sandalwood soap
shavemac 429
5/8 T Boehmes -- new ebay arrival-- ugly but a good shave
3 passes like a knife through warm butter
witch hazel
TOBS sandalwood EDT

a good shave day

Tabac Soap
Shavemac Silvertip
Handamerican Strop
6/8 TI
Alum
Ogallala Bay rum Aftershave
Ogallala Bay rum Cologne


Great Shave, Ogallala is some nice stuff

Great shave this morning.

I used the Dovo 5/8, along with this Van Der Hagen "Deluxe" soap I picked up at Walgreen's. It was $2.46, so I had my doubts, but it lathered up really well. I had gotten up a little early, so I took my time and did three complete passes, stropping between each one(!)

I think it helped.

Gold-Dachs Spezial
5/8 Dovo-made C-Mon
Royall Lymes A/S

good shave

~ 1 week's growth

shower
Plisson HMW 12
Tabac ss
Vintage Clydesdale strop
Butcher Bros spike
Heljestrand MK 10
Alum
Coral SF

Great shave - no cuts / irritation.

Razors cut well, but I got the impression the growth was a bit much for them to slide effortlessly. I guess a bigger and heavier blade would have been more appropriate (but I wanted to test-shave with these). They did well ATG / XTG after I reduced / eliminated the growth in the first pass.

Cheers
Ivo

ps I forgot I had a Joe Chandler-honed great shaver to test and could compare with these two - how unfortunate

Went Brushless
Dr. Harris Pre-Shave
Molton Brown Supershave Olibanum
Anderson 8/8 Wedge in Snakewood courtesy of Joe C.
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Em's Minty WH Toner
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
QED Lemon Peel ASB
Finished with Opus 1870

Looking for a Shaving Cream I can use when in a rush it was actually not bad the Brushes are not going any where though, Will try the Aveda to and see which one I like best.