Thread: April 29 - May 5

20/40 Heirloom 3" horsehide...new today what an absolute beauty!
hot shower
TGQ bay rum soap
6/8 H.M. Christensen round point
3 smooth and clean passes
thayers witch hazel
TOBS bay rum

a very good day for the menagerie

hot shower
face scrub

7/8 wade & butcher
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
silvertip badger brush



Best shave ever

Neutrogena conditioner soak
Mama Bear Sandalwood Vanilla soap
Shavemac 501
5/8 Wostenholm "Peerless"
Alum block
Aqua Velva Blue

An excellent shave right up to the point where the Aqua Velva went on. A lot of guys like this stuff, and I'm trying to since it does condition well, but there's a synthetic/chemical/sort-of-but-not-quite-medicinal smell to it that comes on a few seconds after it's applied and then lingers for a while. I thought it might have been a bad combination with a particular soap the first time it happened, but I get it every time so think it's either in the bottle or something about how it reacts on me.

no shower
barbasol from a can
schlop 3 razor
old english after shave
(i was not at home)

CRAP SHAVE. (now i remember why i went straight.)

20/40 Heirloom Horse strop
hot shower
shavemac 429
TQG orange patchouli soap
6/8 Anton Wingan blond horn scales 1/4 hollow (there about)
3 passes like a hot knife through warm butter
thayers witch hazel

Two things i really happy about right now: the new Horsehide from Tony and the polished edge i'm getting off the Hunsrueck stone, also from Tony.

a very nice shave day

Owie.

I played around with honing the W H Sample using my new (old) Carborundum #115 stone, and I guess I didn't do it right, as the razor felt harsh and scrape-y against my face. I should have finished with another razor, but I stupidly plunged ahead and did three full passes with it. My face was nice and pink the rest of the day.

Could be worse, though. I lightened up the pressure, kept the blade angle down, and didn't get any cuts...

Muhle ST
T&H Trafalger Cream
TM #1 RL Strop
5/8 Revisor
Dominica BR Lime
Dominica Lime Cologne


Nice and gentle Friday morning shave.

Jordan

Fri:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 TIPTLE
6/8 Sheffield round tip
Royall Lymes

Great shave from both razors. Sheffield steel really does make a great-feeling edge.

hot shower


4/8 Femarud
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
sivertip badger brush




good shave

20/30 TM Heirloom horsehide strop
hot shower
Muehle pinsel silvertip brush
Colleen's Provence Lavender soap
8/8 Robert Williams, stag horn
3 passes, one nick on the earlobe when i was not watching the point, alum to the rescue!
Thayer's witch hazel
TOBS #74 a/s splash

third time with the Williams and i think i have the balance worked out between the massive scales and large blade.. i needed to rotate the scales a bit further forward and the torque on the edge balanced. This is harder with the off-hand but practice, practice, practice.