Thread: Sun May 30th - Sat June 06th

Originally Posted by Damo

Some amazing razors this week - the Belbo, Hess (blued logo) 11/16 Rodgers all spring to mind.
I was scraping the barrel here running out of my favourite shave product
Proraso pre-shave, Tabac Cream with Glycerine, Herder 6/8, Alcolado splash

That's a razor I've not seen you with before Damian very nice, I hope you will eventually send it my way for honing so I can take a closer look.

SOTD - 6/5/2015

Pre - Hot shower with Dominica Bay Rum bar soap
Lather - Mike's Natural Bay Rum shave soap
Brush - Rubberset 200-3 / V. Sheng Silvertip Badger
Razor - Ralf Aust 6/8 Full Hollow
Post - Dominica Bay Rum aftershave

SOTD 6-5-15

PRESHAVE: Face wash with soap and warm/hot water
RAZOR: iKon OSS with Bamboo handle
BLADE: Voskhod (new)
SOAP: Mitchell's Wool Fat
BOWL: VDH
BRUSH: VDH Boar
POST: Rinse with warm/hot water to get soap off and then some cold water rinses/splashes and pat try.

Comments: The shave today was very good. The iKon OSS with a Voskhod blade worked pretty well. Even though I have to do an extra pass to get the shave I was getting from the Wolfman but the iKon does a good job and I can apply a bit more pressure in the areas that will usually need touching up during the passes and in return I have less touch up to do. I mainly use the OC side of it throughout the shave! Soap was very good as usual the MWF never lets me down! The lather, protection and feel throughout the shave and the post shave feel was great! The blade was fine but doesn't feel as sharp to me as my other go-to's! No irritation at all and no weepers/nicks.

Please feel free to leave comments on any items us
ed as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out! Of course, YMMV!

Thx

Wacker Chevalier Razor, Muhle V2 Synthetic Brush, MdC Shaving Soap, Ocean Cologne

Razor: Ali's Blade - Ojii Chan 13/16
Strop: Scrupleworks
Brush: Moss STF XL Synthetic
Lather + Balm + EdT: Alvarez Gomez

Originally Posted by evnpar

Razor: Ali's Blade - Ojii Chan 13/16

Very clean looking blade. I like it.

[QUOTE=murf;1504767]SOTD - 6/5/2015

Beautiful Razor murf: Thanks for Posting

June 5 - Shave 3
Prep: Hot shower, Nivia Face wash
Brush: Omega 48
Preshave: Stirling Mentha Preshave oil
Soap: TSD Lanolin Signature 2x ice scent
Razor: "Spike" Henry Sears and Sons 1865, round point, 5/8
Growth: 1.5 days
Post: Cold water splash, alum, Clubman AS, Proaso Green + m-bomb post shave balm.
Passes: WTG, XTG, WTG
DE: Gillette SS with Wilkinson (5)

Tonight was all about getting that BBS. HASHTAGCHASINGIT!

So many exciting things to share tonight! Not only did I welcome two new whipped dogs to the rotationm, but actually added 4 new razors! Two were my whipped dogs (thanks Larry) and two flea market finds freshly cleaned and honed by Glen (@[USER=2180]gssixgun[/USER]) I started my shave this evening prior to checking the mail so I didn't even know my gemstar reconditions were in! So I took spike out for a spin on my face. Being that it's a round point, I didn't have to be as careful while shaving.

What a pleasure shaving with spike. Great shaver. I struggled with the stretching due to soap slickness - yeah hashtaggreatsoapproblems (@[USER=6]Queen of Blades[/USER]) honestly the easiest soap to load and produce a great, slicker, lather. Off my "soap" box...

After three easy passes with very little preasure, I move to the DE to chase the BBS! The only thing needed was a neck XTG and a neck ATG pass. GOT IT!!! So happy the have established a process - during the week, no DE. weekend - add the DE to "clean the goatee. I will say that in my process of working a handlebar goatee, I'm not 4 weeks out and entering that "freakin' annoyoning" phase.
Cheers!
Eric
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Badger Brush
TOBS Grapefruit Soap
Neil Miller Shell Strop
C-Mon Royal Razor
Stirling British Leather AS