Thread: Sun June 14th - Sat June 20th

Razor: John Heifor, Sheffield
Stick: Valobra
Brush: Custom horse mane hair in horn
Balm: Kaliflower

2015-06-15

Tiki LandLocked
Omega 100% Syntex
Apollo Razor
Pacicella

SOTD 15 June 2015

Pre Shave: Floid Sandolor
Shave Soap: RazoRock XXX
Brush: Morris & Forndran XL2 2-band Finest
Razor: Bartmann High Class 505
Strop: Razor Emporium English Bridle 3"
Post Shave: Floid mentolado Vigoroso

A wonderful Shave with the most beautyful Razor in my Collection, a Safety on first sight but the Blade offers the full fun of a very fine tempered rigid Blade similar to the Swedish Engström Frameback Razor, i love this well designed self-sharpening (up to a A+ HHT) Razor :-)

Pre: Hot Water
Soap: Faena Mastic Shaving Soap
Brush: Vulfix 404 Grosvenor MIxed
Strop: No Strop, only the self-sharpening mechanism of the Razor
Razor: DeHaven Synchrokeen "Shake-Sharp"
Directions: With / Tangential
After: Old Spice AS

SOTD 6-15-15

PRESHAVE: Face wash with soap and warm/hot water
RAZOR: Matador Mastiff head with MR1 handle
BLADE: Platinum Lux (2)
SOAP: CRSW Jardin d'Orange
BOWL: Steel
BRUSH: Tweezerman Badger
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! I started out with a two day growth. This was my first shave with the Matador "Mastiff" aggressive head and I was very impressed! It is a very inexpensive head, like $10 but cuts the beard like nobody's business! The head is somewhat aggressive but pretty smooth and really quite efficient. I mean it does what it is suppose to do and you can use a bit of pressure in the tough areas without the feeling of the blade is cutting you up. I achieve a DFS/BBS in three passes which the third was more touch up in a few areas rather than a full pass! I am very surprised at its performance! I put the MR1 handle on it as I only purchased the head based on someone's recommendation that I should try it! The handle fit well and matched up quite nicely to the head so this will be my inexpensive travel razor for sure. I prefer somewhat aggressive razors and now with this, I will not feel bad if something happens to it on the road or I lose it. I dont know where it is actually made and the head looks kinda cheap and has a few flaws/scraps as received but for the money, you will not find a better one if you want something a bit more aggressive! Soap, this is also the first time I used the CRSW period and also first for this flavor of it. It is a very good soap! I have no issues with the lather, protection or slickness! The scent is pretty weak which is okay for me as I don't like strong scented soaps but even this one could use a little more scent, very hard to pickup on. No irritation and no weepers/nicks! A very good shave today indeed!

I am trying not to use the term "aggressive" as much as I did and everyone does when describing a razor head. I use smooth/efficient more so as to the actual shave one gets from using the razor because I think aggressive is an overly used term. I prefer aggressive razors but now I prefer razors that don't seem aggressive but are very smooth and very efficient! Does that mean they are "Aggressive", I don't know but to me that term means more so of actually feeling the blade on your face cutting! This head and the Wolfman's are two heads that I don't really feel the blade on my skin but they just work great in getting a DFS/BBS shave without doing a bunch of passes and still have to do some touch up. I prefer the two pass with a bit of touch up vs the three or four pass shave which to me means a better chance of irritation and/or of getting nicks!

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

Thx.

SOTD 15 Jun 15
Monday





Razor: ATT R-1 88 mm Kronos Handle
Razor Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger Black & White Marbled Resin Handle
Bowl: VDH Luxury Mug
Shower: Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Tea Tree Liquid Soap
Shampoo: Neutrogena T/Gel Therapeutic Shampoo - Extra Strength
Pre-Shave Face Wash: Neutrogena Men Invigorating Face Wash
Pre-Shave Oil: Stirling Coniferous Pre-Shave Oil
Shave Soap: Stirling Soap Co. Glacial Obsidian
Post Shave: RazoRock Alum Block
Post Shave: Jack Black Post Shave Cooling Gel
Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Coniferous

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

What worked well on Friday worked good today.(technique)
I got a BBS/DFS with "No Nicks or Weepers"
I used my Stirling Glacial for Menthol Monday.
Maybe after all of these years I have finally learned how to shave?

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Brushguy 22mm super silvertip
Proraso Green soap
Cougar 11/16"
Brummel ASL

6/8 OVB (SHB)
MW Brown Windsor
homemade synthetic
I found this blade in a drawer this weekend. I'd totally forgotten about it. I'm not wild about the scales I came up with but delighted with the blade. Jimped top and bottom and took a very nice edge. Nice shave today. Have a good one.

SOTD Monday June 15, 2015

Pre-shave: None
Brush: Classic Edge Silvertip
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89BL
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock yellow
Soap: Proraso Red
AS: Pinaud clubman
Finisher: 444

(cold water shave...brrrrrracing)



Great photos everyone!

First wedge shave today...it is an ugly unrestored (but honed) butchered John Tupton's Celebrated Sheffield razor I bought years ago and forgot about, but today I put an edge on it with a coticule and stroped the crap out of it and made a shaver....I dig the weight and the plowing ability...I'm sold on a wedge. This one is 65g. I use that huge Omega boar brush and green proraso creme and aftershave for those who care...