Thread: Sun June 28th - Sat July 04th

Razor: Wolfman OC
Blades: Iridium Super
Brush: Plisson synthetic
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: The Art of Shaving
Balm: Muhle
Finish: Royal Copenhagen

Just back from Valery at the Gentleman's Den, the second Wade and Butcher I ever purchased, fantastic chopper with a smile, went back for a tune up and a visit.

No strop - fresh off the hones
Walleyman Custom Badger Brush
Castle Forbes Cedar and Sandalwood Shave Soap
Floid Blue AS

W&B, 9/8, Chopper in blonde horn

Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap (refill, repack) • Omega S-Brush Beehive S10081 24x55x105mm
Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power with Multi5 GFPGP5 #143
Rodolfo Landini Vetiver After Shave

SOTD: Thursday - July 2, 2015

July 2 - 5 the shaves will be the same, except for the brush.

Arko Stick - Grated
Simpsons P8 TSN LE Brush
Merkur 37C Razor
Feather Blade
Floid Blue After Shave

Bartmann 86
Oscar11 H.I.S. brush
Martin de Candre soap
Coconut Oil

Thursday 2 July 2015



Traveling with the Last Mastro Livi New Grind

It is the beginning of July and I am on the road again. For this trip I decided to bring with me a very rare piece of history about straight razors: the last new grind Mastro Livi razor, the one which ended the glorious era of these worldwide famous Mastro Livi razors and of which I filmed the making. I also brought with me my new shaving soap because I want to test it with different waters and brushes. I want to see whether this shaving soap I made is capable of the amazing performance I had at home. Well, it confirmed all of its amazing qualities and I will continue using it until the end of this trip. And this last Mastro Livi New Grind will certainly be the very best companion I could dream of for this test.

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
• Brush: Optim'Hom Synthetic J 082
• Bowl: Chinese Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi "The Last New Grind", 6/8 Half Hollow, Round Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Argan Olive Oil
• After Shave: Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla

2 July 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* Super 3-Band + ZenShave C7 Snakewood
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Was in a hurry today so no time to take a pic but I did enjoy my shave.
SOTD; JULY 02 2015
Pre: Musgo Lime
suds: C & E Nomad
Brush: Boar
razor: Greaves stub tail
post: alum
A/S: Tabac.

An invigorating wake up call that was thoroughly enjoyed.
Cheers gents.

SOTD July 2nd

・Proraso White
・FS Pur-Tech 24mm
・Friodur 472
・4711 Portugal AS Lotion

Warm shower followed by cold water shave.
Was going OK until I got distracted ,& then I sliced my neck below jawline, then nicked my nostril.
Note to myself this hasn't happened for a long time.
Woops wake up Paul.
Razor Dovo Bergisher Lowe
Taylor's mint shave cream
Santa Maria Novella Patchouli aftershave
Brush Kent Infinity synthetic+ styptic pencil
Result shave was OK but I will try using the same setup next shave to see if I get better results with Hot Water Shave.
Felling chilled & happy
Cheers Guys
Paul
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