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22 July 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft Short-Comb + Tuckaway
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Doug Korn All-Amber Taca
* Mystic Water Brown Windsor
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

SRD 3" Roo Strop
Plisson HMW Badger Brush
Classic Edge Scuttle
T&H 1805 Shaving Soap
Floid Original AS

Wade and Butcher

Originally Posted by Phrank

Wade and Butcher

Phrank, I used to like you until you kept using that gorgeous W&B! Now, thanks to you (not really) my RAD knows no limit!

July 22nd, SOTD
Two days’ growth
Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Cattaraugus Cutlery Co Green Lizard Model B54GL
Strop: Drygulch Chromexcel/ Linen (10 laps Linen/ 10 laps Leather pre and post)
Soap: Maggard Orange Menthol
Brush: Spalted Maple Brush with Badger Knot
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Maggard Orange Menthol Splash

50th Straight Razor shave! I am half way there now, right?

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

Phrank, I used to like you until you kept using that gorgeous W&B! Now, thanks to you (not really) my RAD knows no limit!

Well I guess you'll have to get your hate on then...I have a 7 Day set of those.....this one's Tuesday's!!

Just like you to call it how it is. ..alrighty then, I officially hate you, my friend.

SOTD 7-22-15

Comments: OMG, I just got my first FULL straight shave and didn't use my Wolfman in the picture for the cleanup pass! I did WTG, XTG and then a mix of ATG/XTG for a cleanup and it worked great! On the first pass I got a nice nick right below/on the the edge of the bottom lip and I could tell as soon as I set the razor down there, I was cut and it made me mad! I finished the first pass stopping every couple of seconds to wipe the blood off and once the first pass was done, I rinse and used the steptic pencil on it to closed it up. I then continued to finished the shave with another full pass and a cleanup type pass, which worked fine! No irritation today and although I did NOT get a BBS, I did get real close and a DFS for sure! . No issues with the Soap Commander as it lathers easy and gave me very good protection throughout the shave. All in all, it was a very, very good shave today but could have been better (no nick)!

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.

Michael Waterhouse Custom 7/8
Neil Miller Shell Cordovan
Zen Shave STF XL Synthetic
Mike's Lily of the Valley