Thread: May 20, 2007 - May 26, 2007

Tue

Rooney sm style 1
Honeybee Bay Rum soap
Challenge 5/8 sp
Dominica Bay Rum Lime
Penhaligon's Hammon Bouquet


Nice and smooth

Jordan

Shower
Taylors Avacado cream
Shavemac 30 mm Super Badger
Moss Scuttle
5/8 Wonderedge squarepoint
TM strop
Alum block
AOS Hyrdosol

Nice BBS shave!

-Fred

Hot shower


15/16 Dorko round point
Colleen's Cavendish Black
silvertip badger brush






very nice shave.

Wed.

Rooney sm style 1
Mama Bear's Eucalyptus soap
Eicker and Sohn 11/16 RP
AOS Sandalwood gel
Penhaligon's Quercus


Jordan

20/40 TM horsehide
shower
TGQ bay rum soap
Shavemac 429
7/8 spike filly
3 passes no burn or nicks
Dominica Bay rum

a good shave day

Testing the Dorko (after a bit pulling on 10 days' beard) - today only 1 day of stubble

Custom Matt Super Silvertip ivory handle
Trumper's Violet soap
6/8 Dorko
Puma strop
Trumper's alum
Trumper's CSF

Good shave, but razor is just 9+ / 10. I know it can get better. Good news - 2 passes, not BBS but very comfortable, no nicks or irritation

Cheers
Ivo

Thu:

Rooney small style 1
Trumper's Almond soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Puma Inox
Harris face milk

Outstanding shave today. The scent of the Trumpers is starting to grow on me, which I find slightly worrisome...

Back to basics...
Last night I was too tired to mix and test Colleen's creams (sorry Colleen), so I decided to use one of the soaps I had lying around. After (literally) blowing the dust off the cake of Williams that I had lying around, I let it soak while I took a shower. When I got out, I whipped up the lather and went for a 2-passer. The lather whipped up easily and even though it became mildly anemic by the end of each pass, it still did its job. It performed very well and I got a very nice shave out of it.
Therefore, you don't need to spend a lot of money to enjoy a good shave. You won't get Colleen's glide, Giovanni's fluff and their exquisite scents, but you will still have an enjoyable shaving experience.

Hot Shower

5/8 Fredrick Reynolds spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tabac soap
Tabac AS


Terry

Hot Towel Routine
Proraso Pre-shave cream
U-Men sc
Muehle-Pinsel Silver tip
W&B, 11/16, honed by Bill Ellis (my 1st shave with it)
CSF (didn't really need it)
Clubman "Original"

* My best, yet (sounds familiar?) This Bill Ellis special will be my favorite A great shaver!!!