8/8 Henkel Friordur
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Weleda Shave Cream
Weleda Rasierwasser
Penhaligon Endymion
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8/8 Henkel Friordur
PREP
Superior Brushes Chubby 2 Best Badger replica
Weleda Shave Cream
Weleda Rasierwasser
Penhaligon Endymion
Simpson Chubby 1 in Super Soaking in the Moss Hot Tub
Hot Shower - MB Rosemary-Mint Shampoo & Issy Guinness & Bay Rum
Soap Great Lather Great Scent - Day to on th soap this is great stuff
CF Pre-Shave
Muhle Ocean Algae Soap
Roberts 9/8 RP in Giraffe Bonehttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...ys/001_tt1.gif
10/30 Heirloom #1 Horsehide
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Thayer's Rose Toner
Code Blue ASB
Lucky Tiger 3 Roses Hair Tonic
Finished With Floris Veviter EDT
Great Shavehttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...s/thumbup1.gif
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Monday
Rooney small style 1 brush
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet soap
Hand American strop
Dovo Bergischer Lowe
Royall Lyme A/S
Only a 1-pass shave, but it was close enough that it wasn't worth relathering and doing a second pass - not for a Monday, anyway.
Hot Shower
15/16 Dorko
silvertip badger brush
Colleen's Oak & Moss shaving cream
C&E Nomad shaving balm.
Wonderful shave.
Hot Towel Routine
5/8, Beau Brummel
A few laps on a TM Paddel
Proraso Pre-Shave
Old no name pure badger
C/S Rose shave soap(surprixingly good soap)
Two passes, WTG & ATG
Clubman
No DE:)
Wonderful!:tu
Mon
AOS Fine badger
Speick cream
Hess 5/8 wedge
Tabac a/s
Tabad EDC
A truly great shave. :tu
Jordan
TM Paddle Strop
Hot Towel
Proraso Pre-Shave
Hot Towel
No Name Pure-Badger
"Black Canyan" Shave Soap
5/8, W&B Wedge
Two Passes
Clean up neck w/Gillette Fat-Boy Adj., #1 setting
Rinse Luke Warm Water
Rinse Cold Water
"Master" Bay Rum
GREAT!:tu BBS
Simpson Chubby 2 in Super Soaking in the Moss Hot Tub
Dr. Harris Pre-Shave
QED Wild Rose Soap
30 on Heirloom #1 in Horsehide
Anderson's 7/8 FP - Not a popular one but really a nice Shaver plus Joe made it look Purdeehttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...s/thumbup1.gif
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Thayer's Rose Toner
Oxygen ASB
Very Relaxing Evening Shavehttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...ys/001_tt1.gif
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Decided to mix it up a bit today
Plisson HMW 12 Horn
Trumper's violet ss prep lather
Dr. Moss Scuttle large blue
Trumper's Rose sc (didn't get ratio, too watery :rant: )
Tabac ss (2rd + pass)
Vintage Russia shell strop
6/8 Myers rp
8/8 Friodur rp worked back Giraffe scales from RW
Trumper's alum
Musgo Real ASB (I know, CSF must be mad)
The Friodur is ready to ship to buyer after 20 more laps on Chromium. Solid 10/10 and I am a bit sorry to let it go. Maybe I should reconsider my attitude to stainless...
Myers was nice, ready to go to its new owner too (but not as nice as the Friodur :rolleyes: )
Trumper's soap and cream got owned by Tabac... again. Gotta love this soap
Nice shave
Cheers
Ivo
Hot shower
Proraso pre
Silvertip badger with selfmade handle
Mammabear's Bay rum and tangerine soap (I believe it's called marauder now)
Outram strop
Worldmaster 6/8 silversteel with cocobolo scales
Aloë Vera gell combined with Axel F's homemade Bayrum with added peppermint
KOS moisterizer
Very nice. I'd forgotten that Mammabear's stuff is that good. I'll be picking it up again soon.
Conditioner in Shower
Porasso
AOS Fine Badger
6/8 Fredrick Reynolds
Alum
Aqua Velva Blue
Quick, Clean, Not a Whisker Left
Tue:
Rooney small style 1 brush
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet soap
Hand American strop
6/8 Wacker "Stippleback"
Pinaud Clubman
Excellent shave.
Tue
Rooney Style 1 sm
QED Wild Rose Soap
Tony Miller Strop
Challenge 5/8 SP
Coral Skin Food
TOBS No. 74 Limes cologne
Nice
Jordan
Hot shower
4/8 Femarud
silvertip badger brush
Taylor of OBS sandalwood shaving soap
C&E Sandalwood shaving balm.
Yesterdays shave was so good it was hard to find anything to shave.
Honeybee Chamomile Shea ss
Plisson HMW
Vintage Russia Shell
RW custom
Trumper's alum
Trumper's CSF
Came back to this soap after a long break. Still very good
What an edge on the RW... It seems that it got sharper since the last use
Cheers
Ivo
Conditioner and face scrub in shower
Hot Towel with Lather to start
Mama Bear Rosemary Mint
Rooney's Finest
Bergfeld & Son 6/8
2 passes ... WTG, ATG
Splash of cold water
Alum
Aqua Velva Musk
Slightly longer shave this morning... which should have been saved for a day I woke up early, but i just couldn't help myself.
wed:
Rooney small style 1 brush
T&H Grafton cream
Feather AC, super pro blade
Taylor's Sandalwood A/S
Something different today. I haven't used either the feather or a cream in many months. Decent but not great shave; the feather never seems to shave me as well as it should.
Hot Shower
5/8 Dorko
Silvertip badger brush
Taylor of OBS St James shaving cream
Very good shave..smoooooth
Wed
Rooney sm no. 1 finest
TM strop
TGQ Lemon Tea Verbena soap
6/8 Revisor
Aqua Velva
Finally got this razor back in the zone. Great shave.
Jordan
B&B Finest Silvertip
Loaded with Taylors Avocado
Kropp 6/8
Proraso A/S Balm
Old Spice A/S to finish
:y
http://www.mastershavers.com/sitebui...ve-240x169.jpg
Did not shave yesterday to make this worth its wild. Found this place in Columbus, OH and let me tell you what an experience. The Gentleman John Bowman has been Shaving for more then 30 years and then took his old school experience and got trained by Truefitt & Hill Master Shavers. Had his Regency Shave here is there description
Our Regency shave combines a hot lathered shave of an old time barber shop with the rejuvenating qualities of a modern spa. The Master Shaver experience dotes upon you with nine towels, our glycerin-based hot lather, citrus pre-shave oil loaded with 10 essential oils and other intoxicating secrets to moisture and hydrate your face as we soften your beard to prepare you for the smoothest shave possible.
To the sound of soothing music, the second have of our 1 hour luxury shaving session consists of an anti-aging facial. This half of our formula is meant to take out the stress the world puts in. We apply our 200,000,000 year old Australian mud to your face. the active clay with its dynamic skin healing ability due to Zeolite activity along with bother elements will make your skin feel new, and you feel like you just had 8 hours of fresh sleep.
That is his description and it does not do it justice. all the little details like the towels sprayed with lavender EO, The mud has Sandalwood oil. Of course outstanding cleansing exfoiliating and moisturizing. If you are in Columbus you must check John out. worth every penny and then some. Also next time he is going to use one of my razors.
With all this said he is also a wonderful gentlemen that would fit right in with our group. He gets truly excited about this art. He could not believe the things I was telling him about are group. Check out his site here it is not completely done but you will get the idea.
Plain and simple if you are even close to Columbus make the trip.
http://www.mastershavers.com/index.html
OK, I admit:
Whenever I see the name "Taz" in the SOTD I always check it out, looking forward to a nice photo / set-up. Can I be the only one?
This time - something different, but still very interesting :)
Cheers
Ivo
Looks nice Taz. It's a bit out ofmy way to just "give it a try" but good if you're there.
Hot shower
Coalface facial soap
Homemade silvertip
TAGMSC soap combined with Taylor's Rose cream for lather (and amazing were the smells and sights of fluffy white stuff flying about as I was using my brush)
TI 7/8 silversteel spike point
Outram strop
Homemade "love tonic" combined with aloë vera gel for an aftershave.
Woohoo!!! might have been the best so far (and I've been doing this for over a year now). I finally figured out that the hair under my ears/sideburns near the yawline grow UP instead of down. I was able to deal with it bu shaving DOWN on that area (I don't do a downwards stroke anywhere else on my face).
Smooth...SMOOTH!!! I'm happy. Everytime you think "this can't get any better" it does and prooves you wrong.
Thu:
Rooney small #1 finest
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Puma INOX
Harris face milk
Hot shower
conditioner
6/8 Dorko
silvertip badger brush
Lemon & Cedar twillgweyqwiyw shaving cream
Hot rinse and conditioner
Proraso prepost
Sharpened my 5/8 Lewis RP on TM 4-sided pasted paddle that arrived today
40 laps on TM Red Latigo strop
EJagger BB brush
Taylors Shaving Shop cream
Alum rubdown followed by Witchazel and aloe
Trumpers coral skin food
Pinaud Clubman a/s
Fantastic shave, improved by TM's paddle strop which sharpened the edge of my razor brilliantly. So pleased with the results today. :tu
Thur
Overslept...
Honeybee spa soap
AOS Fine badger
Murkur Progress- booo! I know, I know...
Harris Sandalwood a/s (love this stuff)
SCS Sandalwood EDT
One pass, mediocre shave...
Jordan
i have used the same set up for the last 3 days, and it has been great.
the razor... this one from Iwan:
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hot shower
20/50 TM horsehide
B&B 2006 Finest, ebony
Taylor's Sandalwood shave cream
7/8 Livi - Takeda damascus olive wood (stole the image from Iwan)
3 passes, no need for alum
witch hazel
Taylor's Sandalwood EDT
just been great the extra (for me) stropping has helped making it seem to be smoother each day
Conditioner and face scrub in shower
TOBS Avacado!
Shavemac 501
Bergfeld & Son 6/8
Splash of cold water
Alum
Coral Skin Food
Slight surface slice on the cheek...Yikes that hasn't happened in a while
Fri:
Rooney small #1 finest
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet soap
Hand American strop
7/8 Friodur spike w/ oryx scales
Harris face milk
wonderful shave. This used to be my favorite razor, and now I remember why.
Hot shower
7/8 W&B Vlad special
silvertip badger brush
classic shaving coconut lime soap
scuttle.
Old Spice
A fine shave and OLd Spice is a scent that is hard to beat.
Fri
Rooney style 1 sm
TM strop
TGQ Lime Margarita soap
7/8 Friodur
TGQ Menthol a/s
Dominica Lime cologne
After some difficulty, I'm finally getting this razor back in the zone. Does it just need more because its stainless? Great shave.
Jordan
Hot rinse & proraso prepost
Proraso shaving cream
Ejagger BB brush
Proraso shaving cream
Walter Eigenbrod 6/8 roundpoint
Alum rub
Witch hazel and cedarwood splash
Trumpers Coral skinfood
JOOP a/s
BBS all the way, great shave.
Soak Vulfix 377
Shower ... Dunhill for men (1934) body wash
lather up Kiss My Face mint in 5" horn palm bowl
apply to face ... ooh, cooling!
one pass with Feather AC ... third day with a new proguard blade ... rounding into a perfect shave ... yes, I can get away with one pass with this set-up!
Nivea ASB
Dunhill Man cologne.
I was tempted to go post wit Proraso pre-post for even more cooling ... maybe next time. I really like having my Feather blade in this state, once the extreme sharpness has worn off. Tomorrow, SCS Fairway soap.
Hot rinse and Proraso pre/post cream
Taylors St. James shaving cream
Edwin Jagger BB brush
Krusius 5/8 yellowheart (Licked up on TM's 4 sided pasted strop and then on Red Latigo)
Hot and cold rinse and alum rubdown
Thayers Witch Hazel with Lemon and Aloe
Proraso a/s balm
Proraso a/s
Great BBS shave!
Sat
Muhle ST
TGQ Savon de Compte cream
TM strop
F. Fenney 7/8 wedge
Harris Sandalwood a/s
Penhaligons Quercus
Gotta go with the wedge lip lopper now and then. Great shave.
Jordan