Thread: June 24, 2007 - June 30,2007

Wed

Rooney sm style 1 brush
Mama Bear's GIT soap
Ontario 5/8 1/2 hollow sp
Dominica Lime/BR a/s
Dominca Lime EDC

Nice shave

shower
20/30 tm horsehide
Hilliard 6/8 round point, ivory, #3
shavemac VLB, shortest setting
Tabac soap
3 passes, like a dream
witch hazel
taylors #74 a/s

a very "scritchy" brush setting... and a great bbs shave

Shower
Proraso Pre/Post
Proraso green tube, whipped up with B&B Finest Silvertip brush
About 20 laps on a TM starter strop
Henckels 55 --- 1/4 to 1/2 hollow 5/8
Proraso AS splash
Neutrogena moisturizer (it's dry here in California and I have dry skin)

Comment: the Proraso trifecta really felt good together

Hot shower
Bay rum shaving soap from KKcogle of Ebay (great smelling stuff)
Sanguine razor
Lavander & Rose summer aftershave from Mama Bear
BBS
Stayed fresh feeling and soft all day. Can't help touching my face nowadays.
Ernest

C&E Sweet Almond Cream
B&B Finest Horn
Hand American Strop
TI PT LE
C&E Nomad ASB


Great Shave

Wacker/Geldmacher 6/8 frameback from J. Crowley
Burma Shave soap
Eveready brush


Received the razor a few days ago and honed it yesterday. Probably one of my best shaves yet. Virtually no nicks at all; my styptic pencil was feeling like the Maytag repairman. Makes me want to buy another of these framebacks. The blade had a stiff, but responsive, feel.

Proraso pre-post cream
Taylors St. James shaving cream
Edwin Jagger BB brush

20/40 TM red latigo strop
My favourite go-to, 5/8 Lewis roundpoint
3 passes

Alum rubdown
TAGMSC a/s balm

Really enjoyable shave.

hot shower
20/30 TM horsehide
shavemac VLB set to tall
Colleen's leatherneck soap
Hilliard #4, 6/8 round point ivory scales
3 passes... truly pleasant
witch hazel
dominica bay rum a/s

a very good day

Rooney Style 1 Size 1 Super
TGQ Bay Rum w/ Sweet Orange / SCS B&B Bay Rum w/ Twist
TM Honey Brown Strop
6/8 Smith Wedge / Chandler Sword scales
Masters Bay Rum AS
Ogallala Bay Rum AS
SCS B&B Bay Rum w/ Twist EDT


Great Shave