Thread: Sun July 1, 2007 - Sat July 7, 2007

Prep:
Heirloom Horsehide Strop 10 on Linen- 30 on Smooth Horse
Simpson Super Tulip 3 Soaking in Super Scuttle
Shave:
Trumpers Coral Skin Food Pre-Shave
Floris Santal SC
Puma #10 4/8
3 Passes
WWR
Ice Towel
QED Alum
Boosters Oriental Spice
Floris Santal ASB
Floris Santal EDT
Pashana Eau de Portugal Hair Tonic
BBS and Love the Smell

Hot shower

Baxter's lime body wash
Baxter's scrub

Shave

Feather Ac
Edwin Jagger Best Badger Medium
Moss scuttle
Trumpers Lime shave cream and Trumpers Coconut Oil soap mixed
Alum Block
Feather A/s
Clubman Razor bump repair gel

Hot rinse and conditioner
Hot rinse and Proraso prepost cream

Trumpers sandalwood cream
EJ BB brush

Walter Eigenbrod 6/8 roundpoint
TM red latigo strop 20/40

Cold rinse and alum rubdown
Trumpers coral skin food
JOOP! edt


Today was a landmark! I haven't had a single decent shave with the Eigenbrod since I bought it as my first razor last October. Nothing wrong with John Crowley's honing, just my inability to strop properly in the early days (ahem!).

I spent a couple of hours with TM's 4 sided pasted paddle last night and gently worked it up until it just about started to drag hairs on my forearm, at which point I had to call it a night and clean up.

Today, the shave was subliminal, the only things missing were a decent a/s and a cigar Fabulous.

Shavemac Silvertip #177
TOBS Rose shaving cream
Tony Miller Horsehide Heirloom #1 BEST Wide 3 Premium Strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Evide Sonnant Extra" razor
Trumper Coral Skin Food

Viktor

Afternoon Shave: (Right after the mailman brougt my razor)


Hot Towel
Taylor'e Pre-Shave Gel
#1 TM Strop
Colleen's Desert Ironwood Soap
7/8 W&B (New from Gary Alfonso)
Two Passes
Very little Clean Up
Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
Pinaud Bay Rum

* A Great Shave! Very Smooth! Thank You, Gary!

I too had an afternoon shave....

hot towels
20/20 TM 3 inch horsehide
shavemac vlb wide open
TGQ sandalwood soap
TIPTLE (thanks Chris)
3 passes
withch hazel
TOBS sandalwood EDT

very good shave, no issues even though the 5/8 is smaller than i normally use anymore.

American razors day

Matt custom ivory super silvertip
Trumper's violet soap
Vintage Russia Shell Select
Genco Master Barber 6/8 spike p
Robeson 2504 5/8 round p
No alum / styptic
JASON 6-in-1 ASB

Got a small cut w/ the Robeson. No blood really, but I'm still quite unhappy about it.

Since Scarface Germany shared that styptic (or was it alum?) may promote scarring I decided to skip and just went with the 6-in-1. Have enoough scars as it is Had not used this ASB for many many months - but I really enjoyed it today. Should use it more often for variety

Razors were sharp, but could be better. And I certainly prefer smoother-feeling razors. They will need some additional work

Cheers
Ivo

Fri:
Rooney small style 1 brush
Trumper's Violet soap
Hand American strop
Dovo Bergischer Lowe
Royall Spyce A/S

Great shave. There is a dry cedary note to the violet soap (that is missing from the cream) that prevents it from being feminine.

Shavemac Silvertip #177
TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap
Dovo Strop
6/8 Dovo "Bismarck" Bone Handle razor
TOBS Sandalwood AG

Viktor

Hot shower


15/16 Dorko round point
silvertip badger brush
Colleens Cavendish Black





great shave. nice and smooth