Thread: Sunday July 8th - Saturday July 14th, 2007

Thursday:

Kent BK4
TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap
TM Horsehide Heirloom #1 BEST Wide 3 Premium Strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Evide Sonnant Extra" razor
TOBS Sandalwood ASG

Smooth and fresh shave. ;-)

Viktor

thurs 7/12

shower

20/30 TM #1 horsehide
BB 2006 finest silvertip
trumper's almond cream
TIPTLE
3 passes
witch hazel
dominica bay rum a/s


another great smooth day.

Ze French are coming! But a Brit ruled

3 days' stubble
hot shower + towel
Plisson HMW 12 horn
L'Occitane CADE soap
TIPTLE
Vintage Russia Shell Select
Taylor EW 6/8 rp
CWR
Lanvin Aprege ASB

The TIPTLE + Plisson looked so nice together, I decided to go w/ French soap and ASB. However, I needed to test the TEW too so it ruined my planned Total French Extravaganza

TIPTLE: came to me brand spanking new "super sharp" and the vendor asked me to NOT HONE OR STROP! I always have reserves about factory honing, and generally refuse to shave with an unstropped razor, but promised him to test as is. Well, no surprise - it is a great razor: great balance, and HHTs and thumb pad were nice BUT it pulled (even though it went after the TEW so the lather had some extra time to work for it) Not too bad of a performance: 9 or 9+ out of 10. But I expect to get it to 10+ level with some tweaking. Nothing less from it will satisfy me

TEW: this one doesn't look anything special. However, it was at least 10 or 10+ shaver and mopped the floor with the TIPTLE, going first out. Very smooth on skin This is the first razor to get the ultra Japanese natural hone love. It is too early to say, but it seems it's working well

I will probably be selling the TEW and will do my best to get the TIPTLE to shave better than it, of course - I am sure the TIPTLE has greater potential and looks incomparably hotter. But tonight the British won hands down

Cheers
Ivo

Friday:

Best badger shaving brush (Executive Shaving)
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap
TM Horsehide Heirloom #1 BEST Wide 3 Premium Strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Evide Sonnant Extra" razor
Trumper Coral Skin Food

Great shave.

Viktor

happy Triskaidekaphobia!
hot shower
25/40 TM #1 horsehide
TH trafalgar cream
BB finest silvertip
6/8 Ed Wuststof #144 "Tridente
3 passes
Trumper's extract of limes a/s

a nice comfortable shave. this was an eboy special... boiling water, barbercide, a little maas, 50 laps on a belgium blue(wet), 75 on the yellow(wet), 20 on the hunsrueck... first time i ever bothered to count 30 minutes to sanitize, clean and hone

Friday, 7/13



TM, #1 Heirloom, 3" Strop (60 passes)
5/8, Beau Brummel
No Name Pure Badger
Hot Towel
Taylor's Pre-Shave Gel
Floris SS in Old Spice Mug
1 Pass, WTG
Clubman

A Great Shave! - with only one pass. I forgot how great my face feels when I don't push it. Close to BBS. A very fast quick shave, and a very enjoyable result.

Steve

Hot shower
Baxters scrub
Dr. bronners peppermint soap
Feather Pre-shave

Tosuke Japanese straight
Edwin Jagger best badger
Moss scuttle
Salter peppermint shave cream
Feather aftershave
Baxters oil free moisturizer
Clubman bump repair gel

Oh yeah

Neal,
What razor is that? inquiring minds...

Originally Posted by syslight

Neal,
What razor is that? inquiring minds...

I think it's a TI 6/8 to 7/8 historical "Singing razor" with decorated back.

Viktor