Sunday
hot shower
25/25 tm horsehide
shavemac VLB wide open
TH West Indian Lime cream
TIPTLE
3 passes
one nick just above the chin
alum block
cold water
witch hazel
cold water
TH WIL balm
TH WIL edt
a very nice shave except that nick
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Sunday
hot shower
25/25 tm horsehide
shavemac VLB wide open
TH West Indian Lime cream
TIPTLE
3 passes
one nick just above the chin
alum block
cold water
witch hazel
cold water
TH WIL balm
TH WIL edt
a very nice shave except that nick
Sunday:
Kent BK4 brush
TOBS Rose shaving cream
TM Horshide Strop
5/8 Dovo "Seelver Steel" razor
Trumper Coral Skin Food
Nice shave. :)
Viktor
Mon:
Rooney small style 1 brush
Pen BB soap
Hand American strop
Dovo Bergischer Lowe
Pinaud Clubman
great shave.
several days' stubble
Plisson HMW 12 horn
prep lather - Trumper's Violet ss
lukewarm towel :shrug:
shave lather: Tabac ss
Vintage Russia Shell Select
RW custom
JASON 6-in-1
2 passes, decent shave. Bad prep=1st pass pulled :rant: I really have to step up my prep, there's no other way around it. Second pass was as smooth as they get. A moment of inattention resulted in a small line - vistually no blood, but the cut can be seen if looked at carefully :rant:
Lately I have been staying away from *fancy* AS and ASBs. Mostly using the JASON, which I like a lot - for now. It's dirt-cheap and / but seems to work great, and is not perfumy at all - which is a nice change
Cheers
Ivo
Monday:
Kent BK4 brush
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap
TM Horsehide strop
6/8 TI "Johnny Holiday" razor
Trumper Coral Skin Food
Smooth shave. ;)
Viktor
hot shower
20/25 TM horsehide #1
shavemac VLB 3/4 open
Colleen's highlander soap
5/8 dd goldedge
3 passes, no discomfort, bbs
cold water
witch hazel
TOBS #74 a/s
a very excellent shave today
Shavemac 23mm Silvertip
Coates Rose Cream
8/8 Henckels Friodur
Thayers Rose WH
Trumpers CSF
SCS Savory Rose
Great Shave :D
Tue:
Rooney finest small #1
Penh B B soap
Hand American strop
Dovo Bergischer Lowe
Royall Lyme A/S
:hmmm: (I move that within the SOTD forum this animation be known as "faceturbation" instead of "hmmmm")
Tue
TGQ Lime Margarita soap
AOS Fine Badger
Challenge 5/8 SP
Speick a/s
Nice shave
Jordan
Kent BK4
TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap
Dovo strop
6/8 Dovo Bone handle "Bismark" razor
TOBS Sandalwood A/G
Smooth shave. :)
Viktor
Hot Shower
15/16 Dorko round point
silvertip badger brush
Taylor of OBS sandalwood soap
Great shave smooth as silk.
Prep:
Took the Monster to the HMA Big Dog, 10 on the Linen Cut Horse and 20 on the Smooth Horse
Soaked the Silver Tip Shavemac 30 mm in the Super Scuttle
Shave:
Castle Forbes Pre-Shave
Castle Forbes Lavender Soap
W&B 8/8 Wedge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Polar Ice
T&H Ultimate ASB
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Finished with Opus 1870
Big Razor, Big Brush, Big Lather the Whiskers ran a hid the did not stand a Chancehttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...ys/biggrin.gif
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...0&d=1184116681
Prep:
HMA Big Dog, 10 on the Linen Cut Horse and 20 on the Smooth Horse
Soaked the Simpson Super PJ3 in the Super Scuttle
Shave:
Dr. Harris Pre-Shave
Dr. Harris Almond SC
Dovo Micarta SS 5/8
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
AV Ice Blue AS
Dr. Harris AS Milk
Pashana Eau de Cologne Hair Tonic
Finished with CS #88
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1184117253
Rooney Super Horn 1/1
Salter's Fresh Mint Cream
Tosuke Japanese Straight
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Very nice :D
hot shower
20/30 TM #1 horsehide
shavemac 429
TGQ provence lavender
TIPTLE
3 passes
smooth and clean
witch hazel
dominica bay rum a/s
hot shower
7/8 W&B Vlad original
silvertip badger brush
esscence of Bamboo
goood shave nice and close.:D
Wednesday:
Shavemac # 177
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Shaving Soap
TM strop
6/8 TI "Johnny Holiday" razor
Proraso A/B
BBS shave. :D
Viktor
Hot bath, conditioner on face
Proraso prepost cream
Lewis 5/8 roundpoint
TM 30/20 red latigo
EJ BB brush
Taylors shaving shop cream
Hot and cold rinse
Alum rubdown and cold rinse
Proraso prepost cream
Thayers witchhazel
Proraso a/s balm
Paco Rabanne EDT
Really enjoyable BBS shave with no irritation.
shower
20/30 TM #1 latigo
TGQ lime margartita soap
shavemac 429
TIPTLE
3 passes
smooth and clean
witch hazel
dominica bay rum a/s
Hot Shower
6/8 Aevos
silvertip badger brush
C&E Nomad shaving cream
Great shave
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 :y 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 :D
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
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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 :D
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
Neal,
What razor is that? inquiring minds...
I think it's a TI 6/8 to 7/8 historical "Singing razor" with decorated back.Quote:
Originally Posted by syslight
Viktor
Oh yes a 6/8 TI --- but which LE is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Viktor
Hot shower
Wapienica razor
Vintage Scuttle
Polo Blue shaving soap from KKcogle (ebay seller, great smelling stuff!).
The cheapest of the El Cheapos, made in China shaving brush. The smallest I could find to fit my scuttle until my good delus boar bristle comes in from Lee's Razor's.
WitchHazel
Pinaud Clubman
Great shave. Somebody stop me!:)
Ernest
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...k/P7150003.jpg
Sunday after work...
Shower (oh that felt good)
Great Lakes Soapworks Caffinated soap (needed a boost)
Altesse Badger Silvertip
Henckels #8 WTG-ATG
TGQ mystery aftershave (sample :p )
I was about to sell the Henckels because I was having trouble with the slight smile this one has (factory smile?). I think the pasted strop really took care of the spots I was missing consistantly. Now I'm not to sure. It's in great shape but I have such a dislike of their kitchen knives that I feel this one is tainted (even after such a great shave :w )... Trials still out on this...