Thread: Sun July 29, 2007 - Sat August 4, 2007

Sunday:
Best badger shaving brush
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet shaving soap
TM Horsehide strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Johnny Holiday" razor
TOBS Alum block
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet EDT

Viktor

Had to shave for a government photo, 5+ days' stubble unacceptable

Shower
Trumper's violet ss for prep
Matt custom ivory super silvertip
C&E Nomad soap (love the scent)
Vintage Russia Shell Select
TIPTLE
6/8 Thistle spike
Trumper's CSF

What a shave! Trumper's violet soap has been dedicated to bath soap use. I want to finish it and try the Rose. THe violet is very underwhelming, i hope it was just too stale. At least it doesn't irritate my skin... if only it lathered well

TIPTLE is still too unpleasant even for half a pass. I need to actually hone this one, I guess.

The Thistle has been my go-to shaver for a while but I have been skimping on the linen and it's getting a taaad dull. Need to see what some linen will do. For some reason, this is the razor I reach for most often if the one I am testing doesn't work out too well...

Gotta love Nomad soap scent, really nice

Oh, in the middle of the shave my wife asked to take a shower... Like we don't have another bathroom And she even bumped into me No cuts or nicks, despite the distractions. I was almost ready to live with a couple

Cheers
Ivo

Kent BK4 shaving brush
TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap
TM Horsehide strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Johnny Holiday" razor
TOBS Alum block
Lacoste Essential EDT

Smooth and fresh shave.

Viktor

Mon

AOS Fine Badger
QED Wild Rose soap
TM RL #1 Strop
6/8 Revisor
Speick a/s
Penhaligon's Quercus


Great shave!

Jordan

Monday, 7/30/07

5/8, Dovo,"Best Quality"
TM, #1, Horsehide Strop (20 linin, 60 leather)
No Name Boar Bristle Brush
Hot Towel
Nieva Shave Gel for Prep
C&E Nomad SC
1 Pass
Thayer's Lavender Whitch Hazel

Great!!

* I've been doing one pass about every three shaves. It's amazing how comforitable it is,and how good my skin feels. - You have to have a very sharpblade to pull this off. No more DE clean ups!

Steve

shower
20/25 TM #1 horesehide
TGQ sandalwood
pure badger no name brush (from giovanni)
7/8 Livi in staghorn
3 passes
witch hazel

and all around good shaving day.

Hot towel
proraso pre
Olivia's Rolling Stone soap/cream stuff
selfmade silvertip
Outram strop
6/8 Worldmaster cocobolo
hot water
face soap (Coalface by Lush)
cold water
Selfmade Love Tonic aftershave


Wonderfull, simply amazing. I've grown to love my selfmade aftershave more than any store bought. I might never buy ready made again.

TI Super Gnome 5/8ths
Williams
Boar's Hair (Proraso Omega) brush
Pinaud Bay Rum AS

Bad shave.
Haven't used my TI in a while, I guess I left it in a less than shave ready state. And didn't strop well enough. Felt ok enough but man did the after shave turn my cheeks red.
Took a microscope to the edge and it was a mess. Few pieces of homemade micro-brillo on the edge and a newb bevel. WTF was I thinking when I put that into my 'shave ready' rotation...
Crud.
edit: also cut myself, hit a scar and caught it should've trusted that sign.

Kent BK4 brush
TOBS Rose shaving cream
Dovo strop
6/8 Dovo Bone Handle "Bismarck" razor
Trumper Coral Skin Food
Hugo Boss "Hugo" EDT

Great shave.

Viktor

Hot bath
Bear Strop
peaches and cream scented soap purchased off of ebay
silvertip brush from Giovanni
Barclay Bros 11/16 purchased from JoneDangerousli
Masters Bay Rum aftershave

3 passes wtg, atg and xtg
result bbs shave