Thread: SOTD Monday Feb.18th - Sunday Feb.24th

Saturday

Lather
Col. Conk's Lime Soap
Pure Glycerin

5/8 Soligen Square Point
TM Starter strop 50X

Steaming towel
Lather
1X WTG

Rinse
Relather
Strop 20X
1X XTG

Rinse
Relather
Strop 20X
1X ATG

WWR
CWR

Thayer's Medicated Superhazel with Aloe
TOBS No. 74 Collection Victorian Lime AS

Dry razor
Strop 10X
Air dry

John

Heljestrand frame back
TM latigo Linen strop
Omega Boar brush
QED Violetta SS
Moss scuttle
MB Peppermint balm
Dominica Bay rum

HWR
Proraso soak for about 10 minutes
Hot towel X3
HWR
Lather
Strop 25/50
massage lather and re lather
shave 2 passes with some ATG touch up

5th shave in a row and I have been noticing the shave being a little less closer every time. Looks like my old skip a day practice needs to be put to use.

Yesterday and today I shaved with razors I honed myself, which is another first on the road of straight shaving. Best, smoothest, most drag free shave yet. Getting there slowly.

Hot shower
Trumpers Lime Skin Food as pre-shave
Trumpers Lime Shave Cream
Moss Scuttle (large)
Kent BK4
Wapi, honed by me
Tony Miller Heirloom Latigo 3" Strop
30x linen, 50x Leather
WTG
XTG
NO styptic
WWR
Alum
CWR
Trumpers Lime Skin Food
Nivea Q10 face cream
Issy Miyake cologne.

Sunday:
5/8 Dovo Special Tortoise
Simpson's Special best
C&E Sweet Almond sc
Floris Elite asb
Floris Elite Edt.

Omega, 6215 Silver Tip Badger in Green and Gold
Saint Charles Shave Very V Shaving Cream
5/8 H. Boker & Co. # 1056, Spanish Point
WWR
Alum
CWR
QED Vetiver EO After Shave Skin Conditioner Balm
Saint Charles Shave Very V, EDT

Trumper's Coconut
C&E BBB
RW 7/8 (Thanks, Robert!)
WTG, XTG
TOBS No 74 Lime

Hot shower



BAM! Great shave!
Ernest

Tosuke
Rooney style 1 small silvertip
Taylor Avocado cream
Alum block
Feather Aftershave
Clubman razor bump repair gel

WARNING! This describes an experimental shave which may offend your sensibilities, but in the interest of science and time, I undertook this experiment.

shower
wife's Edge aloe shave gel
Fromm Brothers Eagle spike point
1x WTG
WWR -> no bleeding = go to bed
elapsed time for shave < 5 minutes

I'm definitely going to shave properly tonight, nowhere near BBS, but passable for work today.
Edge gel feels really, *really* dry while shaving with the straight... almost like shaving dry skin

If I shaved 1 pass WTG, I could shave everyday... I much prefer shaving every other day and doing it properly

I don't know who said it, but this shave reminds me of the quote "Smart people learn from their mistakes. Really smart people learn from other people's mistakes."

Preshave: Hot Towel treatment
Brush: Rooney 1/2 Finest
Razor: Simmons Howe 5/8
Cream: TOBS Avocado
Aftershave: Floris Elite Splash
Cologne: Floris Elite
Out the door: Aubrey Organics Green Tea and Gingko Moisturizer