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    Senior Member reddobie's Avatar
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    Default SOTD Monday Feb.25th - Sunday March 2nd

    Savile Row Ebony SR3318, in Finest Silver Tip Badger, B&B group buy
    Saint Charles Shave Lime Rose, SCS Limited Edition Shaving Cream
    6/8, Thier-Issard, Straight Razor Place, Round Point, Limited Edition #173
    "Tony Miller" Heirloom Artisan 3" Linen / Red Latigo Strop, 10 / 50
    WWR
    Alum
    CWR
    Royall Lyme AS
    Saint Charles Shave Savory Rose ASM
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    Gave my two shaving razors another conservative pyramid and they shave a little better today. I'm not sure whether to keep honing a little at a time or just stop and shave with them for a while. For the first time though, I shaved my chin acceptably. I feel accomplished.

    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
    Clinique M Lotion
    Issy Miyake cologne.


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    Worn To Perfection Rusty Shackleford's Avatar
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    Default Monday Evening...

    Shower, shave head...

    Freedom Farms Cool Citrus Basil Soap
    Boar Brush
    6/8 Clements "High Speed" Round Point
    Somewhere around 40 or so laps on a homebuilt strop (I lost count)

    2X WTG
    1X ATG

    Cold Water Rinse
    Dickenson's Witchazel
    Dominica Bay Rum AS

    One mighty fine shave

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    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

    P.M. Head shave

    Preshave: Hot Towel treatment
    Brush: Shavemac Silvertip
    Razor: Headblade
    Cream: Trumper Coconut
    Aftershave: Trumper Limes

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    Steel crazy after all these years RayG's Avatar
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    Hot shower
    Face scrub
    Provence Sante SS
    C&E BBB
    RW 7/8
    WTG, XTG
    Speick AS
    Skin Food
    Brooks Brothers 1818

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    WHAT?! (Member) paulo's Avatar
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    Default Monday night shave

    Williams mug soap lather
    5/8 Double Arrow (no stropping at all)
    Noxzema beard soak, then lather on top
    1x WTG -> WWR -> relather
    1x XTG -> WWR
    touchup -> tiny nick on side of beard (grrr!)
    shower -> no bleeding
    homemade lime AS -> sleep of the sound

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    Senior Member Churchill's Avatar
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    Tuesday:
    5/8 TI
    Kent BK4
    T&H West Indian Limes sc
    Trumper's Lime Skinfood
    Meehan Bay Rhum


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    Preshave: Hot Towel treatment
    Brush: Rooney 3/2 Finest
    Razor: Shumate 5/8
    Cream: TOBS Sandalwood
    Aftershave: Trumper Spanish Leather
    Cologne: Trumper Spanish Leather
    Out the door: Jack Black Double Duty Moisturizer

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    Default Tuesday

    Badger & Blade, Limited Edition 2006 Finest Silvertip Badger in Horn
    Castle Forbes Lime OE Shaving Cream
    6/8 Genco, Revisor, Spike Point
    "Tony Miller" Heirloom Artisan 3" Linen / Red Latigo Handled Strop, 10 / 50
    WWR
    Alum
    CWR
    Col. Ichabod Conk Lime AS
    Mama Bear Summer Ice Milk, Lime Ice ASM
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    Tuesday Afternoon

    Finished my first resto and sent it on it's maiden voyage.

    Soak mug and brush in warm water for 5 minutes.

    Lather
    TOBS Lavender SC
    Pure Glycerin

    George Wostenholm IXL 5/8 Barber's Notch
    TM Starter strop 50X

    Steaming towel
    Lather up
    1X WTG
    Rinse

    Strop 20X
    Lather up
    1X XTG
    Rinse

    Strop 20x
    Lather up
    1X ATG
    WWR
    CWR

    Dry razor
    Strop 10X

    Thayer's Medicated Superhazel with Aloe Vera
    Aqua Velva AS

    John

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