Thread: SOTD: Sunday March 16 - Saturday March 22, 2008

Shavemac 2007 Forum Brush
Coates Almond Cream
8/8 Wostenholm Wedge
Alt Innsbruck AS

Superb Shave

My first post in SOTD, and mostly because this was my best and most relaxing shave yet!

Razor: Geneva 5/8 Hollow Ground
Brush: CVS Boar's Hair
Soap: Cavendish Black from TGQ
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud



It only took me 1 WTG pass, and 1 "scything" pass, and I was done!

Oh, and sorry for the crappy picture. My wife's digital was hidden away in a box after moving, so I had to use my Mac. Have a great day!

Another razor off the bench and into the rotation This is an antique store snag a Real Red Point from Universal Cutlery this one was made in Germany... Not bad, not bad at all!!!!



Violet Uberlather:
GF Trumpers Violet Shave cream
Classic Violet Shave soap
Pure Glycerin

Razor: 5/8 Real Red Point
Coffee Time: Organic Peruvian Rain Forest Drip
Aftershave:Bois d' Inde Bay Rum



Have a Great Day!!!!

TM Starter Strop 60X
Lather: TGQ's Leatherneck shave soap & pure glycerin
1X WTG, 1X XTG, 1X ATG Stropped 20X in between passes.

WWR
CWR
Rest is pictured.

BBS!

John

Friday morning brings another new razor to the stable for a first run, this one is fresh from the restore bench and all ready to go.......



Smooth Lanolin Uberlather:
Musgo Shave cream
Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave soap
Pure Glycerin

Razor: 11/16 Spike point Beau Brummel #18
Coffee Time: Peruvian Rain Forest Drip
Aftershave: Royall Bay Rhum




Have a Great Day!!!!

Philadelph gratefully *gave* me a DE razor at the MA Get Togetha, and I shaved with it last night... my father taught me to shave with a DE, it has nostalgia value for me! Test to see if a DE, with it's smaller blade, can give a closer shave under the jowls/on the neck... the angles and relative size of straight razor/neck radii has made it impossible for me to get BBS in that area.

hot towel (HT) -> Gillette Tech (?) with Schick DE blade (early 90s vintage)
Edge Advance Therapy Gel ($2/can Walmart discontinued shelf! got it for my wife... it's mediocre, but passable and quick)
1x WTG (very little feedback, which is good and bad... cut my top lip... grrrr!) -> HT
1x XTG (hmm... feels much nicer when I use my straights for this pass) -> HT
1x ATG (OK, my neck still isn't BBS)
cleanup pass with blade buffing to get neck smoother (closer, but not quite BBS)
CWR -> alum block (irritation almost all over, but low level)-> Superior 70 Bay Rum

Conclusion: DE vs straight is like driving a manual transmission Saturn wagon vs a Porsche 911 GT3. Will use DE again if I have to shave quickly, or want to get under neck smoother... but I much prefer my straights, will continue practicing improving neck results Edge gel mediocre no matter how high fallutin' it is.

Glad to hear you used it! One thing that might help overall is to use good shaving soap. I use Colleen's now and it worked wonders in my shave quality. I doubt you can ever use canned gel and be irritation free.

Hot shower

9/16 Gebr. Kortens straight razor
Lee's Deluxe boar bristle brush
Vintage scuttle
Polo Blue shaving soap from Chelsea's soap garden, ebay store
Old Spice Pure Sport aftershave lotion
Gillette Series aftershave gel

2 passes WTG, 1 pass ATG. BBS! Love the smell of the Old Spice Pure Sport!
Ernest

Saturady morning my day to relax since I go in to work "when I get there"
I try and use a special razor in one of the collection's. Today was the Dubl Duck WonderEdge....


Sandlewood Uberlather:
Art of Shaving Sandlewood Shave cream
Sue Bee's Vanilla Sandlewood Shave soap
Pure Glycerin

Razor: Dubl Duck 11/16 WonderEdge
Coffee Time: Italian Roast Pressed
Aftershave: Cap't Smiths Bay Rum



Have a "Wonder"ful Day!!!!

Savile Row 3228 Silvertip
Trumpers CSF Pre
QED Wild Rose Soap / TOOBS Old Rose Cream
3" Handamerican Red Latigo Strop
7/8 Mastro Livi Damascus
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Trumpers CSF Post
D.R. Harris Rose Bouquet EDT

Very nice