Monday 3/17/08
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Monday 3/17/08
Nice pic Isaac!
Monday Shave:
Rooney Heritage Stubby 2
Castle Forbes Lavender Cream
3" Handamerican Old Dog Strop
6/8 Wacker .25 Hollow Spike
Thayer's Lavender WH
Alt Innsbruck AS
Nice Shave :D
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Rooney 1/2 "Super"
Tabac shaving soap
Dovo's Best Russian Leather Strop
8/8 Friodur (restored and rescaled by Bruno) :bow
Trumper's Coral Skin Food
Viktor
Trying out the new razor today ______ Wow!!!! ummmm yeah, this one is going into the top drawer rotation!!!! 2 pass BBS SMOOOOOOOTH
Lavender Uberlather:
Castle Forbes Lavender Shave cream
TOBS Lavender Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: 6/8 Spike Point JP Alcamisi "Imperatore"
Coffee Time: Vanilla Biscotti Drip
Aftershave: TOBS Bay Rum
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Have a Great St Patrick's Day!!!!
Monday Afternoon
Tuesday
TI 5/8 Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | GFT Sandalwood SS | Limes SF | GFT Sandalwood cologne
Wostenholm "Superb" 5/8
Simpson Chubby 1 in Best
Honeybee Old Spice SS
Old Spice A/S
9/16ths wapi
TM latigo linen 2.5 inch
Omega Boar brush
Tryphon lime
Moss scuttle
MB peppermint ASB
Taylors MR. Sydney
Shower and proraso pre post
Lather
Strop 25/45
Hot towel
Lather
shave 2 passes with some touch up
ASB
Taylors cologne
Putting this one in a whole new realm, I had tried out the Craftsman without honing, just to see what would happen, not a bad shave really...
After taking the time to hone this razor, we moved to a whole other realm of sharpness... There are very few razors that I have used the shave like this and I have lucked out and used 2 this week....
Pure Vanilla Uberlather:
Kiss My Face Vanilla Earth Shave cream
Classic Vanilla Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: Craftsman 6/8 Spike Point
Coffee Time: Italian Roast Pressed
Aftershave: Master Bay Rum
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Have a Great Day!!!! GREAT SHAVE FOR MY #500 POST
L.West 5/8
Chubby 1 Best
Mama Bear Rosemary Mint SShttp://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...s/thumbup1.gif
Aqua Velva A/S
Shavemac 2007 Forum Brush
Coates Almond Cream
8/8 Wostenholm Wedge
Alt Innsbruck AS
Superb Shave :D
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
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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
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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
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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! :y Love the smell of the Old Spice Pure Sport!
Ernest
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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
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Have a "Wonder"ful Day!!!! :nj
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 :D
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Saturday
TI 5/8 Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | GFT Sandalwood SS | Kiehl's moisturizer | J Peterman 1903 cologne
My shave was a mixed bag today:
The Good: My stropping skills are improving rapidly. Got a real sharp edge today
The Bad: Nicked myself up quite a bit with the aforementioned sharp edge
The Ugly: I dinged the lateral edge of my razor by the point. BOOOOO!!!
Looks like a straight razor hiatus is in the cards for me. I'll have to send the poor fella out to someone who can remedy the situation.
Please PM me if you can help me out! Thanks. . .
Hot shower
Good long bicycle ride!
Hot shower again
5/8 Shumaker spike straight razor
Dovo Russian Extra wide strop
VDH boarhair shaving brush
Derby lavender shaving cream
CVS store brand Cooling Menthol aftershave
50 laps with the Dovo strop. 2 passes WTG, 1 pass ATG. Great smooth shave!
Ernest
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Best badger shaving brush
Proraso shaving soap
3" HandAmerican Old Dog Combo Scrubbed Leather Strop
8/8 J.A. Henckels Friodur razor
Trumper's Coral Skin Food
Nice shave. :)
Viktor
Padron: not enough rose in that one. :D really like that Damascus blade!
9/16ths wapi
Simpson PJ2 super
TM latigo linen
Tryphon lime ss
moss scuttle
proraso asb
Shower and proraso pre post
lather
strop 30/45
relather
shave 2 passes and some touch up
