SOTD: Sunday April 6, 2008 to Saturday April 12, 2008

Sunday:
5/8 Case Red Imp #133
Rooney Super 3,1
QED Wild Rose ss
DR Harris a/s milk
Taylor's Shaving Shop Edc.

Sunday

TI 5/8 Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | Pre de Provence SS | Coral SF | GFT SL cologne

This was my #4 shaver, but I spent about an hour with it last night, refining on 0.5CrO, 0.25 DP and about 160 passes on newspaper, and it's now in line for my #2 or #3 spot...
7/8 Henckels Froidur spanish point

Tony Miller Red Latigo handleless strop

Mama-Bear's Dragon's tears soap

3 passes to BBS

C.O. Bigelow Bay rum AS balm

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/S3600088.jpg

Shavemac 23mm Genuine Horn Silvertip
Tabac Soap
3" TM Honey Brown Strop
8/8 Filly Doble Temple
Thayers Lavender WH
Tabac Cologne

Great Shave :D

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Monday

TI 5/8 Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | Pre de Provence | Limes SF | Floris No.89

A freshly restored Red Imp this morning!!!!


Slickness Uberlather: Built with a 28mm Shavemac Silver Tip
Poraso shave crème
Col Conk Amber shave soap
Pure Glycerin (5 Drops)

Let this sit in the hot water in it's bowl while showering


Hot water rinse
Lather up
Razor: 11/16 Red Imp Razor Spike Point (Freshly honed and pasted)
Strop Illinois #827 Russian
50 laps linen
100 laps leather
Steaming hot towel over the lather
Re-lather
WTG pass
Hot water rinse
Re-lather
25 laps leather
XTG on the cheeks
ATG on the neck
Touch up on beard lines
Hot water rinse
Alum Block
Put away and clean the Shave Den stuff!!!!
Cold water rinse
Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum
Attachment 9315

Have a Great Day!!!!

Micarta Dovo Brush & Blade
Pre De Provence Soap
Arlington AfterShave

6/8 Tongwha
C&E BBB
SCS New Spice SS
Nivea ASB
SCS New Spice EDT

It's been a while since I posted a SOTD. About time I fixed that.

MUSIC:
Piano Man – Billy Joel (vinyl)


Savile Row SR3824 in Finest
Coates Tea Tree SC
Filarmonica 7/8 Sello Oro Square Point
SCS Mediterranean Citrus AS Splash
Geo. F. Trumper Eucris EdT

Tuesday:
5/8 Dubl Duck Goldedge (Thanks Martin!)
Simpson's Polo#8
Floris Elite sc
Lucky Tiger a/s
Floris Elite Edt.

Tuesday, AM


5/8, Dubl Duck, Dwarf
TM #1 Horsehide, 60 laps
J.M. Fraser's SC as a prep
30mm Shavemac to massage prep cream
...and then hot towel over prep cream, twice.
Omega, "Sapone da barba" SC
Rooney Super badger
Three passes, 2 WTG, 1 WTG - XTG - ATG
Clubman Bay Rum
QED Bay Laurel EO AS Conditioner

Wonderful Shave :tu

* My 1st shave with the DD Dwarf. I now own three ducks. The others are a 5/8 Goldedge(just got) & a 4/8 "Special Wedge". Now I see what the big deal is with the Ducks: Very easy to hone, and they are super shavers. What more could you want?

Ok this is how we know spring has arrived in Nth Idaho, we can see the mud of the Driveway :D

Attachment 9338

My Lime Springtime is here shave!!!!!! What a great shave today ;)

Build the Uberlather using a 28mm Silvertip Ebony Shavemac

Fresh Lime Uberlather:
Castle Forbes Lime shave crème
Classic Lime shave soap
Pure Glycerin (5drops)

Let this sit in the bowl in hot water until after a nice long hot shower
Hot water rinse
Lather up
Razor: Dovo 5/8 #105 Micarta SS Roundpoint
Strop Illinois #827 Russian
20 laps linen
40 laps leather
Steaming hot towel over the lather
Re-lather
WTG pass
Hot water rinse
Re-lather
20 laps leather
XTG on the cheeks
ATG on the neck
Touch up on beard lines
Hot water rinse
Alum Block pass

Coffee Time!!!! B&B blend Write in the SOTD, Relax
Cold water rinse
Aftershave: Pussers Fresh Lime
Attachment 9339


Have a Great Day!!!!

I don't know why I'm posting this, but here goes:

Shower
Off-brand aerosol gel
Wostenholm with the grain in some places and across the grain in the others
Gillette Mach II garbage blade with the little white lubrication strip against the grain on my neck
Hand-pat aftershave

I may have missed out on the full experience, but I got a close shave and made it to work on time

Tuesday

TI Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | TOBS Avocado SC | Coral SF | Floris No.89

MUSIC:
Agharta - Miles Davis (vinyl)

Vulfix 2233 in Super
Barbus SC
Wapienca 9/16 Oblique Point (Jim Kyle scales)
Floris Santal ASB
Floris Santal EdT

11/16 Biedermeier
Simpson Chubby 1 Best
Honeybee Lavender SS
SCS Savory Rose AS

Old C Mon special
Silvertip homemade brush
AoS Lavender creme
Aqua Velva

Shaves do not get better than this without a woman somehow being involved after the fact.

Wednesday

TI 5/8 Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | Pre de Provence SS | Limes Skin Food | GFT Sandalwood cologne

I'm stropping as carefully and consciously as I can, but I still feel my edge fading a bit with each shave:thinking:

C&E BBB
Kiss my Face SC
7/8 Filarmonica
Thayers post shave
2 passes head and Face

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SOTDA908.jpg

Kind regards,

MUSIC:
Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis (vinyl)


B&B ’06 Ltd. Ed. Finest in Horn
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet SC
Filarmonica “E Pluribus Unum” 5/8 Square Point
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet ASB
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet EdT

9/16 Ebony scaled Wapi
Simpson Chubby 1 Best
Mama Bear Rosemary Mint SS
Aqua Velva A/S
GFT Coral Skin Food

Well, this is my very first SotD! I got my scuttle today, and it really rounds out the collection for a worthy pic :) Deets:

60 passes TM 3" Artisan
Hot shower
Georgetown Scuttle, Hamada Parsimmon
C.O. Bigelow Cream
AoS POS brush lol (badger)
45mm Tosuke, 3 passes
1x half water, half Banana Boat Aloe
Aloe touch-up
Vaseline "aloe fresh' touch-up (face is dry this season)

Results: great shave, but lather not as hot as I would have liked. I think I used up all my apartment's hot water with the shower, because I couldn't come close to hot to refill the scuttle immediately prior to whipping up some cream. Bummer. Tomorrow is another day :)

This is pretty much THE rotation, so I won't be posting SotD's very often since they will be the exact same thing, but it's exciting to post at least once :) Maybe again when my new brush arrives. I love these SotD threads though, they inspire plenty of AD's hehehe.

Skiblur

6/8ths hejelstrand frame back
TM latigo linen
Simpson PJ2 super
Taylor's shave shop SC
Moss scuttle
GFT skin food

HWR
Proraso pre post
Hot towel
Lather
Strop 20/45
Hot towel
proraso
Lather
Shave xtg
Strop 20 leather
Re lather
shave xtg
Touch up-I did sin a little today and touched up with my superspeed. I gotta say it wiped the stubble clean off with ease.
CWR
GFT Lime skin food

Merkur Silvertip BB
J.M. Fraser's SC
Boker 102 Injun Head
Boker Edelweiss Face
Dickinson's WH
Boosters Bay Rum AF
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...D_10_04_08.jpg
Kind regards,

Thursday

TI 5/8 | EJ super | Institut Karite | Coral SF | GFT Sandalwood cologne

5/8 "No Name" Straight
C&E BBB
C&E Sienna SS
Pinaud Clubman A/S

Despite having no idea of the maker, the "no name" remains one of my best shavers. Thanks JoshEarl:)

Friday:
5/8 Dovo Special Tortoise
Rooney Alibaba 1
AOS Sandalwood ss
DR Harris Pink a/s
Czech & Speake Cuba Edt.

Friday

TI 5/8 | EJ superbadger | MWF | Limes SF | Creed Vetiver (1948)

Saturday

I'm officially hooked on straight razor shaving. . . :tu

John Barber with Wenge scales
KMF mint
CE BBB
WTG, XTG, ATG
Proraso AS splash

SMOoooth... Thanks, Denmason!

151 Heartring straight razor
Rooney Emillion Badger brush
Permafrost soap/Proraso cream combo
HandAmerican 3" Red Latigo strop

Nice cool shave

Eddie

here is my SOTD, BLIND!!! see the shaving section.

target bowl
walgreen brush-boar
black russian superior strop
Depews 'The Perfect Razor'
Art of Shaving sample creme
gillette series after shave balm
Ocean Potion aloe with Lidocain