Thread: SOTD: Sunday May 25,2008 thru Saturday May 31,2008

hot shower

6/8 Bismark
shavemac silvertip brush
Colleens jasmin soap


Old Spice AS


Smooth shave.

5/8 "No-Name" *recently re-scaled into some old crown & sword scales
Vulfix 660 medium Pure
Body Shop SC
Old Spice AS

Brush: SR3824
Razor: Dovo #109 Burg / Schloss with plumwood scales (and newly honed by floppyshoes: A MUCH better shave. )
Cream: Trumper's Coconut (a sample from Charles at QED from when I bought my brush: Very nice)
ASB: Proraso.

My technique is indeed improving.

Shavemac 23mm Genuine Horn
Tabac Soap
2.5" Old Dog Strop
5/8 TI Pierre Thiers Handforged
Thayers Lavender WH
Tabac Cologne

Excellent Shave

Carter & Bond ‘Clarence’ Best Badger Brush
3" Tony Miller Red Latigo
5/8 Dovo
Trumpers Limes skin food pre-shave
Mitchells Wool Fat
D R Harris Rose & Cucumber aftershave Milk
Floris Cefiro EDT

2 passes WTG & touch up with DE (still learning), BBS

• Razor: Wapi freshly honed on my Belgian combo
• Brush: Altesse "finest" --from TGQ
• Pre-shave: Trumpers lime skin food
• Soap: Trumpers limes
• Cream: Trumpers limes again--all that was left in my sample pack
• More Trumpers limes skin food for an Uberlather
• Strop: TM 2.5" latigo/linen w/ handles
• WTG, XTG, ATG--BBS w/ no irritation!!!
• Aftershave: splash of bay rum (w/lime oil) and then more Trumpers lime skin food
• Cologne: Trumpers GFT
• Attire: black tie for my brother's wedding (as best man)

Ever Ready pure badger brush
antique store scuttle
TGQ Cavendish Black
Case Red Imp 132 Wedge from here
Black Bear brand strop
no a/s or a/s balm

Sun 1/6/08
Flannel/face cloth hot water pre-shave.
Taylors Sandlewood SC.
Taylors pure (dark) badger brush.
Little pink bowl for getting a lather going and keeping it warm.
Bronnley AS
Sans blood letting, so no Alum required.

A good shave indeed