TI 6/8 Squareback
TM RL
Shavemac Custom Silvertip
AOS Sandalwood SC
GFT Sandalwood Skinfood
Diptyque Tam Dao EDT
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TI 6/8 Squareback
TM RL
Shavemac Custom Silvertip
AOS Sandalwood SC
GFT Sandalwood Skinfood
Diptyque Tam Dao EDT
I'm using the same "rig" for the month of July for Simplicity/Fidelity sake. I have come back to straight razor shaving...attempting to learn for the second time after putting it down a couple 3 months ago. This time I hope I can accomplish it! Using two hands this time and going slowly.
Thiers Issard 5/8 Super "Gnome"
Plisson #12 HMW in Horn
TABAC Shaving Soap
*today I splashed on some Floris JF Aftershave, followed by JF Balm & EDT.
Sunday
6/8 G.Felix
Straight Razor Designs Tony Miller Red Latigo Strop - 15 laps linen, 25 laps leather
Tweezerman badger
Mama Bears Rosemary Mint warmed up in a G-Town scuttle
Humphrey's WH
Finish of with a splash of Pinaud's Bay Rum A/S
Attachment 13136
3" Tony Miller Red Latigo
SRP TI No. 185
Kent BK4
Trumpers ‘Sandalwood’ skin food pre-shave
Mitchells Wool Fat
Floris ‘Santal’ post shave hydrator
Floris ‘Santal’ EDT
5/8 Wapienica
C&E BBB
C.O. Bigelow SC
Aqua Velva AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1215483895
Oh Yeah! :cool:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...SC00154-11.jpg
Great photos guys!! :tu
Tuesday:
7/8 Mastro Live SRP LE
Simpsons Tulip #2
Coates Sandalwood sc
DR Harris a/s milk
Trumpers Spanish Leather Edt.
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/di...?imageid=13326
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...d7-8-08006.jpg
Tonight:
Great Uncle's shaving mug
Ogallala Bay Rum with a twist (Ogallala Bay Rum, Glycerin, KMF Mint shaving cream)
Omega pure bristle brush
Wade and Butcher 5/8 barber point
Black Bear brand strop
Alum
Ogallala Bay Rum a/s skin toner
3 passes, bbs smooth
TUESDAY
Hot shower with homemade shave stick of VDH as a beard pre-shave
Rolls razor # 38
Mama Bears Hydrogen soap
Humphrey's WH
Aqua Velva Ice Sport
Need something to keep cool, gonna be a hot one in desert today!!!!
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...mbhyd-avis.jpg
5/8 "Ookla Wapi"
Simpson's Chubby 1 Best
Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood SS
Blue Floid AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1215569898
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9497/0708io4.jpg
A Sandalwood and Rose kind of day. :)
Wednesday Fidelity continues....
Cool Pic AntiqueHoosier!!:nj
That wouldn't be a Plisson HMW would it??:bow
Rick
I like all the pics here. But I feel as I have to post as well and say a special congrats to BigBubba and RayG for their exceptionally good pics this week!! Well done guys :tu
BigBubba for the layout and the use of wooden hardware - seems to work quite well).
RayG for the use of the TI in the foreground and all the other stuff in the background.
I agree that AntiqueHoosier deserves a special mention too for his originality.
Hmmmm.... we should have a competition just like they've done in the past over at the Badger & Blade forums.
Thanks Rick! I just picked it up a short time ago from Hawkeye5 (John from Tennessee). He made a dream come true for me and I love the brush. It holds hot lather in the bristle like a scuttle would...Pure Luxury.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagga100
Thanks Rum! I have been using the same set up daily so I have to try different things to make "the same old tools" look different...of course...a Thiers Issard, A Plisson and TABAC are really "roughing it" Right? :oQuote:
Originally Posted by rum
Thanks. Would have been nice if my hands were not in the picture. ;)
Since quite a few here are into photography, it might not be a bad idea to have a thread showing some of our non-shaving photos. What do you guys think?
5/8 "No-Name"
Simpson's Chubby 1 Best
Honeybee Old Spice SS
Osage Rub AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1215657381
5/8 Robeson Shuredge with rosewood custom scales, honed by me
Castle Forbes Pre Shave
Castle Forbes Sandalwood & Cedarwood shaving cream (sample)
GB Kent
Coral Skin Food
Achieved a very close shave... felt BBS in most places which is not bad for this razor especially given that I honed it (I'm useless at honing!).
First time with a CF cream as well. Very interesting and quite different to the usual Trumpers or T&H soaps and creams that I'm used to. It was quite hard for a soap, but it made a great lather and it felt like I didn't need anything after the shave - couldn't stop feeling my face it was so smooth after I did the final rinse. Can't wait to try the CF Lime Oil though!!
Thursday July 10, 2008
After 8 days "Straight" I (sort of ) broke with Fidelity. I still used the 5/8 Thiers Issard Super "Gnome" and the TABAC Shaving Soap...and I technically DID use a Plisson brush...Not the #12 HMW, but a recent ebay purchase. A what appears to be #10 Plisson purchased according to it's previous owner in Cannes , France Circa 1973. gave it a good shampoo and used it. (The previous owner must have used it extensively with Williams Mug Soap as it had that scent upon arrival). It reads Pur Blaireau and has the old time Plisson Script still barely visible. A nice brush...but not nice enough to unseat the HMW as champion!
The black and white photo is that of Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman at Cannes Film Festival in 1973.
Kent BK4 shaving brush
Truefitt&Hill luxury shaving soap
3" TM RL strop
5/8 Dovo "Silver Steel" razor
Trumper CSF
Nice and smooth shave. :)
Viktor
Thursday
6/8 Wade & Butcher Frameback
C&E Pure Badger
CO Bigelo SC
Lucky Tiger AS
Attachment 13334
5/8 Ladwig's Special
C&E BBB
Body Shop SC
Old Spice AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1215743988
Rooney 3/1 Finest
QED Sandalwood Soap / Coates Sandalwood Cream
3" Tony Miller Honey Brown Strop
7/8 Mastro Livi SRP LE
D.R. Harris Sandalwood A/S
Killer Shave :cool:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...DSC00155-8.jpg
Razor: NOS Hess Milk Hair Labs #44 Stainless Steel 11/16 Spike
Soap: Unknown that Byron brought to the NC meet up NICE!!!!
Shave Cream: Musgo Real
5 drops of Glycerin
Brush: Shavemac 28 mm Silvertip
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum / Sandalwood
Incredibly smooth shave :y
Attachment 13376
Friday Fidelity
Man, I have been away from posting in SOTD for a little while, I gotta say some of your pics now border on artwork, very very impressed here :bow:bow:bow you guys have taken this forum to a whole new level...
Special Shave for a Special Day
Early Saturday Morning
Special Saturday shave:
Nice cooling Lime for a hot summer morining.....:nj
Attachment 13415
Thats a fine looking Duck Glen......:tu
Ill have to get a shot of the Mulcuto next week and post it
