White and Blue...Great Shave
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White and Blue...Great Shave
I normally don't take the time, but today's shave was too good not to record:
6/8ths Puma Gold, Executive Shaving (Rooney) Ormand Heritage, Castle Forbes Lime. This was post shave and the lather is beginning to dry a bit.
11/16 H.Eicker & Sohne "Biedermeier"
Simpson's Chubby 1 Best
Mama Bear's Chypre Rose SS
Aqua Velva AS
I am finally getting this razor dialed in very close to where I want it. (Hat tip to GsSixgun for showing me exactly how sharp these things can be)
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1218681776
First shave For this razor:
Hess Hair Milk Labs St. Paul MN 11/16 spike point #1
Sandalwood Uberlather:
Sue Bee's Sandalwood Vanilla Soap
Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood Cream
5 Drops Glycerin
No stropping this morning all that was done yesterday after the honing
Steamed towels after the shower
Lather up
Steamed towels / HWR
Re-lather and WTG pass
Steamed towels / HWR
Re-lather and ATG pass
HWR
Alum pass
CWR
Ogallala Bay Rum/Sandalwood AS
Attachment 14521
YEAH !!!!!! these Hess Razors Can Shave.......
Thursday Thiers, TABAC, & Plisson
http://www.pocketpiglets.com/private/sotd814.jpg
Filarmonica Doble Temple 7/8s
C&E Sandalwood creme
Alum block from AoS (no cuts but I love running it over my face after a shave).
5/8 No-Name
B&B Essential Brush
Tabac SS
Blue Floid AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1218768110
Friday morning, a wonderful shave:
T&H pre-shave oil
T&H Grafton shaving cream
Kent BK4
Joseph Rodgers 6/8
T&H Grafton aftershave balm
Friday
Thiers Gnome...Plisson...Trumpers Rose
This evening a total SRP shave:
TGQ Cavendish Black soap
Shavemac best badger (won in drawing on SRP)
Hamburg Ring 8/8 (won in same drawing as Shavemac brush)
loom strop (purchased from Gugi)
Alum Block
QED - SRP Tobacco a/s balm
3 passes, bbs
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...-08sotd006.jpg