SOTD 10 AUG 08 thru 16 AUG 08

This Morning (Aug 11)

Ogallala Bay Rum soap
EverReady Pure Badger brush
Barclay Bros. 6/8 spike
Loom Strop
Alum block
Ogallala Bay Rum a/s

3 passes, bbs.


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Monday

TI Gnome
Plisson #12
Trumpers Rose Shaving Soap

5/8 "Ookla" Wapienica
B&B Essential Brush
Musgo Real SC
Blue Floid AS

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Due to early morning travel on Tuesday, posting this simple set up for tomorrow's shave.... Gnome, TABAC, & Chubby 2

6/8 Double Arrow
Wilkinson Sword brush
TGC Bay Rym/Sweet Orange Cream
Nivea soothing AS balm

Not much, but after 4 days in the woods it's heavenly.

Wustof 5/8--fresh off the hone, 1st shave, NOS razor
TM 3" artisan strop
Valobra/Valobra shave stick mix (took the shave stick, and grated it up and put it in the tub with the regular Valobra. Mmmmm....MMM!)
Shave oil

hadn't shaved in 2 1/2 days....it was worth the wait!:D

Damn fine shave!

Tuesday:
8/8 Maestro Livi
Simpson T2
Coates Tea Tree sc
Booster Mosswood a/s
Trumpers Wild Fern Edt.

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Tuesday evening, started out a plain Ogallala Bay Rum shave, at the last minute changed to uberlather:

Ogallala Bay Rum soap
C&E Nomad shave cream
Shavemac best badger brush
Expert Barber 400 spike
Loom strop
Alum Block
Ogallala Bay Rum a/s

3 passes bbs

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Shavmac Group Buy Brush
"Our 136" Torrey GSSixGun Restore
Ogallala Bay Rum Uber Lather
Ogallala Bay Rum AS

A Comfortable Wednesday Mid Morning Shave

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)

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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

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YEAH !!!!!! these Hess Razors Can Shave.......

Thursday Thiers, TABAC, & Plisson

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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

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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

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A Robeson Shuredge 11/16 spike in custom Bocote' scales

My UberSmooth Lather:
Col.Conk Amber shave soap
Zirh shave cream
5 drops Glycerin

Royall Bay Rhum AS

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Sticking with the "Gnome" for Saturday
Guest Appearance of Trumpers Rose & Plisson

Shaving Soap: QED Wild Rose
Shaving Brush: C&E BBB
Razor: Wapi 5/8 with stainless steel scales (I love these scales)
ASB: QED Tobacco After shave conditioner[/SIZE]

An old fashioned shave this morning!!!!

Old spice mug and Boar Brush Set
an unknown barber shave soap that ByronTodd brought to the NC meet up that makes this fantastic lather....
Craftsman "Chromized Steel" 11/16 spike point razor

A smooth WTG shave with a little ATG on the neck and done...
Followed by some Capt Smith Bay Rum AS

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