Sunday, hot towel prep. Col.Conk's Bat Rum "pre"-lather then more hot towels. TH SC, TI Evide Sonnant Extra. Finished with Alum block followed by TOBS Sandelwood Shaving balm.
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Sunday, hot towel prep. Col.Conk's Bat Rum "pre"-lather then more hot towels. TH SC, TI Evide Sonnant Extra. Finished with Alum block followed by TOBS Sandelwood Shaving balm.
While in the bath:
Clean and Clear Deep Action Exfoliating Scrub (because sometimes my face forget I'm not a teenager anymore)
Moisturizing conditioner, same I use for my hair
Then
Green Proraso + hot towel
White Proraso
Dubl Duck Dwarf
T&H Ultimate Comfort Balm
Nivea Soothing Moisturizer
and a little bit of styptic pen
Italian Almond Uberlather:
Valobra Almond Soft shave soap
The Body Shop shave cream
5 Drops Pure Glycerin
Build the Uberlather using a 28mm Silvertip Ebony Shavemac #410
Steamed towel
Hot water rinse
Lather up
Razor: 6/8 Bengal square point
Strop Illinois #827 Russian
25 laps linen
50 laps leather
Steaming hot towel over the lather
Hot water rinse
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
Clean up the Shave Den
Cold water rinse
Aftershave: TOBS Bay Rum AS
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Have a Great Day!!!!
This evening:
TSD coffee scented soap
Omega pure bristle brush
Robeson Premier 6/8 barber point
loom strop
Alum block
Stetson a/s lotion
3 passes not quite bbs, still having problems under my chin......think I'm going back to a goatee :roflmao
Best badger shaving brush
TOBS Rose shaving cream
HandAmerican Old Dog strop
5/8 Dovo "Silver Steel" razor
Proraso ASB
Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet EDT
Viktor
Test shaving razors this morning before they go home......
My number 1 shaving Uberlather
The Lanolin Overload
Mitchell's Woolfat Soap
Musgo Real Cream
Glycerin
Razors:
6/8 French Point Wacker
5/8 Round Point Craftsman
11/16 W&B
Some of the fun of honing razors is getting to test them all out :D
Royall Bay Rhum AS
No pics because they are not my razors....
Have a great day !!!!!
Monday, hot shower,hot towels,merkur silvertip brush, Baxter of California SC, Dovo 5/8 Stainless Steel,finished with alum block and Pinaud Clubman AS.
Aveeno Clear Complexion wash
TGQ Provence Lavender soap
Proraso AS balm
WS synthetic brush and Double Arrow razor (still beginner).
11/16 H.Eicker & Sohne "Biedermeier"
Ever-Ready Brush
C.O. Bigelow SC
Aqua Velva AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1220319988
Hot shower
15/16 Dorko round point
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
silvertip badger shavemac brush
C&E Uncharted cologne.
Great shave two passes very smooth. Love the cologne too.
45 minutes of swimming, 15 minutes sauna.
Home, mowing the lawn then,
short shower
Taylor of old bond street sandalwood cream
Mixed badger brush (cheap!)
Heljestrand mk 31
Oh yeah, this baby don't bite, she kisses!!!:p
Tuesday:
6/8 Bremer
Simpson Tulip #2
Trumpers Limes sc
Clinique psh
Shulton's Old Spice a/s
Shulton's Old Spice cologne
TUESDAY
Hot Shower,hot towel prep,TOBS Sandelwood SC, Dovo Bismarck,alum bar and Pinaud Clubman AS.
Hello Gent's,
I thought it would be fun for my first posting here at SRP to be my SOTD photo.
Look forward to meeting you all and learning from the more experienced straight users.
Today's shave:
Aqua di Parma Cream | C&F Pre-Balm | Simpson CH3 | Dovo 5/8 Mother of Pearl | Aqua di Parma AS Splash | Penhaligon's Opus 1870 EDT.........ahhhhh.......a shave fit for a king yet obtainable by a mere pauper such as myself!:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/...3f9f7274_o.jpg
6/8 TI Le Dandy
Simpson's Chubby 1 Best
Mama Bear's Chypre Rose SS
Aqua Velva Musk AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1220407484
Wednesday morning:
The Body Shop monoi oil as pre-shave
T&H lavender shaving cream
Kent BK4
Dorko 15/16 (I really like her)
AOS unscented aftershave balm
As a SRP newbie......please someone......let me know if DE SOTD photo's are considered bad form!!!
This.....:)..........or........this.........:nono:
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You can post them, we just may laugh a little bit to ourselves....:pQuote:
Originally Posted by B R A N D X
Labor day shave on the seacoast of southetrn Maine...
Otto Busch Worldmaster 13/16
Rooney Alibaba
Valobra/Valobra stick combo
Shave oil
Kintaka horsehide strop
Brandx your pics are fantastic, Some of you guys are posting artwork here and mine look like third grade finger painting. I mean really look at Seraphim's and yours :bow and then look at mine :roflmao
Feel free to laugh out loud if you like! I'm okay with that!:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim
Thanks for the compliment! I have an unfair advantage since product and fashion photography is part of what I do for a living. I have all the cool gear and the experience to know how to use it!! Still working on perfecting shave product photo's though. Not totally happy with my results yet!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Wednesday
Hot Shower, hot towel prep. Merkur Silvertip brush, Baxter's of California SC, Heribert Wacker 6/8 INOX,alum block,finished with Pinaud Clubman AS.
Great Shave :D Mmmmm Sandalwoody http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/ima...ilies/cool.gif
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Rooney 3/1 Finest | Penhaligon's BB cream and AS Splash | Dovo 5/8ths Mother of Pearl | Creed Green Irish Tweed.
Dubbed..."The Royal Shave":
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/...f8434c7b_o.jpg
Padron,
That's one beautiful razor/brush combo!! Gotta love horn. Are they both real? Sure look like it.
Last night:
TSD Cherry Cheesecake soap
Ever Ready pure badger
Wade & Butcher 5/8
Loom Strop
Alum block
C&E Bay Rum a/s balm
3 passes bbs
Kent BK4 shaving brush
Floris Elite shaving soap
HandAmerican Old Dog strop
6/8 Dovo "Bismarck" razor
Proraso ASB
Viktor
Thursday:
Baxter's of California SC
Dovo 5/8 "Prima" Silver Steel
Alum
CF Sandelwood ASB
hot shower
hair conditioner
15/16 Dorko Square point
Elements of Bamboo
Silvertip Badger brush shavemac
C&E Uncharted
Two passes BBS great scent too. One happy camper.
Hot shower/hot towel prep
Baxter of California SC
TI-Evide Sonnant Extra
Pinaud Clubman AS
Friday:
6/8 Henckels "Red Twins"
Rooney Super 3,1
Valobra shave stick
DR Harris a/s milk (old)
Trumper's Wild Fern Edt.
5/8 Wapienica
Rooney Stubby 2
Tabac SS
Blue Floid AS
Holy crap! This is a nice brush...
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1220668995
Saturday Morning:
T&H pre-shave oil
Vulfix Sicilian Lime shaving cream
Kent BK4
DD Dwarf
G.F. Trumper lime skin food
Perfect citrus scent for a rainy day
Thanks Stu, yes they are both in genuine horn :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by B R A N D X
Hot Shower/Hot towel prep
Heribert Wacker 6/8 INOX
TOBS "Sandalwood" SC
TOBS "Sandalwood" ASB
TI Black Horn Tip
CF Lime SC
Floid A/S
Neutrogena face cream with SPF
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Hello gents, it's been more than year here and never posted in the SOTD thread :thinking:
Hot Shower
Gear:
- Semogue Pure Badger Hair Shaving Brush w/ Portuguese Oak Handle
- Thiers-Issard "1937 Spécial Coiffeur"
Uberlather prep:
- Omega Shaving Soap
- Musgo Real Shaving Cream
- 3 drops of glycerin
The journey:
- WTG pass
- Hot water rinse
- XTG pass
- Hot water rinse
- "444" Alum block
- Cold water rinse
- "444" Aftershave Balm with some drops of La Toja Aftershave Splash
The result:
- "Oh yeah!" :D
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8537/sotd060908ax3.jpg
7/8 Mella spike (wacker ground, Love it!)
AOS Badger Hair brush
AOS Pre-shave oil
TGQ desert iron wood überlather
Alum Block
Ogalalla Bay Rum AS
Showered and used the Desert Ironwood Bath soap too!
http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...6-img-2786.jpg
5/8 L.West
Rooney Stubby 2
C&E Sienna SS
Aqua Velva AS
This brush is making it hard for me to use a brush rotation...
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1220752883
Simpson D3 best shaving brush
Truefitt&Hill Luxury shaving soap
HandAmerican Old Dog strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard razor
Proraso AS
Viktor
