Thread: SOTD: Jan 18th - Jan 24th

Many tests went into this mornings shave, which I will write up and link later today....

Here is the link to what I found in the tests ... http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...r-special.html

Lanolin Overload ÜberLather
Mitchell's Wool Fat shave soap
Musgo Real shave cream
5 Drops Pure Glycerin

Build the Überlather using a 28mm Silvertip Ebony Shavemac #410
Steamed towel x2
Hot water rinse
Lather up
Razor: Wade & Butcher "Special" Full Hollow Grind
Strop Illinois #827 Russian
Steaming hot towel over the lather
Hot water rinse
Re-lather
ATG pass on neck
WTG pass on cheeks
Hot water rinse
Re-lather
10 laps linen
25 laps leather
XTG Pass
Hot water rinse
Touch up on beard lines
Hot water rinse
Alum Block pass
Clean up the Shave Den
Cold water rinse
Aftershave: Royall Bay Rhum

Have a Great Day!!!!

01/22/09 two days stubble( lucky me, i don't have "aggressive" facial hair)

taken away with

Hot shower
proraso pre/post shave balm
vulfix old original brush with soap a freind of mine makes
Proraso again
finished off with Burts Bees for men aftershave

Thursday

Razor: 6/8 Dorko
Brush: Simpson Tulip #2
Cream: Coates Sandalwood
A/S: TSD Sandalwood a/s milk
Edt: TOBS Sandalwood

Hot Shower: TGQ Oak&Moss Bath Soap
Shave Soap: TGQ Bay Rum and Sweet Orange
Brush: Stephen's Woodworking 24mm in Cocobolo
Razor: Dovo Doffin Schmied 6/8 Round Point
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum

Had two shaves today. Got a haircut and decided to treat myself to a barbershop shave:

Warm canned foam with hot towel prep
WTG with a disposable straight
Cleanup with another hot towel
Barber then massaged my face with cocoa butter.
WTF - that was it??

Hot shower as soon as I got home, still fuming, and washed the greasy cocoa butter off. At least it was a good pre-shave prep.

Kinfolks 11/16 spike
Horn Shavemac 23mm sivertip
TOBS Rose cream
WTG, XTG, ATG
Proraso AS Splash
MB Rose/Lavender AS milk

Some parts of my face still burn from that disposble. I'll probably put on some balm tonight.

Thursday 01.22.09

Used Williams Soap for the second day after 2 years away from it.... Inexpensive drugstore boar brush and Pinaud Clubman.

Williams soap with shot of KMF
Rooney Alibaba
W&B wedge 6/8
Dirtybird scuttle
Thayers Rose witch hazel
SCS Rose aftershave balm

Originally Posted by AntiqueHoosier

Thursday 01.22.09

Used Williams Soap for the second day after 2 years away from it.... Inexpensive drugstore boar brush and Pinaud Clubman.

And what's that razor??? Looks nice.

Over the last few months you've gone from a high-zoot Plisson horn, to a Kent BL4, and now a drugstore cheap-o.....

Oh how the mighty have fallen!!!

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Williams soap with shot of KMF

isn't that cheating....heck, why not Williams with a shot of penhaligon's blenheim bouqet, or Williams with a little shot of GFT rose shave cream and GFT rose shave soap uberlather....

Originally Posted by loueedacat

isn't that cheating....heck, why not Williams with a shot of penhaligon's blenheim bouqet, or Williams with a little shot of GFT rose shave cream and GFT rose shave soap uberlather....

Uh-oh, now things have turned ugly here at the SOTD forum!
Don't you have Ebay listings to browse or something???

For the record...it was KMF unscented, and I use it whether I 'm lathering Williams or Tabac, or Valobra.

Here's my full breakdown of Williams superlather.

I suppose if you're a staunch traditionalist, then yes, I cheated. There, I said it.

If you'd like to waste a shot of Penhaligon'$ $have cream$ in your Williams, then be my guest!