Wade & Butcher Special 6/8 spike
Rooney Emillion
Castle Forbes Lime shave cream
Castle Forbes Lime aftershave balm
Penhaligon's Castile EDT
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Wade & Butcher Special 6/8 spike
Rooney Emillion
Castle Forbes Lime shave cream
Castle Forbes Lime aftershave balm
Penhaligon's Castile EDT
Merkur Vision | Trumper's Violet SS | Omega #31064 | Proraso Liquid Cream Balm | Alt-Innsbruck AS
http://www.nehp.net/~markbeem/Shavin...h/IMG_1584.jpg
Bobgress razor
Red IP Blade
Rooney 1/2 Badger
Williams mug soap/ Florena cream mix
A really smooth shave
I forgot how good the Williams soap is
Eddie
Slick Sandlewood ÜberLather
Honey Bee Spas Vanilla Sandalwood shave soap
Crabtree & Evelyn 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: Genco "Easy Aces"
Strop: SRD Latigo
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 Pass on cheeks
ATG Pass on neck
Hot water rinse
Touch up on beard lines
Hot water rinse
Alum Block pass
Clean up the Shave Den
Cold water rinse
Aftershave: Bois D Inde Bay Rum
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Have a Great Day!!!!
Cool. I love Hitch**** - I have those movies in my ipod! I like how you made a microphone out of the vision.
****ing autofilter ;)
Omega Silvertip
Lord Super/new Derby
Godrej Menthol Mist S/C
Anherb A/S gel
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Chabrawichi 555 cologne
My 1st SOTD post here--guys, please do not be mad at me, because as I said earlier, I am unable, or actually afraid to shave with a straight razor until I have another cataract operation. I thank God I can still see well enough to use a DE. Once I have the surgery, and my eye is better, I will be more than happy to get back into straight shaving again!
Have a great Sunday! :)
Jeff
Friodur 5/8 roundpoint
Valobra Almond
Pinaud Bay Rum
Sunday
Razor: 7/8 Marshes & Shepherd
Brush: Simpson PJ3 Super
Soap: DR Harris Marlborough
A/S: Clinique PSH
Edt: Brooks Brother 1818
http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/vbp...7&d=1236536944
Tonight was Puma time..
I had dinged the blade and honed it up again..
Was a great Shave.. I didnt do a whole lot to get smooth as I had had it for today..removing 39 years of wall paper in the new room of my son..
So there we go
Shower
Lathered up with tabac (love that smell :p)
stropped the razor 10 laps on CrO, 30 on athletics tape (works great) 100 on leather
rinsed and lathered up again with my home made 22mm golden nib silvertip
One pass with the grain (found that the heel of the razor is not there yet but it shaves...
hot rinse
Lathered up
ATG on cheeks and neck XTG on chin and upperlip
hot rinse
brushed my teeth (almost put tabac on my toothbrush)
cold rinse and Sanex AS balm
not very smooth but comfortale shave..
I'll post a picture later. this week..
My favorite razor (this week)
W&B 6/8
BK12
Classic SC
Baxter of California AS
My shave on monday:
- Thäter 4411 brush
- Truefitt & Hill Luxury Soap
- Gloriawerk 4/8"
- TÜFF AS sensitive
- Davidoff Cool Water Edt
The Gloria Razor was in pretty bad condition when arrived from ebay. A friend of mine repaired the scales and honed it. It is now sharp as hell, and can easily compete with my Filarmonica in terms of sharpness.
Of course, the Fillie will always be my number one :)
Had to rush this morning (da** time change)
Case Red Imp 133, 11/16 spike
Rooney Emillion
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Musgo Real aftershave splash
L'Occitane Vetyver
Friodur 5/8 roundpoint
QED Wild Orange
Booster June Clover
Joseph Allen non-xll
Tabac
Osage Rub/ Witch Hazel
I Hate time change
Decided to spoil myself with all the best from my meager collection last night:
Geo. F Trumpers Coconut Oil soap
Silvertip brush
loom strop
8/8 Hamburg Ring (am eternally grateful for this one,Thanks SRP)
Alum block
Ogallala Bay Rum a/s
3 passes, bbs
Razor: Dovo "Red Soligen" 5/8
Brush: Shavemac D01 with horn handle
Cream: Coates Almond
A/S: Lucido splash followed by Lucido balm
Edt: Penhaligon's Opus 1870
Omega Silvertip
Ming Shi TTO/new 7 AM
De Vergulde Hand S/S bowl :tu :tu :tu
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
De Vergulde Hand deo spray
De Vergulde Hand A/S spray :tu :tu :tu
Quorum EDT
This lovely Dutch soap comes from a company that is in existance for 450 years, so this means the stuff must be great--the aftershave is so soothing, and smells delicious, and the deo spray has that same scent, and also really protects against perspiration odour. To all my brethren here, again, please do not hate or reject me for my DE shaves--it's only a matter of time before I get back into the straight razor scene.
Jeff
Today I used several unique items that I just had to share with you.
If it wasn't for the after shave splash, this would have been an All-Portuguese shaving set, well, the razor is not Portuguese either, its German-Brazilian, I'll explain in detail:
Shaving Brush: Semogue Excelsior Genuine Buffalo Horn Finest Silvertip Badger Hair
Shaving Soap: A vintage shaving soap powder by Claus Porto, Ach. Brito. That's right, I managed to get some very rare powder from the very own Ach. Brito, the same company that makes Musgo Real and Lavanda. I don't know how many years does this thing has, but it was nicely closed and compact, so I guess it was still usable. I sprinkled some powder into the tin and with a moist brush I started swirling, soon after, the lather was growing. Not as much cushioning as MR or Lavanda, but still nice, though, after all, it's a very rare shaving soap powder that hasn't been made for many years now.
Straight Razor: A NOS Gebruder Weyersberg "Corneta" 5016 5/8 full hollow. This is rare item too. It's very similar to a Kirschbaum - very light and sharp, feels almost like a shavette.
Alum Block: 444 AB
After Shave: Aqua Velva mixed with 444 balm
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Razor--Dubl Duck Pearlduck Special #1 Spike
Brush--Vulfix Best Badger
Lather--Classic Shaving Vanilla
Post--Alum Block & Face Lotion
This is the First razor I have honed and it turned out nice:D
6/8 DOVO Special | SRD 3" Red Latigo Strop | Pré de Provence SS | Omega #31064 | Proraso Liquid Cream AS | Spanish Floïd (Vigoroso)
http://www.nehp.net/~coe1/IMG_1586.jpg
Leclerq 13/16
Alibaba #1
Tabac
DB scuttle
Tuesday
Fromm Bros. Red Head 11/16 WTG
Merkur Progress
Israeli Personna (2)
Fendrihan Silvertip
Moss Scuttle
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet S/C
D.R. Harris Pink A/S
Penhaligon's English Fern A/S
*First attempt at a complete WTG pass using the straight. One very minor self-healing weeper at the corner of the mouth. A feeble attempt at the chin and upper lip area...but a start nonetheless. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/images/...ul/biggrin.gif
T. Hessen Bruch 11/16
Tweezerman brush
Geo. F. trumpers Violet
1805 aftershave balm
GFT cologne
not that close cuz I only did a 2 pass shave (i wanna do another one 2moro :) )
Wade & Butcher's Bow Razor
VDH soap, Glycerin & Chad Stewart Absinthe Uber Lather
VDH 100% Boar Brush
A/S splash Witch Hazel & Baby Oil
!!!!! How about Next week we do a Favorite Team Theme. Any Sports from any where.!!!!!
Tuesday
Razor: 5/8 Griffon "Carbo Magnetic"
Brush: Rooney Emillion
Soap: T&H Luxury
A/S: DR Harris Pink
Edt: TOBS Shaving Shop
http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/vbp...1&d=1236710436
Omega Silvertip
Weishi Chrome/new Nacet
Gada Cool Mint S/C
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Diana mentholated balm
Acqua di Selva cologne
This Gada cream is a very cheap Lebanese-made cream, with rich lather, a nice minty scent that disappears fast, and very good cooling. I've sent it to friends of mine, and they all like it.
Jeff
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Henckels #56, 7/8 in cocobolo
Rooney 2/1 Finest
D.R. Harris Almond
Skin Bracer
Armani Code EDT
Hot Shower: TGQ Oak&Moss Bath Soap
Shave Soap: TGQ Cavendish Black
Brush: Stephen's Woodworking 24mm in Cocobolo
Razor: Generic #11 6/8 Round Point
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum
This is my first SotD post, and I'm afraid I didn't take any pictures; I've only got the words this time.
Today's shave was really nice for me, because I'd been to drill this weekend and given myself near field shaves at the reserve center; I was kind of dinged up. So I left my face alone yesterday and only shaved this morning. My beard grows pretty fast, so I had a good bit of stubble to work with.
First, I took a shower. Well, always a good thing to do in the morning before heading to work.
Next, a little bit of Musgo Real pre-shave oil.
Then, a hot barber's towel to the face while I stropped the Dovo genuine bone honed by the honemeister himself (thanks, Lynn! For a newbie like myself, it sure helps the learning curve when you're confident your razor is honed correctly). 15 passes on canvas, 25 on leather.
Lather up with a Simpson's brush and Trumper's Sandalwood soap; keep the brush warm in a Moss scuttle.
First pass, with the grain. I love that sound.
Lather again, second pass across the grain.
Take a pause to do another hot wrap with a barber towel.
Lather up again, final pass against the grain and final touchups of the chin and mustache areas.
Another hot barber towel to finish and clean the soap off the face a bit.
A shot of witch hazel, cold-water rinse and luke-warm wash with a bar of soap. A couple more cold water rinses.
Finish up with Trumper's sandalwood skin food and a splash of trumper's Spanish Leather.
I took my time. No one was rushing me like they had been over the weekend, and I had plenty of time to get to work, so I just relaxed, unwound, concetrated on the ritual of the thing and enjoyed the result.
There really is soemthing rewarding about a good shave.
There you have it; a bit long-winded and no pictures, just a good shave.
A rare twice in one week shave (appointment tomorrow):
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Shavemac best badger
loom strop
Ogallala Bay Rum soap
11/16 Robeson Premier
Alum
Ogallala Bay Rum a/s
3 passes, bbs
Puma 5/8 roundpoint
Speick Shaving Creams
Booster's Iced Lime Aftershave
Razor: TI Silverwing 5/8
Cream: La Toja
Brush: Plisson HMW 12
A/S: Alt Innsbruck followed by CF Preshave balm
Edt: Vintage Creed Tabamore
5/8 Hen & Rooster | Trumper's Rose SS | C&E PBB | Proraso Liquid Cream AS | Proraso AS
http://www.nehp.net/%7Emarkbeem/Shav...h/IMG_1589.jpg
5/8 Wapienica
Rooney Heritage Stubby 1
Honeybee Old Spice SS
Blue Floid AS
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachm...1&d=1236791569
My second attempt at a straight razor shave.......and yes, i got too adventurous and landed a nice weeper.
Dovo Special 5/8 - Gillette SuperSpeed for clean up
Rooney 3/1 Super
Godrej Lime cream
Pinaud Clubman AS
Nivea ASB