Thread: SOTD April 5-11

Great old song

Limes Überlather
Classic Lime shave soap
Castle Forbes Lime 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: Kinfolks Blue Steel Special
Strop: SRD Premium
25 laps webbing
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: Pusser's West Indian Lime

Have a Great Day!!!!

Good Saturday morning...

Wald Solingen Es-Ese 5/8 and '51 Black Tip w/Gillette "swede"
Edwin Jagger BBB
Arko Limon sc
Thayers Original WH w/ aloe
Musgo Real ASB
C&E Sandalwood EDT

After a day off from shaving, a decent first pass with the straight and a very nice second and third pass with the Black Tip. No irritation from the "Swede" today...perhaps after a few shaves it calms down for me...I am still struggling with stropping and I left another nick at the bottom of the strop (ARGHHHH!!!) despite my caution...otherwise, a fine way to start the day

Nathan

5/8 Wade & Butcher barbers point
Shavemac best badger
Trumper's Coconut Oil soap
Loom strop
Alum block
C.O.Bigelow bay rum a/s balm

3 passes bbs

Wostenholm 7/8 IXL double carbonized frameback
Simpson's Chubby 1 two-band super
Tabac shave soap
Pinaud Bay Rum aftershave

Originally Posted by RayG

Wostenholm 7/8 IXL double carbonized frameback
Simpson's Chubby 1 two-band super
Tabac shave soap
Pinaud Bay Rum aftershave

That Wostenholm is a beauty, Ray.

Originally Posted by sachin

That Wostenholm is a beauty, Ray.

Thanks. Today was sort of a "test shave." I touched it up on an old escher one of the members was kind enough to part with and boy, was it smooth.

Originally Posted by RayG

Wostenholm 7/8 IXL double carbonized frameback
Simpson's Chubby 1 two-band super
Tabac shave soap
Pinaud Bay Rum aftershave

Thats one of the best looking framebacks i've seen. I have a Engstrom brass frameback, and the more I use it, the more I love it.

This reminds me to get my other one to KenRup for a restore.

Here is my shave for Saturday morning. I have the house to myself for the weekend, so this was exceptionally enjoyable

Pre Shave - Nancy Boy PSO
Brush - Simpson Chubby #1 in Best
Cream - Castle Forbes Lavender
Razor - Heljestrand MK 31 (Thanks Max!
ASB - Wesley & Scott's Lavender

Saturday

Razor: 6/8 Boker "King Kutter"
Brush: Plisson #10 HMW
Soap: Floris No.89 (tallow version)
A/S: DR Harris a/s milk (old)
Edt: Floris No.89

Really nice shave today, I need to concentrate more on making all my shaves this enjoyable. I tend to spend too much time with what end up being IMO inferior products. My goal the rest of the year is to get rid of anything that I don't thoroughly enjoy using.

Saturday 4/11

• Penchetta Penworks Redwood Burl Silvertip
• Godrej Menthol Mist
• 6/8 Geo. Wostenholm & Sons Double Concave Celebrated IXL
• Thayer's A/F Original
• La Toja Splash

Result: A little burn showed up later in the day...but a successful 2 pass "good enough for work" shave. I'm slowly getting the hang of this straight razor thing....slowly.