Thread: SOTD - Sun Sep 20th - Sat Sep 26th

Juan Vollmer Palmera #14
Semogue 2000
Origin's Easy Slider
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Dickenson's Witch hazel
Ogalalla Bay Rum AS

Going to do the Fat for a while, settle into a rhythm with it. This was a good start.

Thursday's shave - "New Toys"
Today I got my Harris Bros wedge from Lee that I'd been waiting for. What better way to try it out than in conjunction with one of the new soaps that arrived from BullGoose shaving on Tuesday?

Razor: Harris Bros 559 (near-as-damnit-wedge)
Brush: Semogue 2015
Soap(s): Tabac (1st pass + chin touchup), TOBS Lavender (touch-up pass on side of neck)
AS: Nivea replenishing balm

The shave - amazing! 4+ days of stubble vanished in one pass. Lee has honed this razor magnificently, it literally wiped away the whiskers without even feeling like it. I had a couple of small nicks on my chin and upper lip, and yet the razor was so sharp I only noticed the nicks when I saw the blood seeping through the lather. What I had expected to be a two- or three-pass shave (hence the two soaps) became a 1 pass and chin touchup shave.
The Tabac delivered a brilliant performance, an excellent intro to what is apparently a very polarising soap. Slick, thick lather, moisturising as all hell, simply brilliant. I had to use the TOBS for something, so used a small amount of it on the side of my neck where I have a few odd whiskers - lovely scent, great cushion - also an excellent intro. I'm now sitting at my computer faceturbating like a madman, and loving it. Thanks Lee and Phil (bullgoose), a great shave thanks to you two gents.

Razor: Dovo Bismarck
Brush: Omega Boar
Shave Soap: SRD Rose Otto
Aftershave: D.R. Harris Arlington

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: EJ Best Badger
Soap: Fitjar - Miklagard
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Wade & Butcher 8/8 "For Barbers Use"
AS: Geo. F. Trumper – Lime skin food

Good, old razor.

Location: 6° 10' 25.3416"-115° 20' 33.1908"
Razor: J.A. Henckels -Twin works #50
Brush: Kent BK4
Cream: Proraso
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
AS: Aqua Velva
Result: BBS

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Razor : C&H Birkendahl 5/8
Shaving soap : Proraso A&GT
Brush : Teteven
Aftershave : Top Ten Menthol

Razor - Joseph Smith & Sons 6/8"
Brush - Omega Pure Badger
SC & AS - TOBS Eton College

Style: TGIF Evening shave

• hot towel to the face
• Caswell massey brush
• Caswell massey almond soap
• face lather
• no stropping (fresh from hibudgl)
• Frederick Reynolds 7/8 Wedge
• Nivea AS

One of the best shaves - It was smooth - Any thoughts of giving this razor back to Sham went wayward with the stubble - I believe - I believe. Shaver was Waaaay smooth

Also a note: if you notice, I use the same brush and shave soap - this is deliberate to master and truly give the soap a chance and understand how to get the best lather possible from it and the brush.

Merkur 11C
Shark Blade
VDH Boar
Kell's Hemp/Aloe Soap
Panama Jack "Green Ice" Aloe Gel
Black Suede After Shave

tried to post this last night:

expert barber 400
loom strop
shavemac best badger
ogalllala bay rum soap
alum block
Gillette "Sport" non-alcoholic a/s yesterday evening

2 passes near bbs.