Location: 6° 10' 25.3416"-115° 20' 33.1908"
Razor: Dame, Stoddard & Kenda - Boston
Brush: Simpson Polo 10 - 2 band
Soap: Hasslinger Honey
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
AS: Aqua Velva A/S + Balm
Result: BBS
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Location: 6° 10' 25.3416"-115° 20' 33.1908"
Razor: Dame, Stoddard & Kenda - Boston
Brush: Simpson Polo 10 - 2 band
Soap: Hasslinger Honey
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
AS: Aqua Velva A/S + Balm
Result: BBS
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SUNDAY
iKon Bulldog Handle
Astra/Day 3
Kell's Ultra Hemp & Aloe
VDH Boar Brush
Panama Jack Green Ice Aloe Gel
Pinaud Clubman Bay Rum
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Location N 59° 50.050' E 010° 24.976'
8/8 Friodur
28mm Stephens Woodworking
L'Occitane Cade SC
L'Occitane Cade AS
Attachment 30983
Fall is upon us !
Amund
Greetings friends,
As a long time lurker, I finally registered yesterday. Thanks to all for so much great and useful information! Here we go, let's see if I can get this posted.
N 34° 11.8' 34.1971; W 118° 49' 118.8247
Le Grelot 7/8th quarter ground in stag
Kent
Taylor's Lavender Cream
Taylor's Lavender Water
Razor: Gillette Super Speed Red-tip, American 1950's
Brush: Tweezerman Badger
Soap: C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream & Saint Charles Shave Soap
Astringent: Alum Block
AS: Art of Shaving Lemon Gel
Result: BBS
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Razor: Boker 5/8 Edelweisse honed by Lynn
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Bulfix 22 MM knot. Badger hair.
AS: Thayers Witch Hazel with Lemon....followed by
AS: Old Spice
After thoughts:
Overall a good shave. BBS in the cheek area and neck. Still need to work in the under lip area as well as mustache area. Being very careful in the coners of the neck and under-jaw.
Beard: 48h old stubble
Razor: (1kg) Gebr. Hoppe 5/8 hollow ground bought this morning
Soap: Tabac soap with a drop of Tabac cream
Brush: Badger hair, no-brand, German made
AS: Alum block followed by Tabac aftershave
After thoughts:
My first shave with a hollow ground blade, very close to BBS even tho I didn't go ATG. I finally managed to shave most of the mustache and most of the goatee. All in all, I shaved maybe 2/8th of an inch with the DE (under the nose and tip of the chin). No cut, no nick, no razor burn, will shave again :D
shave testing a few re-hones today. Couple of my razors needed to see the hones again. Took all of them back to the 8k Naniwa then to the diamond films down to 1 micron
Razors: FWE Special 6/8th's in white micarta, W&B 5/8ths in original horn, Joseph Rodgers 13/16th's in BloodWood, Simmon's Barbers Pet 7/8ths in black micarta.
Shave Soap: TGQ's Autumn Spice.+ 3 drops glycerin
Afershave: AOS unscented
Aftershave: Speick
cheers
D
Today I was shave testing as well - a lot
Hot shower
Georgetown Pottery scuttle / Semogue 730
Bay Rum Uberlather, just to mix things up a bit
3 x DD Dwarf, Geneva Pyramid #7, W&B's Fine India Steel, Plymouth Hollow Ground, Henkels 401 (non-plat)
Ogallala Bay Rum AS
Razor: Boker Keen "ivan" Kutter
Brush: Omega Boar
Lather: SRD Blood Orange
Aftershave: Classic Italian Floid
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: EJ Best Badger
Soap: Fitjar - Miklagard
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Wacker 8/8 "Magnum"
AS: Geo. F. Trumper – Lime skin food
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Location:8° 48' 46.44" S - 115° 13' 36.46" E
Razor: 11/16 Custom J.C. 1/4 grind
Pre-shave: Johnson's Baby Oil
Soap: Kent's Luxury Shaving Soap
Brush: Kent BK 4
Aftershave: Aqua di Parma Tonica
Location:
latitude: 38.75910316375279
longitude: -121.30253791809082
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Razor: Custom
Brush: Omega #40033 "Mighty Midget" Boar
Cream: C.O. Bigelow
A/S/B: C.O. Bigelow Elixir Red
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Razor: Hart Steel
Brush: Simpson PL10
Soap: QED Bay Rum and Fitjar Shea Pleasure Super-lather
AS: Baxter's Gel and Ogallala AS Blend
BBS
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Location: 6° 10' 25.3416"-115° 20' 33.1908"
Razor: Hans Otto Deutsch
Brush: Shavemac D01 - 23/55
Soap: GFT Rose
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Pre + Sealer: GFT Coral Skin Food
Result: BBS
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MONDAY
iKon Bulldog Handle
Astra/4th Day
Kell's SS Hemp/Aloe
Valfix 2006 Badger
Pinaud Clubman After Shave
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
razor: generic Solignen 7/8 inox
brush: Crabtree and Evelyn
soap: MomaBear Mysore Sandalwood
as: Pinaud Clubman
Xpec Shaving Soap
22mm Shavemac DO1 Silvertip
6/8 Schleiper Eye Brand
Handamerican Strop
Xpec A/S Lotion
Regards,
Alex
Razor: DOVO Special Blonde 6/8
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood
Brush: Vulfix 22MM knot Badger hair
Astrigent: Thayers Aloe and Lemon...followed by
AS: Musgo Real
Some thoughts:
This was a real good shave...lots of progress. BBS in cheeks and neck. Shaved entire shin to BB smooth. worked in the left side bottom neck. Mustache area 80% shaved.
Filarmonica # 13 Doble Temple con cuerno
Desert Ironwood Silvertip Custom
Origin's Easy Slider
Institute Karite Shave Soap
alum block
Dickenson's Witch Hazel
Ogallala Bay Rum splash
(oops, thought it was the MWF shave stick. kind of burned my face. won't make that mistake again.)
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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
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Location N 59° 50.050' E 010° 24.976'
7/8+ Joseph Allen & Sons NON XLL
Omega Pro Series Boar
The Body Shop Maca Root SC
Pinaud Clubman Bay Rum AS
Attachment 31100
Amund.
Razor Philharmonica 3/8
Edwin Jagger Aloe Vera sensitive skin soap
Trumpers Sandalwood Skinfood
Amazing BBs shave with no irritation, I must be getting along well with this tiny blade:beer1:
I will post a review of this razor Later as its been an absolute surprise to me.
Paul
Prep: hot shower
Razor: C.V.Heljestrand no.41
strop: leather belt
soap/brush: van der hagen
Cold water splash, no AS
Result: better than a disposable. gettin better everyday.
Location: 6° 10' 25.3416"-115° 20' 33.1908"
Razor: Red Head - Jade Ghost - Test/Full Shave
Brush: Shavemac - D01 23/50
Soap: MWF
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
AS: Nivea sensitive skin
EDC: Hollister California
Result: BBS
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Wow max, that's a gorgeous razor!!! You know I'm partial to redheads..... :D
Razor: Boker Edelweisse 5/8
Soap: Vintage Blade Triple milled soap-Lavender
Brush: Vulfix Badger
Astrigent: Thayers plus
AS: Old Spice.
Overall a good shave. Small nick in the mustache area. Improving every day.
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Location:
latitude: 38.75910316375279
longitude: -121.30253791809082
Razor: Iwasaki
Brush: Omega #21047
Cream: Al the "Bomb"
A/S/: Al's Bayrum
Cologne: Ogallala BayRum
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Razor - Shumate's Barber
Brush - Charles Tyrwhitt Best Badger
SC & AS - TOBS Eton College
Thanks to Kelly (nun2sharp) for the fantastic hone on this razor. It's the best of my bunch!
Carl Schmidt Blue Steel
Shavemac best badger
Castle Forbes Sandalwood and Cedar cream
Brute AS lotion
5/8 Henckels
20mm Vulfix Best
tabac
Dominica Bayrum
Acqua Di Parma Shave Cream
Plisson HMW 12
6/8 Livi Regrind
Handamerican Strop
Acqua Di Parma A/S Lotion
Regards,
Alex
Pre: Microwaved towel
Lather: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood
Brush: GIBBS 210
Razor: Gebr Hoppe Solingen
After: New alum block
Progress: first time global ATG, first time entirely with the straight razor, first time more than 3 passes.
Verdict: very smooth but a few cuts on the chin, I still missed a handful of hair just under the nose and around Adam's apple.
Razor: Dovo Special 6/8
Soap: Erasmic
Brush: Omega Silver tip badger hair
Estrigent: Thayers +
AS: Aqua Velva
some observations: The DOVO performed flawlessly after being stropped in pasted side with ChrOx. Shaved entired face, two passes WTG, XTG but could not do ATG.
Style: Evening shave hot towel
Music: Roger Miller King of the road
Brush: Caswell Massey
Soap: Caswell Massey almond aloe soap
Strop: 15/30 cotton/SRD PremiumII
Razor: A gift from Justin aka Gumbo on Badger and Blade
AS: Gilette AS gel
Been shaving with wedges so much the past few weeks - almost forgot how noisy a hollow shaves :)
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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: EJ Best Badger
Soap: Fitjar - Miklagard
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Wacker "Jungmeister" 7/8
AS: Geo. F. Trumper – Lime skin food
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Location: 28° 8' 58.212"-15° 26' 48.398"
Razor: Henckels Friodur 50 1/2
Brush: Omega boar
Cream: TOBS Avocado
AS: Thayers Witch Hazel + Aloe Vera AS/Old Spice classic
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Location N 59° 50.050' E 010° 24.976'
7/8+ Joseph Allen & Sons
Rudy Vey Custom 28mm silvertip
Ogallala Bay Rum SS
Ogallala Bay Rum AS
Attachment 31206
Amund.
THURSDAY
Parker 91R
Personna red wrapper/day 2
Kell's Hemp & Aloe Soap
Vulfix Badger 2006
Panama Jack "Green Ice" Aloe
Barbasol Pacific Rush After Shave
If you like menthol Pacific Rush is for you. A new product from Barbasol and el chipo.