CarrieM's sandlewood was super thick and creamy! And the Gaines was really smooth, i took a big chunk out of my lip and didnt even feel it, the only clue i had was the resistance as it sliced.
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Prep: hot shower
Lather: Palmolive cream in a vintage Colgate bowl
Brush: GIBBS 210
Razor: "R. Huhn, Berlin" 6/8 lab slicer + Weltmeister 224 3/8
After: alum block
Shaving with a lab slicer is scary, but they do shave rather well. I might keep it to clear up heavy beard. Narrow blades are nice too ;)
Razor: Boker 5/8 Edelweisse
Soap: Prorazo green tube
Brush: Omega Boar hair professional
AS: Musgo Real
Fantastic shave. The Boker performed above par, love Prorazo and Musgo Real.
Sunday Shave
Prep: Face Wash
Razor: Double Arrow Homemade Scales
Shave Cream: DR Harris Lavender
Brush: Butterscotch Rooney Best Badger
Strop: Vintage Russia Shell
A/S: Floid
First straight shave with a Double Arrow and finished up with my Gem 1912
Today featured:
Joe Chandler 15/16 1/2 Hollow Damascus
Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad Shave Soap and EDT
Featured, but not shown: Rooney 1/2 Super and Proraso AS
That afghan was a present from my grandmother who crocheted it for me... seemed like a fitting backdrop:)
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Razor: J.A. Henckels #50
Brush: Omega Boar
Lather: D.R. Harris Marlborough Cream
Aftershave: Spanish Floid
Prep: leave in conditioner on face with 2 hot towels
Razor: wade&butcher hollow ground for face, henckels platinum401 for neck
brush/soap: Van der hagen
AS: old spice
Location:8° 48' 46.44" S - 115° 13' 36.46" E
Pre-shave: Johnson's Baby Oil
Soap: TOBS Lemon & Lime Shaving Cream
Razor: Custom Joe Chandler 11/16, 1/4 grind
Brush: Kent BK4
Aftershave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Location:
latitude: 38.75910316375279
longitude: -121.30253791809082
Razor: Iwasaki
Brush: Carbonsteel928 custom 22mm
Cream: Al the Atom Bomb Bayrum
A/S/: Al's Bayrum
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