Thread: SOTD Monday Nov 7 - Sunday Nov 13

Showered with Sandalwood Vanilla bath soap
TI 7/8 Red Stamina
Shavemac SMF Special
QEDman Pine & Cedar shaving soap
Proraso after shave balm
Trumper's Coral Skin Food
Woods of Windsor EdT

-Scrubbed face with Shiseido for Men exfoliating scrub
-shower, etc
-Castle Forbes Essential lavender oil cream
-Vulfix super badger
-Dubl Duck Satinedge 5/8 round point I got from Superfly....Sweet!
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-2 passes with grain, 1 across
-Shiseido for Men Hydrating Lotion
-Castle Forbes "Keig" edt

Very nice. The Castle Forbes cream is THICK stuff! I like it and the Shiseido lotion is fantastic too. Looks like water, feels like thin baby oil, dries like Trumper's skin food. Very soothing and 6 hours later still moisturizing well.
.........Jeff

SR Droescher Blue Diamond

Honemaster barber hone
3 passes

Illinois 361 hanging strop
16 passes on the linen
28 passes on the finished leather

hot shower
GlaxoSmithKline Spectro Gel Skin Cleanser
1 pass touch-up on the sides and neck with water only

hot shower

cremo cream _ as preshave
Taylor old Bond St -sandlewood soap
silver tip badger brush
7/8 W&B wedge ( Lynn sharp)
Pinaud Vanilla

Showered with Sandalwood Vanilla bath soap
Dorko 7/8
Shavemac SMF Special
Geo F. Trumper Coconut Oil shaving cream
Proraso after shave balm
Geo F. Trumper Coral Skin Food
Yves Saint Laurent M7 EdT

Ironwood Wade & Butcher
Tony Miller paddle strop
16 laps on the unfinished leather
36 laps on the finished leather

hot shower
GlaxoSmithKline Spectro Gel skin cleanser
Lush Ambrosia Shaving Cream
5 min hot towel
1 pass down

Cream
1 pass against

1 touch-up pass with water
Thayer's Witch Hazel Skin Astringent with Aloe

Showered with Woodland Sprite bath soap
Thiers-Issard Red Stamina, 7/8
Shavemac SMF Special
Art of Shaving Sandalwood shaving soap
Art of Shaving Sandalwood after shave balm
Geo F. Trumper Coral Skin Food
Art of Shaving Sandalwood EdT

Hot shower

Cremo cream
classic shaving bay rum soap
7/8 W. Greaves & Son wedge
silver badger brush
Pinaud Bay Rum aftershave

Shaving soap Minty Menthol from Em's Place. The razor is a L'Alpin, purchased from Lynn. Great shaver!

Randy

Shower.....

Vulfix super badger
Cremo cream
Dovo stainless 5/8 with pearlex handles
Clubman Pinaud original to stop the seeping.

I did one pass with, one across, and got froggy and tried going against. Neck went fine, albeit slow, Cheeks were alright, one nick. Chin and sides of the mouth, MANY nicks. I am NOT an against person apparently. I had just honed and stropped this razor so I know it was sharp, but against the grain it seems my beard is so strong, all I can manage are short strokes. I also had a hard time stetching DOWN when shaving S-N above the jawline. Couldn't find any skin to grab ahold of. Thoughts...? A couple hours later I washed my face again and put on Lime Skin Food. It helped. Tomorrow is a day off :-(