Thread: SOTD - Sun Dec 6th - Sat Dec 12th

STROPS: Illinois 827, Dovo 3" finish leather. 60 passes linen, 80 passes leather, 60 passes finish leather.
PRE-SHAVE PREP: Hot shower, hot towel, glycerin oil, hot towel.
BRUSH: C-M Super Silver Tip.
S/SOAP: Straight Razor Designs- Frankincense
PRE-SHAVE PREP: Lather, hot towel, re-lather.
RAZOR: Dovo Bergischer Lowe 5/8 spanish point, with black horn scales. WTG, XTG, ATG passes. Cold water rinse.
A/S BALM: Diesel Fuel for Life.
EDT: Diesel Fuel for Life.
RESULT: BBS Shave.
~ MUSIC ~ Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Lost Christmas Eve. Holiday inspired bowl, a gift from my wife.

Newly restored razor from an eBay lot. Disassembled, cleaned, repinned with stainless washer and brass rod, honed a few days ago and tested today. Great shave.

Razor: Guely Bros. - "O"-54
Soap: TGQ Savon de Campagne
After: Royall Bay Rhum

Pre: Lucky Tiger - Face Scrub / Proraso Pre-Shave Cream
Strop: TI Travel Paddle Strop
Razor: Jonathan Crookes - "Hollow Ground Razor"
Brush: Colonel Conk Travel Brush - Pure Badger
Soap: Proraso Shaving Cream
Post: Proraso Post-Shave Cream + Lucky Tiger Mustache Wax
AS: Lucky Tiger - After Shave & Face Tonic

Razor: Regeldso 6/8
Soap: AOS Lemon
AS: Booster's Oriental Spice
ASB: Kiehl's

GUYS!!!

It's only the first day of the new SOTD week and it's already ROCKING big time.

Keep 'em coming those SOTD's


You guys will owe me a new keyboard cause it's got drool all over.

After taking a detour with a DE this past Friday. I picked up the DOVO 6/8 Best Quality that I had honed a week earlier, here is the result:

Preparation: Hot shower + proraso post shave cream
Brush: Vulfix 22mm best badger
Soap/cream: Speick. I love the creaminess...just added five drops of glycerin to avoid fast drying...and it sure helps!
Razor: Stropped this bad boy 30/30 webbed fabric and red latigo. As I said, I honed it last week on a 10K Naniwa, just to polish the edge. As I was stropping it, I could see the glean of the edge when flipping the blade on its spine. I took off a two day worth of stubble like a hot knife through butter.
Astringent: Thayers lemon
AS: Old Spice
Results>> BBS just a couple of nicks around the mustache area...just rushing the process. Should know better.

Background Music>>Georg Teleman. Recorder Suite in A Minor
Adult drink>> Just a couple of Strohs

T&H 1850 SC
Tucharbeit Solingen 7/8 roundpoint w/ Limbawood scales
Musgo ASB

So I decided to try my hand at touching up a razor with a barber's hone I got in a trade. Bad news: I only have one straight right now and I got it freshly honed by Max so I was super worried about ruining the edge. Good news: I didn't ruin the edge. If anything it is feeling smoother again.

Prep: Fire Shower and conditioner on the beard
Soap: Fitjar Fjellheim lathered in the lovely Edwin Jagger Bowl
Brush: Vulfix Super
Razor: Redpoint 5/8
Post: Cold water just like our forefathers
Soundtrack: One and End of the Line, both by Metallica

Result: Great smooth close shave. Not perfect because I'm still working on the best techniques for parts of my face, but still a wonderful shave and I actually went through the trouble to get a picture with my computer.

Razor: Filharmonica Doble Temple 4/8" Polished on Karasu Jnat

Soap: Van Der Hagen

Brush: Rex Pure Badger

A/S: 86% witch hazel in 14% alcohol

Results: Wow... just... wow. Going from Swaty to this Karasu... it's wicked.

Razor test: Kanetake, Iwasaki
Brush test: Omega #40033, Koh-I-Noor #077J
Cream: Olivia Rollingstone
ASB: Olivia Winter
AS: Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve