Thread: SOTD - Sun Jan 10th - Sat Jan 16th

Originally Posted by BDom

.... Well, I believe my RAD has exacerbated into JRAD. Oh what have I done!

You can eventually progress to a razor sharp pocket knife and then an ax.

Originally Posted by ControlFreak1

You can eventually progress to a razor sharp pocket knife and then an ax.

It really is not a big problem until you start honing your fingernails

Razorlicious!

No shave for two and a half daze. I almost never shower before I shave but I did today, then I tried the prep that Max found and tried and posted from the old Robeson booklet. And me too - WOW! - I think the most comfortable shave that I have had. Of course I did shower first, and used my new hot pot scuttle with uber lather. But I still think that the prep made a real difference too. Thanks for the awesome tip Max.

Uber-Lather with Art of Shaving Lemon Soap and Cream and a shot of glycerin
used in Robeson prep method, followed with Ogallala Bay Rum Limes and
Peppercorn After Shave
6/8ths Frederick Reynolds in Faux Tortoise - a Maximilian masterpiece
G5 Scuttle from Georgetown Pottery
Edwin Jagger medium silvertip with clear acrylic handle
Uber-Lather
Ogallala Bay Rum After Shave
and of course - Nivea Sensitive After Shave Balm

Uber-tastic !!! So 'licious that I almost didn't use the Nivea

Prep: Hot Shower, AOS Sandalwood oil, and Max's soap/bay rum/soap (I'm a convert now!)
Brush: Cheapy Boar (I gotta get me a Semogue)
Soap: SRD Vetiver
Razor: 6/8 Dovo Pearlex
Astringents: Alum block and T.H.W.
Cologne: Creed Original Santal
Results: A mellow mood and a nice shave absent a few small nicks that I'll be able to survive to shave another day!

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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: EJ Best Badger
Soap: Mama Bear Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Wacker "Jungmeister" 7/8
ASB: Mama Bear winter Aged Spice

Prep>>Hot shower + Proraso Pre shave cream
Razor>>DOVO Best Quality lapped 10 times in COx and 30/30 in red latigo. I honed this razor not too long ago and it is a joy to use.
Soap>>Tabac in ceramic bowl
Brush>>Vulfix Hog bristle brush. A soap latherer for sure.
Astringent>> Thayers Lemon
AS>>Aqua Velva

Results>> Stubble-be-gone!! BBS. Shave on.

Alcoholic libation>>Guiness Stout

MONDAY

Gem Micromatic Open Comb
Gem Carbon Blade
Williams Mug Soap
Omega Synthetic Brush
English Leather After Shave

Well, this shave is very special to me. Around September, my parents decided they'd split the cost of a custom razor with me for my 19th birthday , and I had admired Gabor's (Buddel) work. I collaborated with him to come up with this beauty. It's a 6/8's French tip around 1/8 hollow blade in desert ironwood scales.

After not receiving it for a long while, we'd thought they might have lost it. Today, the mailman rang the doorbell holding a package from Germany.

Crappy iPhone pic, but there will be more pics to come.

Monday Evening

Location, 52° 45' 55.10460 - 0° 57' 31.22065
Beard Prep: Lather, hwr, Bay Rum, lather, Shave
Razor: Bengall
Strop: Dovo 40 canvas/40 Leather
Brush: Kent BK2
Soap: Prorasso Cream
Astringent: Thayers Green
ASB: Nivea Anti Irritation Post Shave Balm
AS : Bay Rum
Result: BBS!
Conclusion: The Bay Rum pre shave is ok for me, not as good as Prorasso Preshave, or better yet a Hot shower first,
But still works fine. and I Love The Smell! SHAVE ON!!

Prep: Hot water face wash with CarrieM's Bay Rum bath soap
Strop: Linen and TM Horse Hide
Brush: Shavemac 23mm Silvertip
SC: CarrieM's Bamboo Teak
Razor: J.A. Henckels 401 5/8s square point
AS: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Two days growth went smooth as silk. Only the sound reminded me that hairs were being cut.