Art of Shaving Finest Badger
Some of CarrieM's First Frost cream
vintage german silver sugar bowl that is perfect for lathering =)
and my newest Str8 a pretty little Hess 42
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Art of Shaving Finest Badger
Some of CarrieM's First Frost cream
vintage german silver sugar bowl that is perfect for lathering =)
and my newest Str8 a pretty little Hess 42
Gentlemen,
For those of you who missed my late Saturday night post, please check out page 23 of last week's SOTD. LinacMan Junior is really proud of his first faux straight razor shave! When his first facial hair comes in, I'm sure we'll start seeing his real SOTD pics on SRP.
Straight Razor Place Forums » The Gallery » Shave Of The Day » SOTD - Sun June 06th - Sat June 12th
Just wonderful LinacMan! I wish my old man would have done that for me when I was his age!Quote:
Originally Posted by LinacMan
Happy upcoming Father's Day :)
First SOTD in ages:
Blade prep: 50 passes on my "finishing" antique French strop, the razor was bought this afternoon
Pre: sauna, shower, Proraso Pre/Post cream
Lather: Proraso in stacked mugs with a badger brush
Razor: "REX" Eskilstuna 42
Post: Proraso Pre/Post cream and home-made Bay Rum
Verdict: First shave with an Eskilstuna and actually first shave with a non-Sheffield in about 3 months. The shave was smooth and effortless, it went through a 3 days beard like nothing was there. The blade is narrower than the ones I normally shave with, but the shave was good enough to integrate it in my current rotation.
Sunday
Prep: Hot shower
Str8: Bassler b/8 round point stainless steel
DE: Wilkinson Sword Classic with Wilkinson Sword blade (2)
Soap: Crabtree & Evelyn 'Nomad' Soap
Brush: Vulfix 404 Boar
Post: Alum, Witch Hazel, Gillette ASB, Aquatonic AS
Straight Shave No. 14 (or so)
Things starting to fall into place a little now, while there was a good amount of clean up needed with the DE it was noticeably closer before hand. If I had not been doing a DE clean up an I could have achieved a socially acceptable shave with some additional str8 passes.
The DE razor used tonight is generally one of the cheapest available and was bought at less abut half the price it usually is, along with 5 blades. When I discount to cost of the blades the razor itself cost about the same as a 2l bottle of Coke! Its cheap, it feels cheap but still does a reasonable job.
After 2 DE clean up passes and a little blade buffing a BBS was achieved.
Welcome to the SRP SOTD thread Jerry! Great first post! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry01
Quick Hot Shower
TOBS Lavender Soap,Cream, 3 drops Glycerine
24mm TGN Extra Hair Finest Custom
Redneck Scuttle
Frederick Reynolds 9/16
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Had to make this a very quick shave today. Still was able to get BBS, the FR took an awesome edge!
http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...D/IMG_6267.jpg
Welcome to SOTD Jerry!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry01
Great photo.
LinacMan,Quote:
Originally Posted by LinacMan
That is AWESOME!
Great start for him.
Lu
