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Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W Razor: Wade & Butcher Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Soap: SRD Bulgarian Rose Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel Skinfood : GFT Coral Skinfood Result: Awesome shave. One of the best soaps ever. Couldn't ask for more. Have a great SOTD week.
SHAVE
Razor : 8/8 Robert Williams in Mammoth Ivory
Brush : Simpson Chubby 2 Two Band
Soap : Truefitt & Hill Grafton
AS : Truefitt & Hill Grafton
EDT : Truefitt & Hill Grafton
HEAD SHAVE
Razor : Feather All Stainless
Brush : Thäter Chubby 28mm
Soap : HeadSlick Mentholated SC
AS : Head Lube SPF 30
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Amund
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Late night / early morning shave. Instant classic.
Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Ikon 24 mm silvertip
Razor: Joh. Engström
Soap: Nannys Citrus Zinger
Post: Proraso
AS: Old Spice Musk, Indian
Strop: Neil Miller linnen/buffalo 40/60
Result: Muy bueno, very clean shave today - this razor rocks! That razor + 2 1/2 passes and pure Nanny candy soap made the start of my day very nice :)
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Date/Time: 27th June, Sunday afternoon 5:36pm
Preshave: Taylor's of Old Bond Street Pre-Shave Chamomile
Brush: Restored Fuller Black and Marbled Butterscotch with 22mm knot
Shaving Cream: Castle & Forbes Lime
Razor: George Wostenholm & Son 'Pipe' Razor 6/8
Aftershave: Geo F. Trumpers Skinfood Sandalwood
Result: It's been a while, apologies for my absense. I've enjoyed this thread immensely while I've been travelling. Now that I'm back, I'll continue to keep posting. Great BBS with only a few nicks. I really am feeling the pre-shave, it works for me and is relaxing. Castle & Forbes shaving cream is the best I have ever used. Dylan put a great edge on the Wosty and it shaves marvelously. Skinfood to finish, what a subtle but pleasantly present sensation.
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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama Bear Dragon's Blood
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Moreton & Langley's
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport
sound track: Gabrirla Montero - Bach and beyond
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Relaxing and smooth shave!
Semogue LE 2009 : Jose Monserrat Pou 14 Medallon Taurino : Kell's Original Ancient Sedona SS : Mennen Green Tonic ASL
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SUNDAY
Merkur 45 Bakelite
Kai Blade
Palmolive SC
Semogue 1438
Spanish Floid AS (amber)
BBS
Metropol Special by Goedecke & Co 13/16+
Hibbard Spencer 'Our Very Best' Barber Hone
Vintage Grelot Paddle
Castle Forbes Lime
Vintage Guerlain de Vetiver aftershave
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Pic: One of my many orchids growing attached to a Sable Palm in front of my house...this one took a lot of TLC.
Brush: Rooney Style 2
Soap: Conk Bay Rum
Razor: Boker Edelweiss
AS: Conk Amber
ASB: Nivea
Just ordered the Boker Edelweiss from SRP on Wednesday evening and it came in the mail yesterday. Thanks for the quick service! The razor is beautiful and shaves wonderfully.
This is about as good as it gets,,,
Craftsman 11/16 / Craftsman Timber Tanned Butt Hide / Castle Forbes Lime-Classic Lime Soap Uberlather / 28mm ShaveMac Silvertip / Pusser's Lime Splash
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Now ya wanna see where the day is going to take me??? Go to Google Maps, Satellite View, type in Roman Nose, Bonners Ferry, ID. That's where we are heading this morning :) Got them packed and ready to roll
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Update:
This is where we went :):):) after a bit of wandering lost LOL
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Filarmonica #14 Medallon Taurino
SRD English Bridle strop
Simpsons Grosvenor LE
Trumpers Rose
Trumpers Spanish Leather aftershave
Hot Shower
Wade and Butcher Wedge (1910 Gem Jr. Lather Catcher for the dome)
Semogue 2000
Nana June's Citrus Wake Up
Masters Bay Rum
Florida Water
Prep: Warm shower--followed by Robeson bay rum beard prep method
Brush: Vie-Long 16510 White Badger
SS/SC: Valobra (Menthol) + Palmolive “Classic”
Strop: VB Red Latigo--50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8 Dovo “Red Solingen”
Astringent: Thayer’s Original Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea for Men “Extreme Comfort”
AS: Floid (Italian) “The Genuine”
Result: A great shave…A great finish.
-Hot water soak (no shower today)
-Col. Conk Brush
-Soaptopia Almond scent
-Heriloom Strops Red Latigo, 24 linen, 40 leather
-Dovo Perlex razor
-1 pass WTG, 1 pass ATG
-Cold water rinse
-Ogallala Bay Rum
YouTube - SotD 27 June Pt 1
Razor; Griffon XX
Soap; TGQ's Oak & Moss cream
Brush; AoS Pure Badger
Strop; Tony Miller Latigo
Not a bad shave indeed, used my new J-Nat to finish it... with all the prep and all... I totally forgot to strop the razor LOL shaved very will, gotto run more tests for sure :)
Sunday, 6.27.10
Aura Glow Mentalist Pre Shave Oil
Überlather.... Williams SS, Real Shaving Co. Sensitive Formula SC and 10 drops pure glycerine
Simpson's Colonel X2L Ehsan
Genco Master Barber
Tony Miller Heirloom 40 Linen/65 Latigo
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm Sensitive
good ole' Ice Blue Aqua Velva
The überlather is always a treat!
This Genco delivered my very first straight razor shave, so it holds a special place in the rotation..and it always performs.
Ice Blue AV... A great summer AS!
FYI....
The Grand piano was made by my Uncle Elnor in Fishguard, Wales expressly for me near 60 years ago.. when I was just a little shaver. He was a highly skilled cabinet maker, and for some unknown reason, he loved the "little Yank"... This means alot to me!
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Glen, love the vintage Craftsman razor and strop! What a setup today! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Razor: W&B True Wedge 7/8 black horn
Soap: DRH Arlington
AS: SCS Lime Extract
EdT: DRH Arlington
Quote:
Originally Posted by loueedacat
I'd love to see a photo of that razor!
L. Holzhauer & Sons Special | Rooney Finest | Floris Santal | Saint Charles Shave Avocado
Morning shave;
W&B 'Lather Well'
Plisson EW
QED Vetiver
Demeter Vetiver EDC
Quote:
Originally Posted by sfcablecar
What a beautiful and unusual razor
Jimmy I've been eyeing a couple of those lather well razors. how do they shave?
Ganboyi, the color of the scales are not too common but what I love are the squirrel bolsters! Shaves great. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ganboyi
6/8 Dovo Special
Valobra
Kent B&B LE 2009
Speick ASL
Creed Millesime Imperial
12 mile bike ride this morning then a nice shower & shave. Great way to start the day!!
SOTD Sunday June 27, 2010
Razor: 11/16 Frederick Reynolds Hamburg Ring French Point
Soap: Classic Shaving Lilac
Mug: Vintage Old spice
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Omega Boar
ASB: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Great shaves shown by all this week Gentlemen! http://www.theshaveden.com/forum/ima...s/happy005.gif
Kent T4
Palmolive SS - two soap sticks pressed together in a bowl
6/8 Eishartung stainless Inox in snakewood scales
Roger & Gallet L' Homme ASB
A superb shave for a sweltering day by English standards. Very smooth and fresh.
3 Hour Bike Ride
Very Hot Shower
24mm Extra Hair Finest Custom
TOBS Lavender Soap, Cream, and 3 drops Glycerine
SRD Red Latigo/Web 50/75
Shumate's Barber
Nivea Sensitive
What a wonderful day so far. The shave was very relaxing after such a hot ride.
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leadduck,Quote:
Originally Posted by leadduck
How was the Soaptopia shaving soap?
IME if you lather well they shave well. :D Seriously, being a wedge,this one was a bit of a chore to get shave ready but smooth as silk once I got there. It is the only copy of that model I've got but W&Bs are usually good razors IME.Quote:
Originally Posted by ganboyi
Bengall (Thanks Glen for the great scales and great honing!)
Cella
Pure Badger Brush
DB Scuttle
Witch Hazel
Caswell-Massey Sandalwood balm
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Thanks for sharing the solution....next time I will try to make it a bit more difficult. Maybe a crossword puzzle next time. HOG
I've never figured out the digital camera thing but I'll see if I can work it out. It used to have a cornucopia etch but long gone. It's a very cool beastly shape - real big at the point and gets less slightly wide closer to the heel, but if you didn't know better you'd think it had the worst uneven hone wear in history but it's just a nifty old school shape. I think it's very old but the old black horn scales are in great shape. As often is the case with wedges, very comfy shave.Quote:
Originally Posted by ganboyi
What an outstanding razor--especially those scales. Congratulations!Quote:
Originally Posted by GardenWeasel
Valobra Shave Stick | Omega 31064 | Geneva Cutlery 5/8 | Alt Innsbruck sample :tu
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I have had the AI sample since some time now but didn't find it enticing enough after smelling it from the bottle. Decided to try it today and I can't stop smelling my hands.
Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Custom two banded finest 24 mm
Razor: Friodur 15/16
Soap: Cyril R Slater Indian Sandalwood
Post: Proraso
AS: Dr Harris Sandalwood
Result: Very clean shave :)
This razor was not used to it´s fullest this morning though, I didn´t have to much stubble to work with after yesterdays late shave with my Engström. Thank you all for nice pictures and stories!
