Thread: SOTD - Sun July 18th - Sat July 24rd

Prep: Long hot shower, hot towels steaming AoS Sandalwood Preshave.
Strope: SRD Modular paddle 50 Felt/50 leather.
Brush: AoS Fine Badger.
Cream/Soap: Aos Sandalwood + Glycerin.
Razor: Theirs-Issard 5/8 bocote wood scales.
ASB:AoS Sandalwood balm + Pre-shave oil.
Results: First BBS shave

W.H. Sample & Sons "Our Chief" (all week with this razor )
Illinois #827 Strop
Santa Maria Novella shave cream
Pure Badger Brush
DB Scuttle
Witch Hazel
Czech & Speake # 88

Originally Posted by eTom

Today:
soap: Palmolive
brush: Muehle
razor: Thiers Issard
AS: Strellson

Beautiful TI razor Tom!

SOTD Saturday July 24, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Wostenholm Pipe Razor Full Hollow Round Point
Soap/Mug: Tabac
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Col Conk Barbershop Badger
ASB: Nivea replenishing
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Used the Tabac SS same as usual. Didn't observe much glide or cushion. It was very similar to the Williams SS but didn't dry as fast. IMHO the Tabac doesn't have cushion. I could feel the razor on the skin during the shaving strokes however, the Tabac does the same as the Williams in that it encases the whiskers and stands them up for cutting. The Tabac delivered a very close and comfortable shave and provided exactly what you would expect a lather to do. It's a great soap but no glide or cushion IMHO.

Originally Posted by Stroker

SOTD Saturday July 24, 2010

Razor: 5/8 Wostenholm Pipe Razor Full Hollow Round Point
Soap/Mug: Tabac
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Col Conk Barbershop Badger
ASB: Nivea replenishing
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Used the Tabac SS same as usual. Didn't observe much glide or cushion. It was very similar to the Williams SS but didn't dry as fast. IMHO the Tabac doesn't have cushion. I could feel the razor on the skin during the shaving strokes however, the Tabac does the same as the Williams in that it encases the whiskers and stands them up for cutting. The Tabac delivered a very close and comfortable shave and provided exactly what you would expect a lather to do. It's a great soap but no glide or cushion IMHO.

Hey Bruce, do u face lather with Tabac or build it in a scuttle, I have found that with soaps like Tabac and MWF if i face lather i get much better results with the slickness and glide of the lather, try it out It might make a difference

Originally Posted by thewatermark

Hey Bruce, do u face lather with Tabac or build it in a scuttle, I have found that with soaps like Tabac and MWF if i face lather i get much better results with the slickness and glide of the lather, try it out It might make a difference

Hi Matt, I always bowl lather. (then put the brush in a scuttle for the warm lather) I tend to work the lather into the beard with the brush pretty well but I will try the face lather to see if it makes a difference. The MWF gives me plenty of slickness. That stuff is the slipperiest lather of all the soaps so far. Thanks for the interest in the observations that we're conducting Matt. Stay tuned.

Sorry, this was actually last nights shave but even so....Oh My!!!

Razor: The Post Shears Company
Brush: Vulfix 20mm Best Badger
Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum and Sweet Orange(Awesome!!!!)
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum
Pipe: Peterson Donegal Rocky #408
Pipe Tobacco: Local shops Spicy Vanilla

Wonderful shave, tried something a little different with my angles and it worked very nicely. The pipe was bought as an estate in wonderful shape and I'm loving it.

Today, four more have joined my rotation - The Kings and their Bodyguards

Evening honing - DMT1.2k, Naniwa 5k, Naniwa 8k -> TM Apprentice Strop
Presoaked the Thater in my SRD Mixing Bowl
Hot shower with CarrieM's OakMoss bathsoap
CarrieM's OakMoss vPink shave cream
King's Double Tempered, King Midas, Greaves Fencing Foils w/dual notches, Greaves with thumbnotch
Warm water rinse
CarrieM's Oakmoss AS "Gel"

No, those King's are not small razors; they are normal 5/8's razors. The Greaves are extra long. And I just noticed the reflection of my Listerine in the Greaves.... It's not even close to where I took the photo....

Originally Posted by Stroker

I'm lovin that brush! Where could I get one of those?

We actually found that brand new, still in the box, during one of our antique store hunts