Good morning, gentleman!
today:
soap: Thiers Issard
brush: Muehle
razor: Buddel
AS: Old Spice
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Have a nice weekend
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Good morning, gentleman!
today:
soap: Thiers Issard
brush: Muehle
razor: Buddel
AS: Old Spice
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Have a nice weekend
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: E. J. best badger
Soap: Mama Bear's Black Code
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop
Razor: Wacker 6/8 Spanish point 1/4 hollow
ASB: Geo. F. Trumper – Lime Skin Food
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Pre: Hot shower
Razor: C W Dahlgren frameback
Brush: Grosvenor Bodger
Soap: Tabac
AS: Tabac
Strop: Neil Miller linen/buffallo 30/50
Result: Uberclean
Wow, what a brush, for the price tag. First time and it loaded and lathered like a champ (soked it for 15 min). Razor is ultra sharp - HHT 5, I don´t have to drag the hair against the edge, just tap it against it :)
Saturday, 9.4.10
Hot Towel Treatment
Omega Shave Cream
Vulfix 660 Badger
Gabel 36 ⅝
SRD Premium I Strop .. 45 Linen/80 Leather
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea AS Balm
Spanish Floïd Suave AS
A clear, cool and calm day today, after a non-appearance yesterday by Earl, allowed a nice hot towel prep... The Gabel 36 is an amazing razor... One of the best I've got! Not only super sharp, but also super smooooth.
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Pre-Shave: Hot shower + Stephan's Conditioning Smooth Shave Creme Razors: 6/8" Theirs-Issard Historical Worked Back, Hollow, Round point Brush: 24mm Shavemac Silvertip Badger Überlather: CarrieM Blood Orange Shave Creme + Mama Bear's Myrrh Shave Soap + Glycerin Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel (Lavender, no alcohol) Post-shave: Trumper's Sandalwood Skin Food Facial Moisturizer: Trumper's Facial Moisturizer Cologne: Givenchy π (pi) Result: Super prep, super shave:y. Thiers never disappoints. What a way to start Saturday and to end a great SOTD week. Thank you for sharing gentlemen.
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Have a great Saturday guys :).
Saturday 9/4/10
Genco 5/8
New Forest 2201
Ingram sc
Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe
Lucky Tiger a/s and Face Tonic
Eau Sauvage Edt
A three mile walk to start the day followed by a fine shave without incident. I think my feel with the razor is improving which helps me with my technique. A great start to the day.
Prep: Hot shower--followed by Robeson bay rum (mentholated) beard prep
Brush: Simpsons T2 “Super Badger”
SS/SC: Erasmic + Irisch Moos
Strop: VB Red Latigo--50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8 Blue Bowdin’s “Swiss 500”
Astringent: Alum block
ASB: Nickel “Fire Insurance” After-shave Cream
AS: Irisch Moos
Result: Feeling, looking and smelling oh sooo good…