Gents,
Post your daily shaving gear here! Pardon my lack of participation...I'm evaluating DE blades and can't glue them to my SRP razor! So, who will be first?
RT
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Gents,
Post your daily shaving gear here! Pardon my lack of participation...I'm evaluating DE blades and can't glue them to my SRP razor! So, who will be first?
RT
I'll be first.
Hot Shower
5/8 Case spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TM strop
Colleens Orange patchouli cream
Pinaud classic
This is the second time I have used this cream.
Man, I dio love the orange, patchouli scent.
definately different and aworthy addition to
any rotation IMHO.
Terry
10 minute hot shower with GlaxoSmithKline Spectro Jel
3/8 Heljestrand French Point to trim the neck and sides only
Tony Miller Red Latigo paddle strop
Lush Ambrosia Shaving Cream
Thayers Witch Hazel Skin Astringent w. Aloe as after shave balm
Taking my time with the paddle strop is paying off. Very good shave today.
X
Hot water prep
Baby oil
Proraso & Badger
Two passes with W&B square point wedge.
Shower.
Proraso post shave cream.
This felt very good after a weekend of single pass shaves.
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Col. Conk Bay Rum soap
C&E Edwin Jagger brush
C-Mon 6/8
Hot/cold rinse
Pinaud Bay Rum
Hot Shower
4/8 Puma
silvertip badger
prorasso pre shave
Taylor of OBS St James Shave cream
Taylor of OBS St James After shave.
Ohhh do I smell good....:D
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Hot water with Proraso
Proraso soap
4/8 "Hennes" from Solingen, pretty old, but you get a very, very close shave
First down the grain, then against ...
Cold water and ... perfectly smooth!
Afterwards, of course Proraso, an a handful of Old Spice
... I think I am a Proraso Junkie :hmmm:
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Lime Skin Food preshave
Col. Conk's Lime
Union Cutlery Manganese 5/8 spike
Lime Skin Food aftershave
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6/8 Genco spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TM strop
Colleen's 4-A cream
Pinaud Vanilla
The cream worked out quite nicely.
lathered quickly and easily.
close comfortable shave.
Terry
I honed up 3 razors last night, so I had to test shave with them this morning.
Hot shower
L'Occitane cypress soap
Hot towel
re-lather
6/8 Case Red Imp
5/8 Waterville
6/8 Game Cock travel razor
C&E Edwin Jagger
Proraso A/S Balm
Jack Black "Blue Mark" cologne
Off to work
All 3 razors shaved incredibly close and smooth. I almost didn't have to go back against the grain, even with almost 3 days growth. No irritation or pulling at all.
hot shower
6/8 Puma
silvertip badger
feather preshave
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
Old Spice
Nice shave good smell..:D :D
hot water
cheap conditioner
more hot water
Plisson pure badger brush w/ C & E melted down seashell soap w/ jojoba oil (my wife didn't like it for a bath soap)
C. V. Heljestrand 4/8 razor
luke warm shower (I don't LIKE hot showers)
Dickinson's witch hazel
Sharp's Lime Facial Scrub.
4-minute Hot Towel Treatment
Proraso Pre-Shave
5/8 Genco Henry's X
TM Strop
Vulvix Pure Badger Brush
Vulvix Lavender Shave Cream
CA Trading Co. Lime Dominica Bay Rum
Ultra Smooth shave. With all the nice tips from the pros out there, I'm finally getting pretty good at this!
Hot Shower
5/8 Boker Red Injun
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TM strop
Colleens Desert Ironwood soap
Michelsen's Bay Rum
The soap is quite nice. Lathered up
quickly and has a wonderful scent.
I was going to use her SC 4-C ( or was it A or B) cream.
I was in a soap mood this morning. Will use the cream
in the morning.
Terry
Shower,
Colleen's 4a cream
Way Brother's special 5/8
TAZGMSC aftershave balsam
Trumpers Spanish Leather Cologne....
heaven I tell ya.
Hot shower
3/8 Dorko French Point
silvertip badger brush
feather pre shave
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
Old Spice.
Nice shave. I really like the 3/8 French points on the days your beard is not to heavy.
Hot Shower
6/8 Morley spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TM strop
Colleens SC 4-B cream
Pinaud Bay Rum
The cream worked fine. Need I say more.
Terry
15 min. Hot Shower
Lush Ambrosia Shaving Cream
The Big Dipper by Bill Ellis
Tony Miller Red Latigo Paddle Strop - 50 Laps
Thayer's Witch Hazel Skin Astringent w. Aloe
What a wild ride that razor is. Good thing I had the Thayer's handy. :o
My first shave with a straight razor!
Saturday:
Joseph Elliot's Best Silver Steel (Sheffield) 11/16 wedge
Simpsons Special brush
Proraso pre/post cream
Truefitt & Hill Trafalgar shaving cream
Proraso pre/post cream
Eucerin lotion
J.R. Watkins All Natural Body Oil (lavender)
Nice hot shower using Colleen's Lemon Tea and Verbena soap
Colleen's Black Cavendish #2 soap in my Moss Scuttle
Vulfix 376 brush
Dubl Duck Goldedge, 6/8 round point
Thayer's Rose-Witchazel
Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet
My day goes just so much better after a nice shave.
Robeson razor rescued and beautifully restored by Joe Chandler
SCS New Spice shaving soap
and older mug made by Hazel Atlas
SCS Tony's Choice after shave balm
Did the once over and then an under the chin pass. The results were a nick free, smooth as a babies butt face. Very pleasurable.
Hot shower
Norva Barber Supply pure badger brush
CS Sandalwood soap
Mella 7/8
Trumper's Coral Skin Food
My second shave today. If I don't go against the grain (I was in a hurry this morning) I have to shave twice :D Yippee. Outstanding shave!
Finally got that Mella where I want it (those things are HARD)
Gary, glad it shaved well for you. I've got another Robeson on the way. :D
Shower
Proraso
"Golddachs" Lather
5/8 Hüsgen&Ern
Proraso
Old Spice
Great shave again. Did before a 18,5 km run through the german blackforrest and went afterwards to garden bbq. That was a real good saturday!!! :)