SOTD June 27 - July 2

[RichZ]

Tuesday

Hot Shower

6/8 Dovo Horn handle
Feather pre shave
silvertip Badger brush
Taylor of OBS sandalwood soap

Pinaud Bay Rum

[FiReSTaRT]

The Butler is getting there. Gave me a reasonably clean shave without any irritation. It will still take some honing, but at least I know I'm making progress.

Ran out of Colleen's sample and I'm gonna hit C&E to get one of theirs. Just trying to decide b/w Nomad and Sweet Almond and whether I should get the wooden bowl or not.

[RichZ]

The Butler is getting there. Gave me a reasonably clean shave without any irritation. It will still take some honing, but at least I know I'm making progress.

Ran out of Colleen's sample and I'm gonna hit C&E to get one of theirs. Just trying to decide b/w Nomad and Sweet Almond and whether I should get the wooden bowl or not.

I have a full jar of Nomad and a sample of sweet almond shaving creams. Both are great. Don't know which I prefer.

[honedright]

Hot shower
Trumper Limes in tube shaving cream
TI Eagle Brand 5/8's stamina wood scales
Gabel's bay rum

[FiReSTaRT]

I'll go there and decide based on the scent. Btw the Butler seems to be ready. Can't wait to test it in about 9hrs

[wvbias]

Hot Shower

5/8 Supplee Hardware spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tony Miller strop
Proraso pre/post and soap
Pinaud Bay Rum

First shave with the Supplee hardware razor after
being honed by Joe Chandler. Nice little razor.
Close comfortable shave.


Terry

[FiReSTaRT]

The Butler finally gave me a real close shave, but I'll take it back to the hone to increase the comfort level. There was some slight pulling on a couple of occasions, which I plan to eliminate.

Since we did some shopping for the house, I jumped on the bandwagon and bought that aqua velva ice stuff. In all honesty, I love it. It really does cool the skin and absorbs quickly so there's no greasy sensation. The scent isn't anything special, so I wouldn't use it before going clubbing or on a date, but it's ok for work. It outperforms any of the pharmacy stuff like fusion, nivea etc etc etc. that costs twice as much or more. One more thing that I missed was the sting, but that's what you get from non-alcoholic stuff.

[gfoster]

Cool shower, hot towels and face soak
Trumper's lime
Edwin Jagger brush & Moss scuttle
4/8 Tuckmar frameback FFJH (fresh from Joe's hone)
Tony's #1
TAZGMSC aftershave
Royall Lyme

Nice slow contemplative shave, lots of time to think this morning. Joe's honing skills were, as usual, superlative.

-- Gary F.

[Redwoood]

wow.

Just had my BSE ... Best Shave EVER!
That doesn't mean all that much because I haven't been around long, but still, very satisfying

2x hot towel
Florena (East-German shaving cream, very 'affordable' and I like it)
my new 6/8 Revisor

took me hours to hone it on Monday since I got it pretty dull. Still not sharp towards the heel, but I left that for another time.
Then today, couldn't resist the temptation, shaved with it anyway.
Oh my, oh my, oh my.... so smooth.

Redwoood

[RichZ]

Thursday

Hot Shower
7/8 Rudolf Schmidt
feather preshave
silvertip badger brush
C&E Sweet almond shave cream

Taylor of OBS St James Coll After Shave


A truely great shave. I really love this razor It is the highest on my list..