Thread: Sun February 06th - Sat February 12th

Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Rooney Victorian
Razor: C V Heljestrand
Soap: MWF
AS: Floid
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
Before shaves I often think "this cheap Floid really can´t be a must in my rotation", but it has a lovely refreshing effect and works very nicely together with MWF

All the DE's this week inspired me to buy a Merkur 33c..It arrived lat night along with my new Georgetown pottery scuttle..It is 04:42 in the morning (I know, I am getting old..)and I am waiting patiently for the time I can go shave withou waking the wife up....I will follow up with pics..I am working this weekend and whave to carve out the time to get a camera session in..I dont know how you guys do it on a daily basis..Wen I shave it is always to dark to get a good pic in..Take care!

Saturday

EJ 89L
Personna Red Pack
Omega Boar
TOBS Sandlewood Shave Soap
Black Suede Cologne

BBS

Originally Posted by Wintchase

All the DE's this week inspired me to buy a Merkur 33c..It arrived lat night along with my new Georgetown pottery scuttle..It is 04:42 in the morning (I know, I am getting old..)and I am waiting patiently for the time I can go shave withou waking the wife up....I will follow up with pics..I am working this weekend and whave to carve out the time to get a camera session in..I dont know how you guys do it on a daily basis..Wen I shave it is always to dark to get a good pic in..Take care!

Okay, done....That was frickin' awesome!..My first shave with a DE! I didn't realize how good DE's shave! I am a new convert...Of course I can't give up my str8s'...I am just adding to the rotation.

Thanks for turning me on to that gentlemen!

Shave soap: KD Creations Black Raspberry Vanilla
Shave cream: KD Creations Black Raspberry Vanilla
Brush: shavemac Best Badger
Razor: Roberson's Best

This razor is one of my first antique store finds. Despite the over honed toe she gives a great shave, and I'm always happy when she comes up in my rotation. Glen (gssixguns) swapped her old ugly plain black celluliod scales for these vintage ornate scales taken from another Roberson's whose blade unfortunately was past salvaging. Despite a crack near the pin holes, he managed to pull it off. Thanks Glen!

Hope4Sudan is the group that I went with to southern Sudan last March & November.

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The New Forest 2206 "Tigris Perla" is a fantastic two band super badger brush, highly recommended for those who prefer to face lather.

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Sheffield Cutlery SS St Louis razor/Frank Silvertip/Tet-a-Tet Russian SC/Clubman

An OK simple shave today on a snowy Saturday. Everyone have a wonderful day.

Hot Shower
Alum Block Preshave (just playing around with it)
Fat Handle Tech
Handstropped blade on shave #6
VDH Boar
TSD English Fern
Alum Block/Witch Hazel (wow! talk about tightening up the skin!)
Crusellas Colonia 1800 Vetiver

Just received the alum block from WillN so I'll be playing with it throughout the week. So far I'm totally digging it. Seems to work for a preshave too. I sure couldn't tell this was the 6th shave for this blade as I've been stropping it on my hand (30 laps on each side) before each shave. Razor worked great and rendered a BBS shave in just two passes. The alum block with a witch hazel rinse made a wonderful, skin tightening after shave. The Crusellas Vetiver was a really nice finish too. Have a great Saturday everyone!

SOTD Saturday, February 12, 2011

1954 Gillette Three-Piece Tech
Feather Blade
Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood Shaving Soap
Custom Rosewood 28MM UK Extra Stuffed Silvertip
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood ASL
Outstanding; mild and smooth!

The Gillette Tech is an extremely mild razor and is generally passed over for a more exotic tonsorial device however, this morning I used a Feather blade in this little friend. (I used one of these a half century ago when I joined the U.S. Navy. It was given to me by my Uncle (Sam)) lol The Feather blade turned this mild little razor into a great shaver producing a close and mild shave with only two passes; the third only required for some missed areas. It is a pleasure to use these vintage razors as each of them have their own "personality" and perform differently depending on the selection of the blades used in them. This mornings shave was not only a pleasant shaving experience but also a nostalgic walk back to my days as a young sailor. Great shaves shown by all this morning Gentlemen!

Prep:Hot Towell
Brush: 24mm Custom in Cherry (time to clean & oil the top again)
Strop:SRD PIV English Bridle
Cream: Vetiver & Bay Bomb
Razor: Vintage Old Style 3 piece Gillette DE (cleaned it up earlier in the week) Wilkinson Sword blade
After shave: Alt Innsbrook
EDT: Cartier Roadster


Result: After all the spectacular DE shaves that all of you gentlemen have been posting, today I had my first ever DE shave (Grant, after I saw your 1st DE shave, it pushed me over the edge to clean this razor up as it's been on my bench for almost 6 months). I was amazed how easy these things are to use. No nicks, cuts, or irritation in 2 passes and quite smooth. I'll be packing this one in the carry on without blades for travel in case my checked bag with my straight is delayed or lost.

Have a great Saturday Gentlemen!

Glenn