Thread: SOTD July 9 - July 15

My just-before-bedtime shave

Hot shower
Trumper's Lime
Moss Scuttle
Edwin Jagger brush
5/8 W&B spike point
Tony Miller #1 strop
TAZGMSC a/s lotion
Royall Lyme

Razor was pulling ever so slightly so after I finished I took it for some trips on the pasted paddle... hope I didn't doink it up. Put it back at the top of my rotation so I can test it.

-- Gary F.

Tuesday

Hot Shower

6/8 Dovo Horn handle
feather pre shave
silvertip badger brush
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap

Witchhazel

Rooney style 1 small brush
D. R. Harris Arlington soap
Moss Scuttle
Illinois strop, 10 linen, 40 leather
5/8 John Clarke & Son round point
D. R. Harris Face Milk

Hot Shower
6/8 W&B "Celebrated Razor"
Moss Scuttle
Vulfix#41
Men-U shave cream
TM-Strop
Pinaud Bay Rum aftershave
ready for my second last night shift!
-Fred

Wednesday:

Rooney "finest" style 1 small
D. R. Harris Arlington soap
Moss Scuttle
John Clarke & Son 5/8 round tip straight
Illinois Strop (10 linen, 40 leather)
Taylor's Bay Rum A/S

I'm continually impressed with the traditional straight's ability to mow down my beard. DE's and the Feather take 3 passes + touch-up, paying careful attention to the swirling growth patterns, but the straights whack it down in only two passes, N-S and ear-to-chin. Maybe it's the reduced sharpness, but the straights don't seem to care as much what direction the beard is growing, and they don't seem to be bothered by the really dense beard in my goatee area like the Feather and DE's are.

Whatever the reason, I've been a happy camper since I got the straights going again.

Hot shower
Trumper's Lime
Edwin Jagger best badger
Moss scuttle
5/8 Wade and Butcher spike (touched up on the pastes)
TAZGMSC aftershave
Royall Lyme

Shaved with this on monday night and it was tugging a tiny bit so I took it for a trip to see the pasted paddles. Shaves smooth as a dream today. I may not be "good" at this yet but I'm at least getting the hang of it

-- Gary F.

Hot Shower
Dorko 7/8
MamaBear's Rockin Rio Soap (nice scent and lathers great just like the others)
Truefitt and Hill super badger brush
TM strop (50 passes on leather)
Pinaud Clubmann aftershave

Hot Shower

6/8 Genco spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tony Miller strop
Tabac soap
Taylor's Mr. Taylor AS

Close shave.


Terry

Thursday

Hot Shower

15/16 Dorko
feather preshave
C&E Nomad Sahve cream
silvertip badger brush
Pinaud bay rum


Great shave Didn't need to shave Friday

hot shower
7/8 Henckels plain white handle
Pure Badger brush
Mama Bear's Amber Soap
TM strop (50 round trips)
Pinaud Bay Rum

Off for a hair cut from my second choice barber shop (this one doesn't use a razor on your nape)
-Fred