Thread: SOTD Aug 13 - Aug 19

Dovo brush
T&H Grafton cream
Illinois strop
8/8 W&B Frameback
Harris face milk

...and a nick.

-Shower (with conditioner on my face, while trimming the toe-nails)
-C&E sweet almond cream with the c&e BB brush
-2 passes with the Satinedge
-AV Ice Balm as.. Works fine, but I just wanna use it up as it's nothing to write home about.

Smooth, clean shave. However I may just take off the stainless scales and put on something else. They're too heavy and messing with my balance, especially with such a delicately ground blade that has like no metal.

Rooney brush
Harris Arlington soap
Illinos strop
9/16 Neistrom french point
Harris face milk
T&H 1805

2 passes. no whiskers, no nicks.

Hot Shower

6/8 Morley spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tony Miller strop
SCS New Spice soap
Michelsen's Bay Rum



Terry

Rooney brush
Harris Arlington soap
Illinois strop
8/8 W&B frameback
Harris face milk
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet

good close shave.

Falling behind in keeping up with this.

Hot shower
Mamabear Elements of Bamboo soap
Burma shave brush
4/8 Morley spike
Tony Miller #1 3" strop
TAZGMSC aftershave
Royall Lyme

-- Gary F.

Hot shower
Four minute hot towel
Proraso Soap
Cheap Boar Brush
8/8 Rudolf Stehlo Square Point (Thanks to Gary the Penman)
3" home made strop
Aloe Vera Gel

Very nice smooth shave, with no nicks or cuts.

Extremely close, and no irritation at all.

4 minute hot towel
TM Strop
Proraso Pre-Shave
Moss Scuttle
DR Harris "Arlington" Shave Cream
Vulfix Pure Badger Brush
6/8 Puma Spike Point
CA Trading Co. Dominica Bay Rum

Ahhhhhh Puma Smooth

Rooney brush
Harris Arlington soap
Illinois strop
8/8 W&B frameback
Harris face milk
T&H 1805

Washed face with Cetaphil, left the cetaphil on
Hot shower
Art of Shaving Lavender pre shave oil
Art of Shaving Lavender soap
Dovo SS silvertip brush
Dovo Bergischer Lowe 5/8 worked back
15 laps on the 0.5 side of Tony's 1/0.5 pre-pasted paddle
50 laps on Tony's Heirloom hanging wide strop
Issey Miyake Pour Homme alcohol free after shave emulsion
http://www.beautysteals.com/c/bp/iss...-emulsion.html

2 passes, with and against, but stropped in between passes, as that seems to work really well for me on my against-the-grain pass lately.

Not one single nick today! That's why I was moved to make my first SOTD post!

Regarding the Issey Miyake:
My wife loves this, even though it's not pedigreed shaving stuff, I use it for her. Also, I'm beginning to find that the AoS Lavender after shave balm I've been using stings a tad because of the Vitamin C. My skin is very sensitive, but the IM is very soothing to me. Anyone have opinions on whether this designer stuff is bad for my face?

Regarding lather:
Got my stiffest lather ever today from this soap by letting the brush stay full while circling on the soap and whipping it up on my face for 2 full minutes. I was using these instructions to see how they measured up: http://www.classicshaving.com/articl...0351/18187.htm