Thread: SOTD Aug 20 - Aug 26

Sunday:

Rooney small style 1
Taylor Avocado cream
Moss scuttle
Illinois strop
8/8 Wade & Butcher with giraffe bone scales (from Robert Williams)
Pinaud Clubman

Excellent shave.

Hot Shower

5/8 Case spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tony Miller strop
SCS New Spice soap
Pinaud Vanilla



T

Originally Posted by mparker762

Sunday:

Rooney small style 1
Taylor Avocado cream
Moss scuttle
Illinois strop
8/8 Wade & Butcher with giraffe bone scales (from Robert Williams)
Pinaud Clubman

Excellent shave.

How about a review of the Rooney. I just ordered my first one.

RT

Well, I've only had it for about 6 months now, but it's an excellent soap brush which is what I got it for. It's a style 1 small and is officially 22x48, though mine is has a 21mm knot. It appears to be hand-tied as there's no evidence of a plug, and hair loss has been almost nonexistent -- only three hairs, two the first day and one about a week ago.

The medium or large would be better suited for creams, but the small brush handles the little wooden soap bowls from Harris and Truefit&Hill without slopping lather everywhere. The badger is in Rooney's "finest" grade, roughly equivalent to High Mountain White or Manchurian grades from other makes, and it looks more like vintage silvertip than anything else I've seen. It's a stiff, dense little brush, partly because it's so short I guess. The tips are soft so it's not prickly.

I'm planning on getting a bigger one (probably a style 3 small) in finest later this fall for use with creams and the Moss scuttle, hot cream isn't really much fun in Houston summer it's more of a winter thing. Last winter I used a Dovo brush for creams, but it lost a few hairs every day. I much prefer the Rooney, this little thing is built like a tank and just oozes quality.

Tuesday:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Harris Arlington soap
Illinois strop
7/8 square point Henkels Friodur with Oryx scales
Harris face milk
T&H 1805

smooth, comfortable 2-pass shave.

Hot Shower

6/8 Morley spike
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tony Miller strop
SCS Ginger Lime soap
Old Spice



Terry

Thanks for the brush review. I just ordered THIS Rooney!

RT

Hot Shower

5/8 Wilbert Autocrat rp
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Tony Miller strop
Trumper's Violet cream
Taylor's Mr. Taylor AS

I like this little razor.


Terry

Friday:

Rooney small style 1 "finest"
Harris Arlington soap
Illinois strop
7/8 square point Henckels Friodur
Harris face milk
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet

I've been using this same razor all week. This is one of John Crowley's friodurs that he had Robert Williams (papabull) dress up in oryx scales. I loved the look and promptly had Bob rescale my 8/8 round point friodur to match. I've had this razor for a few months, and like it a lot, even though it gave me my first serious nick (it's got a slight spike to it). I'm also a big fan of the Blenheim Bouquet as a summer scent, it smells like a gin-soaked citrus grove, but in the best possible way :-)

Hot shower

Rudolf Stehlo 5/8 Rostfrie
old Pike Mfg 620 Strop
unknown Antique Badger Brush
Vetiver Shave soap from Beal
Pinauds AS