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    Senior Member blabbermouth jnich67's Avatar
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    Monday

    Shower
    Proraso pre shave
    Vulfix Best Badger
    Colleen's Lemon Tea Verbena Soap
    7/8 Westenholm (Bill Ellis)
    Proraso post shave liquid
    Taylor's No. 74 Lime


    Great shave. Love this soap. Beard melted away from this razor. It should be a good day!!

    Jordan

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    9/4
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    Taylor of OBS lavender soap
    Vulfixx 377 super
    Wacker 6/8 1/4 hollow spike
    Truefitt & Hill Trafalgar after shave balm

    9/5
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    AoS Lavender
    Dovo/Merkur silvertip
    Gilette slim adjustable DE (1962)
    Merkur platinum
    Acqua di Parma aftershave balm

    Face has been so sensitive lately, so I'm going to switch to single-passes with a DE for a couple days.

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    7/8 W&B spike
    Vulfix 374 silvertip
    Tony Miller strop
    TGQ orange patchouli soap
    Michelsens Bay Rum


    Terry

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    Quote Originally Posted by russellnyc
    Face has been so sensitive lately, so I'm going to switch to single-passes with a DE for a couple days.
    Funny, I used to shave with a straight when my face got too sensitive from shaving with the DE. It's one of the things that convinced me to switch full time.

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    Shower
    Grandpa's pine tar soap, Kiehl's Close Shavers Brushless cream, Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad soap
    Burma Shave brush (my favorite of late)
    Tony Miller 3" hanging strop
    7/8 WKC honed by me
    Le CHef Gourmet bowl
    Ice cubes
    Nivea A/S

    Decided to try Grandpa's pine tar soap as the box said it's been used for shaving since the late 1800s. Hm, maybe with softer water it would work ok, but in my case foam was not nice (and this with boar, if I had used badger it would have been worse).

    After almost 1 full pass with inferior results, decided to switch to Kiehl's close shavers shaving cream. Talk about a POS product... I bought it at Neiman Marcus; I guess these guys don't really know what they are recommending. I know it's brushless and not supposed to foam, but the end result was just poor lubricity.

    Had to go back to C&E Nomad. Love the smell but could skip the sting. It was clear that this shave is not one of the ones I'll look back at with fond memories. Warm foam in the end was a bit of a reward. I have this system: fill the sink with hot water, put the LCG bowl in the water, work lather up, leave brush inside and close the lid. Lather and brush stay warm and this is quite pleasant.

    Razor honed by my was stellar on hand hair and HHTs but, compared to razors I have from Joe and Bill, shaving sharpness is worse. Nevertheless, I managed to nick myself 2 times (no biggies) and completed the shave with almost 0 razor burn, which I consider an accomplishment. Interpret this to mean I am getting better with the angles.

    Followed shave with some ice cubes on my face (after washing) - I have come to love this, very refreshing. Then some Nivea Sensitive skin A/S balm. Cheap but very good on my skin, and almost no scent. Still have not found it's equivalent in high-end aftershaves. At present, can't work up the courage to use Bulgari and Gucci aftershaves immediately after the straight as the alcohol might prove too much But this might change, as zero burn (if I can get it consistently) should make alcohol a non-issue

    No pre-shave oils and styptic pencil this time.

    Pretty satisfied with myself overall, and learned a lot (don't use Grandpa's pine tar and Kiehl's)

    Cheers
    Ivo

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    5/8 Dorko
    proraso pre shave
    silvertip badger brush
    Trumper Sandalwood shaving cream

    Forgot aftershave (kids first day back at school)

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    Wednesday

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    Proraso Pre/Post
    Mama Bears Eucalyptus Soap
    Genco 6/8 round
    Tabac A/S
    Tabac EDC


    Smooth. Can't get enough Tabac.

    Jordan

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    6/8 Genco spike
    Vulfix 374 silvertip
    Tony Miller strop
    SCS New Spice soap
    Old Spice


    Terry

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    5/8 Supplee Hardware spike
    Vulfix 374 silvertip
    Tony Miller strop
    Trumper's Violet cream
    Taylor's Mr. Taylor AS


    Terry

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    Default Thursday

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    7/8 rudolf schmidt
    proraso pre shave cream
    silvertip badger brush
    C&E Noamad Shaving cream
    pinaud Bay rum

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