Thread: Sun September 11th - Sat September 17th

(AOS Week)

Pre : Hot Shower and follow by Pre Shaving oil AOS Sandelwood
Razor : EJ DE89L
Blade : Astra
Brush : AOS Pure Badger
Scuttle : Schwarzwisskeramik XL
Cream : AOS Sandelwood
AS : Alum Block
ASB : AOS Sandelwood

Result : i used same SOTD yesterday but today i got irritation i dont know its from cream ? or razor and blade ?

Good morning friends,
today I'll use one of my Thiers Issard and the Feather-DE

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream

BRUSH: 23 mm Shavemac, Finest Badger ("Gut-rasiert" forum shaving brush 2011)

SOAP/CREAM: Taylor's Almond Shaving Cream (sample)

RAZOR: 6/8" HartSteel BG, Satin, Quarter Ground, Square Point, O-1 steel (w/ blue silicon scales)

STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #30000

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG

AS: CLINIQUE skin supplies for men

Cream: CLINIQUE skin supplies for men

COLOGNE: CLINIQUE Happy for men

RESULT: BBS shave

Have a nice day
Béla

L'Occitane Verbena soap
Merkur 34C-HD
Gillette Super Thins Blade
NF Tubby 1
Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes
Alum + Whitch Hazel
Duru Lemon Cologne.

Jamie

Two days growth wiped out in two pass shave, minor touch up, still keeping the small goatee, dont know what it is lately but I cannot win a single straight razor on the bay, even though the ones i'm looking at, need some work they seem to be going for way above what they are worth, well the people buying them must start to slow up before long, allowing poor me to get hold of a few

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Le Tuft - horn, abalone and Simpson knot
Razor: Bocker, Griplus
Soap: MdC
AS: Williams, Aqua Velva
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Such a nice blade, but you got to be careful, she's got temprament


... and som pitch dark, earthy and strong:

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Edwin Jagger best badger
Soap: Trumper's Officers & Gentlemens Shaving Soap
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Thiers-Issard 6/8 "Loup et Bellier"
ASB: Geo. F. Trumper west Indian extract of limes skin food

Pleasant shave.

Pre-Shave: A warm shower.

Brush: Simpson persian jar 2, Super Badger

Razor: Otto Deutsch's Hans. 6/8

Honing Regimen: Chosera 1-5-10K, Y/G Escher with slurry, finished off on a Nakayama Maruka with a light, hazy Tomonagura

Strop: Kanayama #90000, tri strop Cordovan shell.

Soap/Cream: Acqua di Parma Colonia

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Osma Alum, Thayers Super Hazel

After shave Balm: Acqua di Parma Colonia

EdT: Acqua di Parma Colonia

Results: A fine shave in the AM. I love the AdP products. Very nice performance, and great scent too. The Deutsch razor performs well, a 6/8 Solingen is usually not my cup of tea, but in honesty, there was nothing wrong with the performance on this one

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Pre: Vitos
Lather QED Sandalwood + Glycerin
Brush: Desert Ironwood/Silvertip Badger
Razor: TI Grelot in Desert Ironwood
Post: Dickinson's 100% Natural Witch Hazel
AS: AquaVelva Musk

I finally have the TI dialed in and this was one of the best 2 pass shaves I've ever had. Exquisite!

Akatombow | Shavemac | DR Harris Almond + Acca Kappa 1869 + Glycerin | Thayers Lavender | Cade + Knize Ten (Vintage) | The Knize Ten

Result: I am constantly amazed by how incredible the DR Harris/AK 1869 combo is. It's almost like these two products were simply meant to be put together! I took my time this morning building a pile of lather in my bowl, then slowly worked it into the stubble. After several minutes, my face looked like I was sporting a full Santa Claus beard and the den was filled with the aroma of sweet almonds. The dilemma was what blade to pair with this heavenly lather, so I did what any dedicated wet shaver would do, I reached for a blade I hadn't used in a while. The Akatombow is a wonderful example of western style Japanese razors. The gorgeous frame back is clothed in some elk bone scales put together by Glen, and it makes for such an incredible balance both in terms of looks and feel of the razor. This beauty glided through the almond goodness with nary a care. In its wake, I found nothing but clean, smooth, moist skin. By the time I emerged from the shave den, I was a new man! Of course, the ritual cannot be considered complete until you've got a little smell good working and with the this combination, I had to reach for a classic, so the Knize Ten was applied judiciously and now I smell at least as good as I look!

Location: Coffs Harbour Australia
Brush: Silvertip Badger
Razor: Grandfather's GEM with GEM blade
Astringent: Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
Result: Just a quick head shave tonight.
I Love this GEM and get great results with it. I actually prefer it over my DE's.
A damn fine shave tonight, my head is nice and shiny smooth.

Thanks for all the great posts and pics boys
Grant