Thread: Sun October 2nd - Sat October 8th

Razor: Dovo 'Best Quality'

My first razor. Have you kept yours and if yes do you still use it like I do?

RIP Steve Jobs!
A visionary, a perfectionist is gone.
Thanks for my MacBook Pro, my iMac, my iPad, my iPhone.

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream

BRUSH: New Forest Tubby2

SOAP/CREAM: Madame Scodioli - Fiji Mermaid (The Briny Deep)

RAZOR: Iwasaki Kamisori

STROP: Biber-Elster Feinste Spez. Juchte paddle strop

SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG

AS: L'occitane CADE After-Shave Balm

COLOGNE: Madame Scodioli - Step Right Up (Cedar, Saffron + Vetyver)

RESULT: BBS shave

Have a nice day,
Béla

I was saddened to hear of Steve Jobs' passing tonight.
He once said he wanted to make a ding in the universe.
And so he did!
RIP Steve Jobs

Pre-Shave: A shower

Brush: Simpson Polo 12, Super badger in 2 band

Razor: Revisor Müngstener Brücke in horn scales

Strop: Neil Miller Cordovan Shell

Soap/Cream: Penhaligon's Opus 1870 SC

Scuttle:Schwarzweisskeramik, Large White

Astringent: Osma Alum, rinse, Thayer's Medicated SuperHazel

After shave Balm: Penhaligon's Opus 1870

EdT: Penhaligon's Opus 1870

Results: A wonderful and smooth shave this AM. The razor, brush and cream worked in perfect harmony. I've come down with some kinda bug, a bit feverish today, so back to bed it is

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Prep: Hot shower
Bush: Neep, in Masur Birch and extra stuffed silvertip
Razor: Wade and Butcher, for barbers use
AS: Old Spice, Fresh Lime
Cream: Vulfix, English Rose
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very close
Almost to close, what a razor and what a brush! The picture doesn't do this brush justice, it's amazing patterns and swirls in this tree - almost haze like.


... and this mornings shot of espresso:

Last nights shave:
Warm shower, Stephan's, Warm Oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Cade Soap, RazoRock SC,Glycerine
Badger Brush
Torrey, Barber's Notch
SRD Strop
Aramis AS Balm

I was home later last night so I did not post unttil now. I wanted to see how the Cade and Razorock combined for a shave. it whipped up really well and had a great aroma. The razor performed really well after a good stropping.

Sorry, no pic.

Enjoy the day,

My kinda place.

Botanics face scrub
Razor Feather Artist club SS
Feather blade
Le Tuft 1.5 Chubby Custom
Vulfix Persian Musk cream
Alum + Propolis
L'Occitane Bavx balm
L'Occitane Bavx EDT

Jamie.

Well my first shave with the Feather AC-SS, Now that's what I call a scary sharp razor flying by the seat of your pants, two tiny nicks just below the nose, must remember that next time, but overall very pleased with my first shave using this razor excellent smooth two pass shave, will make this my weekend shave from now on.

Originally Posted by MichaelS

Razor: Dovo 'Best Quality'

My first razor. Have you kept yours and if yes do you still use it like I do?

I most certainly do
Like yours, my first ever straight was a Dovo.
A Bergischer Löwe that I still find to be a most excellent shaver!

Vitos Pre-shave
Omega Long Boar
QED Sandalwood Soap
SRD I Strop
Landers, Frary and Clark 5/8 Razor
Thayers WH
Clubman

Results were wonderful. I have been on a streak of great shaves.

Simple, fast and efficient.



Vulfix Grosvenor Boar & Badger
1930s Crescent Razor manufactured by Boker (Look at that bad boy spike!)
Craftsman Genuine Shell strop
Truefitt & Hill 1805 shaving cream
Cold water and alum for aftershave.