Thread: Sun December 25th - Sat December 31st

Prep: Hot shower -- followed by Vitos pre-post-shave cream
SC: Al’s Shave Cream “Jubilee”
Brush: Simpsons Polo PL8 “Super Badger”
Strop: VB Red Latigo 50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8” Gotta - 120 “Superfine”
Toner: Thayers “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Nivea for Men - High Performance “Extreme Comfort”
AS: Dominica “Bay Rum”
Result: A joyously close, smooth and comfortable shave…

This piano-player we found in front of the catholic church (of the Kings of Saxony) in Dresden.
Bad weather, late in the afternoon, only a small camera with me.

Tuesday

JM Schmid & Sons 6/8
Omega Boar brush
Tabac soap
Master Topaz A/S

Great shave!

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: Simpson Chubby 1

Razor: ERN Crown & Sword 7/8

Honing Regimen: Naniwa SS 1-3-8-12K, CrOx

Strop: 100/100 Neil Miller Linen/English Bridle

Soap/Cream: Dovo Eucalyptus

After shave: Mennen Skin Bracer

Results: Finished up this baby yesterday, cleaned her, gave her a brand new dress made of red G10 and honed her up on the Naniwas. The Dovo "cream" (read: Soap) lathered up pretty easily despite what I've heard about it, and after this shave I can truly say I understand why these razors got their reputation, she took a wonderfully sharp and smooth edge giving a spledid two-pass DFS++ shave.

Semogue 620 | Palmolive (Euro) | Filarmonica 12 | Alum | Sabon Cream | ELDO Fat Electrician

Not sure if this one is nos but the blueing is in perfect condition. I decided to go with Bath house Spanish Fig & Nutmeg. What a wonderful earthy scent. The edge needs to be dialed in a little more. Seems to be a thing with me and the C-Mon's. Usualy wants a 2nd round with the stones. Not sure how far back i want to take it.

Hey ROBERT want to trade? C-Mon for C-Mon!

Tony Miller strop
TGN 24mm
Spanish Fig & Nutmeg + Nancy Boys
C-Mon Blackie
WH
Skin Food
RazoRock AS Wax

So the wife is on call this week and with her luck got called in her first night leaving me alone with the 2 boys and dogs. Well the boys went down and dogs are sprawled out on my bed so I think to myself...I haven't had a quiet minute to myself like this in I can't remember how long! So aside from catching up on posts and seeing y'all sweet hardward for the day I figured I'd test drive a referb razor I picked up from Havitz81.



Prep: Jack Black Double Duty Moisturizer about 30-45 min Before a Few Hot Towels to The Face
Brush: SRD Design #2
Lather: Speik Men + Prarie Creations Cedar Wood + Glycerin
Scuttle: SRD
Razor: Cattaraugus Cut Co 5/8 Greeen Lizard
Post: Alum
AS: Gold Dachs
ASB: Pre De Provance Shea Butter
Results: Not used to shaving without 1st showering but sometimes its nice to change things up a bit. The Green Lizard is a great razor and I'm glad I've added it to my rotation. DFS in 2 passes with a few spots to touch up. Now some time to veg on the couch till SWMBO returns.


On a side note I can't believe that its almost 2012,where the deuce did 2011 go

Beautiful shaves and SOTDs guys...Keep 'em flowing like the Niagara

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Hey ROBERT want to trade? C-Mon for C-Mon!

C-Mon man. You call that a fair trade ? This one is half the "Mon" mine is , literally

All kidding aside Rene, this is one beautiful blade my brotha.


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Cheers,
Robert

Proraso Pre Shaving Cream / Merkur Progress # 4 / Shark Blade / The Duke 3 best badger/ la toja stick / Proraso lotion

No time for a pic tonight, so you will just have to use your imaginations!!

Prep: Hot Shower / Hot Towel / Hot Towel between passes
Brush: 24mm Silvertip
Lather: TOBS Eton College Collection - who needs to Uber when you can have TOBS???
Razor: 6/8 Clauss from Rene
Hones: Sadly, right out of the box, I lost control of the razor and dinged the edge with a finger nail. I had to work it on several stones to get the edge unrolled and smoothed again. I finished on the felt and Leather, and in the process nicked my strop as well. Just not a good overall night. I was the most sad because I lost the real essence of Rene's edge, which I was dying to try.
AS: English Leather Original
EdC: English Leather Black
Result: Smooth.. for my 4th straight day shaving my face has managed better than ever before. No burns, no nicks or cuts, no sting from the Alum, and nothing from the AS. BUT! now is the time to let it recover, and I think I will have to take a day or two off and let it rest.

Happy Shaving!!!

M