Thread: SOTD October 22 - October 28

Shave for 26 Oct. '06

Genco 5/8 square point
Burma Shave brush and soap

Good shave this evening as my Genco is one of my favorite shavers. Unfortunately I noticed what I'm hoping is not a crack in the blade. It's a line about a quarter inch long running parallel to and a third of the way back from the edge. I don't have a magnifier on hand so I'm not certain and I'm hoping it's just a deep scratch.

I have a similar crack on my G. Butler but it didn't affect the function of the blade.

Hot Shower

5/8 Supplee Hardware spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TGQ tester round
Old Spice

Still in the process of testing Colleen's
rounds. Both are doing quite well.
I will need to experiment more to
determine the winner.


Terry

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I have a similar crack on my G. Butler ...

That sounds dirty.

I've got it! Posted some questions on how to shave the jawline, I now have the solution!

My SOTD:

Hot shower
Hot splash of water
Dove conditioner (let it soak while stropping)
5/8 Solingen
Tabac soap
Tabac aftershave lotion

3 passes, followed by a hot towel. And now the great trick: I tend to get some razorburn under the jawline, so i smeared some PREP on it (the stuff is used to treat all kind of skinconditions, like sunburn, razorburn etc.). After that I again took the razor and shaved (without any lathering, just using the PREP) the difficult areas. With a BBS as result.

Finished of with Tabac AS and I'm ready for the day!

I didn't have to use my DE to clean up...

Pinda,

Way to go dude. I'm glad
that it all came together.

Tabac soap and Tabac AS...
One helluva combination.
I love them as well.


Terry

Saturday:

Rooney's finest small style 1
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
5/8 TI Historical Pierre Thiers hand-forged
Harris face milk

Great shave from the TI. It took a keen edge very easily, and is the only sheffield steel razor I own that doesn't need stropping mid-shave. Whatever TI does with their lead-hardening process really does the trick.

Despite Classic's marketing copy, it's not really a "singing" full hollow, mine is definitely half-ground; it's possible that there's a fair bit of variation between the various blades, however. Mine is a smiling blade with spike point and a barber's notch, and with beautiful blond/black horn scales. It looks and feels like an old 1800's vintage razor, which is basically what it is, but without the rust and other issues. The curved spine is very strange, and the razor feels wierd on the hone and strop though it doesn't seem to cause any problems.

I'm not sure that it's really worth the coin, but it's definitely a special razor and is easily the equal of my favorite 7/8 Heljestrand and 7/8 Friodur.

Hot shower- no cast (yeah)

7/8 Rodolf Schmidt
Proraso pre shave
Colleens Cavendish black shave cream
Silvertip Badger brush
alum block after

Old Spice


A really terriffic shaving cream I highly recommend it.

Back home after a week on the road, found a couple NOS 7/8 Crown & Swords waiting for me when I got back. Honed one of them and used it today.

Hot shower
Hot towel
Vulfix 2234 super badger
Colleen's bay rum w/orange soap
7/8 Crown & Sword
Alum Block
Pinaud bay rum A/S

The badger brush felt luxurious after a week with the Omega Boar, it's nice to enjoy a good shave at home.