Thread: Sun March 25th - Sat March 31st

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Neep, coffee bean handle
Razor: Globusmen Gold
Cream: Cyril R Salter, INdian Sandalwood
AS: Dr Harris, Sandalwood
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
Chunky Salter lather, excellent razor and this brush's a champ with cream. Nice shave, indeed!

• Pre: Lather on face
• Shaving brush: Semogue SOC boar
• Shaving soap: RazoRock 2011 LE
• Razor: Globusmen 13/16
• Honing: Dragon's Tongue and LLynn something
• Strop: Illinois #827 and Kanayama
• Scuttle: SWK XL
• Post: Osage Rub, Floid Amber

By blix72 at 2012-03-27


Got an fabulous edge off the stones Rune lent me, me like!

Good evening Gentlemen!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Custom 28mm silvertip in wood and horn
Soap: Martin de Candre Perle
Scuttle: Robert Becker extra large
Razor: C. W. Dahlgren, 7/8 wedge barber's notch
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Fougere home made splash
Notes: 2 relaxing passes to BBS, great shave.

Pre-Shave: Hot shower

Brush: Simpson Chubby 1

Razor: Hart Steel 6/8

Strop: 40/60 Neil Miller Linen/Kanayama Cordovan

Soap: MWF

After shave: Alt Innsbruck

Results: The Hart has been in need for a touch up a while so I took her for a spin on the stones today, not sure where I went wrong as I was interrupted several times by my seven year old son and his buddy, but something wasn't just right. It shaved well and quite comfortable, but not quite "there", well well, back to the hones she goes, practice makes perfect right?

Razor: 5/8 Louis Perlman
Prep: hot water, hair conditioner, mineral oil
Brush: van der Hagen
Soap: Williams
A/S: Joop Homme
Result: A great shave.

Location: Nova Scotia
Razor: Dovo Special - Faux Toitoise
Pre-Shave:Prorazo green tea version
Shave: Derby Menthol
Brush: Small 100% Badger
After Shave:Nivea alcohol free post shave balm
Result: Greatest shave to date

Well I finally understand this thread. This is only shave 10 or so for me but WOW! I figured something out. I had about a 3 day beard growth and lots of time. I stropped my razor ~90 times on a boarded strop nice and slow. Then I let my brush soak in hot water for 4 minutes. After I worked up a lather using the Derby shave cream. I use a small stainless steel metal bowl but leave the lather sitting in another large cup full of hot water to keep the lather warm (since I cant yet afford a scuttle... someday).

Then I took a shower and cleaned my face very well followed by a little conditioner. I jumped out of the shower and dried off (not my face) and put on the lather and let it sit for about a minute working it in well first ofcourse. Next the hot towel treatment to my face for about 3 minutes wiping off all the shaving cream. Then really rubbed in the prorazo pre-shave cream as discussed on another post. Then a really nice warm lather again with my Derby menthol still warm from sitting in my makeshift scuttle. Then a really soft and slow shave, only WTG cause im still learning and not the chin yet... And I have never felt such a great shave in my life. It was peaceful and relaxing, no nicks, cuts or tugging at all I figured something out with the angle that has a smile still on my face.

After it was all done a generous helping of Nivea shave balm and I was good to go to work.

This has been the best so far and if anyone has suggestions I'm all ears. Learning what works is starting to work...

Thater SRP LE Bulb / Spencer & Devon Spice / CVH Mk4 / Drakkar ASB & EDT

Semogue | Tabac | Puma | Alum | Sabon Aftershave Cream | Tabac Eau de Cologne

Location: Coquitlam, BC Canada
Razor: 5/8 Griffon XX 'Tonsorial Artist' fresh off the stones from bevel set to finish: King 1k, Norton 4/8, 10 laps 1 micron on leather. SRD 2" Red Latigo strop: 20 Herringbone Cotton, 40 leather
Prep: Espresso with milk and a tablespoon of sugar(2nd str8 shave-need to stay alert!), shower, St. Ives 2% salicylic acid peach scrub, beard area pre-soak in Nivea canned goo while finishing shower, splash of Thayers lavender, Pacific shaving oil
Shave Cream: Truefitt & Hill 1805 sample
Brush: Vulfix 660S large super badger
After Shave: Alum, rinse, pat dry, more Thayers lavender followed by Truefitt & Hill 1805 ASB sample
Result: I'm really pleased with this one. I'm learning to hone and did my Griffon today. It came close to my honemeister'd benchmark blade and I thought this was pretty cool. Also, I am learning to str8 shave and noticed some improvement from the last time
Notes: Taking it slow and smoothed out the patchiness with my Merkur 38C and a 7 o'clock yellow hehe.

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

BTW Carl and Old GI, I went to the last Led Zeppelin Concert at the Cleveland Coliseum when I was 15...(young punks think they know everything...LOL (circa 1961!)

Hell, if 1961 is the watermark for young whippersnappers, I'm in! (circa Fall 1962). Sorry to hear about the Duck, my scraggly old cat is my best buddy and has supervised many a shave but yeah, occassionally, he's a P.I.T.A. too. One day I'll score a Golden Edge (and one of those brand spankin new Peterson System pipes too.)