Thread: November 5 - November 11

Tue:

Rooney brush
Taylor's avocado cream (new formulation)
7/8 W&B "Barber's Rattler"
Harris face milk

Good shave, but I'm feeling vaguely disappointed by the creams I've been using the last few days. Every now and then I haul them out again hoping that I'll discover the magic technique that makes creams so favored by so many others, but I just can't find it. The creams definitely smell nice, but I think I just prefer soap lather for shaving and that's all there is to it; the only lathers that seems to shave as well as a soap for me are the el-cheapo Palmolive and the brushless cremo-cream.

Hot Shower

15/16 Dorko
proraso pre shave cream
Taylor of OBS St James Cream
silvertip badger brush

Witch Hazel

A really super shave...BB smooth.

A clean Feather shave with no bloodletting. But I STILL can't wait to go back to my straights on thursday

MONDAY,

hot shower
crappy run of the mill hair conditioner as per usual on my face while in shower

Tony Miller #1 Best 3" strop
7/8 Wade n Butcher hollow ground
-MunEbony scales by garythepenman
Grapefruit and Peppermint Shaving soap by QED
Savile Row 208

Thayer's (na) Rose Witch Hazel



i can't say enough good things about QED glycerin soaps. lather simply explodes, shaves extremely close, provides moisture. best soap i own at the moment. i am starting to dislike my larger razors. i find that 7/8 and above are a bit too big and i don't enjoy them. 5/8's are great, 6/8th are my favorite. overall shave was about an 8, no cuts, very close feeling. love the Thayers after my cold splash!!!

Today's shave is no shave at all! Yesteday's was that good.

X

Hot shower.
Vulfix 2234 & Moss Scuttle.
Colleens Oak Moss Cream sample.
7/8 Henckels Friodur roundpoint.
Proraso a/s splash.
Acca Kappa Cedro cologne sample.

Really nice shave.

Shower & Hot towel
Vulfix 2234
Classicshaving vanilla soap
Strop while lather soaks in
Another hot towel after stropping
Relather
6/8 Revisor RP, shoulderless grind - 2 passes
Alum block
Bath & Body works bay rum A/S balm
Pinaud bay rum A/S lotion

Shaved late yesterday and didn't have 24 hours of growth but still got a pretty nice shave. I've been trying a number of different sample soaps lately and always enjoy coming back to this one. It even feels soothing on the skin when relathering between passes, and smells good enough to eat.

Wed:

Rooney brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
7/8 Heljestrand

Gave up fiddling with the creams, they smell nice but I just don't get as good a shave out of them.

I gave the helje a quick touch-up on the translucent, and along with the return to soap I had a great shave.

Wednesday

Hot shower.
Simpson Duke 2.
Tabac soap.
6/8 Wacker quarter-ground spike point.
Alum block.
Proraso a/s splash.

This was my second shave with the Wacker quarter hollow, I think maybe I rolled the edge before but since then I put it through quite a few aggressive pyramids and then ended up on a pasted paddle. It shaves beautifuly now and is wicked sharp, definately one of my favourites to use.

I'm a day late on this one - 11/7/06

Hot shower
T&H Preshave Oil
T&H West Indian Limes Cream
Taylor Best Badger Brush
Crown and Sword 4/8 Razor
Royall Lymes Aftershave