Thread: SOTD November 12 - November

Slightly inferior shave today due to a lack of sufficiently hot water

7/8 Desert Ironwood Wade & Butcher Swayback
20mm Thomas Anthony Co. Super Silver Tip brush w. Maple Burl Handle
Trufitt & Hill 1805 shave cream
cold water splash (thank heavens)
Thayer's Witch Hazel Skin Astringent w. Aloe as AS
Trumpers Spanish Leather Cologn

*** I also want to take a moment to congratulate Suzuki on his first straight shave, and repectfully ask Thomas not to use that kind of DE language on this thread. JK ***

X

Uuups, sorry for that, I beg your pardon...
Tomorrow I'll use a straight, promised (I hope they'll back from honing... )

Thomas

Or I'll use this one:

The drywall compound dust on the mirror made my shave more difficult while the new faucet made it easier. The tie-breaker was me learning the 2-handed technique which left a bit of stubble on my face. Eventually my left hand will get used to it and emulate the results of a 1-handed shave and make me look good while I'm at it.

Wednesday:

Hot shower
Aveda Conditioner while stropping
Tony M. Strop
Vulfix Best Badger
C&E Sandalwood Soap
5/8 Ontario 1/2 hollow spike
Coral Skin Food
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet

It was a great shave until I inexplicably slid the razor sideways across my chin - took a nice chunk out of myself. Then it went something like this...

Wife: Jordan, why are you cursing?
Me: No reason hun. Go back to sleep.
Wife: What's gonna leave a mark?...........


Jordan

one word: superglue.

My first straight shave!

Dovo 5/8
Edwin Jagger Best
Mama Bear English Leather Soap
Alum - on a cut
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Mama Bear AS Milk

Two passes (with and across the grain) with the Straight and (I'm sorry xman) finished up with a DE. Cut myself, while not being careful, under my nose, But other than that everything went fine. I forgot that I shouldn't shave naked , but everything is thankfully still attached.

Shower
Face wash with Lush's Coalface (wonderfull stuff)
50/50 boar/badger Kent brush
Kruidvat Shaving cream
5/8 Krusius w. Purplewood scales
Williams aftershavegel

I tried the Kruidvat shaving cream for the first time today. The constistancy is like that of trumpers and it costs about $ 2.20 for a tube. It's very nice stuff, the scent is nothing special just mild soapiness but it shaves like a wonder.

Combined with the Krusius that's turning into a favorite faster and faster.

The Williams shavegel is kind of weird. Once dried up it feels more or less like skin food. The sting however is incredible. Very very short lived (don't think it's an alcohol sting because of that) but pretty intens nonetheless. Once it's gone it feels very nice. The only reason I don't use the stuff more often is because I have products that don't sting and smell nicer. But every now and then I really enjoy the williams.

Hot Shower

5/8 Torrey spike
Tony Miller strop
Burma Shave Brush
Tabac Soap
Tabac AS



Terry

Hot Shower

6/8 Dorko
Proraso pre shave cream
C&E Sienna shaving cream
silvertip badger brush
C&E Sienna After shave balm.

(Oh also showered with Sienna Hair and body gel)
Guess who got his C&E samples yesterday.

Thursday:

Rooney's finest small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
TI Pierre-forged LE
Harris face milk

I really need to come up with a name for this razor, like one of those legendary medieval swords or something. Unfortunately, the only famous french swords I can think of were Joyeuxe, Cortana, and Durandal from the "Song of Roland" and those names are now more associated with Bungie's Maraton and Halo than with swords.