Thread: Sun May 27th - June 02nd

Prep: Hot Water Wash, Touch Up Hone
Razor: T. Noonan and Sons Arabic
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: Arko Shavestick
AS: Skin Bracer
Finish: Clubman Bay Rum
Results: I think at long last I've gotten the edge on this razor at least to a point where it will give good shaves. This is one of those razors that will give every indication that it's scary sharp until it's used on the face. Last weekend's shave with this razor absolutely sucked and I had to bring in a relief pitcher. I took it back to the rock and tried again yesterday. For various reasons this shave was (to put it kindly) just barely OK. By about 2 PM I had 5 o'clock shadow so I suspect that the edge on the razor was certainly an issue. Again I touched it up and gave it a good stropping before this morning's shave. BINGO! Two passes not quite BBS but pretty darned close.

Saturday
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Proraso Sandalwood
Razor: Schick G type
Blade: Chinese Schick
Pre: 3P
Post: Proraso AS Balm
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: DFS.

Gentlemen, here is today's shave den playbill:

Razor: George Johnson, 5/8 Sheffield, shave test
Razor: Merkur 34C HD— a meat and potato razor with a lot of personality, like an old Chevy pickup
Blade: Super Iridium
Brush: Semogue silvertip
Cream: Body Shop
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Institute Karite
Aftershave: Musgo Real Classic

And I am all smiles.

New stuff day! SRD delivery last night. Since the wife is out at a baseball game with some friends, I took advantage of a wonderful Saturday to myself.

Prep: Insanity Day 6 (week 1 in the books!) + Hot Shower

Razor: Dovo Renaissance SS

Strop: SRD 3" premium fabric x50, red latigo x 100

Lather: RazoRock XXX in SRD bulldog

Brush: Thater 2 band

Post: Shavex Alum + Pinuad

Result: BBS!

This Razorock XXX is amazing, and a steal at the price. If I had the space, I would order 100 of them. The Pinuad was a first for me as well, and I love it. A bit of a nick on the chin, but that didn't even bother me with how fantastic the shave was overall. Now to relax with a Crown and Coke, watch some baseball, and enjoy the afternoon

Cheers until next week, gentlemen.

-Jeremy

Santa Maria Novella Shaving Cream : Simpson Chubby 2 Two bands : Filarmonica 14 EPBD Tridur : Locion Santa Maria Novella sandalwood


A great shave, very smooth and comfortable.

Pre-Shave: Hot towels

Brush: SRP Thäter

Razor: Friodur 721/2

Strop: 40/60 Neil Miller Linen/Kanayama Cordovan

Soap: Tabac

After shave: Tabac

Results: A very late shave today, spent all evening in the workshop. A grrreat two pass DFS++ shave

And now, dinner and a film with the missus

Originally Posted by Zephyr

And now, dinner and a film with the missus

Vaer Sa God!

Messed around and honed up some razors. Planned on doing 5. Ended up getting two done. Back to the drawing board on the other three. Edges have some serious issues. Oh well.
Got a good scald on this on war horse.
Appears to be a reground W&B. 7/8 pretty much full hollow. Blade is stiff and not like the later full hollows. Honed up easy.
Set bevel with 1K Chosera, then 5K and 8K Naniwa.
Finished with a old A. B. Salmen coti with very light slurry and then water. Stropped on an ugly old Riordan horse hide strop.
Worked out nicely.
Soap; VDH
Brush; VDH El Cheapo Supremo
Washed my ugly mug, lathered same, and went for it.

Originally Posted by Zephyr

...And now, dinner and a film with the missus ...

That's funny; I had steak and fried potatoes too, except I had a nice big Porterhouse and I cut my potatoes REALLY thinly; like potato chips and fried them in olive oil in a cast iron frying pan... I also took some bread, cut off the crusts, fried it in the rest of the olive oil after frying the steak, and then spread it with mustard... :-)

You guys are making me hungry and I still have to wait a few hours before dinner.