Thread: Sun May 27th - June 02nd

Sunday afternoon shave:

How shower, Stephan's,Warm Oil
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Badger brush
L'Occitane Cade cream/soap/glycerine
Wade and Butcher, Celebrated ,8/8 Full hollow
SRDP1 75 Laps
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal
Vaseline for men.

First day of the new SOTD and it's rocking big time.



Thanks Guys.

Prep: Hot Shower, Conditioner on beard
Razor(s): J Wiss and Sons Cosmo and T Noonan and Sons Arabic
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: TSD Iced Sub Zero
AS: Alum Block/ Skin Bracer
Finish: La Toja Manantiales Agua De Colonia
Results: Had a handful of razors that have needed a touch up hone for quite some time but my indolence kept me using the four or five that were still in great shape for the last couple months. This morning I touched up these two and three others I'll be testing out this week. The T. Noonan is a great looking razor but the edge just never seems to make it past...well marginal. This one is gonna require a bit more work. All indications were that it was plenty sharp but it just didn't seem to shave all that great. The J. Wiss Cosmo on the other hand was absolutely insane sharp and effortlessly did all the work on the dome and two clean up passess on the face after a lackluster initial pass with the Arabic.

Prep: Hot shower -- followed by Vitos pre-post-shave cream
SS/SC: Mama Bear’s “Lime Ice” + Gillette “Menthol”
Brush: Rooney Style 3 Size 2 (Medium) Faux Ebony “Super Silvertip Badger”
Strop: No strop today. Razor is “shave ready.”
Razor: 8/8” Wade & Butcher “The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor”
Toner: Thayers “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Mama Bear’s “Lime Ice” Summer Aftershave Balm
AS: Booster “Polar Ice”
Result: A shave worth celebrating.

W&B in Honey horn-SRD Sandalwood/TOBS Sandalwood-25MM Silvertip-Guerlein Vetiver-Spyderco Centofonte in VG-10

Great 3 pass shave even though I mucked up the Lather a bit with too much water. I can't remember the last time that happened. Oh well have a great safe holiday all! The Army Uniform pic is about 3 years old also.


HOOAHH!!!!!

After a few bad shaves I was back in business today.
Homemade Paddle Strop
Jojoba Oil/Glycerin Homemade Preshave
AOS Sandalwood Cream
AOS ASB
JR Torrey Extra Hollow ~5/8
Semogue 830

Did my research and Honed up my Japanese straight! It passed it hanging hair test and is the sharpest blade i have! Btw im working on my photography so if you guys have some pointers let me know...

Prep: hot shower
Brush: New Forest 2201 extra stuffed two band
Razor: J A Hellberg
Superlather: Nannys Frebch Lavender + Proraso
AS: Proraso
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
Such a nice summer treat to put in some Proraso cream, we're having some nice weather (been like summer for 1 ½ weeks now )


and:

Monday.

MWF / HJM 31 P8 / Gillette Tech + Feather / Aqua Velva

Have a nice day.

Angel.

Monday

I’m feeling a bit more positive about things today. Thanks for all the supportive comments; they’re greatly appreciated. No shave on the weekend at all. I WAS going to go with the De Pews, but thought it’d struggle, even though I’m no heavily-bearded type, so I went with the sharper Schulze; and I was glad I did. I’m trying to shun anything containing Sodium Laural Sulfates and the like at the moment, but was upset to find my two favourite creams at the moment (Top Secret and O Melhor) contain it. Body Shop doesn’t seem to nor, it seems, Crabtree and Evelyn Nomad. I remember a while ago I used to love the Über from those two, so that’s a good thing! I’ve been researching more natural shaving soaps, and I’m currently leaning towards Madame Scodioli’s soaps. I haven’t found the ingredient list yet; I hope it’s pleasing! Might get a T shirt too, plus some ‘Step Right Up’ AS.

Anyway, did weights tonight which felt good. I’ve been concentrating on my arms and front deltoids lately, and I’m making some progress again.

Once again, thanks for the supportive comments.


Razor: Schulze | Soap: C& E Nomad | After Shave: T& H Trafalgar