Thread: Sun June 17th - Sat June 23rd

EJ BBB
TOBS St. James SC
5/8 Barberspet
AOS Lavender AS Gel
C&S Oxford & Cambridge

6/20/2012

Pre : Cetaphil Cleanser + Michael Jordan Shave Oil
Safety : Rotbart Mond Extra Nº15.5
Blade : SuperMax Super Stainless # 2
Soap : American Crew Shave Cream
Post : American Crew Post Shave Lotion

Good morning friends!

PREP: Floïd Sandolor Pre Shave Gel
BRUSH: 23 mm Shavemac, Finest Badger ("Gut rasiert" forum shaving brush 2011)
SOAP/CREAM: L'occitane Cade Shaving Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 6/8" Revisor, shoulderless, Full Hollow Ground, Round Point
STROP: Biber-Elster Feinste Spez. Juchte paddle strop
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Floïd (Spanish)
RESULT: Very clean, BBS shave



Have a nice day,
Béla

Thursday

Great shave with the Burrell this morning; I’m really getting used to using a shaving soap rather than a cream. I might try Mitchell’s Wool Fat Soap next, but only if it doesn’t contain ‘nasties’. Either that or Mme Scodioli ‘Fiji Mermaid’ soap, with a shaving mug, though I do like the look of MWF in the container; it’d look very mice on my soon to be got antique wash stand.

Nothing off topic to report today, except that it’s the Winter Equinox, cause for celebration, really, it’s starting to become a wet, cold winter. I hate winter. I do. I hate it.

[EDIT] Didn't go with either soaps mentioned above, just bought some 'Mike's Natural Soaps' in Pine and Cedarwood. The tin looks really cool and old fashioned and on the page Mike says he's a wet shaver, so I guess he knows what works :-)


Razor: Burrell Top Flight | Soap: Mme Scodioli ‘Boheme’ | After Shave: Mme Scodioli ‘Step Right Up’

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I might try Mitchell’s Wool Fat Soap next, but only if it doesn’t contain ‘nasties’.

Hey Carl

You wont regret trying out MWF. Best soap thus far and my collection is getting bigger all the time!


Chris

EPBD | AdP | Simpson Rover | AdP Balsamo | Sigilii Ferfaæn

Nothing like an absolute top shelf shave on a Thursday morning to celebrate the first true day of Summer. If ever there was a summer scent lineup, this would be it! The citrusy scent of the AdP filled the den as I whipped up the incredible lather. The EPBD wiped away what little stubble I had, and then the Balsamo renewed the citrus scent. The Ferfæn is such an interestingly wonderful fragrance. The verbena in it gives it a citrus smell, even though there is no citrus in the notes.

Have a great day, gentlemen!

Originally Posted by mav13

Hey Carl

You wont regret trying out MWF. Best soap thus far and my collection is getting bigger all the time!


Chris

Thanks Chris. I Googled the ingredients and while I know I'm getting pedantic about this, a nice little niche is always fun. So I'm leaning towards really comprehensible ingredients. I've started using soaps that are really natural. That's just my foible and want. I started my niche for vintage cufflinks (when that was my foible and want) with images of dogs. One needs a niche, else one is spread too thin...

It's arguable that I'm unnaturally concerned about harmful ingredients at the moment. Maybe my current focus on early 19th c American Poets and authors is to blame...

Razor: Weishi 9306
Prep: hot water, Barbasol
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Bald Frog Arabian Hooka
A/S: witch hazel, Joop Homme
Result: DFS

Prep: Brisk 25 minute run, Phillies Titan, cool shower
Razor: Gem Micromatic Open Comb
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: Arko Shavestick
AS: Skin Bracer
Finish: Clubman Bay Rum
Results: Fantastic, Catfish Belly Smooth shave. Gentlemen, this razor is indeed the founder of the feast. My first real razor, I picked it up in the spring of 2006 just because I had never seen one. At the time, I was still in my post-military, I'll never shave again phase and was rocking a full beard (a la Bobo the homeless man.) About a year later, having located blades for this thing locally, curiousity was killing me so away I went. Who could have predicted that would be the start of my traditional wetshaving insanity. The rest, as they say, is history

PREP: Hot shower
CREAM/SOAP: Martin De Candre
BRUSH: 28mm Frank Shaving - Silvertip
RAZOR: 6/8 TI - Le Grelot
BOWL/SCUTLE: soup bowl
POST: Osma Alum