Thread: November 19 - November 25

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial
6/8 Henckels Friodur (current production)
Harris face milk

Shaved like buttah.

Hot Shower

15/16 Dorko
proraso preshave
C&E Sandalwood shaving cream
silertip badger brush
C&E Sandalwood shaving balm.


Great shave.

Vulfix 2234
Colleen's Orange/Patchouli Glycerine base
6/8 worked back Kukri(?) Garanti Solingen
Alum block
Pinaud Bay Rum A/S

Pure satisfaction, beautiful shave for one day's growth.

Rudolph Stehlo 6/8, Simpsons Duke 2 badger brush.

RT

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
handamerican strop
7/8 Heljestrand
Harris face milk

Today I shaved with the Filly #12, finished on the chromium oxide 0.5mic pasted home-made bench hone. The shave was AMAZING. As clean as an AC shave without the harsh feeling on the skin. Tomorrow I'll try out the Tonsorial (one of the better pieces in my rotation) recently finished on the 0.5 but not-shave tested, to determine whether the abrasive made all the difference or the Filly steel is super to anything else out there on the market.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Today I shaved with the Filly #12, finished on the chromium oxide 0.5mic pasted home-made bench hone. The shave was AMAZING. As clean as an AC shave without the harsh feeling on the skin.

Once I got my first CO paddle I quickly gave up on the AC. It may be sharper but CO really puts a special edge on the razor. 0.5 micron diamond puts a similar edge on the razor, but it's a harsher feeling edge, and I don't think it's *quite* as sharp as the CO either.

The Heljestrand I shaved with this morning got two laps on the CO just before the shave, and it just wiped the whiskers off, even the tough ones on my chin.

I felt some resistance in the heavily stubbled area (more than with the AC less than after N8K) but obviously no tugging. It was just a dream, especially for the chin area

Monday:

"The Favorite" 5/8" straight
SCS brush
DERBY lavender shaving cream
Lotion Opaline apres rasage
OLIVIA's A/S balm

I can't believe how smooth my face after this straight shave is

Thomas

I am thinking we may spice things up a bit with collecting guesses on the tools and accessories used... Tonight I'll disclose the price I paid for the Mystery Razor - $60, and the grind - a tad thicker than a full hollow. You send in the guesses, if you care, that is

3 days' growth
hot shower
KMF olive + aloe soap
Neutrogena shave prep wash
Little Cutie (my new ivory 18mm super from Matt)
Tabac
Tony M strop
6/8 Mystery Razor honed by me
Trumper's alum block
Lucky Tiger AS Toner

Had at least 5 razors I had never tried, and several I had tried and then touched up... Notably, W&B 8/8 Barber's Use, 13/16 Engstrom frameback and 7/8 Smith & Hawksley wedge touch-ups, never-tried 5/8 Wonderedge, 6/8 Joesph Rodgers wedge, etc.

Mystery Razor did not disappoint, wiping the growth easily with a 9+ shave, and placed straight at the top of my rotation. 2 miniscule nicks, no red spots even after the alum block despite the fact that my skin can be a bit sensitive to Tabac sometimes.

Cheers
Ivo