Thread: November 26 - December 2

Garantie Solingen straight, SMF I Brush, ToOBS Mr. Taylor's, The Body Shop Javari A/S Balm.

RT

Sorry for being too late; Monday:

Kronpunkt 3/8"
SCS brush
OLIVIA's Myrrhe shaving cream
Lotion Opaline A/S
OLIVIA's A/S balm

Nearly a BBS shave with no irritations

Thomas

Tue:

Rooney small style 1
T&H shaving soap
Hand American strop
6/8 Heljestrand square point
Harris Face Milk

Great shave.

Tuesday

Shower
Hair conditioner pre-shave
Tony M. #1 strop
Vulfix Best badger
C&E Almond soap
Ontario 5/8 1/2 hollow spike
Proraso liquid balm
Le Labo Patchouli

Nice gentle shave

The C&E almond soap had failed me the first time I tried to lather it. Today it worked fine.

Jordan

Tuesday
Hot Shower

5/8 Dovo
proraso pre shave
Tyrwhitt Lemon & Cedar shaving cream
Silvertip badgerbrush

C&E Nomad After Shave Balm.

Originally Posted by jnich67

The C&E almond soap had failed me the first time I tried to lather it. Today it worked fine.

Sometimes the surface layer of soap is a little wierd and doesn't lather very well, I suspect it's the releasing agent from the mould. I usually work a new soap with my hands under the tap until it starts lathering.

5/8 Tower Roundpoint
SR3122 Silvertip
De Vergulde Hand cream
Proraso A/S splash
Proraso pre-post

The tower is hollow ground, but less so than some of my other 5/8th razors and it makes a huge difference - especially on the S-N pass.

I'm into week two of straight shaving and getting better all the time (nasty cut last week notwithstanding!).

I still need to do some clean up with the DE or TracII, but less all the time - its really an issue of time, as I don't have the time for more than two passes and some clean up with the straight on weekday mornings.

Funny thing is that it takes no longer than shaving with my DE.

6/8 1/4 hollow Wacker
SR 208
Tony Miller Honey Brown Strop
Trumper Coconut Oil
Alum
Mama Bear AS Milk

Here's another newb whose improving daily. I find that the biggest problem for me is trying to navigate a three inch long blade around my angular face. The fact that my beard grows in fifty different directions in thirty different places doesn't help matters. Progress is being made though. Soon I'll be able to ditch the DEs for good.

-conditioner for pre-shave
-lathered up with CH-Bay Rum + Orange / C&E BB brush
-Filly #12
-P&G Old Spice for AS

Another very smooth shave. I'll name my first kid Chromium, my second kid Oxide and my third kid Half-Micron

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

-conditioner for pre-shave
-lathered up with CH-Bay Rum + Orange / C&E BB brush
-Filly #12
-P&G Old Spice for AS

Another very smooth shave. I'll name my first kid Chromium, my second kid Oxide and my third kid Half-Micron

this will be a tie with the i don't know what celebrity, whose kids are named Rocket, Rebel, and Racer