Thread: Sun August 26th - Sat September 01th

Maxterpiece-day

Razor: Gillette Open Comb with Wilkinson blades
Brush: Jade handled boar
Soap: Mama Bear's Honeysuckle
AS: Thayers Rose
Result: Only took one pass and a few touch up strokes to regain my BBS from yesterday.

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Fixed that one for you!

I'll probably pop in to the DR Harris store on my next trip to Green Park and have a sniff

[QUOTE=TheXelol;1014964]Tuesday
RAZOR: 13/16 WADE AND BUTCHER

That Wade is Stunning! Thank you!
~Richard

SOTD August 28th 2012
Me... time travel?... my tools did!

Razor: WARRANTED/CAST STEEL ~1816
Strop: Hand made and old
Soap: Cella
Mug: Milk glass/silverplate with P on it
Brush: Horsehair
Aftershock: none
Splash: Lucky Tiger

Seems that a couple centuries do give the steel a chance to resign itself to its fate. That blade will shave with the best! The Cella was ok but not a favorite. The Lucky Tiger was known and selling to the trade in 1921. The blown glass bottle is wobbly on its base and seems to be a lot older. The brush, any time after 1890.

The razor was one of my first finds from the wild and I made new acrylic scales for her from the old scales as a pattern.
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!

~Richard

Prep: Washing the face
Brush: SOC two band
Razor: Mappin and Webb, My trustworthy
Soap: Fitjar, Neroli
AS: TOBS Victorian Lime + Tiger face tonic
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Face lathered with the Fitjar cream (seems the best way with Castle Forbes and I think they feel like close relatives in both quality and texture) and it was nice and with some more practice I'll prob get it real good. Razor performed stunning!

Originally Posted by Mikael

[CENTER]Prep: Washing the face
Brush: SOC two band
Razor: Mappin and Webb, My trustworthy
Soap: Fitjar, Neroli
AS: TOBS Victorian Lime + Tiger face tonic
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Face lathered with the Fitjar cream (seems the best way with Castle Forbes and I think they feel like close relatives in both quality and texture) and it was nice and with some more practice I'll prob get it real good. Razor performed stunning!

Great close up of that beautiful blade, Mikael!

Originally Posted by rum

Wow, only just saw that DR Harris have a new line out, Windsor, after a quick Google search of course. Shows how out of touch I have been with the shaving world lately...

Is it any good? How would you describe the scent and the soap's performance?

The Windsor range was launched approx 3 months ago in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The soap, however, was delayed and only came out here in the UK 5 or 6 weeks ago. The soap has the typical Harris performance(superb) and the scent has now displaced Arlington from my top spot. When I first smelled it, Pen's Blenheim Bouquet was my initial description, but in a milder form. I have since bought Terre D'Hermes EdT and the scent is almost identical to this. Harris describes it as starting with citrus overtones, maturing in to a leathery scent with notes of black pepper and vetiver. However you describe it, it definitely wins in my book.

P.S. Just seen that Bill has answered already.

Prep: 4 mile run followed with a warm shower
Strop: Illinios 827
Razor: Thiers Issard 7/8
Soap: Williams
A/S: Alum Block, Thayers Rose Witch Hazel, Floid Blue

Result: Very relaxing and comfortable shave, 1 multi-directional pass, BBS. Love the feel and scent of Floid, good stuff.