Thread: December 10 - December 16

Sun:



Rooney small style 1
T&H soap
Hand American strop
6/8 Robert Williams french point
Taylor's Bay Rum A/S

The Williams got a little more time on the hones yesterday. The steel in this razor is quite a bit harder than any of my Friodurs. It seems to be about the same step up in hardness from the Friodurs as the Friodurs are from the Swedes. Because of this its a slow honing razor but it takes a very keen edge, much sharper than I've been able to get on my TI Pierre LE or my Friodurs, and it holds it throughout the shave. Very impressive performance from an equally impressive razor. The TI Pierre LE just got seriously pwned.

Hot shower
Very old W&B 6/8 sort of round point (one of my favorites)
50 round trips on a TM strop
Truefitt and Hill silver tip brush
Mama Bears Experimental Rose shaving cream
2 passes, one with and one against the grain
Alum Block
Pinaud Clubmann aftershave

WOW, what a good smelling cream!! Much better than T&H or Trumpers!

-Fred
Go Packers

Originally Posted by mparker762

Sun:
The TI Pierre LE just got seriously pwned.

Wow............. I need to stop hanging around here so much as it tends to make me question how good my current favorites really are. All this talk about Double Ducks, Pumas, Maestros, etc

The Pierre LE sounded outstanding, and for this to top it says a lot. Think I need to break out a Revisor soon since they always seem to please me.

Yeah, Michael - seems Robert / Pappabull did a fabulous job! I like the looks of the blade, too!

As for my shave:
several days' growth
no prep
Little Cutie
Colleen's Desert Ironwood
Moss scuttle
Tony M red latigo strop
8/8 Friodur
8/8 W&B
Trumper's alum block
Lucky Tiger AS Toner
Nivea AS Balm sensitive skin

I was not supposed to shave, just testing Colleen's Desert Ironwood. However, the soap felt nice on my face! No irritation!

So I just could not resist and broke out the razor box. Thought the Friodur was ready for a shave. Wrong! However, I am proud, because I did leave it and finished with the W&B. I usually just go on and that's, as all know, not good

While the Friodur did not shave well, the round point was sharpened kind of like a spike, so I got two very tiny nicks on one side and a 2" very shallow scratch (almost can't be seen but still I know it's there) This drove me mad! Then the W&B was shaving well, but I was already mad so some innatention cut a bit in an old scar from mounting biking on my chin, where the skin is kind of raised from the normal level from the stitch job. Argh!

Nevertheless, there was no irritation / razor burn whatsoever, I almost did not feel the alum... Had not used the Nivea for a long time and I remembered why - L'O is so much better! Even the J/A/S/O/N 6-in-1 is significantly better than the Nivea... Before I tried them, I thought Nivea is fab

Cheers
Ivo

Mon

Hot shower

4/8 Femarud
proraso pre shave
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
Silvertip badger brush

Old Spice

Nice shave

Mon:

Rooney small style 1
T&H soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Wonderedge
Harris face milk

Very nice shave. This was a NOS Wonderedge purchased from (and honed by) Lynn. There's a little tenderness around my chin where the blade was flexing a bit as it hit the tough stubble, but it was a much stiffer blade than I expected from looking at it, and Lynn's edge was outstanding.

Generic dark badger brush
Colleen's Orange Patchouli soap
NOS 7/8 Crown & Sword
Alum block
Pinaud Clubman A/S

Best hotel shave I've had in a long time, it pays to take a better razor on trips.

hot shower
col conk reg badger
surrey sensitve skin shave soap
solingen best quality 5/8 round point
splash of clubman

three passes and my face feels BBS with no bumps or nicks. switched to clubman AS and my face feels great and smells even better.

Monday

3 days growth

Shower
Proraso pre/post while stropping on
TM #1 Red Latigo
Thomas Anthony Brush
Tabac soap
F. Fenney 7/8 wedge
Tabac A/S
Tabac EDC



Jordan

first a nice hot shower while my brush relaxes in hot water

then I had an awesome BBS shave (2days of growth):
did a nice 3-pass, so even my problem areas are completely eradicated
no irritation thanks to Colleen's awesome Cavendish black soap.

finished with a nice splash of cold water and then some DKNY aftershave along with elements aqua by Hugo Boss. Watch out world, here I come!

If only all things where as pleasant.