Thread: Sun November 18th - Sat November 24th

Location: 36° 0'5"N - 115° 15' 21"W
Razor: Boker Collection
Brush: SRP LE 2011
Soap: Martin De Candre
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea Extra Sensitive
I have a truck load of Bokers to hone so this whole WK is dedicated to test shaving. Bokers are very nice razors. My personal favorites, shave-wise is the Silver Steel, Picadilly and Arborito. The Silver Steel being my personal number 1 pick. The Martin de Candre soap is such a wonderful soap it's truly a delight to use and paired with the Thäter a luxurious event.

Lads, have a great week!

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm Vie-Long 16510 Silvertip Badger Shaving Brush
SOAP/CREAM: Castle Forbes Shaving Cream Levender Essential Oil
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 6/8" Le Talisman / PEROUX-COGNET, Thiers
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Castle Forbes After shave Balm
COLOGNE: Eau de Cologne LAVANDA Ach. Brito
RESULT: Great shave, BBS



Have a nice week,
Béla

Have a nice Sunday, friends.
Today one of the Thiers Issards

Prep L'Occitane Cedarwood soap
Razor Vintage Maxotte High Grade 5/8 Full hollow
Brush Simpson Chubby1 in Super
Cream Simpson
Alum & Witch Hazel
Neroli Moisturiser
Penhaligon's Castile Edt

Jamie.


A lovely smooth two pass shave three days growth wiped out in an instant.

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Truefitt & Hill: Luxury Shaving Soap
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Mastro Livi 8/8 Bergam Damascus in Mammoth Ivory Scales
ASB: Caswell-Massey Newport

Unhurried, comfortable and relaxing early Sunday morning shave.
It is still dark outside, and quiet. The smell of coffee is almost as strong as the Newport.
I'm getting ready for my Sunday breakfast. Have a good week.

Sunday

Not my normal ‘Edwardian style bedroom shave for this Sunday, but s standard bathroom one as I had to go out to lunch for the wife’s birthday. She's 46, 26 of those spent with me; so she really does need congratulating.

Up to the top of Mount Torrens and back, which was hard after yesterday’s rock climbing, but I shaved a whole FOUR seconds off my time.

The shave was excellent, I used the new O Melhor Orange Amber. Two passes, but the second just a neck touch up really.
An early night tonight I think…

Strop: MickR's Roo Hide
Cream: Taylor's of Old Bond Street- Lemon & Lime
Brush: Frank's Fine Badger
Razor: Invicta 13/16
Astringent: Thayer's Witch Hazel
Balm: Nivea Replenishing
A/S: Old Spice
For both it's good looks and it's shaving ability, this razor is one of my absolute favorites.
It must have been 4 days since my last shave, and the Invicta took me to BBS in 2 passes with ease.
This was the last of the TOBS Lemon & Lime sample that Rene sent me. Fortunately I'm ordering a bunch of stuff from SRD tonight and a new bowl of it will be on that list.

Have a great week boys, and thanks for the great posts and pics
Grant

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Le Tuft w Simpson 22 mm silvertip and horn handle
Razor: Erik Anton Berg w custom horn scales
Soap: Cade
AS: La Toja Manantiales
Edt: Penhaligon, Castile
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean indeed
These lovely scales where made by UKRob, thank you brother, they mach the razor perfect (which took a very nice edge, the steel is top notch and the grind is a lovely thin and delicate full hollow)! Was a perfect match for my custom Le Tuft brush w Abalone base

Prep: Warm shower w/ some face wash and conditioner
Brush: AoS Pure Badger
Soap: SRD Bay Rum
Razor: Boker 5/8 Edelweiss in white bone
Strop: SRD 3in Black Latigo w/ poly webbing
Shave: 2 passes WTG and XTG (ATG on the neck)
AS: Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
ASB: AoS Unscented
Cologne: Armani Code Sport
Result: I hadn't shaved in 4 days and I started hating life after the 3rd day and had I a craving for Bay Rum. So went all out And i did the soap in bay rum and aftershave in bay rum. Even though the AoS says its Unscented there's a clean scent that I can't explain and it mixes AMAZING with clubman bay rum. I was BBS in 2 passes and I felt like a new man, and not a caveman. After my shave the wife and I took the kiddos to Okinawa Neo Animal Park. I have 2 more days of leave then back to work.

Razor – Le Jaguar
Brush – Semouge boar
Soap – Glycerin bar presoak & Valobra stick
AST – ALUM
AS – Tabac

The Le Jaguar removed a couple days growth in a single pass. Lé Poof.
Have a wonderful week of shaves.
Mike