Thread: Sun December 30th - January 05th

Originally Posted by hitemfrank

You may have only started but that's a pretty nice setup you've got.

Originally Posted by LegalBeagle

Welcome Terasol! Great first SOTD!

Thank you both!

Originally Posted by eTom

Glauchau, Sachsen
Glauchau, Saxony

Nice to see a worldwide community here! I'm in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Pfalz.

Originally Posted by Terasol

Nice to see a worldwide community here! I'm in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Pfalz.

No community...it's the brotherhood

Originally Posted by Terasol

I've just started the straight razor shaving but it's quickly becoming a daily zen practice!

Terasol,
Welcome to our little corner of SRP.

Cheers,
Béla

Wed, Jan 2

First Shave of the New Year

Pre: Hot Shower, 10 Linen, 15 Leather
Razor: Hart 6/8" Square Tip w/Rosewood
Brush: Simpson Major Travel Brush Super Badger
Scuttle: None
Soap: Van Der Hagen Dual Bath and Shave Soap
Post: Cold water and Alum
Aftershave: Proraso White

Well as I brought up in a different thread, I picked up a puck of what I thought was just VDH but it turned out to be Dual Bath and Bar. It has a opaque white side and a clear green side. I was befuddled so I cut it into a clear bar and an opaque bar. Today's shave was the opaque side. Nice creamy lather.

I tried a new bit of technique today as I am growing the beard out I am only shaving the neck and under the chin. When I was using cartridges I would shave south to north on the neck and meet the north to south under the chin. It was the only way I could avoid irritation on the neck at all. So well my form has been getting better. Let's see if this will help it further. About the same irritation. But the kicker is that there was no resistance this time. I think over time as technique improves this will surpass just going north to south.

Happy Shaving to all!

The Geezer is taking a Sabbatical till next week. A week of great shaves to you all!
No Shave or whatever! Some things I need to accomplish!

~Richard

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Hi, yeah, it's not too bad at all. I do still find creams easier to lather thn soaps in general, but the Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn lathers really well. It has a nice fresh scent, though it's a rather small puck. I was attracted to the natural nature of the soap, I'm trying to stay away from chemicals...

Sounds fair enough, will make sure to throw it in my cart next time I buy something, thanks Carl!

Originally Posted by HoracioAR

Sounds fair enough, will make sure to throw it in my cart next time I buy something, thanks Carl!

Forwhat it's worth I would also recommend the stuff. I spent a few months using it for about 90% of my shaves and, as Carl says, it lathers well.

It is a small puck though so I milled it into a container. The bowls that it come in (if you're not just buying the refill) has a fairly small opening so I would recommend you just buy the refill and put it in something with a decent sized opening.

Originally Posted by BobH

...For some reason I decided to practice what some would consider self flagellation in the straight razor shaving world. I used cold tap water and believe me tap water is cold this time of year here...

It's boiling hot here (we're in for a string of days in the high 30's and 40's) and the other day I used icy cold water from the fridge. Much nicer I'm sure on a hot humid day than on a cold one!

Originally Posted by HoracioAR

Sounds fair enough, will make sure to throw it in my cart next time I buy something, thanks Carl!

No probs, glad to be of some assistance