Thread: Sun December 30th - January 05th

Originally Posted by Terasol

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

Welcome to the brotherhood, I also find it very meditative...

Carl

Wednesday 2nd January

Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
Vitos Pre/Post cream
Moershfelder 9/16 Razor
Semogue SOC Special Edition Badger/Boar
Nannys Cedarwood and Vetyver Soap
Home produced toner (based on cider vinegar)
Organic Shea Butter
Pashana Original AS
Morgans Classic Pomade
Fat Jacks Tash Wax

Really excellent 3 pass shave.

C&S Oxford & Cambrigde // Filarmonica Sub Cero 6/8 // M&F Finest // Thayers // Floris Santal Aftershave

Prep: Wash face + hot towel, lather face, strop blade then re-lather.
Razor: Home made 17/16 custom
Soap: D.R.Harris - Marlborough
Brush: E.Jagger - Badger
Shave: 1 x WTG + 1 x ATG
After: Witch Hazel-(not in picture) then Aftershave splash- Vetiver Guerlain.
Result: Smoooooooth.

hard to follow that home made 17/16 above but ill try ..lol ( NICE RAZOR)
well i got my camera back so fingers crossed no more blurry pics ..
first shave of the year i busted out the Dubl D's

HOT SHOWER
PRORASO CREAM ( SANDALWOOD)
BADGER BRUSH
A COUPLE SWIPES ON THE BARBER HONE FOR THE DWARF BEFORE THE STROP
RAZORS
1) DD = SPECIAL #1 AS THE WORKHORSE
2) DD= DWARF AS THE FINE TUNE CLEAN UP UNDER THE LIP AND AROUND THE GOATEE ..

Originally Posted by England

Razor: Home made 17/16 custom

Nice looking blade.

Hot Shower, Wm. Elliot and Sons, VDH Boar, Clearly Natural Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap, Aqua Velva Classic

Hard to believe this isn't a purpose built shaving soap. It lathers wonderfully and coupled with a remarkably sharp razor renders and uber close, uber comfortable shave. Kept this one pretty beans and rise with simple gear. More than adequate for a night shave. I'm off work the rest of the week so yeah, I'm digging this whole gentleman of leisure mode. I think slowly but surely I'm coming to the realization that I can't go full blast, non-stop all the time.

Castagnon 8/8 buddelized
brush: Muehle...what else

Have a nice day

First shave of the new year, as I did NOT shave on New Year's Day! I have only shaved with this razor once before, as a "shave ready" purchase. Well, a touch-up on the Shapton 16K seems to make everything just a bit better, and this blade was no exception! Quite a good shave, no irritation. A couple of cuts, only due to not being used to the dimensions of this blade. The Truefitt & Hill Lavender lather was great, although I find that I am not a fan of the scent. The TOBS Jermyn St. AS cream scent overwhelms the shaving cream scent, anyway. (As I'm winding down my T&H samples, I'm finding that I can all but eliminate samples from other sources that are the same scent when I don't care for it...)

Location: Pearl Harbor, HAWAII
Prep: Warm shower (aggravating, actually. Solar Obama water heating doesn't work worth a damn!)
Brush: Haryali London Silvertip
Razor: Henry Sears & Son 1865 (Made in Germany for Farwell-Ozman-Kirk, Chicago) "Sears' Premiere" 11/16
Soap/Cream: Truefitt & Hill Lavender cream (sample)
Scuttle/mug: milk-glass bowl
AS: TOBS Jermyn St.
strop: SRD 2" nylon/black latigo (30x/60x)
Result: BBS

Good morning friends!

PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm MÜHLE (Synthetic fibres)
SOAP/CREAM: Geo. F. Trumper's Sandalwood Shaving Soap
RAZOR: 6/8" Wacker Jubiläummesser 2010 Mod. 2 Full Hollow Ground, Shoulderless, w/ laser etched spine, (Blond Horn scales)
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: L'occitane Vetyver EDT
RESULT: Comfortable, BBS shave



Have a nice day,
Béla