Thread: Sun - January 06th - Sat January 12th

Pre: hot water applied with brush and then grapeseed oil
soap: Provence Santé Verlaine
brush: Crabtree and Evelyn Best Badger
razor: Torrey 6/8
post: TN Dickinson's Witch Hazel
AS: PInaud Lime Sec

Day 4 F.Herder,silvertipbrush,
goodfellas,canoë. Result a fine smooth face.

No shave, just a long drive to stage myself for the NY/NJ meetup tomorrow!

Prep: Hot shower + cold splash
Soap: TOBS Mr. Taylor shaving cream
Brush: Custom Badger SilverTip 24mm
Razor: SS 5/8 Dovo
Shave: 1 pass WTG
A/S: Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum


I'm sad to add that this will probably be the last time I use TOBS' cream here at home. TOBS cream seems to dislike hard water and here in Milan we have a terribly hard water... The lather's performances are just terrible here, nothing comparable with the performance I get with the same cream when I visit my parents near Venice.
I'll ship the remaining bowl of TOBS Mr. Taylor to my brother on monday and I'll only retain the tube that I'll mix with cella or valobra in order to get a decent result. Techniques helps and I can shave pretty well with TOBS here, but it's not comparable at all with other soaps.

Just to give you an metric, if I can value TOBS performance to 9 at my parent's home, here in Milan I would only give it a 5...

Prep - None
Strop - 3 inch bridle leather/hard felt
Brush - Simpsons LE QE II Jubilee Manchurian
Soap - LaToja stick
Razor - Premier Cutlery "Premier King"
Post - Alum block followed with Thayers witch hazel

Smooth and close cold water face lathered shave. The LaToja stick is another very good soap providing more then enough rich, thick and slick lather. The Manchurian just keeps getting better with each use, a real treat. The already good shaving razor is another whose smoothness improved after touching up with the Zulu Grey. Enjoy your Saturday.

Bob

Great shave this morning!

Saturday
W.H. Morely & Sons Clover Brand
Whippeddog 22mm Silvertip
Proraso
Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel
RR Black Hammer w/Voshkod for touch up

Good shave overall today as far as the actual shaving goes. When I first started I figured I'd give my RR Don Marco another go. I don't know why but I can NOT get a good lather out of this stuff. Warm water, cold water, hard water, soft water, boar, or badger. I've shelved it and came back like 3 times now to no avail. Luckily I had my Proraso sitting there and just washed out my brush and used that instead. That little green tube is magic and never lets me down. I guess at this point I'm ranting but I'm still pretty annoyed.

Still under the yoke of the flu, but stimulated by your beautiful photos, I restarted to shave, and I took the opportunity to increase confidence with this nice Fatip.

Pre: Proraso
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Semogue LE IlRasoioForum 2012 81/100
Razor: Fatip 4207
Blade: Gillette Rubie
Post: Proraso