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

Pre: Hot Shower
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Zenith Made in Italy
Razor: Mauser
Strop: Paciccella self Made
Post: Proraso

Monday 7th January

Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
Vitos Pre/Post Cream
Ford & Medley 333 5/8 Razor
Muhle Basic 1 Black Fibre Brush in Faux Horn
Nannys Arabian Nights Soap
Alum Block
Organic Shea Butter
Barbershop Natural Bay Rum
Morgans Classic Pomade
Fat Jacks Tash Wax

The razor needed a little touch up. This was the first time I have taken a 'decent' razor to the hone. 30 laps on a Purple Welsh Slate, followed by 100 on leather. A definite improvement although not as smooth as the professional job originally done. Prior to this I used diamond strops for maintenance of this razor. I am not sure whether the result was due to my lack of honing experience or the properties of the hone.....or a combination of both I did however have a close and comfortable 3 pass shave.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Razor: Wade & Butcher For Barbers Use
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom Latigo & Linen
Brush: Whippeddog Silvertip
Soap: Madame Scodioli Ill Repute
Scuttle: Robert Baker 002 in Lava Slate
Shave: 3 passes, WTG/XTG/ATG
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Men's Stock North Woods
Reading Material: Thomas Walsingham, Historia Anglicana

Prep-Hot shower
Preshave-Kiehl's
Soap-C & E Sandalwood
Brush-AOS fine badger
Razor-Facharbeit Blacksmith
Balm-AOS unscented
After-Tree Brewing Vertical Winter Ale
Result-Best shave yet!

5/8 Blue Wonder ^ Weber (head shave)} Mike's Natural soap Pine & Cedar} Best Badger} Alt-Innsbruck

had my first D.E. shave today .. took me a couple swipes to find my angle and where the blade was but all in all i liked it .. i did miss a few spots but you know me , always in a hurry , or lack of prep ...lol...

pre= hot shower , body wash
soap = Proraso cream ( sandalwood )
brush= pure badger
razor= Gillette black handled Super Speed
post shave = none although i had the Proraso lotion on stand by

H-Diamond
Last week I took a look at a new tent. Today I'll visit a dealer nearby. This tents come from Czech Republic...good quality -as good as Scandinavian tents- but half of the price.
Tent Extreme FIGHTER 3-4 prs. - green | HUSKY

Prep L'occitane Cedarwood Soap
Razor Wade & Butcher 6/8
Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Brush Simpsons Chubby 1 in Super
GFT Coconut Oil Shaving cream
Alum & Witch Hazel
Una Brennan Neroli Moisturiser
Penhaligon's Castile Edt

Jamie.

A lovely super smooth two pass shave from the Wade & Butcher.

Tuesday

Very nice shave this morning. I decided on a nice iced cold water shave, it really is the way to go when the weather is hot, and I’m finding Mike’s Natural Shave Soap lathers really well with cold water. The Jernbolaget razor did its work with ease and the Floïd after shave went well with the pine and cedarwood scent of the soap.

As I shaved I listened to ‘The Thing To Do’ by Blue Mitchell and other tracks (thanks sashimi for the inspiration). ‘The Thing To Do’ is such a great track for shaving, in fact it would make a great track for almost any intricate little activity, like packing a suitcase for a train trip, I could just imagine it used as such for a 1960’s movie.

Hope you’re all having a good week so far. Mine it toddling along swimmingly….

Originally Posted by madmedic

...The razor needed a little touch up. This was the first time I have taken a 'decent' razor to the hone. 30 laps on a Purple Welsh Slate, followed by 100 on leather...

Hi mad, can I call you mad? I'm no honemeister, but 30 laps seems a lot for a touch up. I've no idea about Welsh slate, but I normally only do about 10 on a Shapton 16k. Maybe someone with more honing experience will chip in?

Originally Posted by paciccio

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GREAT photo. Great contrast. What did you use as a background?

Originally Posted by Thisisclog

Prep-Hot shower
Preshave-Kiehl's
Soap-C & E Sandalwood
Brush-AOS fine badger
Razor-Facharbeit Blacksmith
Balm-AOS unscented
After-Tree Brewing Vertical Winter Ale
Result-Best shave yet!

Have I just fallen over or did you fall over? Might be the ale...