Thread: Sun - January 20th - Sat January 26th

Prep: hot shower
Brush: Custom handle w 2band knot
Razor: Hibbard, Spencer
Soap: Provence Santé
AS: TOBS Victorian Lime + Tiger face lotion
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Sharp, very sharp blade indeed (the kind that cuts hair without a sound sharp, when you do a HHT)

Razor: Roger Prat, Thiers, 15/16, fancy spine, original scales
Brush: Simpson's Chubby 2
Soap: MWF/Musgo/glycerine uber
A/S: T&H Sandalwood balm

Happy shaving all!

WEDNESDAY
Hot shower prep
Soap: VdH + glycerin
Mug: Cup and lather bowl
Brush: Barbershop boar
Razor: Merkur Slant...package; Bakelite ?
Blade: Personna LAB blue pack
Splash: Don Juan

Today: Overcast and snow flurries. Just getting sunny!!! The Shave: A very close shave in two lathers! The razor operates from very aggressive to very smooth. The shave angle is all with this razor! The hump on the cap is for a reason; low blade angle! VdH is, as usual, my go to for testing a new razor!
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard
Happy "over the hump" day!!

Can anyone date the razor?

Originally Posted by voleman

Hello everyone!

Voleman,
welcome to the SOTD!

Cheers,
Béla

Theirs Issard Razor Half Hollow, 5/8 (Honed by Lynn, wowza! or whatever he says)
Semogue 830 Boar Brush
Queen Charlotte Soap, Vetiver
Lilac Vegetal ASL
Shower Prep



Man, I gotta long way to go with honing. Of course, maybe the half hollow grind suits me better. I am just trying to repair my damaged ego a bit. Anyway, a first for the QCS, good soap as far as the lather. The smell was nothing to write home about.

Prep - None
Strop - Paciccella (by paciccio)
Razor - Ford & Medley 6/8
Soap - Cella
Brush - Omega 48
Post - Alum block followed with nivea Balsam

Wednesday 23rd january

Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
Vitos Pre/Post Cream
Union Cutlery Expert Barber 400 4/8 spike point
Semogue TSN LE 2012 Badger/Boar
Nannys Forest of Norway Soap
Alum Block
Organic Shea Butter
Clubman Classic Vanilla AS
Morgans Classic Pomade
Brian's Own (Moustache Wax)

The razor today was a Whipped Dog 'Sight Unseen'. I am rather pleased with what I got, although the blade is a little smaller than what I would normally choose. Three passes to give a very nice comfortable shave. This is a razor which I intend to use to practise my honing skills.

Wednesday evening
Hot water prep
Greaves & sons hollow ground razor - L'Occitane CADE sc - Barbershop badger brush - cold water splash - Thayers Green witch hazel - Truefitt & Hill asb - hot towel - Pitralon NOS 60's as

A shave for the books. Total relaxation and a freshly touched up razor to leave me totally clean in two passes and my most biting after shave hardly leaving a sting... Oh, the joy. This must be a top ten shave for me. The Pitralon is an alcohol heavy after shave for real men of the 60's and I got only the slightest tingling sensation. The Greaves & sons has delivered... The CADE cream is not cheap, but it gets the job done. No lather drying out here. All the elements came together to deliver a superb shave. Didn't need the witch hazel nor the balm, but just used it for pampering.
Thanks for the great shaves this week gents. I'm enjoying every single one of them.

Didn't have time to do this properly this morning so here's this morning's shave:

Hot Shower, Klas Tornblom, Semogue 1305, Cella, Aqua Velva Classic, Ge'au Pour Hommes

Wednesday:

Razor - 7/8 Dorko with Blond Buffalo horn scales
Brush - Simpsons Chubby 3 best
Soap - D.R. Harris - Arlington
AS - D.R. Harris - Arlington milk

First time using D.R. Harris and I loved it. I face lathered and had a ton of lather left in the brush after the 3rd pass. Very slick and great scent!! It will be a regular in my rotation.