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A quick Monday morning shave.

Prep: Shower
Brush: Edwin Jagger best badger
Soap: Truefitt & Hill: Luxury Shaving Soap
DE-Razor: Gillette Aristocrat / Wilkinson Sword blade

11 FEBRUARY 2013

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridiums
* Frank Shaving synthetic 26/48mm
* Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
* Unrefined Shea Butter

Gentlemen, here today's travel shave bill:

Razor: Henckels Friodur 13/16 INOX round point
Strop: Illinois 835 rigged with tether — or the Door Knob Special
Brush: Rooney Heritage 1/1 super silvertip
Soap: D.R. Harris Arlington shave stick
Pre-shave: John Allan's Slick Water
Face lather
Alum: RazoRock
Witch hazel: Thayers Super Medicated with Aloe Vera
Balm: Edwin Jagger
Aftershave: Pierre Cardin

MONDAY
Hot shower prep
Razor: Cosmos Russian
Soap: VdH + glycerine
Mug: Coffee and Soup cups
Brush: VdH Boar
Aftershock: none
Splash: Witch Hazel

The day: Overcast and the layer of snow sleet is almost solid ice.-3ºC
The Shave..ah the shave great, back to my roots! Little Rusky has held a good edge and shaves very well. I forgot about Witch Hazel and so I tried it again today. Meh!
The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard

Hot shower prep
Pre: Truefitt & Hill pre-shave oil
Razor: Dovo 5/8 1/2 Hollow Best Quality
Cream: Acqua di Parma + glycerine
Scuttle: G20
Brush: Crowley & Tosh Silvertip Badger
Tighten-up: alum block
Aftershave: Acqua di Parma Aftershave Balm

My goal with this shave was to do two passes, with one ear to ear horizontal sweep across the jawline from right to left (I've found that this horseshoe pass is necessary to clean up some whiskers that just don't seem to go away after a WTG and ATG pass.). At the end, I was to live with the results, not continue to rub and fuss looking for spots I missed. This allowed me to really concentrate on making complete, efficient passes. Worked great. The only spot I missed was under my nostril, right up in the corner, though it's mostly invisible. And I had to compropmise on one thing -- my upper lip. I still can't go ATG, so the pass after the WTG had to be a XTG. This was my most efficient, shortest shave yet.

Cheers,

Jack

Monday 11th February



Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
Vitos Pre/Post cream
Henckels Friodur Inox 5/8 Razor
New Forest 1901 2 Band
Nannys Arabian Nights Soap
Myrsol Metilsol AS
Organic Shea Butter
Surrati Black Oudh
Morgans Classic Pomade
Foad Moustache Wax

Fully healed and back to normal today..... and my first shave with the NOS Friodur I got from Jamie on Saturday. Many thanks.......it gave a superb 3 pass shave.

TI Spécial Coiffure Razor '5/8'
Semogue 1438 Brush
MWF Shaving Soap
Proraso ASL



Nothing like a shave to treat the blues. The 1438 is a stubby little fella but it gets the job done. All the other players were great.

12th February 2013, 01:30 AM

Location: Dublin 3, Dublin, Ireland
Prep: Hot shower + cold splash
Soap: Valobra Shaving Stick
Brush: Taylor of Old Bond Street Travel Badger Brush
Razor: Stainless Steel Dovo 5/8 Round Point Ebony
Strop: Tony Miller Travel Horsehide Leather and Linen
Shave: 1 passes WTG
Astringent: Alum
A/S: TOBS Mr Taylor Aftershave + TOBS Mr Taylor Aftershave Balm

No shave today.

I just finished my shave , so let me share it with you;

Preshave: Utterly Smooth with 6 drops of gylcerin.
Cream: Jack Black
Brush: Custom Badger & Elk Antler from GemStar Customs
Razor: Vintage Gillette 1968 Blue Handle, with a "Shark" DE blade.
Shavex Alum Bar
Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel

Thank you for looking.
John