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Prep: Hot shower and proraso green
Brush: Simpsons chubby 2 best
Lather: Proraso red
Razor: Puma Special 222, 6/8
Post: Dominica Bay Rum & Emu oil
Wonderfully smooth one pass shave.
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Brush| Finest Badger My own Safety Razor| My own (Head shave) Straight| Robeson 7/8 Scuttle| G5 Soap| L'Occitane
AS| Alum block, WH, RR as wax (head), and L'Occitane Cade Blam (face)
Lots of product today, way to much in my book but it works!
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THURSDAY
Hot shower prep
Razor: King Midas
Soap: Al’s Bomb “Calypso”
Mug: soup cup
Brush: Vintage Boar
Aftershock:Alum block
Splash: Dollar store special
The day: Clear and cold; snow later -14ºC. The Shave: Even with this great little 4/8ths professionally sharpened razor it was an up hill battle. I had tried two of mine and they didn’t really want to cut so I grabbed this known scary sharp blade. I got shaved and no skin off my face but “it was one of those days.”
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The fun of trying things makes the day go a bit better and quicker!
~Richard
Prep: hot shower
Brush: New Forest, Tubby 2
Razor: C V Heljestrand M K no: 8
Soap: Lea
AS: Lavanda
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean :D
This soap stick is da tits, da good tits - at least as good as Tabac or ARKO, in my book, but without the, erhh, interesting scent :D
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Charlex 7/8, bomb galypso, fine badger brush, PC Special reserve.
Smooth!
Pfffff almost weekeind.
Hand America 1-.25 Diamond Spray and Crox
Cuir Libelulle XL and 4 Sided Strop
Norton 4K/8K (Pyramid Method)
DOVO Best Quality 6/8 Razor
Semogue 830 Boar Brush
AOS Sandalwood ASB
Proraso Preshave
:chapeau
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Been trying to get this razor dialed in for a friend and I think I succeeded this time. Wonderful Shave!
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Razor: A newly-arrived Soviet 11/16 half hollow "весна"
Hones: touched up on Zulu Grey
Strop: N/A - shaved straight off stone
Brush: Whippeddog Silvertip
Soap: Proraso new formula eucalyptus
Scuttle: N/A - face lathered
Shave: 3 passes, WTG/XTG/ATG
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Captain's Choice Bay Rum
Camera: Fed-2 (Soviet Leica copy)
I have always been curious about Russian/Soviet blades, and finally got around to buying one which arrived today practically shave-ready. I touched it up on the Zulu Grey, lathered up, and was *very* pleasantly surprised. It shaved absolutely beautifully! If anyone know anything about весна razors, I'd love to hear it. Right now, all I know is that it's a great little shaver. :) I have a little collection of Soviet copies of German rangefinders, and figured I'd welcome my new весна to SOTD with a little something from home.
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2 razor shave today
pre=shower
soap= SRD Vannilla Bourbon
brush= Semogue 1438
razor(s)
1) Henckels 6/8 Friodur
2) Red-Imp 133 5/8
after= none
results
kinda ruff but effective !! the imp was new to me and results led to it being in need of a little touch up .
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Thursday:
Razor - 8/8 Friodur
Brush - Chubby 3 Best
Soap - DR Harris - Arlington
Balm - DR Harris - Arlington
Soap receptical - Dirty Bird 1.5
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