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Strop - J.R. Torrey paddle
Prep - Hot water + shave towel
Pre-Shave - Musgo Real Glyce
Brush - Dad's old brush
Soap - Palmolive
Mug - James Kent "Old Foley" scuttle
Razor - 13/16 Tahan near wedge
Post - Thayers + Nivea balm
First shave with this razor, I have a write-up in the restoration forum. A good shave, cut myself a little on the upward pass but not that badly. This razor has a huge grin, maybe I need to get a little more practice with it :)
23rd February 2013
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Location: Milano, Italy
Prep: Hot shower + cold splash
Soap: Cella
Brush: Custom Silvertip Badger 24mm
Razor: Wade & Butcher 5/8 Barber's Notch "The Hollow Ground Razor", black resin scales
Strop: Tony Miller 2.5" Horsehide Leather and Linen
Shave: 2 passes WTG+ATG
Astringent: Alum
A/S: Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum
Result: a wonderful BBS and the wife is falling in love with pinaud bay rum's scent ;)
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Vie-Long silvertip
Razor: No name Solingen extra hollow blade
Cream/edt: Penhaligon's Endymion
AS: Mennen S B
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Lousy
Well, sometimes you get a lousy shave and I blame the cream :D Seriously, I bought it when on sale and I seriously think there was something wrong with the batch they sold out ... or I had a lousy shave, all by myself :-)
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Saturday 23rd February
Hot Shower and Facial Scrub
Vitos Pre/Post cream
Merkur 11C/Rapira Blade
Muhle Kosmo Silvertip Fibre Brush
Real Shaving Company Cream
Tea Tree and Peppermint Toner
Organic Shea Butter
Superdrug Forest Fresh AS
Dax Super Neat Pomade
I think the time has come to move some of my DE razors on to 'greener pastures' I am shaving with a few of them to decide which ones should go. Perhaps not a good idea. This was a 3 pass BBS.
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I treated myself this day a realy cold shave.
First i walk a one and a half hours whit te dogs, its cold outside -4 whit a strong wind and a chill of -10.
Then i was forget to close the window;) brrr there i standing whit no shirt and said to my self i use cold water. Shave like the old way, no luxery this day.
So this are the weapons
Prep cold water wash
Fine badger brush
Grapefruit ice soap from mama bear
A old dumas aine razor
And at the end pinaud clubman bay rum after shave.
Result was a fine cold shave whit end result a smooth face and head
Prep - None
Strop - 3 Inch bridle leather/hard felt
Razor - Clauss 6/8 stropped the night before
Brush - SOC 2 band badger
Soap - Williams puck/cold water face lathered
Post - Alum block followed with Thayers witch hazel
AS - Aqua Velva Ice Blue
As good a shave as yesterday's one with the Filly. All that with one of the cheapest to buy razors I own and definitely the cheapest most poorly performing soap that I own against a Filly and high end soap. Shakes head, there must be a lesson in there somewhere. Have a good weekend.
Bob
Saturday
Mergress
Astra SP
Prorasso Sandalwood Shave Cream
Frank Shaving Finest Badger
Nivea Replenishing Balm
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
23 FEBRUARY 2013
* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 SS
* Super Iridiums
* Frank Shaving synthetic 24/48mm
* Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus
* Unrefined Shea Butter
SOTD-
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Prep- hot towel w/ lather
Razor- Wade & Butcher "For Barber's Use" Hollow Ground
Brush- Rooney Silver tip in black
Bowl- SRD scuttle in black
Soap- Mama Bear's "Sensual"
Post- witch hazel allowed to dry then followed by Penhaligon's Endymion
Music- A Perfect Circle "Mer De Noms" album
Gentlemen, here is today shave bill:
Razor: Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett 5/8 with barber's notch
Strop: Illinois 127
Brush: Rooney 22 mm super silvertip — number something or other
Soap: Institute Karite
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Moss
Face lather
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: The Art of Shaving lavender
Aftershave: Royal Copenhagen
