Sun:
Rooney smalls style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Union Spike wedge
Taylor's Bay Rum
Nice shave.
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Sun:
Rooney smalls style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Union Spike wedge
Taylor's Bay Rum
Nice shave.
Took a break from shave-testing razors and shaved with the W&B. It was almost as good as a TEW shave. Sheffield is winning over my heart more and more these days.
Shower, hair conditioner soak, hot towel
Shavemac 501
Mama Bear Sandalwood Vanilla soap
Frederick Reynolds wedge
Alum block
Pinaud Bay Rum A/S
Decided to treat myself to a slow Sunday shave with the heavy FR wedge today, and have to say this was probably the best shave of my life.
I still struggle most days to get the sideways whiskers on one side of my neck close enough that I can't feel them if I run my hand across the grain, but I sure got them today. :D
fox cutlery razor
vulfix silvertip travel brush
colleens cavendish black soap
crabtree & evelyn nomad edt
first time i tried any of colleens soap. Wonderful scent, didnt lather as much as i like, but great scent, great slip and great shave.:tu
Sunday
First time with my new razor, ready honed and stropped:
3 days growth
Dovo Inox 5/8 Stainless
T4 GB Kent
Trumper's Coral Skin Food pre-lather
Trumper's Rose cream
Finish with Coral Skin Food
Very refreshing and problem-free shave.
Good to hear.
Mon:
Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
6/8 Clauss USMC
Harris face milk
Removed a nick and honed it up yesterday, and it passed the various hair tests but gave a mediocre shave. I went from the Tam O' Shanter straight to the chrome oxide, and I suspect I shouldn't have skipped the shapton. I'll fix it tonight and try it again tomorrow.
Rivvivage Shaving Soap
Small Rooney Finest
5/8 Craftsman
Hand American Strop
Alum Block
Hydrolast A/S Conditioner
Kind regards,
Alex
Hot Shower
5/8 Dorko
Cremo Cream
Taylor of OBS Sandalwood soap
silvertip Badger brush
C&E Nomad shaving balm
Great shave today
Mon
Thomas Anthony best badger
TM strop
TGQ OakMoss soap
6/8 Revisor
AOS Sandalwood balm
L'occitain Vetyver
Nice shave.
Jordan
Bartman 7/8
SR3122 silvertip
Honeybee cedarwood/amber soap
Alum
Pitralon Classic A/S splash
QED ASC
First shave with the Bartman and its not bad - could use a few more swipes on the .5 paste, but a nice shave.
The real story is the Honeybee soap - I've been wanting to try this stuff for a while as it has gotten good reviews over at B&B. I've used the amber and cedarwood/amber and this stuff is simply one of the best soaps I've used (its got shea butter, glycerine and clays, and some other good stuff). Although I think its scented with FOs. Lather's like a champ and is one of the few soaps that doesn't seem to dry my skin out.
Another Taylor-day :y Even compared to other top performers in my rotation, this baby is a hands-down winner. This sort of a perverse pleasure that I get after shaving with my TEW ought to be illegal, but I'm glad it's not :nj
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A no nonsense Workday great shave.
Tue:
Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial
Hand American strop
TI Pierre Thiers Limited Edition (aka Wonderboy, aka TIPTLE)
Harris face milk
The Pierre Thiers razor never fails to deliver great shaves.
Hot towel
Taylor Eton College shavecream
TI 7/8 red stamina sheffield spike
TAGMSC aftershave
King of shaves moisterizer.
Very nice. My first time trying anything by Taylor's. Decent stuff but not as good as TGQ or Oliviaseife..
Hot Shower
6/8 Dovo Horn handle
proraso pre shave
C&E Sweet almond shave cream
silvertip badger brush
Old Spice
Tue
Vulfix best badger
C&E Nomad soap
TM strop
6/8 Genco RP
Coral Skin Food
LeLabo Patchouli
Razor was fresh off the Norton and Thuringen stones. Nice and smooth.
Jordan
Holland 5/8
Rooney #1 large silvertip
Coates tea tree
Alum
Body Shop tea tree toner
C&E Sienna ASB
Shavemac 501
Mama Bear masculine musk soap
7/8 Friodur
Alum block
Tabac A/S splash
This is my first Friodur and only my 2nd stainless razor, it presented a real challenge for me to hone and I was beginning to think I'd need to send it off to a honemeister. The third time on the hones was the charm though and I'm finally satisfied with it. Fantastic shave.
6/8 T. Hessen-Bruch square point
the shaving shack pure badger brush (inexpensive and nice for soaps)
Colonel Conk amber soap
TM Strop
Alum Block
Pinaud Clubman AS
-Fred
TWG paddle strop
5/8 Diamondine square point
Vuflix #2197 pure badger brush
TGQ Highlander soap
Thayer's Witch Hazel with Aloe
Pinaud Talc
Ant
Shower
Silvertip badger
Mammabears Cedarwood and Lemon shave soap
5/8 Krusius purplewood
Sanex aftershave balm
King of Shaves moisterizer.
My first mamabear soap that doesn't burn the skin. I LOVE the scent and it gave ma a GREAT shave. No reason not to like her soaps anymore for me, cheap, good and wonderfully scented. As long as I use her EO ones I'm safe.
Plus the skincare is very good now that she's added sheabutter and other such nice things.
Hot Shower
4/8 Fermarud
Lemon Cedar shaving cream
silvertip badger brush
C&E Nomad aftershave balm
Nice shave!!!
Wed:
Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
TI Pierre Thiers Limited Edition
no A/S
Vintage Dovo 5/8 SS
SR3122 Silvertip
Coates sandalwood cream
Alum
Proraso A/S splash
C&E Sienna ASB
Great shave - have started doing an across the grain pass on the jowels, makes a HUGE difference!
6/8 Case XX Tested
Hand American Strop
EJ Silvertip
Taylors Sandalwood Shave Soap
Alum Block
Hydrolast A/S Unscented Conditioner
Kind regards,
Alex
Wed
Muhle silvertip
TM strop
Proraso cream
Eicker & Sohne 11/16 RP
AOS Sandalwood balm
Trumper "Sandalwood" cologne
Only 1.5 pass and a nice shave!
Jordan
Dovo Ecaille 5/8
Tony Miller Heirloom #1 3" Strop
Shavemac 220
Taylor Rose Cream
Kiehl's Abyssine Serum
Creed "New" Tabarome EDC
Every shave I learn more....
Genco Grant
EJ 22mm BB
Leatherneck
OS/Neutrogena combo
I've cycled through my top 4 (TEW, W&B, Genco and Filly). All amazing shaves. Now I should REALLY finish those giveaway pieces but #5, the Tonsorial Gem will feel left out :cry: What do i do? :shrug:
Vulfix 2234
Vulfix Lavender cream
9/16 Torrey notch point
Alum
Pinaud bay rum A/S
Lather seemed a little thin today, and the razor seemed a little less than sharp enough - not a good combination.
Shower
conditioner
Bobbo's homemade strop
My homemade silvertip badger
Colleen's homemade Orange Patchouli shave cream
Worldmaster 6/8 sheffield with Bill's Homemade Cocobolo scales/ DOVO 5/8 stainless.
TAGMSC aftershave balm (you've guessed it...homemade but not by me)
King of shaves moisterizer
I simply love all these homemade products. Nothing factory made is better than homemade stuff and that's for sure.
As for the stainless. I love the Dovo Micarta. It's not mine and it'll be going back to Sweden today but I think I'll have to get me one of those. I really like the feeling the stainless blades have on my skin.
Excellent shave for an excellent day, today I finish all of my products for my final exam.
Hot Shower
Face scrub Zihr
6/8 Dorko
Mama bears Rose shaving cream
silvertip badger brush
Old Spice
Thur
Thomas Anthony BB
TM strop
Pre de Provence soap
Challenge 5/8 SP
Proraso Pre/Post cream
Tabac a/s
Tabac EDC
Great shave and great scent
Jordan
TI Pierre Thiers Limited Ed.
Hand American Strop
Plisson Euro White
Plisson Shave Soap
Alum Block
Hydrolast Unscented A/S Conditioner
Kind regards,
Alex
*runs and hides from the angry villagers wielding torches and pitchforks* ;)
- No wash or rinse
- Barbasol canned foam
- Gillette Atra cartridge(with the slime strip) fitted onto a Wilkinson Sword Profile handle
- 20 year old bottle of Aqua Velva aftershave