Thread: Sun - June 02th- Sat June 08th

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Thiers Issard 6/8, Ram's Horn
Strop: Illinois 827; SRD Prem I
Brush: AOS Fine Badger
Soap: RazoRock La Famiglia, Don Marco
A/S: Floid Blue

Result: Great edge = silky smooth enjoyable shave. Now off to work! Have a great day.

Originally Posted by Sunbird

dfrazor, Interesting razor. The blade looks like a BENGALL?

Sunbird

Yep, it's a Bengall. It's one of the bigger ones that I've seen. My mother likes to browse antique shops, and she knows about my "hobby" (obsession) and she showed up with it one day, asking "is this blade anything you'd use?" The scales are olivewood with a nickel silver inlay.

Shaving cream: Nivea for sensitive skin
Razor: Le Dandy, TI, 5/8
Brush: Muehle Pinsel
Bowl: wooden salad bowl Premier Housewares
After Shave Lotion L'oreal Men Expert Hydra Power Engineer
and 20 minutes later - after shave balm loccitane CADE

near mid week shave!!

Razor: TTO Gem Micromatic
Blade: Gem Personna
Soap: TOBS Shaving Shop
Post: Thayers Astringent Witch Hazel
AS: Aqua Velva Blue Ice
Edt: Brut

Nice shave today. Got to take it all in slowly for a change. BBS.

No pic today, I can't find it!!! Lost in translation somewhere, hehehe.

No sotd pic from me, as I'm on a business trip in Belgorod, Russia for a pathology congress.
Had no time yesterday, so it was the cartridge Gillette.
Today a nice walk back to the hotel with the swifts in the sky and this pretty sight.
Cheers,
Herman

How do you like Russia?
It is this Congress: http://www.patolog.ru/

Yes, that is the congress. I like Russia a lot. It's my 14th trip to Russia and the country keeps amazing me. In a good way.

Originally Posted by LiamPBoyle

...carlmaloschneider posted in a thread over in the "Shaving with a Straight Razor" forum about skipping the preshave so that technique in stropping, lathering, and shaving become more apparent so that's what I'm doing this week...

Let me know what you think about that idea, Liam! It's the same idea as making an Überlather or using a cream. It seems to me that any old technique works with an Über or with some really easy to lather creams (such as Body Shop Macca Root). When I went from creams to soaps I needed to really improve my lather making technique, as I found soaps harder to lather. I also found the same as you; I wasn't loading the brush enough; and I was also using too much water.

Carl

Razor: 7/8

T&H Sandalwood: Soap, Balm, Cologne

Brush: ShaveMac 341

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Let me know what you think about that idea, Liam! It's the same idea as making an Überlather or using a cream. It seems to me that any old technique works with an Über or with some really easy to lather creams (such as Body Shop Macca Root). When I went from creams to soaps I needed to really improve my lather making technique, as I found soaps harder to lather. I also found the same as you; I wasn't loading the brush enough; and I was also using too much water.

Carl

So far so good, with less variables to concentrate on by skipping the preshave I noticed what I mentioned with lathering and that I need to adjust my angle slightly. I'm sure I'll notice a few more details of the next few days.

That's kind of the same reasoning I went with the VDH soap, it's an entry level soap not known for lathering well, it's cheap, and I can buy it at the grocery store across the street. If can can get a decent lather from VDH and eventually Mitchell's Wool Fat (although my wife's homemade varieties my precede MWF) then I'm ready for anything.