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Mama Bear Orange Orange - Semogue 830 - 11/16 Wagner & Lange - Floid Suave

Originally Posted by Deegee

4/7/2013
Pre : Claus Porto glycerine soap
Soap : Cella
Brush : Progress Vulfix 404
Razor : 1920's Gillette "old type"
Blade : Gillette 7'o'clock yellow
Post : Homemade lime scented balm

Finish : BBS

When the shave was as great as the picture, it was a great shave!

Have a nice 4th of July to all americans!

Gentlemen, here is today's shave bill:

Razor: Thiers-Issard 6/8 round point with sculpted spine and ebony wood scales
Strop: Tony Miller
brush: Vulfix Grosvenor
Soap: Institute Karite
Pre-shave: Edwin Jagger
Scuttle: Moss
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: The Art of Shaving lavender
Cologne: Bath House Spanish Fig and Nutmeg

Originally Posted by lotse

When the shave was as great as the picture, it was a great shave!

With daylight shining through the still-wrapped glycerine soap, it was too good a photo to miss.

Hello everybody

Straight Razor: SPARTACUS, Thiers-Issard. 5/8, full hollow
Brush: Custom made with Horse mane hair and Deer horn
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Shaving soap: Cream/soap made by me, with stearic acid, coconut oil, shea butter, lanolin Cherry and Almond scent
Aftershave balm: made by me, with mango butter, cocoa butter, almond oil, grape seed oil, and chamomile infusion. Neroli scent

4th of july SOTD
Razor: Geneva cutlery
Brush: Homemade ebony ivory badger
Soap: Williams
Thayers witch hazel

Cool Shower, Ice water splash, Olive Oil Pre-shave, Lecran Cutlery Extra Hollow Ground, VDH Boar, Mitchell's Wool Fat, Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel, Agua Lavanda Puig, Firehouse Wacky Tacky

After all the talk about olive oil, I decided I'd try it as a pre-shave and add a few drops to my lather. I must say it worked out wonderfully. Coupled with iced water and the Thayer's aftershock, my skin felt great and the three pass shave should last me until about Saturday morning, at least. Happy Fourth of July! Y'all be safe out there. Don't shoot your eye out!

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

After all the talk about olive oil, I decided I'd try it as a pre-shave and add a few drops to my lather. I must say it worked out wonderfully. Coupled with iced water and the Thayer's aftershock, my skin felt great and the three pass shave should last me until about Saturday morning, at least. Happy Fourth of July! Y'all be safe out there. Don't shoot your eye out!

I am so happy the olive oil made another convert! I am very glad it worked for you both as a pre-shave as well as an enrichment for your lather. To me using olive oil as a pre-shave, as well as a post-shave treatment is a procedure I cannot miss. This is what people in Umbria (the region where I live in, central Italy) used for shaving, although I guess this was also common in other parts of Italy. This is however what my grandfather taught me and it works.
You should also try it as a post-shave and before applying your favorite after shave; you will notice a difference in terms of smoothness, moreover olive oil is rich in skin nutrients.
One more advice: I see in your picture you used a "simple" olive oil; I suggest you should try extra-virgin olive oil, which is a far better product than "common" olive oil. I am not going into the technical differences between the two (saved the case you gentlemen are interested in that, I can of course explain the differences and quality of olive oil production) but, to put it simple, "olive oil" is a lower quality product, if not of disputable quality, than the truly noble extra-virgin olive oil. This is particularly true when you use olive oil as a condiment.

+1 to the olive oil Razorguy is bang on!
Loved it when i put a couple drops on the other day!
Thanks so much for sharing that "secret"

Mike