What to use before my wedding saturday 10/22/11? please help my brain is mush!!

Ok guys I cant make up my mind!! I want a special shave, but all my razors are special to me!! Please help me pick my kit...seriously please! My brian is just to warped right now with 3 days left lol

ok I have

strops
3in horse butt
2in Latigo
2in Bridal

Soaps/creams
cella
vulfix lime cream
vulfix rose cream
proraso
speik cream
Williams

after shave
dominicana bay rum with and with out lime
old spice
north woods
ogalla with sage and cedar
aqua velva classic and musk
Pinaud Clubman

Razors
4/8 torrey our 136
5/8 Boker (1920's)
5/8 Wade and Butcher battleship wedge
5/8 Red Imp 132
5/8 dovo ebenholz
6/8 dovo best
6/8 dovo bismark
6/8 Boker King Cutter (turn of century ish?)
6/8 Theirs Issard extra hollow sheffield steel
7/8 Original Schulze extra hollow
8/8 Gilbert brothers Masonic Wedge (pre 1890)
9/8 George Wostenholm Celebrated IXL (pre1890)


So really whatever gets the most votes or sounds the best will win and I will take a pic of it from my honeymoon sweet lol!

thanks everyone

Adam

Adam,

I would use all the equipment that you have the most confidence in. You will have enough things on your mind on that most important day! (You know of course that after that day your intended will forever after be referred to as SWMBO...lol)
Regards,
Joe

P.S. Congratulations in advance!

I totally agree what ever your most comfortable with, to many others factors come in on such a day!!!
good luck to ya!

Proraso, Ogalla with Sage and Cedar, and the Wade and Butcher Battleship Wedge.

3" Horse butt
Willaims
Pinaud Clubman
5/8 Wade and Butcher battleship wedge


Old School , all the way. :medvl:

Well, the bridal strop seems a pretty obvious starting point. One hopes that your marriage is a proverbial bed of roses, so I suppose the Vulfix Rose cream seems like the way to go there. I suspect your 6/8 TI extra-hollow is a 'singing' razor; no need to labor the point there. Besides, a French razor is bound to be more romantic than a Masonic or Battleship wedge. Let's go with the Theirs-Issard. After shave...hmmm...what does SHE like? That may be the key here...and in the days to come. :)

Best wishes for a happy and fulfilling life together my straight-edge brother.

6/8 TI....nice steel.

Last chance to do what you want, the way you want to do it. LOL

....and another one bites the dust!

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3" Horse butt
WillaimsPinaud Clubman
5/8 Wade and Butcher battleship wedge


Old School , all the way. :medvl:

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Williams on your wedding day??? Sorry my friend, but no!

I'm biased because I used my Dovo Bismarck for my wedding day shave, and it was one of the closest shaves of my life. But I agree with a previous poster, use what you are most comfortable with, as I'm sure you don't want cuts and razor bumps in your wedding photos. ;)

Congrats on your nuptials and good luck!

Thanks to all for the kind words!

Basically the only scent off the table is Pinaud :( she hate it!

So frenchy TI, W&B, or Bismark...I will hit the hones for a little touch up with those three since they seem to be the only ones in contention! Lol

Can't believe no one said the Schulze.

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Adam, face yours razors and close your eyes for a moment. Now open them. One of those razors will hold your view a moment longer than it will the others. It will smile at you. That's the one. Do the same with the soaps and the aftershave. This is a question for the heart rather than the mind. Go with what your heart tells you.

I'd say,
Horse Butt Strop
Your favorite Boker
Vulfix Lime Cream
Alum Block (and/or Witch Hazel)
Dominica Bay Rum with Lime

I've got a soft spot for Bokers as the Red Injun 102 was my first ever str8. Of your gear, I'd probably rock the King Cutter but hey, it's your party. Congratulations on your wedding, Brother. May you and your bride have a lifetime of happiness together.

Ok so SWMBO weighed in while I was staring at the razors trying to see who smiled the brightest.....(They all smile so pretty!!)looks like the 9/8 George Wostenholm IXL takes 1st prize, I will be bringing my 1920's Boker scalloped spine as my back up. Horse butt is going to be the strop. Will be going with the AOS pure badger with Vulfix rose and Cella uber lather. Alum to finish with a dose of AOS sandlewood and finished with Ogallala sage and cedar. Firehouse wacky tacky for the stash and away we go!

Should be a great day all around! Thanks all :)

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I think you must use the W&B Battleship because, afterall, you are getting married and have many battles to look forward to in the future:o.

All kidding aside, congrats and enjoy the last shave as a single man.

Now that the deadline has passed, what did you use? And how did it turn out? Congrats, by the way.

I brought 3 with me, the 9/8 GW, the 8/8 gilbert, and the 6/8 TI. I used the Cella+vulfix rose uberlather and the AOS pure badger. I did a three pass shave with the three different razors. 9/8 wg, 8/8 xg, and TI to clean up going AG. for after shave I used alum first, then AOS sandlewood balm, then Ogallala sage and cedar, and right before heading out I splashed on some dominicana bay rum.

I looked and smelled great! I will have to wait till the photographer gives me prints and I will post one :)

thank you all for your kind words and interest!!

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I brought 3 with me, the 9/8 GW, the 8/8 gilbert, and the 6/8 TI. I used the Cella+vulfix rose uberlather and the AOS pure badger. I did a three pass shave with the three different razors. 9/8 wg, 8/8 xg, and TI to clean up going AG. for after shave I used alum first, then AOS sandlewood balm, then Ogallala sage and cedar, and right before heading out I splashed on some dominicana bay rum.

I looked and smelled great! I will have to wait till the photographer gives me prints and I will post one :)

thank you all for your kind words and interest!!

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Well I guess now we can say "congrats" on the wedding. More income = more razors! :)

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Well I guess now we can say "congrats" on the wedding. More income = more razors! :)

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Oh how I wish this were true!

but alas, she worked for Borders (all since closed here in AZ) and I have an 8mo daughter! I will never have enough to buy the razors I want (mostly cause someone snipe's my ass everytime)

but thank you!! you got me to LOL

Oh I hate snipers, too, :)

Congrats, man, and I regret to hear the W&B wasn't part of the last lineup as a bachelor. I have a thing with those. No matter what razors I use daily, and I include Filarmonica or Engels, W&B always has a pass there, it sorta crawls up to the top o' the list. I think I'll sell the rest to buy more of them. :) Cheers and congrats.

Oh, the tyranny of choice. My wedding day was long ago but I'm sure that the last thing on my mind was what to shave with. I doubt that I gave it conscious thought. In the 1970s it was probably either my Schick or my Schick, I may have put a fresh blade in it.

Congratulations; hope you had a fabulous day!

Congratulations!

Strop, brush cream, etc are all 'don't care' for me.
For the razor there is only one choice and that is the 9/8.
You don't want to use girly razors. You shave with the biggest piece of steel you have.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Strop, brush cream, etc are all 'don't care' for me.
For the razor there is only one choice and that is the 9/8.
You don't want to use girly razors. You shave with the biggest piece of steel you have.

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That's definitely a challenge, especially if you've got small to medium facial features, and angular too.

I personally would have gone with the old spice, just because it has always been my favorite. Congratulations by the way hope you guys have a Great future ahead of you