Thread: What do you USUALLY use?

Okay guys, we get to see the posts on the new finds, the first shave....ocasionally someones last shave <g> etc...

So what do you usually use on a daily basis....the same old, same old? a constant rotation?

For me on weekdays it's pretty uneventful, maybe even boring. I'm up at 4:45, grab one of my lesser TI razors, usually a Le Dandy, or occasionally a 6/8 Leaf and Vine, a 20 year old Crabtree & Evelynn boar/badger combo brush and Sienna creme in a tube. If in a big rush I do a finish pass on my neck with a Merkur Progress instead of several passes with the straight. Finish with a splash of Pinaud's Clubman, a quick flailing with a Marvy horsehair duster and Clubman's talc and off I go.

I'm not a fancy soap or brush guy, no skin food products, pre-shave oils, etc... on weekdays it's a basic razor, basic brush but still always the best shave in the lab...or whole company for that matter. Weekends have me using a nice, favorite razor and nicer brush but no fancy potions.

What's your regular routine?

Tony

I absolutley love my 6/8 Round Point Goldedge and the Lime HoneyBee Shaving soap combo I do. Stiffest hollow ground razor under 8/8 I have ever used, always rocks my world.
But since I do have 5 blades in my constant rotation, I will use either the Goldedge, Wonderedge, Henckels Friodur or one of my W&B wedges. I always use the same Vufix brush and 1.00 32oz cappaciono mug I found at a grocery store.

Normally I just throw on some homemade witchhazel/tea tree oil aftersahve and I am out to class. It is getting colder here so I sometimes end up putting on a balm of comsort, homemade or bought.

Weekends I live it up thoughand spend at least an hour between prepping, shaving, and after shave rituals. Doesn't include my shower either

I have a standard rotation of razors but sometimes I feel more inclined to use another tool than the one I usually do.
My pre-shave is always done with the Wilkinson soap (so it doesn't go to waste) and brush (so I don't pollute a decent brush with inferior soap).
Then I strop on the second I got from you a while back (before that, I used to use a lethaer belt).
Then I apply either one of Colleen's soaps (Cavendish Black, Bay Rum + Orange, Orange Patchouli, Desert Ironwood), C&E Nomad, C&E Sweet Almond Oil cream or T&H 1805 cream (thanks Dave) with the C&E BB brush. It's my only good one, but as soon as Matt finishes my commission, I'll have a nice ebony/sterling 24mm silvertip.
I like to go simple on the aftershaves. Usually I either use DBR or Old Spice. Sometimes I use the Paco Rabanne that someone gave me but I find it too harsh and too strong.

This takes the easiest and best edge on a regular basis so I end up using at almost twice as frequently as any other razor in my rotation. 7/8" of Sheffield wonder.


This is my new silver tip super brush from Matt, soon to reawaken my blog.


I'm about 1/4 way through a jar of Sienna cream. Good thing I like it so.

This Thayer's lotion is the ONLY after shave I have ever tried.

I've been toning up with Lush's Dream Cream. Man it's a good idea. My face loves me.

Of course the aphrodesiacal Nigerian Green Musk that drives the ladies wild. I've used other scents when I need to impress a room full of gents, but I always feel like I'm being followed by Mr GQ.

X

By the way X, I wanted to get Lush Ambrosia but I get nauseous when I get within 10 meters of their stores lol.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

By the way X, I wanted to get Lush Ambrosia but I get nauseous when I get within 10 meters of their stores lol.

Yeah, I was that way for a long time and still find alot of their stuff too aromatic, but the good stuff is soooo good I'm willing to suffer the assualt barage to my olfactory organ to get them.

X

It was alright, nice, mild and refreshing. However I didn't like it enough to go into their gas-chambers. Working in a solvent packaging room at a chemical plant sounds more appealing to me (and yes, I've done it).

I'm still working my way through a number of different sizes and styles of razors to decide what's best for me, but so far it's hard to beat a 6/8 Revisor and Classicshaving vanilla soap, Vulfix brush, alum block rubdown & Pinaud Clubman.

Routine? This is supposed to be routine? I've got over 50 soaps and creams. Over 20 DE razors and 9 straights that are shave ready. Brushes, now almost to 20! But, if I had to narrow it down, I could live with:

Taylor's Shaving Shop shaving cream
Shavemac Silvertip (4 to choose from)
Merkur HD Classic DE
SRP #89 Straight
GFT Coral Skin Food
Thayer's Witch Hazel
A*MEN EDT

I could live with only those items...but why?

RT

Nothing very flash for me: An old but faithful Bengall, Wahl traditional barbers cream, an old coffee mug to mix in, and a basic brush. No pre or post-shave anything. The only change to this is when I do my head as well (about twice a week). Then I make sure I've got two razors (the bengall and usually a Dovo), and I pinch a bit of my wife's face cream for my head afterwards.