SoS: January 23rd ~ January 29th, 2012

That appears to be the D.R. Harris H2 (Rooney 1/2) in best badger. I have both the H1 and H2 and they are both great brushes. They tend to like a little more water to start a good lather. I've had mine for a little over six years now and they are both still going strong.

 

Saturday....
Prep: Hot water rinse/Arko SC face lathered/let sit for 2 minutes/Hot water rinse
Lather:Arko Maximum Comfort SC
Razor: 1938 Gillette Senator
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (D2)
Post: Cold water rinse/Arko-Nem moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS splash

3 Passes plus touch-up....close BBS...absolutely polished....

 

Thanks for the information, I already wondered who made the brushes for Harris. I just checked the box, there's a little sticker that says H3. That means it's even bigger, I guess.

 

Yes sir, the H3 is the biggest they make in that series.

 

Ha, no wonder it felt a little hefty

 

Here are the specs of each:

H1 - Loft 45mm - Knot 22mm

H2 - Loft 49mm - Knot 24mm

H3 - Loft 52mm - Knot 26mm

And of course, the handle size is different on all three.

Not the best picture, but here is my H1 and H2 for a size comparison.

 

Of course (!) I took some measurements just now (and had to convert cm's to inches), but it's definitely the H3 big one. I'll try to be a liitle more generous with adding water tomorrow.
Thanks for the info!

 

Sunday's Shower and Shave
A long hot shower.
Parker Badger/Soap Sample
Gillette SS/Mystery Blade day 2
Facial rinse, Thayer's Witch Hazel, Ogalla Bay Rum.

The judges :wave:rated this top notch elite DFS a glowing 10

Everyone have a great week.

 

Sunday Morning shave:

R41 with Super Iridium
Elk horn brush with pure badger knot
Whipped Dog Scuttle
Razorock Artisan
TSD After shave milk

Great Shave today

 

Ahhh!!! A different razor. Is it new? Don't recall seeing you use that razor before.

 

Byrd,

What flavor of RR soap and TSD milk? I love my super iridiums. I'll bet they rock in the r-41.

 

Sunday, January 29

EJ DE86
Voskhod (d1)
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Superior 70

A late Sunday Shave today. Took my time, an easy BBS.

 

That H1 looks like my favourite size. May have to look into one since I do want one higher end British Brush eventually, even though my stable is being populated by Omegas lately LOL.

 

Sun. Jan 29
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Cella
Razor: Yuma
Blade:Gillette Yellow(2)
Pre: warm water soak
Post: Witch hazel
Hair: Gables Creme Oil
Result: CCS

 

Many thanks for that info. I have a Rooney but I had forgotten the model. I now know It's a Rooney 1/1 in Super!

 

Sunday 29th January

Real Shaving Facial Scrub
Proraso Pre Shave cream
Ford & Medley of Sheffield 333 5/8 razor
Simpson Duke 2 in Best
Florena Shave Cream
Alum Block and Lacura moisturiser
Swiss Pitralon AS

A long hard day in the lab....so it was a late shave for me. This was the first shave with my traditional straight since I 'attacked' my pasted strops. Well I must have done something right! The tugging blade was so smooth, and I had my best Trad Straight shave to date A DFS+ with three passes.

 

OCMM/Ted Pella's Gem SS PTFE
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
SOTQ B3 Cantaloupe SS
Cold water splash
Alum
Nivea lotion

Nice Sunday shave. Without a hurry, with such slow passes. Almost meditative experience... Nice and smooth, no wonder, as the set up is all my favorites. The bad news is my Vie-Long continues to shed out, it's performance begun to drop down and I think it is close to retirement and future reknotting. Pulled out the Koh-I-Noor 'Big boar' that PanChango/Dale sent me recently. Leaved it in the air, I think I'll break it in soon.

 

Its a very good cream. Not quite in the league of Trumpers but perfectly acceptable.

 

Sunday Night
Gold Dollar
Vie Long Horse/Badger
Ingram cream
Alum
Old Spice Whitewater



An insanely smooth shave!

 

Thumbs up for GD. It is rarely to see someone uses that brand as everyday shaver.