SoS: 10-16 January 2011

Gillette Old Type BRW Improved Handle
Gillette Super Stainless (2)

Ever-Ready Finest
Arko Shave Stick

Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

 

Razor: 5/8 Boker
Soap: Irisch Moos
Brush: Badger & Blade Essential
Aftershave: RazoRock Alum / Brut ASB

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Great pics gentlemen! :happy096

 

EJ Razor with Ebony Handle
Gillette 7:00 Yellow Blade
C&E Nomad SC
Rudy Vey Finest Badger Brush
TSD 2x Iced Lemon/Cedarwood AS Splash
Mama Bear's Winter AS Balm

 

Thursday:

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Shark Super Stainless
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Cream: Castle Forbes Sandalwood
A/S: Pinaud Clubman
EdT: Quorum Silver​

 

Thursday's Shave:

Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029 Baby-Pro Boar
Eversharp-Schick I2
CVS/Personna (Day2)
Arko Nem Mango Mandalina moisturiser
Arko Cool AS Splash

So easy...Its like applying a great lather, using this great razor with no blade and wiping the lather off WTG...Then relather and wipe the lather off ATG and rinse and Presto!! Most incredible BBS, and no irritation...everytime... Almost boring...NOT!!!

 

SOTD Thursday, January 13, 2011

Razor: 7/8 Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Wedge, Hollow Point
Pre-Shave Cream: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Shaving Cream: Taylors of Old Bond Street - St. James
Lather Bowl: Ceramic
Scuttle: RAB Ceramic
Brush: Medium Badger
Astringent: Dickinson's Witch Hazel
ASB: Nivea Replenishing
Aftershave/Cologne: British Sterling Cologne for Men
Results: Regal!

 

January 12 Great shave

So yesterday I purposly skipped shaving casue today I was getting my package.

Two new hart Steel Razors (I fell in love with these and have now collected one of each scale type with a few extras)
A new hone
a new strop (this one is for traveling so I can keep one at home)
6 shaving towels
6 steaming towels

So after Honing my razors (I now have 9, one for each day and two spares for rotating through, I hone about once a year) I began my shaving routine.

I began with putting on a pot to boil with some eucalyptus leaves in it.
fill a large bowl with Ice and water and set 1 towel in it.
While waiting for water to boil I stropped my razor.
15 passes up 15 passes down on the wool strop then 20 passes up and 20 passes down on the leather.
Tea Pot ready I filled my shaving mug and placed my brush in the water.
In a second cup I pours in the hot water and let my shaving oil sit there to also heat up.
I then took a hot shower and scrubbed face clean.
Using Trufitt & Hill Sandalwood Shaving cream and a nice silvertip Large Badger hair brush I got my hot lather.
Lathered up and placed the first hot towel treatment.
As each towel cooled I repeated this process 4 times finishing with the boiling water on the hot towel.
Then applied the warmed shaving oil
lathered up
First Pass
Wash face, lather, hot towel, oil,
Second Pass
Wash face, Lather, Hot Towel, oil
Final Pass
luke warm towel, cool towel, Ice Cold Towel
Alum bar
Ice Cold Towel
Apply some Truefitt & Hitt Sandalwood Aftershave Balm
Finish with some Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood Colonge.

I will say I am just as happy with the new razor as I was my first hart razor. Also I found that warming the oil and the hot towels and the ice cold towel as a finisher was SO AMAZING.

 

Thursday - another day closer.

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
Coffee: Costa Rica Royal Tarrazu, BLACK
Soap: Vintage Old Spice
Brush: Vulfix 404 badger/boar, the Grosvenor
Razor: Merkur 11C
Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut AS, Brut cologne (sparingly ), hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

Shave Rating: 5 Blades

A great shave all the way 'round.

 

Look at that! We even have the same razor/brush holder! :happy088

 

Wednesday:

Soap: Homemade Guinness
Brush: Vulfix 247 pure badger
Razor: Gillette Fatboy @ 3 (Thanks Rick!)
Blade: Personna (day?)
Post: Witch Hazel, Shea Moisture Tea Tree AS

Great first shave with the Fatboy. The 3 setting on this seems to be much milder than that of my Super Adjustable even though the heads look identicle. Could be because I may be on upwards of day 5 with this blade (I really need to hit the dollar store). Still a close, comfortable shave.

 

Merkur Progress 500
Red Personna
Muehle Best Badger
Ingram SC
Lucky Tiger AS

Have a nice day!

 

Great shave today

Omega 6217 pure badger
'53 Super Speed
Wilkinson Sword Classic white label, German - shave 2
Jock Soap pre-shave oil
Jock Soap Shore Leave shaving cream
Thayer's WH, Lavender
Homemade Bay Rum AS (water, vodka infused with calendula, aloe, glycerin, bay EO)

What a fine close shave this morning. Very nice!

 

Quite interesting! Perhaps you might start a thread in the Pre and post section and elaborate? I would like to know more!

 

WOW! Now THAT"S a shaving experience! After a shaving regime like that I would be so relaxed I couldn't walk. All kidding aside, that's a really luxurious shave and it sounds like all the prep was time well spent. Enjoy!

 

Wade & Butcher Frameback
Omega Pro 49
Home Made Lemon Grass
Pinaud Clubman

Outstanding Shave !
Love this Blade :shocked031

 

It was i did it after work and after the shave had a pipe of black cavendish. and a tumbler of s18yr single malt. It was so relaxing. I only do that maybe once every two weeks.

Typically i use one hot towel, one ice cold towel to finish, three passes with my razor, pre-shave oil and shave cream a lil balm and done. Also I like how the straight razor shave is so close that I really only need to shave every other day.

 

I got that holder, brush and the razor as a set. (Actually, the razor that came with the set was a 23c, this is 11c)

Do you have the chrome cup as well?

 

A great bowl of cavendish and glass of single malt is an outstanding finish for that awesome shave!

 

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Treet Durasharp
Brush: Simpson Emperor 2
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Pashana American Bay Rum Splash

The combination of the Futur razor and Durasharp blade is proving to be a great one for me. This morning's shave was smooth, effortless, and BBS. The Durasharp works very well in all razors that I've used it with, but I think the Futur brings out the best in blades. The MWF, which made a great lather, didn't hurt either. It was truly a great shave, and the Pashana Bay Rum was an excellent, refreshing finish.