@Stroker: Thank you Bruce. I can´t wait for my custom straight razor to arrive. It will be a big one. I know that´s not the best for a beginner like me,but i decided to buy a 8/8 straight. You have my word that i will post pictures here. Have a nice time and take care. Greetings Thorsten
Easter Sunday 4/20/14 Prep: Hot shower. Nivea menthol face wash. Razor: Merkur Progress Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword Soap: WSO Zaro Brush: HJM Best Badger Post: Alum. Dickinson WH Aftershave: 4711-Nivea Energy ASB Go out and get it!
Razor: George Wostenholm & Sons 5/8" Full Hollow & Fatip Grande Blade: Wilkinson Sword UK (D7) Brush: Plisson Synthetic Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Pre Shave Oil: Eucalyptus Peppermint Vanilla Shave Soap: Martin De Candre Fougère Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave Balm: Grey Flannel First day trying out a straight. WTG & XTG two pass shave. No weepers, irritation one spot due to wrong angle and could not maneuver around chin area or lower lip. Finished off these areas with the Fatip Grande loaded with Wilkie. Practice, Practice and more practice.
SOTD April 20 Prep: hot shower Razor: G. Wostenholm & Son "Canuck" and 1968 Slim Twist Blade: Feather (day 6) Brush: Vie-Long Soap: Arko shave stick Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG) Post: alum Borderline DFS today, and very dry. turns out the feather blade is done too.
Easter Sunday: hot shower Homemade PSO Robeson straight 2 passes StickSchick 1+ passes Personna Platinum Chrome (6) VDH Deluxe boar Gold Dachs Classic soap in a warm mug Thayers unscented w/aloe Sante Homme AS Keeping with my routine of using a straight razor once a week I pulled out the Robeson this morning and much to my delight shaved with greater confidence than all previous straight razor shaves. That being said I'll probably lop off the end of my nose next weekend. Regardless, it seemed that I'm finally getting somewhat tuned in to the razors and movements and things are slowly beginning to come more naturally and that includes not just the shave but using the strop as well. Gold Dachs. This is an excellent soap. Nuff said but I'll keep talking anyways. This is the second puck I've purchased, the first being the Macho scent which has now been discontinued. The Classic scent is exactly that and delivers a perfect lather with ease. To quote RaZorBurn123, "Go out and get it". Picked up the Sante Homme on clearance and really like the gentle scent and so does SWMBO. It's a tree-huggers dream; bio-aloe, BDIH and NaTrue certified, vegan, gluton-free, lactose-free, caffeine-free, no artificial colors or preservatives, doesn't smoke, drink or chew, certifiably organic and not tested on range free chickens. Wasn't sure if it would work at all since the description was more about what it isn't rather than what it is but I'm glad I picked up a bottle and it will continue to be in the rotation.
Saturday and Sunday Prep: soaked brush, washed face with CeraVe cleanser Soap: HTGAM Synergy unscented Brush: Oscar11 with Omega boar knot Razor: iKon ShaveCraft Blade: Astra SP After: Cold rinse, CeraVe Same setup both days, excellent comfortable shave each time. The boar brush made abundant lather from the HTGAM soap, and the combination of the ShaveCraft and Astra worked well.
Thanks, Guy & Bruce. Bruce, all this razor required was a little 'sprucing up ' of the blade (minor scratching and a few shallow pits); the scales were already in tip-top form & needed only a good polishing—which made my 'restore' job on this one significantly easier.
SOTD Easter Day Hot shower with DIY Bay Rum soap Hot towels with tea tree oil Proraso Preshave GREEN Yeti Snot shaving cream Merkur 45 Bakelite razor with Derby extra SS blade Barbasol Brisk A/S. (Sorry....picture not wanting to load) DFS & BBS. Liked experiencing the menthol overload today.
Sunday, April 20, 2014 Gillette Adjustable 'Fatboy' F-2 (1960), with an Astra SP blade and a Semogue 1305 boar brush - shave, Finish with water, Witch Hazel and Skin Bracer for a DFS! Amazing shave with the Fatboy, an amazing Gillette product. Aces!
SoS - Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014 Hot shower Prep: Lime & Tea Tree PSO Brush: Omega 10049 Cream: Castle Forbes Lime Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89L Blade: 7 O'clock Black (1) Post: Nivea Sensitive Aftershave: Speick ASL Went for a citrus and spring shave today and I was not disappointed. The CF Lime produced an overflowing bowl full of creamy lather from just a pea sized snurdle, and the scent was wonderful. I also love the clean freshness of a Speick finish. I could be happy if this was my only aftershave... but it's not
Sunday Afternoon 20Apr14 Pre-Shave: Was face with Jason's Tea Tree Soap. Apply hot wet face towels. Brush & Mug Arletta Mug II (Cobalt Blue Mug that my daughter had) WD 30/65 W/ Resin Handle Silver Tip Badger Shaving Soap Stirling Glacial Wintergreen Razor & Razor Blade Weber 3pc. S/S Polished Head 85mm Classic Handle Raley's Generic SS/DE Razor Blades AfterShave Aqua-Velva Classic Ice-Blue
Sunday morning - Prep - Noxzema & hot towel Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi Brush - Omega 40033 Razor - Gillette Single Ring Blade - Feather (7) 2 pass Warm water rinse & cold water splash Alum block & Witch-hazel AS
