I have read that you should get the razor honed by a professional initially. B&B has a great wiki on the Rolls Here. There is a youtube video on using Here and of course the Shave Den reference is Here.

We have a huge sephora in our mall but all they carry in the store is jack black. I asked about art of shaving and the girls there looked at me like i was stupid. Haha.

Thank you.

Ok, then go to The Body Shop in your mall and pick up the Macca Root shave cream. Excellent

big haul for me today

ikon 101 arrived

very generous pif landed, cleanest razor I think I've ever seen.

and 100 Ladas I ordered.
I'll be a while trying stuff.

Christmas came early

Macy's generally carry AOS, but this varies greatly by store. I've also seen Jack Black in addition to a few other brands in some stores. Happy Hunting.

Wow! I like that FB

Nice haul David. Im glad the 101 finally made it.

Got my Corgi Gillette lorry delivered today

It was sold as NOS but I don't think I've ever had a NOS in box item becoming unboxed so quickly before.

It's bigger than I thought (see the Gillette NEWs added for sense of scale) - but man, it looks great!

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Just got this small cup from hobby lobby. Perfect size for the puck of Williams mug soap. I think it will work good for the smaller pucks. (I still love the OS mugs best though)

1950s (I think) half-full bottle of the a/s. Got with a bag full of other junk for $4. Fragrance is faded but still there. Not the fan of OS that I used to be, but am thinking about adding lime e.o. to it.

Wow.

Oh, so you are the reason that people with one off vintage coffee mugs sell them as shaving mugs.

Ummm..... No....

I saw a "Victorian style shaving cup" (as per the tag) in an antique store last weekend. I said to the wife "looks like a tea cup to me".

I actually used this coffee mug the other day to try out a new soap. Worked perfectly! But I promise, I won't put it on eBay as a shave mug now.

My love scored me a puck of Van Der Hagen Deluxe! This make 3 now

You Should try the luxury one too =)

I hauled two straights and an old type.
here is the old type

it looks like a new standard.
but it's knob end didn't match the others I've had.
looks like it was silver plate
no serial number or date code
marked made in us
any info? guesses? theories? y'all help

after cooking it for ten minutes in my homemade electrolysis rig

I received these awesome PIF gifts from @elduderino914 yesterday and with a couple surprise blade packs! The Shave Den soaps are awesome, I'm sure I won't be disappointed. Thanks again for the PIF! I'll be using the Aqua Di Gio tomorrow so a small review will intel about it on SOTD!

1. Aqua Di Gio tallow
2. Subzero

I'm sorry. She's getting back at you for ordering that mr5…