[mparker762]

Mon:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Puma inox

VG shave

[suzuki]

Crown & Sword 1/2 hollow 6/8
Simpson Rover pure badger
Erasmic shaving stick
Proraso Pre/Post
Mugo Real A/S

Decent shave with this razor - despite the great reviews, I find the Erasmic stick ho-hum and not as good as Arko.

[floppyshoes]

TI Spartacus 5/8 spike
Vintage Latigo Strop (40)
VP Pure Badger
Mamma Bear Elements of Bamboo Soap
Adidas Sport Fever AS

Smooth and comfy 3 pass shave.

[Howard Newell]

Mitchell 6/8 straight
Tabac shaving soap with Tweezerman pure badger
vintage Imperial Russian strop
Stetson Black aftershave

[Padron]

Proraso Pre
Shavemac 25mm Silvertip
Mitchell's WoolFat Soap / KMF Vanilla Earth cream
5/8 W&B Wedge
Alum
Thayers Lavender WH
L'Artisan VDR edt

Nice Shave, Woolfat and KMF VE cream mix was a treat

[izlat]

Plisson HMW 12
Lucky Tiger Shave lotion
Seal brand vintage strop (bad shape but works)
6/8 Brockton
6/8 Wilbert
Alum
Musgo Real ASB

Just one day of growth is quite unusual for me. Brockton got some more hone love but still seems 9 / 10 performer. Wilbert, on the other hand was 9+ / 10 in its debut. Certainly felt smoother. Its performance seemed on par with the last Helje I tried and the Waterville. I think some of the old-timers liked Wildert and I see why.

Musgo ASB has alcohol, which I avoid but felt nice - to my surprise. If only the scent reminded me of cut grass (as I expected when I was buying it from some reviews) it would have been truly great. Still a good scent, though

Not BBS, no cuts, no irritation - decent in my book

Cheers
Ivo

[LX_Emergency]

Shower
Coalface face soap
Proraso pre
Proraso cream
silvertip homemade
Outram strop
TI 7/8 Silversteel
4 passes
Hot water rinse
Proraso pre/post (felt very nice)
Cold water (like dipping your face in a bucket of icewater but I relly liked it)
FA aftershave balsam
King of shaves Moisterizer

My GOD that feels nice. Smooth as mutha

[mparker762]

Tue:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Puma #69

In a bit of a rush today, so only one pass. Presentable (better than my old Braun and Norelco/Philishave), but that's about it.

Edit: It's now early afternoon and my face is as smooth (relatively speaking) as it was this morning. I guess this is the retraction phenomenon that was discussed a few days ago. I'll have to remember this...

[wvbias]

Hot Shower

6/8 Genco spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TGQ Oak & Moss soap
Old Spice


Terry

[RichZ]

hot shower



6/8 Dorko
scuttle
classic shaving coconut & lime soap
silvertip badger brush



great shave...

[Friggin Joe]

Took this for B&B. A brutal battle between the Dubl Duck, Wapienica and Slantbar. My face never felt the war thankfully.
I wanted to see how they compared to each other, I haved a bit with each of the three. I actually like the Wapienica better than the Dubl Duck so far (I saw so far because my honing and stropping skill has room for improvement).

I wish I remember where I found that purple soap, it makes an excellent shaving soap.
No preshave creme or aftershave today.

[Don]

Its been rough lately with now bathroom and the whole family jammed into one so I have kind of been shaving with the same stuff and razor. I was over it today so I dug up some goodies and completed my 2nd Straight Shave. Much Closer then the First and close to BBS for all of you that recommend I go slow and due only parts of the face and then add a little at a time Me and my face Thank you it has worked out very well in developing my technique.

Shavemac 167 30mm slivertip soaking in the Moss Hot tub
Castle & Forbes Pre Shave
Castle Forbes Lime SC
Dubl Duck 5/8 Goldenedge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
Qed Alum Stick
Thayers Superhazel
Lucky Tiger 3 Roses Hair Tonic
Finished with Floris Lime EDT
It gets better every time with the straight

[sstulken80]

Warm shower, experimented with hair conditioner after washing face.

W.H. Sample 5/8
Barbasol
WTG and ATG passes.

This was a very encouraging shave! Even this early in my straight-shaving career, I'm getting way better results than with the electric. Very smooth on the cheeks and mustache area. A little rough on the chinline and under the chin, but I'm still focusing on reduction there. (Still fighting that initial irritation.) I nicked myself a bunch on the chinline , but happily none of them persisted after the final rinse.

I think for the time being, shaving the night before will be the best strategy...

[mparker762]

Wed:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
5/8 Puma #69

Didn't feel fair switching to another razor when the P69 didn't really get a full workout yesterday. It performed beautifully on its first full outing.

[suzuki]

John Heifor "for the army" 6/8 wedge
B&B Finest
Trumper Rose
Body Shop Tea Tree toner
Will G's Sandalwood ASB

This is my first shave with this razor - another $5 e-bay special that I had reground and cleaned by Joe C. This is a medium weight wedge with horn scales that cleaned up pretty well. While not quite as good a shave as with my W&B or Rogers wedges, I can't complain for the price (about $50 including the razor, regrinding, honing, refurbishing and shipping). I'm really enjoying the wedge razors I have - I like them more than the 1/2 and 1/4 hollows for some reason.

The Will G's Sandalwood ASB is one of my favourite ASB's and I use it very sparingly - no burn, good skin conditioning and a great scent - I have about 1/2 a bottle left and am already looking for a replacement sandalwood ASB.

[izlat]

Originally Posted by suzuki

I'm really enjoying the wedge razors I have - I like them more than the 1/2 and 1/4 hollows for some reason.

The Will G's Sandalwood ASB is one of my favourite ASB's and I use it very sparingly - no burn, good skin conditioning and a great scent - I have about 1/2 a bottle left and am already looking for a replacement sandalwood ASB.

Will G was before my time here / B&B, unfortunately - but I keep hearing how great his produts were... Lucky you

I am interested - are you saying that you are using true wedges now and prefer them to 1/4 hollows (the latter being so close to wedges)?

Cheers
Ivo

[suzuki]

To be honest, I only have one 1/4 wedge (the Otto Hess razor that Randy sold) and I like it very much, but to answer your question, I prefer my full wedge razors to my 1/4 hollow and the several 1/2 hollows I own.

I think a full wedge shaves a little differently than even a 1/4 wedge, but that's obviously subjective.

The one thing with the full wedges - especially the heavier ones - is that they are very stiff and I find that I get the best results with a light touch - otherwise wedge burn can become a problem.

This being said, I have lots of full hollows that I really like as well 7/8 Fridour, 7/8 Wacker/Bartman (I actually like mine!), 6/8 TI Sheffield Steel - however, with the exception of the TI, I tend to prefer full hollows that are on the stiff side. I have some flexier blades as well, but seem to gravitate to full hollows over 6/8 and heavier grinds.

[izlat]

Also experienced some difference myself - more "suction" on the face, and this seemed to cause a bit of irritation in a couple of spots, if touch isn't very light, as you say.

I seem to get all the stiffness I may ever need in 1/2 and 1/4 grinds and framebacks and even full hollows work well (but this is personal, of course)

Cheers
Ivo

[Friggin Joe]

Nicked myself near the sideburn. Minor, stopped bleeding during the shave but annoying nonetheless.

Filarmonica doble temple 7/8
Proraso preshave cream
Williams soap
Proraso Balm

Oh and I turned the ceiling fan on, I love the feel of the air on my face after I finish, makes me realize I need to shave earlier so I can spend a few minutes outside after a shave.

[wvbias]

Hot Shower

5/8 Torrey spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Trumper's Rose soap
Old Spice


Terry