[mparker762]

Mon:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
Bergischer Lowe
Royall Spyce A/S

Great shave in one pass. Ya stop when there's nothing left to cut.

[jnich67]

Mon

Vulfix BB
TM Strop
Floris JF Soap
7/8 Wostenholm
Old Spice

Perhaps my best shave ever. BBS and zero irritation . Sweet!

Jordan

[izlat]

I expect a couple of great shavers to land in the next few days so am currently growing whiskers

Cheers
Ivo

[SailorSam]

Monday:

Williams Shave Soap
Burma-Shave Boar Brush
Wapeinica Razor
Tribute For Men After-Shave Balm (by Mary Kay)

(I'm a newb, so I just shaved my cheeks with the straight and finished up with the Mach3)

[izlat]

Originally Posted by SailorSam

Monday:

Tribute For Men After-Shave Balm (by Mary Kay)

Is that one of the Olsen twins? You muct be young

Cheers
Ivo

[RichZ]

hot shower

4/8 femarud
Mama bears toasted coconut shaving cream
silvertip badger brush






very nice shave...

[Don]

Finally a Day off and a Shave at HOME!!!

Rooney Style 3 Size 3 in Super Silver Soaking in the Moss Hot tub!
Hot Shower - Em's Woodstock Shampoo and QED Lucky Sloop
Dr Harris Pre-Shave Lotion
Salter Vetiver SC
TI Limited Edition 7/8 Flat Back
20/30 on Heirloom #1 Horsehide
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Thayers Rose Toner
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Code Blue AS Gel
Finished with Floris Vetiver


God it is good to be Home BBS

[izlat]

2 days' stubble

Matt ivory super silvertip brush
Trumper's violet soap
Vintage Clydesdale shell strop
Old Sheffield rp
Trumper's alum
Trumper's CSF

Nice razors but argh - got a couple of red spots on right neck side and felt the alum, and I even didn't get a very smooth face. I hate this

Yeah, they disappear in 20 min but still. I *think* that it was because of angles and blade shape - some of my angles / approaches didn't work as with other razors...

Could also be the soap. This Trumper's violet cake just doesn't perform as well as say Tabac or Honeybee.

Cheers
Ivo

[RichZ]

Hot shower
face scrub

15/16 Dorko
classic shaving lime & coconut soap
shaving scuttle
silvertip badger brush


Nice lather + very nice shave =

[wvbias]

Hot Shower

5/8 Case Barber's Notch
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Trumper's Rose soap
Michelsen's Bay Rum


Terry

[Don]

Shavemac Silver tip 30mm Tall soaking in the Schwarzweisskeramik Scuttle
Hot Shower QED Lucky Sloop Soap and MB Rosemary Mint Shampoo
Dr. Harris Arlington Pre-Shave
Dr. Harris Almond SC
Dubl Duck 5/8 Satinedge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Lucky Tiger Organic Face Tonic
Lucky Tiger 3 Roses Hair Tonic
Dr Harris Arlington AS Milk
Finished with Czech & Speake No 88 Cologne
Great Shave Lynn said be careful with this one it is sharp, it was like cutting butter with a hot knife not a sound the whiskers were just gone.

[mparker762]

Wed:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
Bergischer Lowe

Been playing with hones, and this time I struck out. Ok shave, but this razor needs to go back to the 8k Shapton and work its way back up.

[izlat]

Originally Posted by mparker762

Been playing with hones, and this time I struck out. Ok shave, but this razor needs to go back to the 8k Shapton and work its way back up.

Any lessons learned / tips from this, Michael?

I am in whisker growing mode so just lathered a few soaps last night. Seems Trumper's Violet doesn't work as well as others. I got it from some unknown online vendor, and am thinking it might be stale? It is the only soap that doesn't really show signs of having been used - compared to Tabac, L'Occitane, C&E Nomad, etc - everything else I have... Maybe I must try hotter on it before lathering to enhance loading

Finished off with L'Occitane CADE soap and ASB - nice

Cheers
Ivo

[wvbias]

Hot Shower

5/8 Wilbert Autocrat RP
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
TGQ Oak & Moss soap
Old Spice


Terry

[mparker762]

Originally Posted by izlat

Any lessons learned / tips from this, Michael?

Yes. I'm not very good with the belgian yellow; and next time I want to play with a new hone don't do it on a razor in the rotation. It just wasn't terribly sharp yesterday after honing it on the coticule, and the chrome oxide I used didn't really improve it much today. So it wasn't sharp enough for a really good shave, but not dull enough to put down for another. So I got a decent shave but that's it. Before I headed out this morning I honed it on the Shaptons and chrome oxide and it looks back to its old self again. I'm not terribly impressed with the coticule, but I've only used it a few times whereas I've been using the Shaptons for many months and I've gotten used to them.

[mparker762]

Thu:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Gold-Dachs Spezial soap
Hand American strop
6/8 Heljestrand #32
Pinaud Clubman A/S

This used to be my favorite razor, but I hadn't honed it since last August and it had gradually been pushed out of my rotation by newer, sharper razors. I decided to update the edge to my current standards last night, and this morning got a impressive reminder of why it had been such a favorite. Yowza sharp and handles like a sports car

[RichZ]

Hot shower
face scrub


4/8 Femarud
C&E Sandalwood shaving cream
silvertip badger brush





Nice smooth shave

[LX_Emergency]

I rehoned my worldmaster after about 2-3 months of use......and MAN did it shave nice after that. First time ever that I got a smooth shave AND no burn from an alcohol containing aftershave. So here's what I used:

Proraso pre
Homemade silvertip
RJ Outram strop
Colleen's Orange Patchouli cream
Worldmaster 6/8 Sheffield with cocobolo scales
Hot water, Cold water
FA aftershave/aftershave balm.

Like I said...amazing.

[DMS]

Neutrogena conditioner
Shavemac 501
Tabac soap
Tornblum 9/16 frameback
Alum
Pinaud clubman A/S

I'll probably jinx myself by saying this, but I don't think I've ever had a single nick or weeper when using the Tabac shave soap.

[Shorty]

Brilliant shave today, loved it..

Hot shower & conditioner on 3 days growth for 5 mins or so

Rinse, Trumpers Sandalwood & EJagger BB brush
Proraso pre cream
TM red latigo strop
Lewis 5/8" roundpoint, one down, 2 against the grain

Rinse
Thayers Lemon and Aloe witch hazel
Proraso a/s balm

Paco Rabanne a/s

Perfect. The only thing I am wanting for right now are a couple more tubes of shaving cream (I ran out of Trumpers Limes) ..

... and that pasted strop from Tony, er, and a few more razors (a 1/2 and full hollow) , a hone or two, a few of Coleens soaps, some YSL M7 EDT ......