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Old 05-27-2007, 03:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Sunday Luxury Shave....

Olive Oil Face Wash
Hot towel and lather on face for 3 minutes (found it can replace conditioner in the shower for days that I have the patience)

Mama Bear Rosemary Mint
AOS Fine Badger
Fredrick Reynolds 6/8 (just received yesterday from Ivo)
4 passes, BBS
Alum
Witchhazel
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Old 05-27-2007, 06:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Today I had an all polish shave.
For the first time I used nothing but polish products.
Wapienica - honed on the polish slate and arkansas followed by polish 0.5 diamond pasteon a polish strop, although it wasn't quite ready to shave, which spoilt the experience a little.
Polish strop. 45 passes.
Polish Wars cream - a new one to me, I popped to the shop for it (and some ice cream its soooo hot today) along with some Pollena Lider, which I have yet to try.

Overall a good experience, just marred by the razor being slightly below ready. If anybody orders the polish things, it might be worth ordering the soap ( I think he stocks at least Wars) It was a reasonable cream, and for me, only cost 50p per 65g tube.
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Old 05-28-2007, 03:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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6/8 Joseph Rogers wedge (refinished/rescaled/honed by ToxIk)
Rooney #1 Large Silvertip
Kent Soap
Alum
Swiss Pitralon AS splash
QED patchouli/tea tree pepermint AS conditioner.

What a great shave to start the week!

First off, this is one of my favourite razors - a nice full wedge in a manageable size - it is sharp as can be and just mows down the wiskers.

The Kent/Mitchell's soap with lanolin is becoming one of my favourites - I get great lather and lubrication with this soap - it took some practice (a couple of shaves) to get the water/soap ratio down, but man does this stuff work well. It smells just like an old-time soap (so if you like strongly scented products, you might not like this product) which I like and doesn't interfere with other scented products.

The Swill Pitralon is a very nice alcohol-based splash with some good stuff in it - it has a sweet floral scent (I think from the geraniol, which is derived from geraniums) that fades quickly. The smell has been likened to traditional hair tonics and it does have a bit of a medicinal quality to it. While the smell is just so-so, this stuff is very gentle on the face and conditions my skin well.

Finally, the QED ASC is great stuff - there's a bit of natural alcohol in it, so it can sting if you really beat up your face, but it really works for me - lots of great stuff in it and it absorbs completely into the skin. The patchouli/tea tree/pepermint has a very mild patchouli scent, but what really does it for me is the tea tree (which works great for my skin) and the gentle pepermint tingle. I've used four varieties of this and while this is my favourite, they're all winners. I use this stuff after showering at the gym and before bed at home.

Overall, an A+ shave!
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Hot shower, conditioned face with Dove

Proraso pre/post cream
EJ BB brush
Taylors Mr. Taylor cream
Kaessar 5/8 spike

Alum rubdown
Proraso a/s balm
Pinaud clubman a/s


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Simpson T3 in Super soaking in the Supper Scuttle Hot Tub
T&H Pre-Shave
Trumpers Coconut SC
Sta Sharp 5/8 RP
5/30 Dovo Russian Finest
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WWR
CWS
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Em's Cucumber Toner
Poraso ASB
Pinaud Hair Tonic
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Coalface face wash.
Proraso pre
Homemade badgerbrush
OliviaSeife Myhrr cream
Outram strop
6/8 silversteel Worldmaster
Hot/cold water
KoS moisterizer

Delicious shave. Simply amazing. Just a reminder of why I started this whole thing.
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3days growth

7/8 W&B Vlad special
Colleens Cavendish Black
Silvertip badger brush




Super good shave this AM Smooth as a Baby's Bottom....
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Tue:

Rooney small style 1 brush
Trumpers Almond soap
Tony Miller paddle
5/8 Koeller spike
D. R. Harris face milk

VG shave.
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Tues.

3 Days growth - very rare for me!

Rooney style 1 sm
TGQ CB soap
7/8 Wostenholm half hollow
Old Spice

Amazing shave

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Hot Towel Routine...
...While Muehle silver tip sits in my famous Old Spice mug filled with microwaved Alberson's "Natural Spring Water"
Proraso Pre-shave
Zeepk Strop(yes!)
Henckle #50, 11/16
Colleen's Oak & Moss Shave Soap
Alum
CSF
Pinaud Bay Rum

A Great Shave!!!


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a good day for a noon time shave.

hot towel treatment 3 minutes
30/30 TM horsehide
6/8 INSTANTER in Kauri scales (Thank Gary)
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Taylors Sandalwood cream (Thanks Jim)
3 passes not a burn or a nick
witch hazel
Taylors sandalwood EDT

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Saint Charles Shave - Sandalwood night

Rooney Style 1 Size 1 Horn
SCS Sandalwood Soap
6/8 M. Higgins
Alum
Thayers Lavender WH
SCS Sandalwood asb
SCS Sandalwood edt

Fantastic BBS shave, zero irritation
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-hot shower
-TGQ Orange Patchouli (this time I was finally well enough to smell it )
-C&E BB
-Tonsorial Gem (2 passes)
-Old Spice+Neutrogena RD

Nice'n'smooth
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Hot rinse

Proraso pre-post
Proraso shaving cream
EJ BB brush
Lewis 5/8

Proraso a/s balm
Proraso a/s

Fair to say that it was Proraso day today, great shave.
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Simpson Super Chubby 1 soaking in the Moss Hot Tub
Dr. Harris Pre-Shave
Dr. Harris Lavender Soap
Red Imp 133 5/8 SP
10/30 Heirloom #1 Horsehide
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Thayers Lavender Toner
Dr. Harris Pink AS Milk
Lucky Tiger 3 Purpose Hair Tonic
Finished with LP9
BBS
Boy is that a bad picture the razor is mint just a bad picture, I am working on redoing them all.
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Rusty, I think I have that same scuttle. Floris?

Wed.

Rooney Sm. No. 1
Mama Bear's Green Irish Tweed type soap
Revisor 5/8
Dominica Bay Rum Lime a/s
TOBS No. 74 Lime Cologne

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