Sun July 15, 2007 - Sat July 21, 2007

Viktor · 07-15-2007, 07:15 PM

Sunday:

Kent BK4 shaving brush
Penhaligon's BB shaving soap
TM Horsehide strop
6/8 TI "Johnny Holiday" razor
Proraso AS/B
Penhaligon's BB EDT

Great shave.

Viktor

syslight · 07-15-2007, 07:44 PM

it had been a while

Hot shower

20/20 TM #1 horsehide
Shavemac VLB wide open
Colleen's Oak and Moss
Livi 7/8 Takeda... olive
3 passes... silky smooth
witch hazel
dominica bay rum a/s

wonderful shave

Adam51980 · 07-16-2007, 05:01 AM

Scorching hot shower
Baxters scrub
Purpose face wash
Neutragena body wash
Feather Pre-shave

Shave
Feather Artist Club
Edwin Jagger Best badger medium
Moss scuttle
KMF Lavender
Alum block
Feather Aftershave
Clubman bump repair gel

The KMF seems harder to lather than my Trumpers, or Salters. It is quite thin.

Gravitas · 07-16-2007, 12:49 PM

TGQ Desert Ironwood
6/8 Fred Reynolds
Rooney Finest
Poraso AS Splash

Don · 07-16-2007, 05:22 PM

Simpson T3 in Super soaking in the super scuttle
TOBS Avocado SC have not used recently forgot how great this stuff is.

Heirloom #1 Horse 10/20
W&B Special RP 6/8 with Monkey Tail Dreesed in Ivory - Just polished up and Honed Yesterday - My best honing to date WOW did this blade take an edge

3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Polar Ice AS
eShave Green Tea ASB
Pinaud Hair Tonic
Finished with Czech & Speake No 88 EDT

Viktor · 07-16-2007, 05:26 PM

Monday:

Best badger brush
TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap
Dovo strop
5/8 Dovo "Silver Steel" razor
Proraso AS

Viktor

jnich67 · 07-16-2007, 05:42 PM

Mon

Rooney small #1
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet soap
7/8 Friodur
Speick a/s
Penh. BB EDT

Not a great shave, but the scents are nice

Jordan

izlat · 07-17-2007, 07:17 AM

Testing 4 razors

Several days' stubble
Hot shower
Custom Matt ivory super silvertip
Trumper's Rose sc
Vintage Russia Shell Select

13/16 Engstrom frameback in horn
6/8 Renshaw wegde in horn
6/8 Genco in celluloid
7/8 S&H wedge in ivory

Trumper's alum
Trumper's CSF
Guinness Draught

2 passes. Too much lather

Scores:
Engstrom: 9+ or 10
Genco: solid 9+
Renshaw: 9+ or so, but worse than Genco
S&H: 9

this one needs work

Fast shave - not sure why it turned out like this

Cheers
Ivo

syslight · 07-17-2007, 07:48 AM

shower
20/20 TM #1 horsehide
TGQ desert ironwood
shavemac vlb medium setting
5/8 Boker "Pearl", mop covered tang
3 passes simply beautiful shave!
witch hazel
dominica bay rum with lime a/s

bought this raor in february or so just got around to cleaning and honing... need some more cleaning but it is honed up a dream. the blade is not as discolred as the photos seem to show.

RichZ · 07-17-2007, 02:30 PM

Hot Shower

15/16 Dorko square point
silvertip badger brush
mama bears green Irish tweed soap.

Really nice shave

LX_Emergency · 07-17-2007, 02:45 PM

LOVELY SHAVE today. Quite cheap as well.

shower,
proraso pre
cheap czech shaving soap that I picked up on holiday
selfmade brush
outram strop
6/8 cocobolo silversteel Worldmaster
hot/cold water
homemade cologne "love tonic" combined with aloë vera for an aftershave.

I was surprised how well the soap performed. It was cheap, smelled cheap (like soap with nothing added) but worked very well. I think it's of the double/triple milled variety and for $1 that''s not a bad deal. Maybe I can add some oils for scent somehow later. For now it'll do me just fine.

what also surprises me every time is how nice the cologne/aftershave I made feels. I might never buy aftershave again...just make it myself.

jnich67 · 07-17-2007, 02:51 PM

Tues

AOS Fine Badger
Floris JF soap
Eicker & Sohn 11/16 RP
Tabac a/s
Tabac EDT

Just 1 pass today. Quick and smooth.

Jordan

Viktor · 07-17-2007, 07:11 PM

Tuesday:

Kent BK4
L'OCCITANE CADE shaving soap
Dovo strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Evide Sonnant Extra" razor
Proraso AS

Smooth shave.

Viktor

syslight · 07-18-2007, 02:26 AM

shower

20/20 TM #1 horsehide
TGQ sandalwood soap
shavemac vlb middle setting
6/8 TI "Leaves and Vines"
normal 3 passes
witch hazel
TOBS sandalwood EDT

nice and clean shave

Viktor · 07-18-2007, 11:32 AM

Wednesday:

Kent BK4
TOBS Sandalwood shaving soap
TM Horsehide strop
6/8 Thiers-Issard "Evide Sonnant Extra" razor
TOBS ASG (it's gorgeous

)

Nice and fresh shave.

Viktor

Friggin Joe · 07-18-2007, 04:00 PM

Today was a cheap and experimental day.
No preshave, just tried this pink "Carib Carbolic" soap I got for a dollar. Highly anti-bacterial and antiseptic, doesn't sound like something you'd shave with, but I got a darned nice shave with it, my face felt excellent after.
Proraso Omega Boar.
Used that Sanguine (Pakistani?) blade I got that, to my surprise, shaves well.
No after shave.
It was a depresion-era shave indeed.
Nice one, though.

Nicolas · 07-18-2007, 04:21 PM

hot shower

Few days stubble
Badger
TOBS sandal wood

DOVO 5/8" #41 olive wood
3 passes
cold water
l'Oréal -hydra energetic
Oh, that feels g o o d

RichZ · 07-18-2007, 07:18 PM

hot shower

6/8 Dorko
silvertip badger brush
Colleens Cavendish Black

nice shave

Adam51980 · 07-19-2007, 03:52 AM

Hot shower
Baxters scrub
Baxters lime body wash
Feather Preshave

SHAVE
Tosuke straight
Edwin Jagger best badger medium
Trumpers lime cream and coconut oil soap super lather
Moss scuttle
Alum block
Feather Aftershave
Baxters oil free moisturizer

Great shave tonight, I got bbs in 3 passes.

You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up...

PalmettoB · 07-19-2007, 04:05 AM

Wednesday

Sorry for the late post...been a long day...

C&E Best Badger brush
Col. Conk Bay Rum soap
W&B "Diamond Edge" 7/8 notch point
TM # 2 Heirloom strop
Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum a/s

I might need a little more pasted strop work on the W&B. Not bad for a 122 year old razor, though.