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03-17-2008, 05:40 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 544
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SOTD: Sunday March 16 - Saturday March 22, 2008
Monday 3/17/08
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03-18-2008, 02:49 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In a van, down by the river
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Nice pic Isaac!
Monday Shave:
Rooney Heritage Stubby 2
Castle Forbes Lavender Cream
3" Handamerican Old Dog Strop
6/8 Wacker .25 Hollow Spike
Thayer's Lavender WH
Alt Innsbruck AS
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03-18-2008, 03:04 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Slovakia
Posts: 218
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Tuesday
Rooney 1/2 "Super"
Tabac shaving soap
Dovo's Best Russian Leather Strop
8/8 Friodur (restored and rescaled by Bruno) 
Trumper's Coral Skin Food
Viktor
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03-18-2008, 03:13 PM
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Status: Restoraholic / Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nth of Sandpoint Idaho
Posts: 2,197
Thanks: 105
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Monday Mar 17th
Trying out the new razor today ______ Wow!!!! ummmm yeah, this one is going into the top drawer rotation!!!! 2 pass BBS SMOOOOOOOTH
Lavender Uberlather:
Castle Forbes Lavender Shave cream
TOBS Lavender Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: 6/8 Spike Point JP Alcamisi "Imperatore"
Coffee Time: Vanilla Biscotti Drip
Aftershave: TOBS Bay Rum
Have a Great St Patrick's Day!!!!
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03-18-2008, 03:46 PM
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Status: Str8 Apprentice, aka newb
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Worcester, MA
Posts: 479
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Monday Afternoon
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03-18-2008, 06:48 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 102
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Tuesday
TI 5/8 Sicilian Olivewood | EJ super | GFT Sandalwood SS | Limes SF | GFT Sandalwood cologne
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03-19-2008, 02:37 AM
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Status: The Mok
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ixonia, WI
Posts: 303
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Wostenholm "Superb" 5/8
Simpson Chubby 1 in Best
Honeybee Old Spice SS
Old Spice A/S
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03-19-2008, 07:43 AM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Beaverton, OR
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9/16ths wapi
TM latigo linen 2.5 inch
Omega Boar brush
Tryphon lime
Moss scuttle
MB peppermint ASB
Taylors MR. Sydney
Shower and proraso pre post
Lather
Strop 25/45
Hot towel
Lather
shave 2 passes with some touch up
ASB
Taylors cologne
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Have a good one
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03-19-2008, 02:34 PM
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Status: Restoraholic / Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nth of Sandpoint Idaho
Posts: 2,197
Thanks: 105
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Wednesday Morning
Putting this one in a whole new realm, I had tried out the Craftsman without honing, just to see what would happen, not a bad shave really...
After taking the time to hone this razor, we moved to a whole other realm of sharpness... There are very few razors that I have used the shave like this and I have lucked out and used 2 this week....
Pure Vanilla Uberlather:
Kiss My Face Vanilla Earth Shave cream
Classic Vanilla Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: Craftsman 6/8 Spike Point
Coffee Time: Italian Roast Pressed
Aftershave: Master Bay Rum
Have a Great Day!!!! GREAT SHAVE FOR MY #500 POST
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03-20-2008, 02:55 AM
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Status: The Mok
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ixonia, WI
Posts: 303
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L.West 5/8
Chubby 1 Best
Mama Bear Rosemary Mint SS 
Aqua Velva A/S
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03-20-2008, 04:48 AM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In a van, down by the river
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Shavemac 2007 Forum Brush
Coates Almond Cream
8/8 Wostenholm Wedge
Alt Innsbruck AS
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03-20-2008, 05:17 AM
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Status: Newbie Str8 Shaver
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Marion, IN
Posts: 563
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My first post in SOTD, and mostly because this was my best and most relaxing shave yet!
Razor: Geneva 5/8 Hollow Ground
Brush: CVS Boar's Hair 
Soap: Cavendish Black from TGQ
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud
It only took me 1 WTG pass, and 1 "scything" pass, and I was done!
Oh, and sorry for the crappy picture. My wife's digital was hidden away in a box after moving, so I had to use my Mac. Have a great day! |
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03-20-2008, 02:38 PM
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Status: Restoraholic / Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nth of Sandpoint Idaho
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Thursday Morning
Another razor off the bench and into the rotation This is an antique store snag a Real Red Point from Universal Cutlery this one was made in Germany... Not bad, not bad at all!!!!
Violet Uberlather:
GF Trumpers Violet Shave cream
Classic Violet Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: 5/8 Real Red Point
Coffee Time: Organic Peruvian Rain Forest Drip
Aftershave:Bois d' Inde Bay Rum
Have a Great Day!!!!
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03-20-2008, 07:13 PM
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Status: Str8 Apprentice, aka newb
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Worcester, MA
Posts: 479
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TM Starter Strop 60X
Lather: TGQ's Leatherneck shave soap & pure glycerin
1X WTG, 1X XTG, 1X ATG Stropped 20X in between passes.
WWR
CWR
Rest is pictured.
BBS!
John
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03-21-2008, 02:31 PM
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Status: Restoraholic / Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nth of Sandpoint Idaho
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Thank God it's Friday
Friday morning brings another new razor to the stable for a first run, this one is fresh from the restore bench and all ready to go.......
Smooth Lanolin Uberlather:
Musgo Shave cream
Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: 11/16 Spike point Beau Brummel #18
Coffee Time: Peruvian Rain Forest Drip
Aftershave: Royall Bay Rhum
Have a Great Day!!!!
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03-21-2008, 02:38 PM
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Status: WHAT?! (Member)
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Winthrop, MA
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don't banninate me, just read!
Philadelph gratefully *gave* me a DE razor at the MA Get Togetha, and I shaved with it last night... my father taught me to shave with a DE, it has nostalgia value for me! Test to see if a DE, with it's smaller blade, can give a closer shave under the jowls/on the neck... the angles and relative size of straight razor/neck radii has made it impossible for me to get BBS in that area.
hot towel (HT) -> Gillette Tech (?) with Schick DE blade (early 90s vintage)
Edge Advance Therapy Gel ($2/can Walmart discontinued shelf! got it for my wife... it's mediocre, but passable and quick)
1x WTG (very little feedback, which is good and bad... cut my top lip... grrrr!) -> HT
1x XTG (hmm... feels much nicer when I use my straights for this pass) -> HT
1x ATG (OK, my neck still isn't BBS)
cleanup pass with blade buffing to get neck smoother (closer, but not quite BBS)
CWR -> alum block (irritation almost all over, but low level)-> Superior 70 Bay Rum
Conclusion: DE vs straight is like driving a manual transmission Saturn wagon vs a Porsche 911 GT3. Will use DE again if I have to shave quickly, or want to get under neck smoother... but I much prefer my straights, will continue practicing improving neck results Edge gel mediocre no matter how high fallutin' it is.
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"slowly, surely forward, forming endless, and waiting ever more, forever more behind" - Walt Whitman
"Renewing the myth with every shave" - paraphrased from an Italian Prorasso ad
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03-21-2008, 07:57 PM
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Status: The Razor Whisperer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rhode Island
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Glad to hear you used it! One thing that might help overall is to use good shaving soap. I use Colleen's now and it worked wonders in my shave quality. I doubt you can ever use canned gel and be irritation free.
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Sorry, I'm not taking on any more "projects". That means no scales, restoration, honing, you name it. Look for my custom razors in the future though!
-Alex
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03-22-2008, 03:12 AM
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Status: B.B. says to shave
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: TEXAS
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Friday, March 21
Hot shower
9/16 Gebr. Kortens straight razor
Lee's Deluxe boar bristle brush
Vintage scuttle
Polo Blue shaving soap from Chelsea's soap garden, ebay store
Old Spice Pure Sport aftershave lotion
Gillette Series aftershave gel
2 passes WTG, 1 pass ATG. BBS!  Love the smell of the Old Spice Pure Sport!
Ernest
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03-22-2008, 02:14 PM
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Status: Restoraholic / Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nth of Sandpoint Idaho
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Ahhhhhh Saturday!!!!
Saturady morning my day to relax since I go in to work "when I get there"
I try and use a special razor in one of the collection's. Today was the Dubl Duck WonderEdge....
Sandlewood Uberlather:
Art of Shaving Sandlewood Shave cream
Sue Bee's Vanilla Sandlewood Shave soap
Pure Glycerin
Razor: Dubl Duck 11/16 WonderEdge
Coffee Time: Italian Roast Pressed
Aftershave: Cap't Smiths Bay Rum
Have a "Wonder"ful Day!!!! 
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03-22-2008, 06:24 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In a van, down by the river
Posts: 853
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