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Thursday 2/24/11 Oxford Warranted 5/8 New Forest 2201 Erasmic sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe GFT Lime Skin Food Dunhill for Men Edt Another terrific shave with the Oxford. The Erasmic was a tad thin but I think I did not shake out the New Forest 2201 enough before I loaded the soap. Nonetheless, I h...

Tuesday 12/21/10 Genco Henry's X New Forest 2201 Tabac ss Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Woods of Windsor a/s MK for Men a/s balm Woods of Windsor Edt This Genco was my first attempt at solo honing on the coticule and I need to do more on it. A mediocre shave with great Tabac lather despite all my effo...

Good Sunday morning all... Solingen First Class Perlex New Forest 2201 MWF Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Lucky Tiger a/s and Face Tonic Clinique Post shave healer Peterman 1903 Edt A lazy Sunday morning with freshly ground Kenyan AA, French Press coffee to go with the Solingen/MWF combination. A terri...

Sunday 11/28/10 Geneva Cutlery Pyramid 5/8 New Forest 2211 Mitchell's Wool Fat ss Thayers Astringent WH w/ aloe Musgo Real a/s balsam Woods of Windsor Edt I managed to give myself the best straight shave I've had in a while. I think my face likes the Geneva Cutlery steel or else I just felt confiden...

Saturday. 11/27/10 Geo. Wostenholm & Son's 5/8 Semogue 830 Prairie Creations Mayan Magic ss Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Anherb a/s conditioner Floris Vetiver Edt Back to the number one bathroom and a straight razor. After 20 laps on canvas and 50 on horsehide, the Wosty gave me a very good shave...

Monday 10/18/10 Gem Featherweight w/ Ted Pella (1) Semogue 2009 LE #19 KD Creations Lavender ss Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe KD Creations a/s milk Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Edt A few days growth led me to the Gem Featherweight which has gone unused for months. I like to use a straight or a single...

Thursday 10/14/10 Geneva Cutlery Pyramid 7N 5/8 Semogue 1305 PC Old Spice type ss Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Floid Vigoroso a/s Clinique Post shave healer Dirty English Edt Visited some friends who were camping at Letchworth State Park yesterday. Took a wonderful hike and took some pictures one of ...

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Thursday 9/30/10 E.J. Chatsworth w/ Sharpedge Semogue 830 Osage Shaving Soap (pre-sale trial...unrelated to the Rub) Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Nivea Extra Soothing a/s balm Trumpers Spanish Leather cologne After a two day layoff from shaving to heal (I sliced my cheek really good with my Felton's ...

Geneva Cutlery Pyramid 5/8 New Forest badger Noxema sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Aqua Velva a/s Alt Innsbruck cologne A fine shave this morning with the Geneva after two days of DE shaves. The Noxema works well for me as it it easy to build good lather which feels great. I forgot the usual a/s bal...

'51 Superspeed w/ Red Personna Semogue 1305 Mark Holladay's Osage soap (pre sales test) Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe GFT Extract of Limes skin food Encre Noire Edt Testing out a new soap, I went with the '51 SS and Personna. It is a lanolin enriched soap that gave me trouble in building a good lather...

Tuesday 9/14/10 Konig 6/8 Silver Steel Semogue 2009 LE Cella ss Thayers Original WH w/ aloe Anherb a/s gel 212 by Carrera Edt One advantage of retirement is the ability to take one's sweet time to shave. Brought out the Konig and paired it with the Cella which with the LE made a ton of great lather....

Monday 9/13/10 Gillette Old Type w/ Sharpedge New Forest 2201 KD Creations Sage & Citrus sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe KD Creations a/s milk Woods of Windsor Edt After a two day layoff, I thought I'd go with the Old Type. The KD Creations cream is wonderfully thick and cushioning and had great ...

Friday 9/10/2010 Geo. Wostenholm & Sons Frameback Semogue 1305 Irisch Moos shave stick Thayers Astringent WH w/ aloe Musgo Real a/s balsam Gris Clair Edp A late afternoon shave with one of my favorite blades. It's been a while since I used the Irisch Moos and it was fun face lathering for a chan...

Wednesday 9/8/10 Crown & Sword 5/8 Golden Nib Finest C.O. Bigelow sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe GFT Limes Skin Food Floris Vetiver Edt A fair shave this morning with the Crown & Sword...it may need a touch up on the barber hone. It's fine WTG but when I try to go across or against I seem to...

Monday 9/6/2010 Labor Day SSA Eskiltuna 4/8 C&E BBB Noxema sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Aqua Velva a/s 444 a/s balm Working through my razor rotation I picked the Eskiltuna to go with the Noxema cream. I should use this cream more often because with a little work it gives me great lather which...

Sunday 9/5/10 Schick Injector L Type (w/ Chinese Schick blade) Semogue 830 Em's Citrus ss Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Pashana after shave Nivea Extra Soothing a/s balm Broke out the Schick injector after some encouragement from Larry Thacker and had a good experience with it. The Em's Place soap mad...

Chris, it's very unusual for a man to trim or shave hair from any part of his body below the neck. Why would you want to do that? I used to think that as well but my son, a college senior, tells me that this practice is not unusual in his experience. (He's on the baseball team and has lived with ot...

Saturday 9/4/10 Genco 5/8 New Forest 2201 Ingram sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Lucky Tiger a/s and Face Tonic Eau Sauvage Edt A three mile walk to start the day followed by a fine shave without incident. I think my feel with the razor is improving which helps me with my technique. A great start to ...

Good Friday morning all... Fat Handle Tech w/ Polsilver E.J. BBB Speick sc Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe Speick a/s KD Creations a/s milk Acqua di Selva Edt A quick turnaround from yesterday's late afternoon shave led me to the mild Tech and a first time use of the Polsilver blade. I managed three pas...