SOTD Feb. 12 - Feb. 18

wenestvedt · Post by **wenestvedt** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:40 am

Freezing Friday:
- Merkur HD w/new Feather blade
- SMF III brush
- SCS New Spice soap

Such a close-but-gentle shave that I just realized I never put on any Skin Food, Corn Husker Lotion, or anything else. Wow!

(CHL and Bag Balm are mentioned in this Ask MetaFilter thread from earlier in the week: http://ask.metafilter.com/57021/Help-my-dry-hands Soaking your hands in white vinegar? Yech!)

reggiano · Post by **reggiano** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:32 am

bernards66 wrote:Thursday:

Gillette HD Rocket & Swedish Gillette blade
Plisson #14 European White
Yardley English Lavender for Men hard shaving soap
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Trumpers Spanish Leather

Gordon

And how was the Yardley Gordon?

reggiano · Post by **reggiano** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:35 am

reggiano wrote:
bernards66 wrote:Thursday:

Gillette HD Rocket & Swedish Gillette blade
Plisson #14 European White
Yardley English Lavender for Men hard shaving soap
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Trumpers Spanish Leather

Gordon
And how was the Yardley Gordon?

Oops, sorry, didn't see your post in Soaps and Creams. Excellent!

reggiano · Post by **reggiano** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:35 am

Friday!

SMF III
Rocket w/Swede
Knize Ten Soap
Thayer's Rose
TGR ASB
Knize Ten EdT

Nitrox · Post by **Nitrox** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:36 am

Friday

Merkur Progress
Israeli blade
Plisson #14 HMW brush
Taylor's Avocado cream
Thayers lavender witch hazel
Booster's Mosswood AS

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:37 am

Friday

AOS Size 4 "Silvertip" brush
D.R. Harris Arlington shave soap
Schick Injector with Schick blade
D.R. Harris Pink aftershave
Trumper's Skye

Ken

LostInCincy · Post by **LostInCincy** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:23 am

Friday:

Vulfix 2233 Super Badger
T&H Luxury Shave Soap
Gillette 1954 Rocket w/ Israeli Personna
Trumpers West Indian Extract of Limes Skin Food

Uh oh... I'm starting to think, "I should get some more shaving soaps..."

-Dan

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:29 am

Friday:

Gillette '58 TV Super Speed / English Wilkinson blade
Caswell-Massey Verbena Shave Soap
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Aftershave Balm

Have a great weekend, fellows.

yoyology · Post by **yoyology** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:13 am

SOTN Thursday:

Palmolive Lather on face with C&E Best (Old Spice mug used only for soaking the brush and adding interest to the photo

).
GEM Featherlight with Ted Pella blade (second day) 3 passes.
Final pass and T&C with E1 Injector (not pictured) on day 6 with a Shick blade.

This is my second time with the GEM, and I definitely felt better about how it went. I'm learning more about the direction of growth on my face every time I change razors. This is also the first time I changed razors mid-shave. It occurred to me that the smaller head of the Schick would be more maneuverable for the final pass, and I was right! Near-BBS.

Limey · Post by **Limey** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:19 am

Friday:

Merkur Gold Slant
Derby
Vulfix #2234
Proraso Pre/Post
Proraso Soap (Green Hockey Puck)
Thayer's Rose WH
Proraso AS (Green Wave)
Neutrogena
Royall Lime cologne

jrgroucho · Post by **jrgroucho** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:05 am

Friday:
Best. Shave. Ever.

'56 SS/Feather (day five)
Schick E3/CVS blade- T&C
SMF III
Tabac Original (third time)
Thayers Original
Trumper Limes skin food
Trumper Wild Fern cologne

As I said this was a fantastic shave, almost no irritation (a little around the jaw line, the bane of my BBS). I, too tried the Injector for the first time today for T&C... weird. There may be something to this shaving fidelity stuff.

--
Jeremy

GregCavi · Post by **GregCavi** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:14 am

Pretty nice shave today.

T&H ultimate cream
C&E best badger
Gillette Ranger Tech (soon to be on ebay) - swede blade
Gillette new improved - swede (final pass)
Thayers Lavender
Corn Huskers

John Varvatos

Coche_y_bondhu · Post by **Coche_y_bondhu** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:15 pm

Hello All,

A cold Gardenia day here in northern Texas (chilly 19 degress F).

Gardenia soap from Honeybee, Floris Gardenia EDT.

Cheers,
Richard in Plano

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:21 pm

Merkur / Merkur
Rooney 1
tabac

fusion
Shavemac 410
trumpers sandalwood

Clive

rustyblade · Post by **rustyblade** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:41 pm

That's my new Kent Shower Bat I picked up a couple weeks ago.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:35 pm

Richard, Personally, I especially enjoyed your photos the last couple of days; very nice effect, and everything clearly visible.
Friday:

Gillette HD Rocket & Swedish Gillette blade
Plisson #14 European White
Yardley English Lavender hard shaving soap
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Yardley Black Label

Another exceedingly good shave with the old Yardley soap. Incredibly good stuff. With it, I felt the need to break out my stash of Yardley cologne to go with it. No wonder that I used Yardley in high school; I must have been pretty sharp for a teenager ( chuckle ).
Gordon

rustyblade · Post by **rustyblade** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:25 pm

Gordon, you have to stop. Everything you like, or have liked in the past, has ended up in the dustbin of history. Just stop it already, you are ruining it for the rest of us.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:40 pm

Richard, Yeessss, perhaps it's time for me to give the Wool Fat soap another try, hmmm?
Gordon

2clfrwrds · Post by **2clfrwrds** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:16 pm

Friday:

The end of a tough week. Might as well smell good. Plus my favorite old Chinatown teapot. And sentence fragments. Real life, gritty. Anyway -- at last -- Friday night!

--Glenn

LostInCincy · Post by **LostInCincy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:06 am

Saturday:

Vulfix 2233 Super Badger
T&H Luxury Shave Soap
Gillette 1954 Rocket w/ Swedish Gillette
Trumpers Extract of Limes Skin Food

I really think the "Swedes" make all the difference.

-Dan