Wednesday:
Simpson CH 1 Best
Trumper's Limes Cream
EJ Razor w/ Swedish Gillette
Harris Pink A/S
Pen. English Fern
Kenton
SOTD - August 6 - 12
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razorsedge
- Posts: 577
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- Location: Princeton, NJ
Wednesday
Rooney Finest Small
Merkur Futur w/ EW
Trumpers Rose Soap
Harris Milk ( Old)
Trumpers Royal Cologne
Merkur Futur w/ EW
Trumpers Rose Soap
Harris Milk ( Old)
Trumpers Royal Cologne
Wednesday
Razor: HD & 38C (halfway through I realized the blade in the HD was dull, so I grabbed the 38C that was freshly loaded yesterday)
Blade: Derby
Brush: Vision brush
Cream: C&E Sienna
ASB: PCA Total Defense. . . ahhhhhhhh
Cologne: Terre de Hermes
Music: Radiohead - Kid A
ready for the day
Razor: HD & 38C (halfway through I realized the blade in the HD was dull, so I grabbed the 38C that was freshly loaded yesterday)
Blade: Derby
Brush: Vision brush
Cream: C&E Sienna
ASB: PCA Total Defense. . . ahhhhhhhh
Cologne: Terre de Hermes
Music: Radiohead - Kid A
ready for the day
-Andrew-
Hoffritz slant/Swede
Sabrooney finest 1/2
Tabac cream
Lucky Tiger Tonic
It seems like Tabac cream is an often overlooked product, and for me it performs excellently.
Sabrooney finest 1/2
Tabac cream
Lucky Tiger Tonic
It seems like Tabac cream is an often overlooked product, and for me it performs excellently.
Give us the luxuries, and we will forgo the necessities.
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
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closeshave
- Posts: 219
- Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:54 pm
- Location: Ontario, Canada
Wednesday
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Feather
Brush: Brushless
Cream: Lush Razorantium
A/S: witch hazel, AOS rosewater
My first shave with the Lush cream. Very, very moisturizing. I should have used a little more cream, or less water on my face. I didn't really know how to properly apply it, but I feel it should be somewhat thick. Nice overall, but I'm not a big fan of brushless creams.
Miles
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Feather
Brush: Brushless
Cream: Lush Razorantium
A/S: witch hazel, AOS rosewater
My first shave with the Lush cream. Very, very moisturizing. I should have used a little more cream, or less water on my face. I didn't really know how to properly apply it, but I feel it should be somewhat thick. Nice overall, but I'm not a big fan of brushless creams.
Miles
Miles
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In a village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, but no one else. Who shaves the barber?
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In a village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, but no one else. Who shaves the barber?
Wednesday's Shave
Wednesday
Pre-Shave: Noxzema Deep Cleansing Cream/Hot Towel
Razor: Gillette SuperSpeed (1951, W1)
Blade: Derby Extra-Shave #2
Brush: Savile Row #241 (Vulfix #41)
Soap/Cream: Mitchell's WoolFat Shave Soap
A/S: Musgo Real A/S Balsam
Pre-Shave: Noxzema Deep Cleansing Cream/Hot Towel
Razor: Gillette SuperSpeed (1951, W1)
Blade: Derby Extra-Shave #2
Brush: Savile Row #241 (Vulfix #41)
Soap/Cream: Mitchell's WoolFat Shave Soap
A/S: Musgo Real A/S Balsam
-Neal (DE user since 1998)
I shave therefore I am
I shave therefore I am
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bernards66
- Duke of Silvertip!
- Posts: 27393
- Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:02 pm
Wednesday:
Gillette Executive & Swedish Gillette blade
Kent BK4
T&H Luxury hard shaving soap
D R Harris's A/S Milk ( this is the last bottle of the old stuff that I have, and even it seems sort of...well...transitional. It still has the same thin consistancy, but it seemed a little harder to rinse off my hands, and linger a bit more on my face then I remember it doing in the past. Still, it's certainly useable. But when it is gone, it will the Pink only for me from then on ).
Trumpers Spanish Leather
Gordon
Gillette Executive & Swedish Gillette blade
Kent BK4
T&H Luxury hard shaving soap
D R Harris's A/S Milk ( this is the last bottle of the old stuff that I have, and even it seems sort of...well...transitional. It still has the same thin consistancy, but it seemed a little harder to rinse off my hands, and linger a bit more on my face then I remember it doing in the past. Still, it's certainly useable. But when it is gone, it will the Pink only for me from then on ).
Trumpers Spanish Leather
Gordon
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PonyPlayer
- Posts: 554
- Joined: Wed May 11, 2005 11:30 am
- Location: Beautiful Western Pennsylvania
Wednesday:
Schick "Golden 500" w/ new Schick blade
Bic Metal
Kent BK4
AOS Lavender soap
D.R. Harris Pink a/s
No EDT today...much too hot and humid. I find that in these conditions the scent is wasted by the time I get to work so I'd rather not waste the cologne.
First time using a Kent BK4. Man this little bugger bloomed like a champ. Very nice brush, although it may be a bit floppy for me. I will have to try it with a cream to see if it works a tad better.
No shave tomorrow as I have a medical procedure in the morning and they don't want me to shave. Haven't missed a weekday shave in quite sometime.
Patrick
Schick "Golden 500" w/ new Schick blade
Bic Metal
Kent BK4
AOS Lavender soap
D.R. Harris Pink a/s
No EDT today...much too hot and humid. I find that in these conditions the scent is wasted by the time I get to work so I'd rather not waste the cologne.
First time using a Kent BK4. Man this little bugger bloomed like a champ. Very nice brush, although it may be a bit floppy for me. I will have to try it with a cream to see if it works a tad better.
No shave tomorrow as I have a medical procedure in the morning and they don't want me to shave. Haven't missed a weekday shave in quite sometime.
Patrick
"Bart, a woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!"
- Homer Simpson
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ellington-solo
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Big Swifty
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rustyblade
- Shaving Paparazzo
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- Location: Ontario
Summertime! Time to indulge! Farmers are practically giving away strawberries and blueberries!
Sorry to my brothers south of the Equator; your time will come, mate.
Trumpers Limes soap
Gillette '58 SuperSpeed w/ UK Wilkinson
Simpson X3 brush
Caswell-Massey Greenbriar ASB
Props from Sigona's Market in Redwood City (after I took this pic, my wife melted some chocolate, and we dipped the props, and we ate them)
--Glenn
Sorry to my brothers south of the Equator; your time will come, mate.
Trumpers Limes soap
Gillette '58 SuperSpeed w/ UK Wilkinson
Simpson X3 brush
Caswell-Massey Greenbriar ASB
Props from Sigona's Market in Redwood City (after I took this pic, my wife melted some chocolate, and we dipped the props, and we ate them)
--Glenn
Wednesday Night - Something a little Different:
Treet Starline DE Razor
Treet Platinum Super Stainless Blade
Tryphon Prototype Black-Badger Brush (20mm knot with jade-green handle)
Tryphon Medici Sapone da Barba Finissimo
Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
This was a new experience. The Treet razor is a little rough of finish, but it is a capable instrument. While it is quite gentle, and almost difficult to misuse, the Treet blade is deceptively sharp, due to its smoothness. I overworked a couple of areas and got a couple of weepers for overdoing it. The very close shave is evidence that I didn't need to work it so.
The black badger brush behaves differently from my silvertips. I found I could shake almost all of the water out of it fairly easily, so after a couple of conditioning batches of lather with Proraso soap (which I don't like for shaving), I shook less water from the brush and whipped up a batch of Tryphon Medici soap in my lathering bowl. When rinsed, the brush released the soap very quickly.
This brush is definitely pricklier than a silvertip brush, but for whipping up lather in a bowl, it worked very effectively, and for painting the lather onto my beard, the lather provided adequate cushion to prevent irritation to the skin.
- Murray
Treet Starline DE Razor
Treet Platinum Super Stainless Blade
Tryphon Prototype Black-Badger Brush (20mm knot with jade-green handle)
Tryphon Medici Sapone da Barba Finissimo
Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
This was a new experience. The Treet razor is a little rough of finish, but it is a capable instrument. While it is quite gentle, and almost difficult to misuse, the Treet blade is deceptively sharp, due to its smoothness. I overworked a couple of areas and got a couple of weepers for overdoing it. The very close shave is evidence that I didn't need to work it so.
The black badger brush behaves differently from my silvertips. I found I could shake almost all of the water out of it fairly easily, so after a couple of conditioning batches of lather with Proraso soap (which I don't like for shaving), I shook less water from the brush and whipped up a batch of Tryphon Medici soap in my lathering bowl. When rinsed, the brush released the soap very quickly.
This brush is definitely pricklier than a silvertip brush, but for whipping up lather in a bowl, it worked very effectively, and for painting the lather onto my beard, the lather provided adequate cushion to prevent irritation to the skin.
- Murray
Thursday
MUSIC:
Madman Across The Water – Elton John (vinyl)
Hot Shower
Yardely Lavender Bath Soap
MB’s Rosemary/Mint Shampoo
4” Coors Mortar
Unknown Pure Badger
Premiata Dilla Tryphon Alpino SS
1930's US Aristocrat w/ Wilkinson Sword (day 2)
3 passes
NO Styptic Pencil
WWR
CWR
Alum Bock
CWR
Osage Rub
QED Da Vinci Water
QED Texas Cedarwood ASB
Agua Lavanda Puig AS
Atkinson English Lavender EdT
Pinaud Clubman Hair Tonic
Have an outstanding day!
Madman Across The Water – Elton John (vinyl)
Hot Shower
Yardely Lavender Bath Soap
MB’s Rosemary/Mint Shampoo
4” Coors Mortar
Unknown Pure Badger
Premiata Dilla Tryphon Alpino SS
1930's US Aristocrat w/ Wilkinson Sword (day 2)
3 passes
NO Styptic Pencil
WWR
CWR
Alum Bock
CWR
Osage Rub
QED Da Vinci Water
QED Texas Cedarwood ASB
Agua Lavanda Puig AS
Atkinson English Lavender EdT
Pinaud Clubman Hair Tonic
Have an outstanding day!
Jay
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."
John Ruskin
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."
John Ruskin