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Austin
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Post by Austin »

Trumpers razor
Rooney/Shavemac brush
Progress//Vulfix shave soap
Booster Aquarius AS
Givenchy Gentleman EDT

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bernards66
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Post by bernards66 »

Friday:

Gillette TV Superspeed & Swedish Gillette
Simpson Tulip #3
T&H Luxury hard shaving soap
D R Harris's A/S Milk ( old )
Penhaligon's English Fern

Gordon
Ken
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Post by Ken »

Friday

Trumper's Sandalwood shaving cream
Simpson's T3 brush
Merkur Progress with UK Wilkinson blade
D.R. Harris Pink aftershave


Ken
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rustyblade
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Post by rustyblade »

Henckel's Friodur (freshened up on a Belgian)
Simpson's "non-shedder" Tulip 2
J.M. Fraser's Shave Cream (since 1956 without being reformulated?)
Booster Polar Ice A/S (since 1920, can you imagine that?)

Floris Santal (nothing exciting to report here)
Richard
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Post by Gareth »

Friday (second shave)

Pre-shave: Trumper's lime skin food (sample)
Brush: Rooney S1, S1, Super Silvertip
Cream: T&H Ultimate Comfort (sample)
Razor: Gillette SS
Blade: Israeli (day one)
Post-shave: Trumper's coral skin food (sample)
EL Alamein
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Post by EL Alamein »

Richard, how do you like that Belgian made edge?
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mr_magicfingers
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Post by mr_magicfingers »

Friday:

Hot Shower,
Kent BK4
Trumpers Lime Cream
Merkur HD with IP, day 3
2 pass, WTG, XTG,
wwr,
cwr,
Alum bar with almost no sting,
wwr,
Skin food.

Close shave, it's no 3 pass, but zero irritation this time. It really seems as though it's the against the grain pass that's causing the irritation, yet I really like the close shave that gives. Will keep going for a week or two like this, and move through the sampler pack, then come back and try again when going through the blades a third time.
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MercV12
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Post by MercV12 »

Fatboy w/Wilkinson Sword (1)
Shavemac best
Haslinger shave soap :biggrin:
C.O. Bigelow Rose Water Tonic
Floid (Italian)
Larry

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rustyblade
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Post by rustyblade »

EL Alamein wrote:Richard, how do you like that Belgian made edge?
Much much easier to use than having to soak that bloody Norton 4k/8k for 20 minutes. I can just whip it out of the bathroom drawer at any time and do several laps with a bit of lather or water on the surface. Cuts nice and slow which is great for a honing newbie such as myself. I noticed a big difference on my carbon-steel Dovo Astrale right away, but as for the Friodur it just seems to stay the same level of sharp no matter what I do. Not that that is a bad thing as it is very very sharp. Once every 2-3 weeks I run it over the hone several times for good measure without any large noticeable difference on the edge...it just stays sharp. I figure this is better than letting the edge get too dull and having to do more work on it. Great razor.

As for the actual edge quality with different hones, couldn't exactly tell you. I never had much luck with the Norton which turned me off straights for several months.
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Post by MercV12 »

Fatboy w/Wilkinson Sword (1)
Shavemac best
Haslinger shave soap
C.O. Bigelow Rose Water Tonic
Floid (Italian)
Larry

The Ernest Borgnine of Slantological Shaving
EL Alamein
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Post by EL Alamein »

rustyblade wrote:
Much much easier to use than having to soak that bloody Norton 4k/8k for 20 minutes.
I agree. I only use my Norton now for heavy lifting - dull or damaged razors. For my own it's Belgian all the way as has been for many a year now. I've tried a lot of hones and the Belgians, Eschers and Thuringens are by far the best IMHO.

Apologies for hijacking the thread.

Chris
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nteeman
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Saturday's Shave

Post by nteeman »

Saturday

Pre-Shave: Noxzema Deep Cleansing Cream/Hot Towel
Razor: Gillette FatBoy (F2 1960) set at #4
Blade: French Gillette-Shave #4
Brush: Shavemac #177
Soap/Cream: Mitchell's WoolFat Shave Soap
A/S: Musgo Real A/S Balsam


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-Neal (DE user since 1998)
I shave therefore I am

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timc
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Post by timc »

Saturday:

Kent BK4
D.R. Harris Marlborough soap
Merkur HD
Derby blade (#2)
D.R. Harris Pink After Shave
- Tim -
"You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
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razorsedge
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Saturday

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Rooney Medium Finest
Coates Rose
HD/Swede
Harris Pink A/S
Harris Milk Old
Hamamm EDT

Wow Shave..
BF4MVP
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Post by BF4MVP »

FRIDAY

GLYCERINE PRE SHAVE SOAP
SPEICK SHAVE CREAM
KENT BRUSH
MERKUR HD
MERKUR BLADE (DAY 3)
ALUM BLOCK
BRAVE SOLDIER CODE BLUE AFTER SHAVE

THIS SHAVING THING IS BECOMING OBSESSIVE! LOVE IT
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Big Swifty
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Post by Big Swifty »

saturday:

Neil Young: Harvest

Vulfix 41 super
DR Harris Marlborough cream
Gillette SS w/ Crystal
Old Spice a/s

Old Spice cologne
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~Steve

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"Life is too short to drink shitty beer"
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prism
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Post by prism »

Saturday * Gillette SS F1 w. Dorco ST300 (5) * Simpson B3 * Gillette Menthol Lather Cream * Aqua Velva! :D
Make Mine Menthol! Vic
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reggiano
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Post by reggiano »

Saturday!

Little 1960's Kent
Hoffritz Slant w/Swede
Coates Rose
Lucky Tiger Tonic
Harris AS Milk (old)

Frederic Malle Vetiver Extraordinaire
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rustyblade
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Post by rustyblade »

Dovo Astrale
Tulip 2
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Booster Polar Ice

Floris 89
Richard
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2clfrwrds
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Post by 2clfrwrds »

Got up late (watched too many episodes of B5 last night), so:
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No hot water for the scuttle, just splashed my face, rubbed on the Erasmic stick, and lathered with Th' Sheddah. Two passes: adequate shave, one I'd have been ecstatic about with the old electric.

BTW, the flower is called Love Lies Bleeding -- not the best for Shave of the Day, I suppose.

--Glenn
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