Thursday Night:
Edwin Jagger DE87 razor
Treet Dura Sharp "Classic" blade (carbon steel with PTFE coating)
Semogue 2040 brush (silvertip, tall acrylic handle)
Art of Shaving, Unscented, shaving soap
Thayer's Original Witch Hazel
- Murray
SOTD: May 3 thru May 9 2010
Thursday:
Schick Krona/Gillette Platinum
Semogue 2000 (Thanks, Tim)
Vulfix shave soap
Dickinson's witch hazel w/lavender EO and glycerin added
Booster Polar Ice A/S
Versace L' Homme
I received the Semogue brush from Tim (TBoner) as a gift with purchase. For those of you who have never purchased from Tim, his generosity and enthusiasm for this hobby are second to none on this board. With regards to using a boar brush, I first learned to shave using an old "Barbershop" brand boar, which show up occasionally on the B/S/T board, but this was my first use of a higher-end boar. The brush is usefully fan shaped and relatively dense. Each of the last three days I've put this brush through its paces, I've soaked it for a minimum of five minutes prior to use. I'm afraid I don't have much new to say about the matter of badger vs. boar, other than to confirm that the lather I have been generating from the Vulfix soap, a solid performer that requires more work than most soaps to build an acceptable lather, is both wetter and less stiff than what I typically get from my badger brushes. I have felt the blade a little more the last few days, but have had no adverse consequences, and the shaves have been quite close.
Basil
Schick Krona/Gillette Platinum
Semogue 2000 (Thanks, Tim)
Vulfix shave soap
Dickinson's witch hazel w/lavender EO and glycerin added
Booster Polar Ice A/S
Versace L' Homme
I received the Semogue brush from Tim (TBoner) as a gift with purchase. For those of you who have never purchased from Tim, his generosity and enthusiasm for this hobby are second to none on this board. With regards to using a boar brush, I first learned to shave using an old "Barbershop" brand boar, which show up occasionally on the B/S/T board, but this was my first use of a higher-end boar. The brush is usefully fan shaped and relatively dense. Each of the last three days I've put this brush through its paces, I've soaked it for a minimum of five minutes prior to use. I'm afraid I don't have much new to say about the matter of badger vs. boar, other than to confirm that the lather I have been generating from the Vulfix soap, a solid performer that requires more work than most soaps to build an acceptable lather, is both wetter and less stiff than what I typically get from my badger brushes. I have felt the blade a little more the last few days, but have had no adverse consequences, and the shaves have been quite close.
Basil
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Friday's Shave
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: French Gillette (Shave #3)
Brush: Shavemac #177
Cream/Soap: Proraso (red)
A/S: Nivea for Men Sensitive Extra Soothing A/S Balm
Blade: French Gillette (Shave #3)
Brush: Shavemac #177
Cream/Soap: Proraso (red)
A/S: Nivea for Men Sensitive Extra Soothing A/S Balm
-Neal (DE user since 1998)
I shave therefore I am
I shave therefore I am
'73 Superspeed w/ Gillette SuperThin (2)
E.J. BBB
Mem sc
Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe
Pashana a/s
Musgo Real a/s balsam
Guerlain Vetiver Edt
A BBS shave this morning. I'm impressed with the GST and the Mem is always great. Heading on the road shortly to baseball playoffs so I packed my trusty Arko stick and an Omega brush for the motel shaves. Have a nice weekend...
E.J. BBB
Mem sc
Thayers Cucumber WH w/ aloe
Pashana a/s
Musgo Real a/s balsam
Guerlain Vetiver Edt
A BBS shave this morning. I'm impressed with the GST and the Mem is always great. Heading on the road shortly to baseball playoffs so I packed my trusty Arko stick and an Omega brush for the motel shaves. Have a nice weekend...
Nathan
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.----Yogi Berra
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.----Yogi Berra
Omega Retaggio brush
L'Occitane Cade (soap)
Merkur 1904 DE razor
Dorco ST-301 shave 2
L'Occitane Cade splash
Ridiculously rich and creamy lather. Ridiculously close cut. Ridiculously smooth skin. This stuff just works.
Regards,
L'Occitane Cade (soap)
Merkur 1904 DE razor
Dorco ST-301 shave 2
L'Occitane Cade splash
Ridiculously rich and creamy lather. Ridiculously close cut. Ridiculously smooth skin. This stuff just works.
Regards,
Regards,
Tim
Why should we not meet, not always as dyspeptics, to tell our bad dreams, but sometimes as eupeptics, to congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning? - Henry David Thoreau
Tim
Why should we not meet, not always as dyspeptics, to tell our bad dreams, but sometimes as eupeptics, to congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning? - Henry David Thoreau
Vulfix 2234 Super
Merkur 1904/Wilkinson Classic
TOBS Mr. Taylor's Shaving Cream
Thayers Witch Hazel w/Aloe
TOBS Mr. Taylor's After Shave Balm
The 2234 Super handily whipped up a nice lather this morning for a fine shave and a nice way to end the week on a cruddy spring day here in the Second City.
Merkur 1904/Wilkinson Classic
TOBS Mr. Taylor's Shaving Cream
Thayers Witch Hazel w/Aloe
TOBS Mr. Taylor's After Shave Balm
The 2234 Super handily whipped up a nice lather this morning for a fine shave and a nice way to end the week on a cruddy spring day here in the Second City.
Good shaving,
Gary
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Happy Friday From Florida!
Hot Shower
Hot Towel
Redneck Scuttle
Arko Citrus SC
Sabi Badger
Gillette Tech
Treet Blade (1)
Cold Water Splash
Witch Hazel
Florida Water
First shave with the Gillette Tech gold colored ball end and I also loaded up a Treet blade which I have not used before. Thanks to Paul / Creekview for the PIF blades!
Four Passes = BBS!
In addition, this is the first day with the redneck scuttle AKA self watering violet pot. It works okay, but now I need to get an electric kettle so I can have boiling water. I have my water heater set on 140 but I could not detect any noticeable difference in the lather temperature.
Happy Shaving!
Hot Shower
Hot Towel
Redneck Scuttle
Arko Citrus SC
Sabi Badger
Gillette Tech
Treet Blade (1)
Cold Water Splash
Witch Hazel
Florida Water
First shave with the Gillette Tech gold colored ball end and I also loaded up a Treet blade which I have not used before. Thanks to Paul / Creekview for the PIF blades!
Four Passes = BBS!
In addition, this is the first day with the redneck scuttle AKA self watering violet pot. It works okay, but now I need to get an electric kettle so I can have boiling water. I have my water heater set on 140 but I could not detect any noticeable difference in the lather temperature.
Happy Shaving!
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Good morning. Friday:
Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #2
Semogue LE boar
Fitjar Lavender soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Fitjar Neroli A/S Balm
Atkinson's English Lavender Water
Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #2
Semogue LE boar
Fitjar Lavender soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Fitjar Neroli A/S Balm
Atkinson's English Lavender Water
Best,
Chris
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Chris
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
