SOTD: April 09 thru April 15, 2012

Top of the morning to ya! Post pics and descriptions of your daily shaving gear and accessories!
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Nick Freeh
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Post by Nick Freeh »

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
Brush: Simpson Colonel X2L Best
Soap or Cream: Cyril Salter Classic Almond Cream
A/S: Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, TOBS No. 74 Victorian Lime Splash
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slantman
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Post by slantman »

Sunday

Weber DLC Bulldog
Astra Superior Platinum
Kells Arabian Spice Shave Soap
Via Long Peleon Horsehair
Nivea Cool Kick Balm
KP Bay Rum
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Obie
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Post by Obie »

Gentlemen, today's happy hour in the shave den at Schloss Obie:

Razor: Rudi Schaaf 6/8 round point
Razor: Edwin Jagger lined Bulbous
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock "SharpEdge" yellow pack
Brush: Semogue 2015 HD silver tip
Cream: Trumper's Violet
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Alum
Witch hazel
Balm: Trumper's Coral Skin Food
Aftershave: Lagerfeld
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Mike R
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Location: Twin Cities

Post by Mike R »

Friday: Duke 3 Best, T&H Rose cream, '72 Black Handle Adjustable, Astra, Proraso Liquid A/S, Tabac cologne
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Mike R
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Post by Mike R »

Saturday: Duke 3 Best, Tabac soap, '72 Black Handle Adjustable, Astra, Proraso Liquid A/S, Tabac cologne
Zot!
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Post by Zot! »

Dovo Silver Steel st8 (CrO)
Mühle R101 open comb de
Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge yellow (2)
Rooney 3/1 Super
Trumper's Coconut Oil shave soap
Ron
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churchilllafemme
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Location: Seattle, WA

Post by churchilllafemme »

Sunday AM

Dirty Bird 1.5 scuttle
Homemade frankincense & myrrh preshave oil
Somerset Simpson Tulip 3 Super brush
Floris No. 89 shaving cream
Schick M1 Adjustable razor
Personna PTFE blade (2)
Floris No. 89 aftershave balm

A James Bond day with the Floris No. 89 products, which are favorites. A great BBS shave. I'm really liking this razor a lot. And the Tulip is one of my favorite brushes for creams.
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Persius
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Sunday morning

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Beverage: Yorkshire tea; 4-minute infusion
Preparation: Shower
Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: GFT Sandalwood
Brush: Simfix Barrule
Blade: Feather #1
Razor: Merkur HD
Post: Cold rinse, Alum, GFT Sandalwood Skin food
ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad »

Sunday Morning:

GFT violet cream
Simpson Special best badger
Schick traveling razor set to 8
Chinese Schick (5 I think)
KF reformulation #1 Bay Rum

Another great shave! Easily on a par with any other aggressive razor I own; a 2 1/3 pass BBS shave.

Tomorrow the razor gets shipped to the next in line for it.
Brian

Maker of Kramperts Finest Bay Rum and Frostbite
Or find it here: Italian Barber, West Coast Shaving, Barclay Crocker, The Old Town Shaving Company at Stats, Maggard Razors; Leavitt & Peirce, Harvard Square
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desertbadger
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Post by desertbadger »

Sunday

Cobra Classic SE
Feather Pro blade
RazoRock CACAO
Moss Scuttle
Polo 8 super 2 band
Woods of Windsor Cologne

:D

Regards,
David
Regards,
David
jss
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Post by jss »

Sunday

Muhle R89 (old)
Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Somerset Simpson X1L Best
DR Harris Lavender hard soap
DR Harris Pink AS

Best,

Julian
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Post by Thalay Sagar »

Good afternoon. Sunday:

Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #3
BK 4
Harris Rose
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Harris Pink
Alvarez Gomez Aqua di Tocador Violeta

No shave Saturday. Excellent shave today.
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
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Squire
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Post by Squire »

Sunday morning:

Concord brush
Erasmic shave soap
Chatsworth razor
Treet DuraSharp blade
Harris lavender aftershave
Regards,
Squire
bernards66
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Post by bernards66 »

Sunday:

Gillette Model #58 & Gillette 'Swede'
Plisson #12 HMW
T&H Lavender shave cream
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Trumpers Spanish Leather

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Post by brothers »

Sunday

Irisch Moos soap
Plisson
Henkels Friodur
Mentha lotion
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

This brush + Irisch Moos soap = perfection!
Gary

SOTD 99%: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, soaps & creams, synthetic / badger brushes, Colonial General razor, Kai & Schick blades, straight razors any time, Superior 70 aftershave splash + menthol + 444
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Sargon
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Post by Sargon »

Sunday
Brush: Turkish #6 Horsehair
Soap/Creme: Arko
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Treet Durasharp
Pre: Hot Towel
Post: Stephan's Lilac
Hair Groom: Vitalis
Result: CCS
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CMur12
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Post by CMur12 »

Sunday Night:

Weber DLC razor
Treet Dura Sharp blade

Semogue 2040 silvertip brush
Art of Shaving Unscented shaving soap

Lather made in a bowl, as always.

Dickinson's Witch Hazel, blended with a bit of lather and massaged into the skin.

- Murray
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Mike R
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Post by Mike R »

Sunday

Brush: Simpson Chubby 1 Best
Soap: Tabac
Razor: '72 Black Handle Adjustable
Blade: Astra
A/S: Proraso Liquid A/S
Cologne: Tabac

Mike
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