SOTD: April 28 to May 4

[Sam]

Edwin Jagger Bulbous DE with Swedish Gillette
Trumper Sandalwood Shave soap
Rooney Finest 1 size medium
touchup bladebuffing with slant bar, Feather blade and QED limes stick
Booster polar Ice aftershave
Thirty minutes later, Coral Skin food to seal
Cologne was Tauer's L'air du Desert Morocain

Sam

[Straight Arrow]

Thusday:

Gillette New Razor
NOS Gillette Super Stainless blade (The Spoiler)
Made Rite boar
Tom's of Maine Mint
Constanza Bay Rum


Every time I use Tom's I swear it's the best in its class. Great lathering stuff.

[D.Irving79]

toms of maine makes shaving soap?

[HBK42581]

toms of maine makes shaving soap?

I think it's a cream actually. They sell it at Whole Foods with KMF and other assorted goodies like Thayer's Witch Hazel

[D.Irving79]

fiddlesticks, i dont do creams.


and that reminds me that the next time i go to whole foods to be on the lookout for shave stuff

[TRBeck]

Every time I use Tom's I swear it's the best in its class. Great lathering stuff.

Agreed, Rich. I have also enjoyed lathering the mint up with Tryphon Permafrost. It doesn't increase the frostiness of Permafrost at all, but it does smell fantastic.

Regards,

[Churchill]

Thursday:
6/8 F.W. Engels "Leader"
Kent BK4
DR Harris Lavender sc
DR Harris a/s milk (old)
DR Harris Arlington Edt.

[rustyblade]

King Cutter
Karitiie Instititute
Sabrooney
Polar Ice

[Straight Arrow]

toms of maine makes shaving soap?

I think it's a cream actually.

Yes. It is a cream, and a darn fine one.

fiddlesticks, i dont do creams.

Try Tom's and you might start doing them.

Every time I use Tom's I swear it's the best in its class. Great lathering stuff.

Agreed, Rich. I have also enjoyed lathering the mint up with Tryphon Permafrost. It doesn't increase the frostiness of Permafrost at all, but it does smell fantastic.

Regards,

Never tried the Permafrost but it sounds like a great match for Tom's.

[D.Irving79]

5/1 PM

remus 4
asr blade
garden of eden ginger lime soap
C&E super badger

thayers superhazel

no scents

this was a dud blade. ive been meaning to try out an old stone DE hone i have to see how well it works. well, it works pretty damn well; ill say that much

[razorcat]

Merkur Slant
Lord blade
Rooney style 1 med
VDH soap/ Proraso cream mix

Very close cool shave

Eddie

[Padron]

Shavemac 23mm Genuine Horn
L' Occitane Cade Soap
3" TM Honey Brown Strop
6/8+ Higgins Wedge
D.R. Harris Sandalwood AS
Floris Santal EDT

Nice Shave

[freebird]

3 shaves within 1 week is usually unheard of for me. (It's one of those slow beard growth + being retired = once a week shaves) This week was differant. I had guitar lessons on Saturday, and 2 Dr's apointments this week, so I wound up with 3 shaves this week. Was quite pleased with the result.

Implements of mass destruction:

brush: Tweezerman pure badger
strop: Black Bear brand - freshly treated with neats foot oil.
soap: bay rum from ebay with a touch of Proraso from the bst thread
razor: Barclay brothers spike
three passes wtg, atg and xtg
results: bbs with only a one spot of razor burn or scrape, styptic pencil took care of it in no time.
A/S balm: Bigelow Bay Rum a/s balm (love the smell of this stuff)
Krew Kut stick for my hair and I was good to go.

[cymric]

Friday

• Prep: regular (shower, towelling dry, remoistening the beard with warm water)
• Cream: The Bodyshop 'For Men Shave Cream'
• Brush: Shavemac silvertip badger
• Razor: Gillette M3Power on a non-vibrating handle
• Method: 2 N-S passes, 1 ATG pass, minor touching up
• Aftershave balm: The Bodyshop 'For Men Razor Relief'
• Eau de Toilette: Floris 'J.F.'

A bit of a hmhm-shave again. I think it was a combination of too wet a lather and a blade which has seen better days. My skin pulls a little near the corners of my mouth, so I have a mild case of razor burn. Not pleasant. Will have to be extra careful on Sunday.

I discovered what was bugging me about Floris Santal: it lacks freshness. It would be a good basenote scent on me, once the heartnote is beginning to fade. But that's not what Santal is about: precisely that heartnote is all spicyness, backed up by a powerful, sweet and heavy basenote. With some regret I shelved the sample vial---clearly a case of wanting to love, but ultimately unable to.

[nteeman]

Pre-Shave: Noxzema Deep Cleansing Cream/Hot Towel
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: French Gillette Shave #5
Brush: CC (Vulfix)#850
Cream: Proraso (red)
Soap:
A/S: Nivea for Men Sensitive Extra Soothing A/S Balsam

1 pass ATG BBS!

[Thalay Sagar]

Good morning. Friday;

TV Superspeed w/ NOS Wilkinson
Alibaba, medium
T&H Lavender cream
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Harris Pink

[Mike R]

Friday

Brush: Shavemac 177 25mm
Cream: Coate's Lime
Razor: 55 Aristocrat
Blade: Chinese Gillette Super Blue
A/S: Musgo Real A/S Splash & Balsam
Cologne: Knize Ten

Mike

[Nitrox]

Friday

Gillette 40's SS
Swede blade
Olde Apothecary finest medium horn
Palmolive shave cream
Thayer's witch hazel
Proraso AS
Old Spice cologne

[Hodari D.]

HD + Derby
Rooney 3/1 Super
Coate's Almond
Musgo Real balsam

Scott

[Zot!]

Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: USA Personna
Brush: EJ BBB
Cream: The Body Shop Shave Cream