Prep: regular (shower, towelling dry, remoistening the beard with warm water)
Cream: Truefitt & Hill 'Grafton'
Brush: Shavemac silvertip badger
Razor: Gillette M3Power on a non-vibrating handle
Method: 1 N-S + WTG (neck) pass, 1 N-S, 1 ATG, almost no touching up
Aftershave: Truefitt & Hill 'Grafton'
Last week was dedicated to DE experiments which I put on hold for the time being. I'm focussing my efforts on breaking in the Grafton products. The cream is great, the aftershave is less, I regret to say. The cheapskates at T&H have decided that all that is put in the product is water, alcohol and fragrance; there are no moisturisers in it. For the price you pay this is really not acceptable. I therefore 'spiked' my bottle with 1 to 2 ml of glycerin (*gasp!*), which is about the amount found in other brands of aftershave too. The aftershave is a 'slow burner' so to speak, but at least my skin feels a little softer afterwards, and not as dried-out.
The scent gets bonus points for making my sweetheart say Oooohhh. That's nice what you're wearing. What is it called?
TV Superspeed w/NOS Wilkinson
Alibaba, medium
CF Lavender cream
Thayer's lavender witch hazel
Harris Pink
After yesterday's unleasantness with the Trig blade, this is what a shave should be- smooth, close and comfortable. Maybe the next experiment should be true fidelity?....Nah, but it's worth a thought.
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
EJ Super
TOBS Shaving Shop
Canadian Tech
Lord (day 4)
Booster Iced Limes
TOBS No. 74 Victorian Limes
Just a lousy shave. For starters, I do in fact have an ingrown coming in on my right neck which I need to get rid of. Second, I need to let the right side of my neck heal a bit from the irritation I dealt it on Saturday. Third, these Lord blades are good for 3 days. I pushed it to 4 for a second straight blade and for a second time I was rewarded with tugging and skipping and general annoyance.
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
Schick adjustable injector/Pella DB
Sabrooney finest 1/2
Trumper's almond soap
Lucky Tiger Tonic
Knize Ten edt
Despite the longing for my lovely Progress, I had such good shaves last week with the injector I decided to go with it again.
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
What started out to be just a quick shave turned into one of my best.
C&E BBB
P. 160 Soap
Merkur HD
Crystal
Nivea Energy ASB
Had a nice close shave yesterday so this morning felt like just a quick clean up to tidy things up. Ended up with just a beautiful shave to follow up yesterday's masterpiece.
Gillette Model #58 & LB NOS Wilkinson blade
Simpson Polo #8 Best
Trumpers Rose hard shaving soap ( old )
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Penhaligon's English Fern
Simpson Persian Jar #2 Best
Trumper's Coconut Oil hard shaving soap
Gillette Slim Adjustable w/NOS UK Wilkinson Sword blade
BIC Sensitive
Trumper's Lime Skin Food
Three hour exam this morning, so no cologne - I thought I'd be considerate and not stink out the poor soul who had to sit next to me.
