Prep: Speick Natural Soap
Razor/Blade: Feather Popular/Polsilver
Soap: MdC
Brush: Omega 40
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Post: Myrsol F/Extra
SOTD: April 08 thru April 14, 2013
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SharpSpine
- Posts: 641
- Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:09 am
- Location: Springfield, TN
09 April 2013
Pre: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Razor: Rhodium GEM OCMM + Pella PTFE (3)
Brush: Elite7 Scarlett + WSP HMW 23/50
Soap: Martin de Candre - Savon À Raser (65)
AS: Krampert's Finest Menthol
With the release of the new Fougére shave soap from Martin de Candre this morning (yep, set alarm and ordered at 1:45am) I really enjoyed today's shave using the Signature MdC scent. It's the only scent that I've found I can use and enjoy on a daily basis without tiring of it. In fact, the more I use it the more I enjoy it. For me, MdC is the best shave soap on the planet and I will happily pay the high shipping price to get it. 65 uses (heavy loads) and the soap is just now below the screw-top portion and getting a concave dip in the center.
Pre: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Razor: Rhodium GEM OCMM + Pella PTFE (3)
Brush: Elite7 Scarlett + WSP HMW 23/50
Soap: Martin de Candre - Savon À Raser (65)
AS: Krampert's Finest Menthol
With the release of the new Fougére shave soap from Martin de Candre this morning (yep, set alarm and ordered at 1:45am) I really enjoyed today's shave using the Signature MdC scent. It's the only scent that I've found I can use and enjoy on a daily basis without tiring of it. In fact, the more I use it the more I enjoy it. For me, MdC is the best shave soap on the planet and I will happily pay the high shipping price to get it. 65 uses (heavy loads) and the soap is just now below the screw-top portion and getting a concave dip in the center.
> Brian < Shave On & God Bless!!
Mongoose B1 + Hempel Spiral; Feather Pro
Mongoose B1 + Hempel Spiral; Feather Pro
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churchilllafemme
- Posts: 5692
- Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:22 pm
- Location: Seattle, WA
Monday's evening shave
Harris Rose Cream
Rooney Finest
ATT H head/BRW handle
Alum block
444 ASB
Thayer's Superhazel
Harris Rose Cream
Rooney Finest
ATT H head/BRW handle
Alum block
444 ASB
Thayer's Superhazel
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
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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Craig_From_Cincy
- Posts: 1476
- Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:38 pm
- Location: Cincinnati, OH USA
Tuesday:
Doctored Penhaligon's English Fern Shave Soap
Jagger/CO Bigelow Best Badger Brush
Gillette Super Speed Adjustable O-4
Gillette Platinum (Surrey)
Thayer's Aloe WH
Lily of the Desert 99% Aloe Vera Gel
Crown Fougères Cologne
I took the awful puck of Penhaligon's English Fern that's been gathering dust under my sink and grated it with an older small sized puck of T&H Luxury Shave Soap. I mixed them up well, added a few squirts of English Fern After Shave to the mix, heated them up in the microwave in 10 second intervals, and pressed the mixture into a dish. The result? I'm finally getting good lather from this soap and the EF scent still comes through.
Doctored Penhaligon's English Fern Shave Soap
Jagger/CO Bigelow Best Badger Brush
Gillette Super Speed Adjustable O-4
Gillette Platinum (Surrey)
Thayer's Aloe WH
Lily of the Desert 99% Aloe Vera Gel
Crown Fougères Cologne
I took the awful puck of Penhaligon's English Fern that's been gathering dust under my sink and grated it with an older small sized puck of T&H Luxury Shave Soap. I mixed them up well, added a few squirts of English Fern After Shave to the mix, heated them up in the microwave in 10 second intervals, and pressed the mixture into a dish. The result? I'm finally getting good lather from this soap and the EF scent still comes through.
Last edited by Craig_From_Cincy on Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Cheers,
Craig
Craig
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bernards66
- Duke of Silvertip!
- Posts: 27393
- Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:02 pm
Craig, Real 'shavegeek' stuff that....very creative.
Tuesday:
Gillette Model #58 & Schick Platinum
Simpson X2L Colonel
Barbieria Colla soft shave soap
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Taylors Sandalwood
Normally, at home, I don't use the same brush two days in a row but some have said that using a white soap or cream the next day has helped when they've experianced some brush discoloration so I wanted to get right on this as soon as it happened ( see yesterday's SOTD post ). And it did seem to help. The X2L is back close to what it was two days ago.
Gordon
Tuesday:
Gillette Model #58 & Schick Platinum
Simpson X2L Colonel
Barbieria Colla soft shave soap
D R Harris's Pink A/S
Taylors Sandalwood
Normally, at home, I don't use the same brush two days in a row but some have said that using a white soap or cream the next day has helped when they've experianced some brush discoloration so I wanted to get right on this as soon as it happened ( see yesterday's SOTD post ). And it did seem to help. The X2L is back close to what it was two days ago.
Gordon
Wednesday's Shave
Razor: Weber ARC Bulldog Handle
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (Shave #2)
Brush: none
Cream/Soap: Barbasol
A/S: Nivea for Men Sensitive Extra Soothing A/S Balm
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (Shave #2)
Brush: none
Cream/Soap: Barbasol
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
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Nick Freeh
- Posts: 2568
- Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:34 am
- Location: Chicago, IL
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Thalay Sagar
- Posts: 4435
- Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:14 am
- Location: Roanoke, Virginia
- Contact:
Good morning. Wednesday:
Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #1
BK 4
Harris Lavender soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Fitjar East Indies A/S Balm
English Fern
Jaggerooney w/Dorco 301, #1
BK 4
Harris Lavender soap
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel
Fitjar East Indies A/S Balm
English Fern
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
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SharpSpine
- Posts: 641
- Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:09 am
- Location: Springfield, TN
10 April 2013
Pre: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Razor: EverReady Streamline + Pella PTFE (4)
Brush: Wet Shaving Products -- Monarch SuperFine
Soap: Martin de Candre - Savon À Raser (66)
AS: Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum -- Hip Flask
Another SuperFine shave. How can you not have a great day when you start it off like this?!
Pre: Proraso Crema Pre Barba
Razor: EverReady Streamline + Pella PTFE (4)
Brush: Wet Shaving Products -- Monarch SuperFine
Soap: Martin de Candre - Savon À Raser (66)
AS: Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum -- Hip Flask
Another SuperFine shave. How can you not have a great day when you start it off like this?!
> Brian < Shave On & God Bless!!
Mongoose B1 + Hempel Spiral; Feather Pro
Mongoose B1 + Hempel Spiral; Feather Pro
Rudy Vey Shavemac Finest
Arko soap stuck
Edwin Jagger DE89BA11
Super Iridium (thanks, Roger!)
Dominica
C&S Oxford & Cambridge
Well, I think I am sort of over Arko. It is drying to my skin when used several days in a row and, while I still think it punches well above its weight, I imagine my remaining sticks will be stored for a rainy day. I have never been let down by a shave with Palmolive, Valobra, or Speick. Arko, well, some days it doesn't quite deliver all I want it to.
By the way, the Iridium was great. Of course.
Arko soap stuck
Edwin Jagger DE89BA11
Super Iridium (thanks, Roger!)
Dominica
C&S Oxford & Cambridge
Well, I think I am sort of over Arko. It is drying to my skin when used several days in a row and, while I still think it punches well above its weight, I imagine my remaining sticks will be stored for a rainy day. I have never been let down by a shave with Palmolive, Valobra, or Speick. Arko, well, some days it doesn't quite deliver all I want it to.
By the way, the Iridium was great. Of course.
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
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churchilllafemme
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- Location: Seattle, WA
