S.O.T.D. w/c Saturday 12th July - Friday 18th July 2014, incl.

[jds]

Saturday xii July, 2014

Prep: Hot shower, No7 Men Energising Face Wash
Pre: Cold water splash
Brush: Neep Custom MMXIII Box Wood Extra Silvertip
Soap: Jabonman Lima-Pimienta-Mentolado w. extra lanolin
Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Dorco #1
Post: Myrsol Agua de Limón, Trumpers Extract of Limes Skin Food
Fragrance: Knize Forest

Result: Real good. I was expecting problems with the Dorco blade, but it worked a treat for me. Neep brush was a dream match for the Jabonman, which is probably now my top soap. I love it.

Have a great weekend fellas. Woburn Sands Folk Festival today if anyone fancies it....

Jon

 

[bilbo72]

Prep: Hot Water
Soap: Fitjar Frost Rose
Brush: Simpson M7 Manchurian Butterscotch
Razor: Rudolf Schmidt Bambola 6/8
Moustache Razor : The Mab Dwarf Razor
Post: Cold Water and Alum Block
AS: Floris London N°89
EDT: Floris London N°89

 

[Burgundy]

Gillette #88
7oc Yellow
WD silvertip
Speick sick
No7 balm

Close result but not a particularly enjoyable shave.

 

[Wazzer3]

Pre- Bulldog face wash
Soap- Wickham Bay Rum Super Smooth
Brush- Men-U
Razor- Ever Ready Jewel
Blade- Feather [4]
Post- alum, Thayers WH, Miller Harris Citron Citron EdC

 

[MachM]

Saturday

Proraso Sandalwood cream
Semogue 2012 SE
iKon Slant
Gillette 7 o'clock Black
Blue Stratos AS
Penhaligons Endymion EdT

A great shave now off for a few weekend drinks in Newcastle. (Well, not right now, still a little early. Actually it must be 5 o'clock somewhere in the Empire!)

 

[Spear321]

Prep : cold water and Proraso Sensitive pre shave cream
Brush : Semogue 620
Soap : Palmolive stick grated into a bowl
Razor : Merkur 42 head on a Braveheart handle
Blade : Feather ( 2 )
After : Nivea sensitive post Shave Balm

First time trying head and handle combination, nice shave no irritation just 1 nick under chin due to carelessness.

Shave done, shorts on, off to barbecue later.

Have a great weekend.

Paul

 

[jim3rg]

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Prep: wash and hot towel
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
Soap: Proraso green tub.
Brush: Vie-Long horse
Blade: 7 o'clock yellow.
Post: Alum, Proraso AS.

Very nice and smooth shave today 4 pass WTG, XTG W-E, E-W lastly against the grain. No irritation or stinging from alum. This is a first for me.

Jim

 

[Slow Shaving]

Saturday 07-12-14. MUSIC: Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1963).

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Aleppo soap - Rodney Neep extra silvertip 26X50 - Edwin Jagger DE86RC - Iridium Super #6 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving cream Williams with lanolin - Alum block - Thayers Cucumber Toner - ASB Nivea Sensitive - ASL Aqua Velva.

 

[Rob Dery]

Saturday

Afternoon, everyone.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Super Max Blue Diamond (7)
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave soap: Wickham 1912 Menthol
Aftershave: Ricardo L'Homme, Black
Cologne: Versace Black Jeans

The blade seems up for a bit more use, so let's see what happens.

 

[jaguar]

Da Vinci 293 Silvertip
GFT Spanish Leather SC
Muehle R89 Rosegold
Perma-Sharp Super
Floris No 89 AS Balm

 

[FrankieG]

Cold water splash
L'Occitane Cade
Vulfix Grosvenor handle w/ TGN 22mm Finest Badger knot
ATT M2 Kronos
Super-Max Super Platinum (2)
Clinique Post-Shave Healer
D.R. Harris Windsor EdT

Gave Super-Max SP another try today. Not bad but I will revert to one of my usual blades tomorrow.

 

[782sirbrian]

Saturday 12th July

Warm shower
Hot flannel
Stirling Orange Chill bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW (Made in England)
Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lemon witch hazel
Myrsol Antesol aftershave

 

[harrygr]

Saturday evening and Birthday shave:

Joseph Elliot's Best Silver 6/8” Wedge
Simpsons Chubby 2, Best Badger
D.R. Harris Windsor, soap
D.R. Harris Windsor ASL
Face Lather
Neil Miller-2.5"Latigo Leather
WTG, XTG & ATG (neck)

Have a great weekend!

 

[isaiah53]

English fat handled tech
silver star
omega 49
simpsons unscented shaving cream
vintage yardleys AS lotion
jo Malone vetyver cologne

im really starting to like this simpsons cream. its taken a few goes to figure out the water ratio, but now I have im very impressed. I may try one of the flavoured ones once ive used this up.

 

[dodgy]

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

ebony brush by Brian
1956 Diplomat/Filomatic Titanio (NOS...Thanks Good Doctor)
RL Safari SS
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
RL 'Safari' EdT (vintage juice)

Had a Diplomat in the rotation for years. Also use a President and Aristocrat.....all three shave about the same (when you get a good one). One of my favorite fixed head designs.

This old blade almost felt too sharp at first in this razor, but settled right in by the third pass. Heh, I wanted to try another one of these things, after the good luck with the first one. Very nice.

Man, I have a smoother than usual face today. Strange in a good way.

BBS results,

Martin

 

[pjgh]

Bulldog Face Wash
TOBS Eton College Shaving Cream
Kent Infinity Silvertex
Gillette Rocket HD - Bic Chrome [1]
Hot Rinse, Cold Rinse & Alum Wash
4711 Original Eau De Cologne

Face Lathered
Two Pass - WTG & ATG

First go with the Gillette Rocket HD, which I found very nice indeed with the extra weight and most certainly putting me in mind of the heftier modern razors like the Merkur 34C HD.

First go with a Bic Chrome, which ran perfectly well but if I had to criticise, perhaps not as smooth as I expected.

In all, a great, smooth shave.