S.O.T.D. w/c Saturday 7th - Friday 15th June 2014

[Rob Dery]

Wednesday

Afternoon, all.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Daiso T Type Dispo Razor (5)
Blade:
Brush: Ecotools Kabuki
Shave soap: Palmolive in a bowl
Aftershave: Eau de Brut
Cologne: Yardley Wood & Citrus

Good and smooth.

 

[782sirbrian]

Wednesday 11th June

Warm shower
Hot flannel
Fitjar Frost Rose bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette NEW thin handle
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lemon witch hazel
Rose of Bulgaria aftershave
GFT Ajaccio Violets cologne

 

[FrankieG]

Cold water splash
LEA Stick (grated)
Commodore X3 reknotted w/ TGN Finest badger
ATT M2 Kronos
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Speick ASB
Speick EdT

Mounds of protective lather from grated LEA stick and the brush I reknotted over the weekend. Excellent shave.

 

[Mr_Smartepants]

Pre: Proraso green pre-shave cream
Soap: Nanny's Silly Soap "Down home summer"
Brush: El Druida redwood handle, 24mm synthetic
Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Feather ProGuard (2)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by Proraso balm

Travelling shave.

 

[pjgh]

My first Damaskeene shave ...

Bulldog Face Wash
Erasmic Shaving Soap
Kent Infinity Silvertex
GEM Damaskeene - GEM Blue Star [1]
Hot Rinse, Cold Rinse & Alum Wash
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Face Lathered
Two Pass - WTG & Pinched XTG

Actually, the head on this Damaskeene is a replacement for one which arrived from the US a week or so back and was so bad I'd rather put it as unusable. Shame. Still, the handle was okay. I stropped the blade before use, having read that these can be a little rough; that, and the constitution of the steel responds very well to stropping ... and it did. It was a very smooth shave indeed! Thanks to Norfolk Dick for the blade.

Face lathered Erasmic is a sheer joy! First pass swept everything away, the second, a pass I call a "pinched XTG" goes from the extremities of my face to the middle in all directions, so I get an XTG across my face and an ATG up my neck and over my chin. I find this two pass system with an occasional "exploding XTG" (basically, from the middle out) seems to work for my face.

The alum wash proved a close and clean shave with no issues. Finally, a splash of The Veg' ... what a delight!

Bloomin' lovely!

 

[gartbnx]

 

[flip-68]

37c
Polslver SI 4
404
SS Cola club
Freshwood a/s (finished!)
s8 balm

The weight of the 37c was very pleasing and the soap was a pleasure as usual. Where is Darron these days?

 

[isaiah53]

merkur 37c slant
sputnik
omega 20102
wickham soap co super smooth
myrsol agua balsamica
montana parfum d'homme edt

 

[ffarouki]

Soap: MDC
Brush: Simpsons C2B
Blade: TI Bijou de France
Aftershave: Myrsol Agua Balsamica
EDT: I forgot to use any

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[Burgundy]

Feather AC RG / Pro
Semogue BC Mistura
La Toja cream, Classic
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic

 

[Tall_Paul]

TUESDAY EVENING

Pre: Hot rinse & Village Barber oil
Cream: Simpsons Peppermint and Rosemary
Brush: M&F L7
Razor: Gillette #88
Blade: Gillette Superthin
Post: Witch hazel, Village Barber balm

Am using my 'beater' #88. In common with my other LC News it just works so well for me. They just deliver effortlessly easy smooth shaves.

Also this week I have been alternating between the GFT Coconut and the Simpsons cream. The Simpsons thrashes the GFT hands down. It's so good I will be buying more without a doubt.

 

[GDCarrington]

Planned Shave 6-12-2014 ...

 

[Tim B]

Superdrug face scrub
Edwin Jagger Chatsworth Ebony synthetic bristle brush
Wilkinson Sword shaving soap
Perma Sharp blade
Edwin Jagger Chatsworth barley chrome razor
Bulldog ASB.

This is the first time I've used Bulldog ASB. It has a slightly antisceptic type smell, which does not last that long. Otherwise, a nice 2 pass shave.

 

[pugh-the-special-one]

Razor Ryujin Tamahagane Dragon God 6/8
Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Brush Bill Jack Le Tuft Blue 8
Soap Boellis Panama 1924
Witch Hazel
TFS Bergamot & Neroli aftershave Balm
Scent Diptyque Tam Dao EDP.​

I took the razor back to the hones for freshening up after what seemed like a very long time since I last honed the razor, it was lightly passed over the 8K then 12K and as usual the razor was ready for stropping after 50 linen 50 suede the finally 50 cordovan the razor was effortlessly topping hairs as it moved slightly above my arm. PS I had forgotten how sharp this razor could be fantastic shave so smooth a so close.

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[Norfolkdick]

Greetings

Thursday 12th June 2014
Prep: Shower
Razor: Treet 1912 Baton Handle
Blade: Treet Carbon
Brush: Semogue 1800 Boar
Soap: Tabac Stick Grated
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)

Regards
Dick.

 

[harrygr]

Thursday morning:

C.V. Heljestrand Eskilstuna, No 31 5/8"
Simpsons The Commodore X3, Best Badger
Valobra stick
Face Lather
Neil Miller-2.5"Latigo Leather
Taylor of Old Bond Street, Eton College ASL
WTG, XTG & ATG (neck)