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- Joined
- Wednesday January 13, 2010
- Location
- Hendersonville, TN
Sunday evening.
Prep: Wash face with a left over sliver of MWF, massage lather into beard, hot towel.
Cream: Castle Forbes Lime.
Brush: Shavemac.
Razor: 13/16ths Bismarck.
AS: Thayers Witch Hazel followed by Aqua Velva Blue Ice.
After three or four shaves with a DE it was nice to return to a straight.
Prep: Wash face with a left over sliver of MWF, massage lather into beard, hot towel.
Cream: Castle Forbes Lime.
Brush: Shavemac.
Razor: 13/16ths Bismarck.
AS: Thayers Witch Hazel followed by Aqua Velva Blue Ice.
After three or four shaves with a DE it was nice to return to a straight.
- Joined
- Friday September 25, 2009
Monday
Gillette SS
Feather (1)
Kent BK8
MWF
Aqua Velva
Thought I'd give feathers another try. The SuperSpeed is a nice mild razor so I thought I'd give it a bash. Because of previous experiences, I backed off too much with the feather blade - meaning zero irritation and cuts but not as smooth as I've shaved before. Gives me confidence to have another go with these bad boys though.
Gillette SS
Feather (1)
Kent BK8
MWF
Aqua Velva
Thought I'd give feathers another try. The SuperSpeed is a nice mild razor so I thought I'd give it a bash. Because of previous experiences, I backed off too much with the feather blade - meaning zero irritation and cuts but not as smooth as I've shaved before. Gives me confidence to have another go with these bad boys though.
- Joined
- Tuesday September 8, 2009
Monday
Muhle R41 OC
Derby Extra (3)
Semogue 1305
Tabac Stick
Tabac AS
Nivea ASB
Very nice!
Muhle R41 OC
Derby Extra (3)
Semogue 1305
Tabac Stick
Tabac AS
Nivea ASB
Very nice!
- Joined
- Friday July 10, 2009
- Location
- Little Feckwittering-on-the-Moor
fozz77 said:
It's a bit like Vick's Vaporub... a petrolatum-based ointment - but with the following additions:
Camphor 11.0%
Menthol 5.5%
Methyl Salicylate 4.0%
Eucalyptus Oil 1.0%
Pumilio Pine Oil 0.5%
Big in Africa apparently (I got mine free from a Nigerian shopkeeper in Edinburgh's African Quarter - which is in Gorgie (or possibly Dalry... my Edinburgh geography isn't that good lol) - which I'd never encountered until about 12 months ago)... if ever you suffer from razor bumps or rash, it soothes/cures it in 2 days.
- Joined
- Friday July 10, 2009
My wife bought some Karvol for our kids' blocked nose? The smell took me right back to being a kid in the 70's. Warm bath, a few drops of Karvol on the pillow and a good book before being tucked in by mum.
Mmmmm. Think I might move back in with my parents and start sucking my thumb.
Mmmmm. Think I might move back in with my parents and start sucking my thumb.
Sunday Night
EJ 87 + Swede (cheers ant)
Vulfix Pure
Speick cream
Trumper's Lime skinfood
Two days' stubble gone in three deliciously smooth passes. (Bit of redness in middle of left cheek - s'okay though.)
Somebody mentioned t'other day that a few days' growth is easier to scythe down than the usual day-old copper wire. Totally agree.
Am liking the Swede. Still loving the Speick. :shave
EJ 87 + Swede (cheers ant)
Vulfix Pure
Speick cream
Trumper's Lime skinfood
Two days' stubble gone in three deliciously smooth passes. (Bit of redness in middle of left cheek - s'okay though.)
Somebody mentioned t'other day that a few days' growth is easier to scythe down than the usual day-old copper wire. Totally agree.
Am liking the Swede. Still loving the Speick. :shave
Straight(the smaller of the 2)
TOBS Sensitive cream
Wilkinson Sword brush
This gave me a smooth shave everywhere but my chin. Just one bit on my chin, like a line that went across it.
So got the DE out.
Merkur 34HD
Iridium Super
That got my chin smooth
Then i finished with Alum and ISIS ASB.
Lovely.
The straight seems to give me a much better shave on my neck and cheeks. The chin i still need to work on.
Im not a fan of the smaller razors i think. Ive only used the smaller straight twice now. Its smaller, and i can never seem to feel like i have it.
Its the same with the Superspeed i think, too light.
TOBS Sensitive cream
Wilkinson Sword brush
This gave me a smooth shave everywhere but my chin. Just one bit on my chin, like a line that went across it.
So got the DE out.
Merkur 34HD
Iridium Super
That got my chin smooth
Then i finished with Alum and ISIS ASB.
Lovely.
The straight seems to give me a much better shave on my neck and cheeks. The chin i still need to work on.
Im not a fan of the smaller razors i think. Ive only used the smaller straight twice now. Its smaller, and i can never seem to feel like i have it.
Its the same with the Superspeed i think, too light.
- Joined
- Wednesday August 5, 2009
- Location
- West Yorkshire
I take it that's smaller as in narrower?1gear said:
- Joined
- Wednesday August 5, 2009
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Getting the angle right is going to be more difficult with a narrow blade I'd have thought. I'm finding that there's quite a difference between 5/8 and 6/8 in that respect.
Arrowhead said:
I think i got the angle about right. The shave is good, its just it seemed to lack in weight. I seem to like to feel of something with abit more weight, that i can get a feel for, rather then something light.
My phone is being stupid now, trying to get the pictures on the computer and its not having it, wont even see the files :roll:
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