S.O.T.D. Sat 26th Jan to Frid 1st Feb 2013
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Greetings
Tuesday 29th January 2012
Prep: Shower
Razor: Valet Autostrop
Blade: GEM Stainless Coated de-spined and modified
Brush: Omega 39 Boar
Cream: Lea Sensitive
Aftershave: RSC Balm
A good shave, the Lea creams (both the standard and the sensitive) are IMHO certainly decent enough but not in the same league as the superb Lea lanolin and glycerine sticks.
Regards
Dick.
Tuesday 29th January 2012
Prep: Shower
Razor: Valet Autostrop
Blade: GEM Stainless Coated de-spined and modified
Brush: Omega 39 Boar
Cream: Lea Sensitive
Aftershave: RSC Balm
A good shave, the Lea creams (both the standard and the sensitive) are IMHO certainly decent enough but not in the same league as the superb Lea lanolin and glycerine sticks.
Regards
Dick.
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Tuesday 01-29-13. MÚSICA: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers_LP Greatest Hits (1993).
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Soap from Aleppo - Rooney 1/2 silvertip - Merkur 25C - Iridium Super #2 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving cream Geo F. Trumper Coconut - Alum block - Thayers Original - ASB Truefitt & Hill - ASL Aqua Velva.
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Soap from Aleppo - Rooney 1/2 silvertip - Merkur 25C - Iridium Super #2 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving cream Geo F. Trumper Coconut - Alum block - Thayers Original - ASB Truefitt & Hill - ASL Aqua Velva.
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Tuesday 29th
Hot shower
Hot flannel
Nanny's Violet soft soap scuttle lathered
Simpsons Colonel brush
Weber POL stainless bulldog handle
Gillette silver blue (1)
Cold rinse
Witch hazel
Boots original bay rum
Smooth comfortable shave. First time out with the Nanny's Violet soft soap. I smeared a small peanut size blob round the scuttle and lathered up, which worked a treat. The Gillette silver blue is a new blade for me a pack of 5 came with a razor couple of weeks ago. All in very pleased with todays results :icon_smile:
Brian
Hot shower
Hot flannel
Nanny's Violet soft soap scuttle lathered
Simpsons Colonel brush
Weber POL stainless bulldog handle
Gillette silver blue (1)
Cold rinse
Witch hazel
Boots original bay rum
Smooth comfortable shave. First time out with the Nanny's Violet soft soap. I smeared a small peanut size blob round the scuttle and lathered up, which worked a treat. The Gillette silver blue is a new blade for me a pack of 5 came with a razor couple of weeks ago. All in very pleased with todays results :icon_smile:
Brian
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Hot flannel
Proraso Pre, Green
NF Tubby 1 brush, Nanny's Cedarwood and Vetyver hard soap
Weber Polished, Astra SP (1)
Cold splash, Alum block
Clinique post-shave healer
What a difference a day makes. After yesterday's bloodbath I decided to go with the Weber/Astra combination... carefully.. face still sore
Managed to get the most awesome lather from the hard soap. I thought I preferred Nanny's soft soap, now I'm not too sure. I've decided that the extra effort and concentration required from getting a good lather from a soap (raqther than a cream) puts you in the right frame of mind for decent prep overall, which is a good thing... time permitting
Also decided that the Proraso Green is preferable to the White (for me). The white seems a bit granular and doesn't go on as smoothly and evenly... think I'll be buying a mega tub of the Green and saving the little tub for travel.
Proraso Pre, Green
NF Tubby 1 brush, Nanny's Cedarwood and Vetyver hard soap
Weber Polished, Astra SP (1)
Cold splash, Alum block
Clinique post-shave healer
What a difference a day makes. After yesterday's bloodbath I decided to go with the Weber/Astra combination... carefully.. face still sore
Managed to get the most awesome lather from the hard soap. I thought I preferred Nanny's soft soap, now I'm not too sure. I've decided that the extra effort and concentration required from getting a good lather from a soap (raqther than a cream) puts you in the right frame of mind for decent prep overall, which is a good thing... time permitting
Also decided that the Proraso Green is preferable to the White (for me). The white seems a bit granular and doesn't go on as smoothly and evenly... think I'll be buying a mega tub of the Green and saving the little tub for travel.
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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: The Hive by Simpson
Razor: Bengall Cast Steel by Cadmann and sons
Cream: Penhaligon's Endymion
AS: Lavenda
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Need to rest face soon, to many "uberclean" shaves lately
The Hives by the Hives
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Brush: The Hive by Simpson
Razor: Bengall Cast Steel by Cadmann and sons
Cream: Penhaligon's Endymion
AS: Lavenda
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Need to rest face soon, to many "uberclean" shaves lately
The Hives by the Hives
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Today's shave
1912 Pat Ever Ready
GEM Blade
NSS French Lavender
Kent BK4 Brush
Result, Nice clean shave, not as close as a GEM, but good enough for the mood I'm in
Are The Hives becoming TSR's in house band Mikael? Nice camera action on the Fender Telecaster
1912 Pat Ever Ready
GEM Blade
NSS French Lavender
Kent BK4 Brush
Result, Nice clean shave, not as close as a GEM, but good enough for the mood I'm in
Mikael said:Prep: Hot shower
Brush: The Hive by Simpson
Razor: Bengall Cast Steel by Cadmann and sons
Cream: Penhaligon's Endymion
AS: Lavenda
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Need to rest face soon, to many "uberclean" shaves lately
The Hives by the Hives
[video=youtube]http://youtu.be/6NQx2R4jO7I?t=22s[/video]
Are The Hives becoming TSR's in house band Mikael? Nice camera action on the Fender Telecaster
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+1 on the The Hives Mikael. Bloody great stuff.
First shave in almost a week due to the 'bastard bronchitis' as I've neatly christened it.
I was starting to look like Bluto!!
Anyway
Weber ARC with UFO Godzilla handle
Personna Red (1)
Simpsons Chubby 1 in best
Wilkie soap stick (face lathered)
Witch hazel
Wilkie AS balm
It was like being in my own Shavenation video. Cleared the runways and away I went.
Not BBS but pretty damn close. Nice to be clean shaven again.
I was starting to look like Bluto!!
Anyway
Weber ARC with UFO Godzilla handle
Personna Red (1)
Simpsons Chubby 1 in best
Wilkie soap stick (face lathered)
Witch hazel
Wilkie AS balm
It was like being in my own Shavenation video. Cleared the runways and away I went.
Not BBS but pretty damn close. Nice to be clean shaven again.
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Gillette Aristocrat Junior
Gillette Bleue Extra (2)
Semogue 1520 boar
Proraso green soap
Proraso Aftershave lotion
Penhaligon's English Fern
Tonnes of lovely lather.
Gillette Bleue Extra (2)
Semogue 1520 boar
Proraso green soap
Proraso Aftershave lotion
Penhaligon's English Fern
Tonnes of lovely lather.