Shave of the day, Saturday 27/08/2011

Saturday

GFT Coconut Cream
New Forest 2221 mountain badger
'65 Slim set to 4
Supermax Platinum
Alum
Acqua di Gio ASB

Will splash on a little EdT when I go out later
 
Saturday 08-27-11.

Soap from Aleppo 100% oliva - Morris & Forndran two bands 28X56 - MÜHLE R41 - Iridium Super #1 - Pre JASÖN - Mitchell's Wool Fat shaving soap - Alum block - Toner Thayers Original - ASB Truefitt & Hill - ASL Honeybee Gardens Bay Rum.

 
Omega 49
Proraso green tub
Gillette Old type
Astra SP blade

Went easy today, only two passes and no touch ups - still a very clean shave. This could become my favourite razor.
 
Saturday

Edwin Jagger DE89
Feather Blade
New Forest 2201 Brush
Cella
Alum

A quick 2 pass before a day at the reserve.

Ian
 
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Simpson knot in custom handle
Razor: Shepherd
Cream: Fitjar, Neroli
AS/edt: Paco Rabanne, Ultraviolet
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very clean
To the left, a Swedish made vintage brush by the same company that makes chainsaws today: Husqvarna The scales of this razor was saved by Neil Miller and he did a flabergasting job with them!
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Sunday

Prep: hot shower
Brush: Omega 49
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Ball end Old Type
Blade: Astra SP
Post shave: nothing

The Old type continues to impress.
 
Sunday 08-28-11.

Soap from Aleppo 100% oliva - Morris & Forndran two bands 28X56 - Merkur 39C Slant - Iridium Super #2 - Pre JASÖN - Acca Kappa shaving cream - Alum block - Toner Thayers Original - Gel aftershave JASÖN 6 in 1 - ASL La Toja.

 
Ever-ready streamline
Gem stainless blade
Rod Neep Verderer Elite brush
P. 160 tipo morbido soap
Weleda ASB
I don't use SE razors very often but this was a great shave!
 
Sunday
Rolls Razor
Culmak Soap
Omega Boar Brush
Alum
Jovan Musk AS
DFS

Today has been great, 52 mile ride on my bicycle which clipped the corner of 4 counties and I'm just about to put the beef in the oven for a classic British roast. Happy Days!​
 

Whoa! Nic a 52 mile ride, I think you need a massage not a shave :icon_wink:

Jamie
 
Its easier than it sounds, mind you after a couple of months out of the saddle a new pair of arse cheeks would be good right now.

(TMI?)
 
No shave yesterday. Early one this morning before a day at Oulton Park for the Gold Cup (historic motor racing):

Bulldog face wash
Taylor's Sandalwood stick, face lathered with
New Forest Tubby 2
Gillette Rocket, with
Gillette 7OC yellow (3)
Trumper's Sandalwood skin food
Trumper's Sandalwood cologne


Another sandalwoody day, an exceptional shave - still holding up well sixteen hours on .
 
Monday, 29.Aug.2011

"The mourning shave" - a shave to mourn those products that are no longer in production.

Predopobarba Proraso
Semogue 605 vintage
Musgo Real vintage Stick
British Aristocrat #66
Iridium Super
Thayers Witch Hazel Laveder
Musgo Real Colonia ASL


With the exception of Proraso and Thayers, today's shave features a bunch of sadly discontinued products.

Semogue 605 is one of my favourite boar brushes... I always liked the acrylic handles from Semogue, and I like this one a lot, albeit being quite unusual, it has a wonderful almost woodsy colour...
Musgo Real stick is a wonderful vintage soap, produces abundant and dense lather... I wish it was back in production. The British Aristocrat is perhaps my prettiest razor, very mild, and makes a wonderful combination with the excellent Iridium blades...
As for the aftershave, I love this fragrance, and albeit not being a discontinued product (there is an equivalent product in production), I really like the style of this bottle, with this wonderful cork sticker, whose colour perfectly matches the brush handle.
 
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: New Forest knot in barbers handle
Razor: C V Heljestrand no 4
Soap/AS: Tabac
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean
This blade is amazing, looks rather plain (but stylish ) even though an awesome shaver! Tabac's greaty stuff too, if you only could afford one regular supermarket soap, this could easy be one of those (ARKO or Cella being two other).
 
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