Shave of the day. W/C Saturday 12th March 2011

[joe mcclaine]

Tuesday
Gillette Fusion ProGlide
Simpson Duke 2 Best
D R Harris Almond soap
Blenheim Bouquet EDT

 

[Jack Force]

Prep: Shower
Blade: Boots
Razor: EJ DE89
Cream: Palmolive
Brush: Men U Pure Bristle
Balm: Essentials
AS: Black Suede

Head and face shave today
Face- three passes lovely
Head- best one so far

 

[JaseB]

Tuesday

White proraso pre/post
NF2201
Formula 31 lime
Laurel OC + GST (1)
Alum
Formula 31 lime A/S
Proraso ASB

A good shave. however for some reason I felt a bit rushed. Nice lather from the Formula 31.

 

[moodymick]

Tuesday

ABC Tea Tree
Red Tip & Astra (3)
Provence Sante & Ehsan
Alum
Nivea ASB
OS AS

Nice lather, but the neurons were miss-firing this morning and the hand eye co-ordination thing was not so good :?

 

[rwoodcock01]

Tuesday:

foggy and damp out side but:

Hot towl
Merkur 34c
Israeli Made Double Edged Razor Blade
Pure Badger Shaving Brush
Cyril Salter Luxury Shaving Cream (wild Rose)
Witch Hazel (distilled from Boots chemist)
Geo F Trumper Coral Shaving Skin Food

Did a three pass today WTG/XTG/ATG, just a slight bit of irritation on my upper lip and chin area I think I used a bit to much pressure.

I think my face prefers two passes and some light top ups from there.

I do like the Rose cream, its a lovely fresh smell. Going for sandlewood tomorrow I feel just so the effect of the smell of the rose does not ear off.

Over all very happy. :shave

 

[Blyth Spirit]

Away till the week-end.

Same result from the same kit as yesterday!

 

[IanM]

Tuesday

Merkur Futur
Shark Super Chrome Blade
New Forest 2201 Brush
Provence Sante Soap
Bulldog asb

New soap, so used the Futur. Nice lather. Very slick and protective.

Ian

 

[dodgy]

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

vintage Marshall Fields whitecap
1970s Schick M type adjustable injector/Personna 74 Tungsten (vintage)
Surrey SS (pre VDH reformulation)
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
Roger and Gallet L'homme 'Sport' EdT

BBS results,

Martin

 

[Proudfoot]

Tuesday

Bath

Goodfella SB "Michelle"
Voskhod (4)
Semogue 1305
Palmolive Classic Cream
WTG - XTG - ATG + touch ups
Thayers Astringent
Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm
Trumper's Eau de Quinine Cologne

Nice shave. Think it's been a while since I used the Palmolive Cream on its own, such a good cream - only just got enough lather for three passes though, the last pass being a bit lacking in glide, but I put that down to the brush not being fully broken in yet. Still getting a nice smooth shave from the Voskhod though which I think helped with the lather shy third pass. This really is an awesome blade for me.

TTFN. . .

 

[Slow Shaving]

Tuesday, 03-15-11.

Soap from Aleppo 100% olive - Rooney 1/2 Silvertip - UK Gillette Red Tip - Gillette Platinum #2 - Pre JASÖN - Edwin Jagger Aloe Vera shaving cream - Alum block - Toner Thayers Original - Gel Aftershave JASÖN 6 in 1 - ASL Myrsol Antesol.

 

[Teiste]

Tuesday
Calani Classic Havana SS/Merkur Progress with Ladas/Semogue SOC badger/Burts Bees Balsam

 

[chrisbell]

Tuesday PM:

Musgo Real Glyce lime oil soap (for washing face and as part of uberlather)
Hot flannel
Merkur HD (chosen due to heavy growth - felt this suited the more aggressive Merkur)
Crystal Platinum (1)
RSC cream, bowl-lathered
Kent BK2
Boots witch hazel
Nivea Sensitive ASB

3 passes: WTG, XTG, XTG.

Result: DFS, almost BBS.

Much better than last time. Getting the brush full of wet suds from the Musgo Real before using the cream in the bowl helps add lubrication to a cream that I find a bit lacking in that department unless the amount of water added is spot-on. Add in a fresh blade, and a slower, more deliberate approach to my reduction passes (slower, shorter strokes) and the result is almost irritation-free and very close.

 

[oscarbowman]

MWF Hand Soap,
GFT Coral SF as prep,
GFT Rose SC,
Dovo 5/8,
Razorock Alum,
GFT Coral SF,
L'Occitan EdT.

I worked round yesterdays cut with my Merkur.

 

[Arrowhead]

Tuesday is Dubl Duck day. Well, for some people it might be but I had to settle for doubling up on the razors. That midget Fermarud is awfully good for tidying up, but for a whole shave it's hard work.

Gotta 120; Gebr. Lang "Fermarud" 3/8; New Forest 2201 two band; Tabac soap and aftershave.

 

[MandoBear]

Very hot flannel on my face for 30 seconds, then rubbed in a bit of lime shaving oil, then more hot flannel, and then a nicely worked up lather of Trumper's Limes soap with my Safetyrazors.co.uk silvertip brush. All peeled smoothly away by a Gillette Super Thin loaded into a '64 Slim Adjustable set at 4. With the grain and across the grain and a little touching up on the chin.

I'm not sure about the Slim Adjustable yet... I've been using my iKon open comb and my Feather All Stainless a lot lately, and the Slim Adjustable feels almost flimsy in comparison. One thing though, I think Super Thins work better in it than in the Feather All Stainless - less irritation and an easy close shave.

 

[oversaturn]

Tuesday, 15.Mar.2011

Predopobarba Proraso
Semogue 730 Silvertip
Geo F.Ttrumper's Coconut Oil shaving cream
British Aristocrat #66
Feather Hi-Stainless
Thayers Witch Hazel Lemon
Institut Karité Baume Aprés Rasage Hydratant