Shave of the Day. W/C Saturday 26th June 2010

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Thursday

EJ DE89, Treet Durasharp Hitech #2
Vulfix 2235 C&E Nomad soap
Alum
Oldspice Whitewater.

Nice CCS, althought I like the Treet carbon steel blades and get a smooth comfortable shave from them they do blunt quickly, 2 shaves and they are pulling somewhat.
 
Thursday

Mach 3
EJ Best Badger
Castle Forbes Pre-Shave
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
Boots Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Cade asb

BBS, no irritation.

Ian
 
Thursday

I had a broad grin as I shaved today. I'm obviously delighted by the early feedback on my New Forest 2201. This is my 2202 fan shape version sample that I have now used several times. It's going to make a great partner. This is a softer brush but still has backbone enough for soaps. Today I used it with a sample of Trumpers GFT cream - wow, such lather! A lovely scent for a summer day. A luxurious shaving experience.

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Good afternoon all.

St. Ives face scrub
RSC cream
Men-U pure bristle brush
Feather and Futur
Alum
Proraso AS splash

A closer shave with the Futur set on 2, doing same 2 pass shave as I had done previously with the HD.

The Proraso AS splash has a light quick fading scent, which doesn't interfere with any cologne.

Thanks
 
spandexcodpiece said:
Sounds as if you have a fairly light beard growth, possibly fair hair, fair skin type! That's great, it will make ALL your shaving consumables stretch much further-if that's a desirable thing for you! :D
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Dark hair, normal/dark skin type and I'd say normal beard growth. I need to shave every day and have stubble by tea time if I've shaved in the morning. If I'm going out in the evening I'll have a second shave. But it's not a thick five o'clock shadow.

I dare say Desperate Dan would say I had light beard growth. But I'd say Andy Murray has light beard growth (and definitely needs a good shave).

I've only tried a handful of blades so far and they are all highly rated by many. I expect to find some that are blunt after two or three shaves. Just haven't yet.
 
lagaffe said:
Heat, lots of sweat and the helmet strap irritating my neck & face on my daily cycle commute to & from work have made my face and neck a bit delicate this week. Decided on a mild shaver with my slickest cream, but even that left things stinging and red. Meh. :cry: Perhaps a day off shaving tomorrow if the irritation remains.
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There's an easy solution - ditch the helmet.
You'll feel cooler and look cooler.
 
bean said:
lagaffe said:
Heat, lots of sweat and the helmet strap irritating my neck & face on my daily cycle commute to & from work have made my face and neck a bit delicate this week. Decided on a mild shaver with my slickest cream, but even that left things stinging and red. Meh. :cry: Perhaps a day off shaving tomorrow if the irritation remains.
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There's an easy solution - ditch the helmet.
You'll feel cooler and look cooler.
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light blue touch paper 10, 9, 8, 7, run, run, hide, helmet debate alert!!! (1gear and lagaffe will understand if nobody else does :lol: )
 
Thursday
Razor: EJ Chatsworth Sensor
Brush: Simpson Duke 2
Soap: D R Harris Almond
Aftershave: D R Harris Pink
Cologne: D R Harris 'His'

Headshave:
Razor: Gillette Fusion
Pre-shave Some girly FCUK shower scrub*
Soap: D R Harris Almond
Post shave: Something else girly by FCUK, whipped body cream or somesuch*

*Daughter got these at Yule, she didn't want them, gave them to my missus, I saw them and thought 'why not?'.

3rd headshave in a row, not done that for a while. I've never really taken much notice of what I shave my head with - as long as the blades are sharp and easy to rinse through. Going to concentrate a bit more on this now as my face-shaving gear is pretty much sorted and I like the idea of having a shiny dome all the time, not just at weekends.

I've got a list of stuff I'm looking to try;
GFT Skinfood
Baby Oil
L'Oreal range of products
Headblade range
Gillette Sensor 3 (again)
Gillette Mach 3 (again)
Gillette Pro Fusion (when it gets released here)
 
bean said:
spandexcodpiece said:
Sounds as if you have a fairly light beard growth, possibly fair hair, fair skin type! That's great, it will make ALL your shaving consumables stretch much further-if that's a desirable thing for you! :D
Click to expand...

Dark hair, normal/dark skin type and I'd say normal beard growth. I need to shave every day and have stubble by tea time if I've shaved in the morning. If I'm going out in the evening I'll have a second shave. But it's not a thick five o'clock shadow.

I dare say Desperate Dan would say I had light beard growth. But I'd say Andy Murray has light beard growth (and definitely needs a good shave).

I've only tried a handful of blades so far and they are all highly rated by many. I expect to find some that are blunt after two or three shaves. Just haven't yet.
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Hi bean!

I couldn't have got your beard/skin type more wrong could I ? How you manage to get a min. of 6 shaves from every blade you use therefore, is completely beyond me,(must be the water). :eek:
 
Thursday

New Forest 2201
George Butler 5/8 round point

Mitchell's Wool Fat
Taylor's St James a/s

A more than creditable performance by the newcomer with the Wool Fat - more than enough lather for three passes.
 
spandexcodpiece said:
bean said:
spandexcodpiece said:
Sounds as if you have a fairly light beard growth, possibly fair hair, fair skin type! That's great, it will make ALL your shaving consumables stretch much further-if that's a desirable thing for you! :D
Click to expand...

Dark hair, normal/dark skin type and I'd say normal beard growth. I need to shave every day and have stubble by tea time if I've shaved in the morning. If I'm going out in the evening I'll have a second shave. But it's not a thick five o'clock shadow.

I dare say Desperate Dan would say I had light beard growth. But I'd say Andy Murray has light beard growth (and definitely needs a good shave).

I've only tried a handful of blades so far and they are all highly rated by many. I expect to find some that are blunt after two or three shaves. Just haven't yet.
Click to expand...

Hi bean!

I couldn't have got your beard/skin type more wrong could I ? How you manage to get a min. of 6 shaves from every blade you use therefore, is completely beyond me,(must be the water). :eek:
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Agreed. Once, I got 4-5 shaves out of a Feather, which was very surprising.

Daily shaving (WTG + XTG passe) means there's less hair to be cut than say, someone who cuts more growth by shaving every 2-3 days.
 
Re: Shave of the Canada Day. W/C Saturday 26th June 2010

Thursday (Canada) Night:

  • - Cleansed with Thayers' Rose witch hazel
    - J M Fraser's Oriental Spice shave cream (Canadian product, eh)
    - Semogue 2000 ... a hog with great spine is 'almost = to' Back Bacon
    - 1940s Gillette Tech kitted out with a Treet Platinum super stainless
    • - somewhat amazed at how much of a treat that Treet was[/list:u]
      - My Mighty Menthol AlumWater spritz
      - Thayers' Lavender witch hazel
      • ... didn't feel the need for any further post-shave tonight![/list:u][/list:u]

        I did a three pass shave* with a teeny bit of ATG polishing up and, quite seriously, had one of the best shaves, so far. Somewhere in tonight's session, I had another one of those inexplicable moments where something clicked, and it was like going up a level. Light of touch was just that much more light; blade angle was just that much more sweet. Woot.

        * NOTE:
        • - 1st pass from up to down, mostly perpendicular to the floor
          - 2nd pass was from ear-most edges to centre-line
          • strokes at angles represented by (roughly) NE to SW & NW to SE approximately,[/list:u]
            - 3rd pass was from centre-line of face to ear-most edges
            • strokes at angles represented by (roughly) NW to SE & NE to SW approximately,[/list:u]
              - clean-up ATG component strokes were entirely under the jaw line, in towards the 'point' of chin[/list:u]
 
Hot face wash and flannel
Proraso soap (new in today, struggled a bit for lather will try mixing in the tub next time)
WS boar brush
Superspeed
Red Persona (2nd use)
Hot followed by cold water rinse
Alum
Nivea ASB

A good shave, nice to try a different cream from the usual Palmolive. More work required on building lather, but an enjoyable return to the SS after a couple of days with the Fatboy.
 
Thursday, 07- 01-10.

Soap from Aleppo - Omega boar brush - Gillette Rocket flare tip - Personna IP #2 - Pre Proraso - La Toja shaving stick in a puck - Alum block - Astringent Thayers Lemon - ASL La Toja + ASB La Toja.

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