Shave of the Day. W/C Saturday 5 June 2010

[Fido]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Friday

It really is possible to enjoy completely different brushes. This Chubby 2 Best is a monster - I cannot imagine how anyone wants a Chubby 3. It is very soft now and I use it to build lather in a bowl and just paint it on. Sumptuous! As for Mr Taylor - I cannot describe the scent - just love it. And it lathers superbly and is good value at its price.

 

[joe mcclaine]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Friday
Bic Sensitive
Semogue 1305
Palmolive soap

Still grabbing the Bic for a quick shave as I still have a few lying about. It would be a shame to waste them - they were 7p each after all.

Some nice stuff lined up for tomorrow's shave.

Honest.

 

[Smell The Glove]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Good morning,

Monsavon shaving soap
Men-U Pure Bristle brush
Feather and Futur
Alum
Tabac AS Splash

Clean and fresh


Thanks

 

[NatJag]

Re: Friday

AoS travel badger
R89 / Gillette Platinum
Gillette Sensitive sc tube
Osma Alum
TWH
Christian Dior Intense Eau de Parfum

- The water here is Shanghai is much less hard than in Riga, this makes shaving a real pleasure, can't wait to get back to Athens for even better shaves (the water there is even better);
- Next shave: at the Shangri-La Singapore.

Have a great weekend, folks.

How much shaving kit have you taken with you. I think most would just take minimal, you appear to have quite a collection on your travels.

Friday
Merkur 37c Slant
Wilkinson (1)
Pure Badger
Nanny's Citrus
alum
Coral Skin food

Just starting to get good lather with Nanny's soap now. I realised I didn't have enough water on the brush when loading it. I still get some redness using the Slant around my lower neck. Other than that just a good shave.

 

[joe mcclaine]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

@Fido:

That CH2 looks a beast now it's bloomed.

I had a CH1 and it used to fling lather all over the place - ears, forehead, shoulders - so I reckon with a 3 you'd be able to lather a Wooly Mammoth in one pass.

There are folks on other forums using 'em though.

 

[Mikael]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Pre: Hot shower
Razor: Le Grelot
Brush: Custom 24 mmm two band finest by Chris
Soap: Nannys Eucalyptus
Post: Proraso
AS: Old Spice Fresh Lime
Result: Ahhh, close and problem free shave!
What a nice edge and straight! The OS Fresh Lime from India have the sweetest stuff in it, I don´t know why, but it feels like skin really likes it, can´t describe it better, sorry. Good shave today and nannys soap, well, it was extremly nice. Wish Fidos brushes would arrive soon, I really would like one, I´m very eager on the fan shaped, but will buy both. I´m starting to feel I have to few brushes compared to how many razors I have :lol:

 

[Urban Hermit]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Urban Hermit...SSS? I think i prefer that to BBS!! Nice one

You may use it, so feel free to choose it; just don't abuse it.

... maybe we can get together some other new/obscure terms, then start using them casually in other forums to seed them, and then take over the market in acronyms and abbreviations!!!

 

[Mikael]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

and then take over the market in acronyms and abbreviations!!!

YES! Then we´ll be in charge :twisted:

 

[mugs]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Wednesday and Thursday

EJ DE87
Gillette Platinum
Commodore
Boots soap
RazorRock alum
Aquatonic
RSC Balm

Two very nice shaves. Had a switch to the Boots soap as I wanted a change from creams and didn't fancy Palmolive. 3 passes and two damn fine shaves. Happy days.

 

[spandexcodpiece]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Hi joe !

You did say this was gonna be your new routine for busy mornings - didn't you? Have you tried an SE yet, they are pretty safe for a quicker shave a.m? You can achieve a SAS or even CCS, nice and even too - and surprisingly comfortable!

spandex..

I toyed with the idea of getting a Schick Injector a while ago but just never got round to it. Aren't the blades harder to get hold of than DE blades?

Funny you should mention them joe, I have just finished unwrapping a couple of Schick's that I won on the bay. Like you, I thought I'd have a go! I have no idea if blades are hard to get hold of. I would not have thought they were though, there are a lot of these razors out there at the present time..

 

[Urban Hermit]

Re: Shave of the Day. W/C Sat 5 June 2010

Friday Night:

- Cold water on tap or rinses and dunkin's.
- Pre-shave with Simple Kind to Skin and Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
- 4th of my Canadianaland samples J M Fraser shave creams: Oriental Spice
- Tezimel brush (£1.49 from a Turkish continental shop)
- bakelite Minora 3-Piece and a new Silver Star Super Stainless blade
- alum
- Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel
- Old Spice Whitewater AS

So far, this has been my fave of the 4 Fraser creams I've tried so far, though I still hope I've saved the best for last!

Also, the Silver Star is at least as good a shave as the Rainbow (and/or the Sputnik). I'd really like to find a dependable, 'more local than the states' source o the Lord Industries and other international blades such as the Sputniks.