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Tuesday:

Nanny's French Lavender Hard soap
Semogue SOC Boar
GEM OCMM
GEM blade
Witch Hazel
Barbershop Bay Rum
LEA AS Balm
L'Occitane Baux EdT

Fantastic. Nanny's soap combined with the Semogue is a great combination, the lather was great. OCMM was efficient as always.
 
Cool Water + Alum stone
Vie-Long 16735
Sir Irish Moos stick
MÜHLE R89 + Croma diamant (3)
AS Mac (garage test from a companion)
EDT Solo Loewe

Have a nice day!

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GFT Skinfood Sandalwood + TOBS Sandal shaving cream sample + Semogue SOC + Weber Bulldog with Merkur head and Filomatic #3 + Sergio Tacchini splash

Another excellent shave, with these lovely Sandal products!

Cheers!
 
After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Savile Row badger
'Webly'/Feather
RL Safari SS
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
Jacomo de Jacomo EdT

BBS results,

Martin
 
Taylor's of Old Bond Street Leather shaving cream
Henk walnut silvertip
Fatboy gold on 7 with Gillette Bleue Extra (second shave)
Scent from Heaven Comfrey cream as a/s

DFS. Enjoyed the home-made shaving cream - just a few drops in the ebay cheapo scent-free TOBS.
 
Tuesday afternoon.

Prep: Nivea Sensitive Face Wash, Hot Flannel
Soap: Nanny's Bergamot & Coriander soft soap
Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Razor: Weber POL/Bulldog
Blade: Personna Med Prep (4 and out)
Post: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive After Shave Balm
EDT: Penhaligon's Juniper Sling (sample)
 
Monday:

Jagger 89L
BIC with single shim
Simpsons Colonel X2L
TOBS Rose
TOBS Mr Taylors AS
Tobs Mr Taylors Cologne
Astral Cream

Jagger 89L
BIC with single shim
Omega large boar knot
Ingram's cream
TOBS Mr Taylors AS
TOBS MR Taylor's Cologne
Astral Cream

Today's shave better than than yesterdays. I always get grand results with Ingram's cream and the big boar knot (still no handle :blush::icon_rolleyes:) is the best at lathering it. Last go with the BIC today and in with a Rapira Swede plus a second shim to see if I can reduce the touch ups. Face feels great and with the Mr Taylor's scent lifting my senses, it was a real pleasure to greet the cool morning air.

Seriously considering flogging the Colonel, getting another 404 Bodger and pocketing the difference.

Enjoy the snow, chaps.
 
Greetings

Prep: Shower
Razor: Ever Ready 1914 Little Lather Catcher
Blade: GEM Stainless Coated
Brush: Semogue 620 Boar
Soap: Vé-Gé stick grated into a container
Aftershave: RSC Balm

A very good shave but the Vé-Gé soap is only a moderate performer, it lathers well but seems rather dry with limited 'slip/glide' I found it last year in a Canarian supermarket, it is a non tallow soap made by Lascara, the company that maufactures the Lea products from Vitoria-Gastiez in the Basque country in northern Spain, it cost 85 Euro cents.

Regards
Dick
 
Simpsons Shave Cream
Merkur 33c
Astra sp
Simpsons Duke Best
Witch Hazel Gel.

Nice irritation free shave.This is one of the few creams i can use without a
pre shave,very good performer.
 
Hot flannel
Proraso Pre, white
NF Tubby 1 brush
Nanny's soft soap, Teatree and Aloe Vera
Gillette Fatboy (setting 5), Gillette Super Thin improved stainless (1)
Cold splash, alum block
Clinique post-shave healer.

Very smooth shave... think I'm benefiting from tweaking my technique... less scraping = less irritation. I was supposed to rotate to a different razor today, but liked the Fatboy so much I'm sticking with it... may even prefer it to the Slim, but I'll get back on that one.
First time out with the Gillette Super Thins... they're up there with the good'uns in my humble opinion
 
Lose the beard said:
Sunday

A couple of changes today, another Russian blade and time to start using some of the rarely used razors, this time an original iKon Open Comb, this is one of the first razors Greg ever made.

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Cella
Brush: Neep Aztec 29mm Extra Silvertip
Razor: iKon Open Comb
Blade: Lada Super Stainless
Balm: Barbershop Bay Rum

I had forgotten just how aggressive this razor is, certainly on a par with the R41, perhaps not the best choice of razor for trying a new Russian blade in. Good result though, very clean :)

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I love that Neep brush, but was all out by the time I saw it on Rodney's website. Lucky you, lucky you. It's a beautiful piece.

WiffWaff said:
fancontroller said:
WiffWaff said:
The best shave I have EVER had to date.
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Which ingredient made it so special, Steve?
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Since you ask:

1) Not had the fatboy long, but I really got to grips with the angle and the feedback
2) Rapira SS blades... they really are worth the hype in my opinion
3) Bit of a change in technique... working out which way my beard grows... resulted in no touch-ups... getting to the bottom of that one, regardless of razor and blade
4) Nanny's soap... very forgiving and slidey... and I like woody scents
5) ... and I was in a good mood, just booked a holiday

Trying out a Gillette Super Thin tomorrow... let's hope the good form continues
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+1 on the Rapira. Great blade
 
Tuesday 01-15-13. MUSIC: BB King LIve Full Concert. I repeat.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLbYTdmaJZU[/video]

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Soap from Aleppo - Simpson Chubby 1 best badger - Feather all stainless - Astra green #4 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving cream TOBS Avocado - Alum block - Thayers Original - ASB Herbíssimo - ASL Tres Flores.
 
Prep: Cold Water Splash
Razor: Merkur 34c HD
Blade: Sputnik (2)
Brush: Simpson Duke 2 Best
Cream: Proraso Blue
Post: Proraso Menthol Post Cream
AS: Proraso Splash

a nice 2 pass face lather cold water shave.

proraso blue isnt bad, blade was nice again.

i actually finished my first pot of product since i started DE shaving today! Post cream is now empty, luckily i bought a 300ml pot months ago when i thought i'd almost finished the pot, lol
 
Proraso pre menthol
Merkur 34C HD
Astra SS (1)
Vulfix 660S Large Super Badger
GFT Sandalwood SC
Thayers original
Cade AS balm

Nice result. Very close, near all over BBS. Not rushed.

The Vulfix is feeling like a big floppy paint brush after 2 weeks of using the Simpson Duke 2. Clearly it's time to get my first boar.
 
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