SOTD SAT 16 June to 23 June ...

[Slick]

Morning!!
Well afternoon but I had my shave in the morning. Anyhoo
1934 Aristocrat
The spoiler gillette NOS
2213
I found a little sample tub (no not that sort of sample, about which though I do have a funny story.)
of Macca Root. It was yellow and a little hard.
Regular Macca (everyone's favourite Beatle) Root Is in my top 3 of soaps.
So I got this hard little sample and mushed it in my left palm with a drop of water and lathered.
I had great creamy not too dense lather. so cushioning in fact that after the first pass I had to check I had shaved!!!
Perfect.
Yrs
Slicky

 

[Neilo]

Bulldog mens facewash
Muhle R89 with Personna Red #2
Simpsons Special shaving brush in Best
Henks Dutch Moss shaving soap
Henks Dutch Moss ASB
Quorum EDT

A very smooth shave, am impressed with Henk's shaving products, soap is slick & the ASB very soothing.

 

[shavecraft]

Palmolive stick
Vulfix 404 bristle & badger
EJDE89L with Derby Extra (2)
RSC balm

Very pleasant easy BBS

 

[joe mcclaine]

Saturday
Edwin Jagger DE86
Personna, Red Pack
EJ Best Badger Brush
Mitchells Woolfat
Czech & Speake #88 EDT

 

[Tall_Paul]

Ikon Shavecraft
Gillette Super Nacet (3)
Beejay amber
Klar Kabinett - scuttle lathered
Witch hazel
Clinique post shave balm

Much, much better shave with this today. Not quite BBS but not far from it, and not one cut.

I'd like to compare this with the Pils, though won't buy one to try it out! The Ikon is very 'angle sensitive', I find it has to be at a much higher angle than almost anything else I have.

I'm going to use it all this week and give it a really good run out.

 

[GDCarrington]

Today's Shave went down a smooth as butter!

 

[Lose the beard]

Twice in one day.

So I shaved this morning, but that was about 12 hours ago, and we are going out in a bit. The postman also arrived and delivered a nice shiny Merkur 37c Slant which just needed trying out.

Cream: TOBS Jermyn Street
Brush: Neep #1134 26mm Extra Silvertip in Kingfisher Burl
Razor: Merkur 37c
Blade: Gillette 7'oclock SharpEdge (yellow)
A/S: TOBS Jermyn Street

Wow, what a smooth razor, it looks really strange and twisted, more so than in the photo so I was a bit apprehensive. I just did a 2 pass shave, it was all I needed, it was a very close and comfortable shave. BBS This will definitely be getting regular use.

 

[isaiah53]

muhle r41
supermax super platinum
shavemac #25 silvertip
trumpers almond shaving cream
444/ eau de brut AS

a close shave, but not a particularly comfortable one. i was using products that i use when i want a nice shave, but it just didnt feel good, not disastrous, just a bit... meh.

 

[Johnus]

Saturday. Rehoned the Imperial last night. Wasn't happy with it's 1st outing. Kept everything the same, as I wrote before.
As the razor is unhappy with my honeing or shaving technique we'll see how it likes cutting soap and tape for awhile.
Shave not worth writing about.

 

[Helveticum]

Cold water
Proraso pre/post
GFT 2-band brush
Trumper's GFT cream, face-lathered with my oil blend (added argan as well now)
Weber ARC with Feather (4)
Steve's Bay Rum
Institut Karite aftershave

Why is it that with some creams you just can't get an adequate BBS..

 

[fonthunter]

Good morning friends!

PREP: Floïd Sandolor Pre Shave Gel
BRUSH: SIMPSON CHUBBY 2 Best Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 7/8 Wade & Butcher, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Geo. F. Trumper West Indian Extract of Limes Skin Food
RESULT: Great shave, BBS

Have a nice week,
Béla​

 

[pugh-the-special-one]

Prep Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet Soap
Razor Thiers Issard Dreadnought 7/8 in Buckeyed Burl
Brush Le Tuft 59 in Buckeyed Burl
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum & Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Baux Balm
Penhaligon's Castile EDT.

Jamie.


Two pass shave with minor clean up very smooth, a very enjoyable shave allround.

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[Dr Rick]

This morning:

Prep: Face wash, Imperial Leather bath soap, cold
Razor: Joseph Rodgers "The Favorite", restored by Jamie
Brush: Neep #955 soapstone ball and bobbin silvertip
Soap: Klar Kabinett
Aftershave: Prof Blighty's Red Ginger

Bit of a struggle, this - all a bit grabby and catchy and skippy. Probably no more so than last week when I was using it daily, but the Feather and the Kropp have spoiled me. Still, I'm comfortable, and after three face, four upper neck and five lower neck passes I'm presentable. And there's the sense of achievement.

 

[Dinatali]

Shower / RR King Louis Pre Shaving / Merkur 37C/ Feather 5 /AOS Pure badger/ RR Don Marco / Boots Cleaning +witch hazel / Alum Osma / RR Balm Don Marco \
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[mattyb240]

Proraso pre/post
Kent BK8
Palmolive Cream
Merkur 37c (Gillette Super thin)
Prof universal ASB

BBS, tried some skin stretching this morning and had two small nicks. Not as much lather as I should have done so could have been a bit more cushioned.

 

[Dipesh]

Sunday:

Razor: ikon handle & 7 o'clock head (cheers Andy!)
Blade: Elios
Brush: Duke 2 Super 3 band - imitation ivory
Soap: Nannys soapy
Post: Nivea

Result, wicked