SOTD Sat 22nd Sept to Frid 28th Sept 2012 ...

RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Monday 09-24-12. MUSIC: Duran Duran_LP Greatest

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Soap from Aleppo - Simpson Chubby 2 Best Badger - Gillette Rocket HD 500 - Polsilver #5 - Pre JASÖN - Geo F. Trumpers Rose shaving cream - Alum block - Thayers Original - ASB Institut Karité - ASL Royal Copenhagen.
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Gorgeous photos as always Slow but Duran Duran? No! (says the George Formby fan :icon_rolleyes:)
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Prep: Old Spice High Endurance face wash
Cream: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn
Brush: Omega 'syntex' 90065
Razor: Edwin Jagger Chatsworth Barley chrome
Blade: Personna platinum 'red'
Post: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn after shave lotion.

Got out the old Omega brush, plain white synthetic bristle. A bit splayed, but retained the lather well. No where near as good as the EJ brush though. I'm using a slight 'scooping' action when shaving, and the shaves are pretty close.
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

When I said I wasn't going to shave today. What I meant was I was going to do it anyway.

Long hot bath.
T&H Pre-shave oil
T&H Limes cream
NF Tubby 1 brush
Muhle Grande R89
Permasharp super

2 passes... WTG then XTG thought I was doing fantastic. However it seems I had shaved exactly zero of the growth on my neck. Right enough when I went ATG I got it all off with 2 more passes under my neck, and one pass on my face.

It seems that my neck will hold one days growth even XTG, and I need to go at least almost completely against the grain (which is difficult for that area) to get anything under 1 days growth cut.

After the shave I didn't apply alum - I'm seeing how that goes without, there were no bleeding areas once I was done and my face rinsed, there were a couple of bits of blood in the lather I washed off the razor.

Sudocrem to finish. I now look like I'm still lathered up!

Surprisingly after last night's terrible irritation I'm not too bad tonight. Still a bit more sore under the chin than I'd like.. however it seems that I'll be back to normal soon.
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Halk said:
When I said I wasn't going to shave today. What I meant was I was going to do it anyway.

Surprisingly after last night's terrible irritation I'm not too bad tonight. Still a bit more sore under the chin than I'd like.. however it seems that I'll be back to normal soon.
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Those first two lines made me laugh....thanks. Of course that was what you meant. Now I'm the last person to call you stubborn, so how does 'determined' sound? I could also use 'committed', but certainly not stubborn......

Judges say:

Shaving Crap 1 Halk 1 DRAW
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Not really... tonight I didn't use shaving crap :p I suppose I could say that I'm still standing, so perhaps I did win.

Now I'm off to wipe this white muck off my face before I ruin my pillow.
 
Re: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Noxzema Menthol shaving foam
Fatboy (gold plated) on 5,3
Super Adjustable on 3
Gillette Super Blue (second shave)
Cold water

The noxzema is a great performer. Not sure I enjoy covering my hands in foam; may try it on a brush although not sure it'll work well.
Killed the Super Blue. The Fatboy didn't like it but I got much better results in the long handled plastic baseplate SA. Face felt protected and moisturised so didn't bother with any post-shave care except cold water.
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Tuesday morning

Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Cream: DR Harris Windsor
Brush: Butterscotch Duke 3
Razors: Dovo 6 / 8 straight "Best Quality" / Slim adjustable
Blade: SuperMax super plat #3
Post: Cold rinse, DR Harris Pink milk
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Tuesday

Feather AC SS
Feather Proguard Blade
Edwin Jagger Silvertip Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap
Proraso A/S

Same kit but not as easy as yesterday, but I always find it easier to remove 2 or 3 days worth of growth than 1 days worth.

I always find it slightly amusing when the shaving demo blokes on Youtube make a big thing about how many days growth they have, like its some extra challenge. I don't get that at all.

Ian
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

Morning all,

Hot shower prep
Proraso Pre/Post New white
EJDE89 with Astra SP
Supermax Ultra cream
Cold rinse
Barbershop Bay Rum A/S

Nice smooth shave. Quite surprised with the Supermax cream it performed extremely well, not bad for £1.
And the Bay Rum is awesome stuff :icon_surprised:
 
RE: SOTD Sat 22th Sept to Frid 28st Sept 2012 ...

[align=center]Prep Simple face wash gel
Razor Taylors 3000 Special
Brush Chubby 1 in Super
Cream Vulfix Persian Musk
Alum & Witch Hazel
Clinique Moisturiser
Lalique Encre Noire EDT

Jamie.


Simple perfect two pass shave so smooth, absolutely love the shave this razor gives out.

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