SOTD Sat 2nd Feb - Fri 8th Feb 2013

[Blyth Spirit]

Thursday

Gillette Fat Handled Tech (English)
Red Personna SS (2)
Simpsons 'Wee Scot'
Omega Soap

Nivea ASB
Old Spice AS (USA made)

Three pass, face lather.

A very good shave indeed.

Omega Soap rarely gets a mention but I love it - I find it much better than its stablemate, Proraso. This will be a cue for someone to say that they are the same beast but they certainly don't act as such. So there!

:angel:

 

[fancontroller]

First Cold water shave :icon_eek:

Prep: Shower
Pre: Proraso pre-shave
Cream: TOBS St. James Collection
Razor: Merkur Progress @1.0
Blade: 7 o'clock yellow (3)
Brush: Traditional Shaving Co. Pure Badger
Aftershave: Alum, RSC asb

Having overdone it yesterday my face felt sore for most of the day, so I thought I'd try cold water shaving for the first time. Yesterday I had used Progress @2.5 with yellow 7 o'clock which was too keen for me. This was despite the fact the this blade was fine with Merkur 25c OC.

Shave was not as shocking as I thought. Provided the bathroom's warm I think cold water shaving is not really all that different. Certainly wakes you up, especially as water feels close to the freezing outside temps this morning.

Result: face now calming down and returning to usual. Think I'll try more cold shaves in the future.

 

[Hermanito]

Green Day!

Cold water + Myrsol Emulsión
Chinese 26 no name brush
MÜHLE R89 con Chroma Diamant 1#
Palmolive Classic
AS HBG Florida
EdT Eau d'Orange Verte

Have a nice day![/align]

 

[ch2700]

Ach Brito Glyce soap
Proraso pre
Nannys hard soap chedarwood &lime
Semogue 2020
Thomas Turner Encore 5/8
GF Trumper skin food
Floid

 

[Slick]

1934 aristocrat
Super iridium
Mama bears spellbound woods
2213
Moisturiser my dad gave me that he uses on his legs!!
It's medicated, slightly. It's awesome.
Yrs
Slick.

 

[Norfolkdick]

Greetings

Thursday 7th February 2013
Prep: Shower
Razor: GEM Micromatic Bullet Tip (Flying wing)
Blade: GEM Blue Star Carbon
Brush: Vulfix 406 Boar
Soap: Lea Stick grated into a container
Aftershave: RSC Balm

My third shave with the same GEM carbon blade and after yesterdays tender face (which got worse during the day until I applied some Nivea cream) I thought I would try it in a milder razor, hence the Flying Wing.

A better result, and certainly close enough, I used a delicate touch, but still there is just a tiny bit of stinging/tenderness. These blades are certainly very different, they have a different 'face feel' in use to what I am accustomed to and I wonder if I should persevere when I am getting a less comfortable shave and they are near on impossible to obtain, when the Stainless PTFE coated GEM's are readily available.

If any keen SE shavers wish to try a couple, PM me your address.

Regards Dick.

 

[rum]

Thursday

Kent T4
Castle Forbes Lavender SC/SS
Puma 6/8 No 1 FF
Roger & Gallet L'Homme/L'Oreal HydraSensitive ASB

No man can say they've "lived" unless they've heard the singing sound of a Puma taking off a two day growth in seconds. BBS smooth!!

 

[mulligano]

Pre-Shave:
"Hit the Spot" witch hazel exfoliant (from Home Bargains)
Pears Soap

Shave:
MWF with a few drops of Krampert's Shave Enhancer
Shaving.ie Silvertip
40's superspeed recently purchased on TSR from Al H - thanks Al, it's a great shaver!
Personna Platinum Chrome

Post-Shave:
Alum Block
Boot's Witch Hazel
Krampert's A/S

 

[Dr Rick]

This morning:

Prep: Cold rinse
Razor: Taylor Eye Witness, 5/8", in (imitation) ivory
Brush: Simpson Duke in Best
Soap: Nanny's French Lavender (hard)
Aftershave: Prof Blighty's Rosewood

 

[Slow Shaving]

Thursday 02-07-13. MUSIC: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young_LP 4 Way Street - 1970.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAxvagi1O4[/video]

Soap from Aleppo - Morris & Forndran blonde badger 28X56 - Merkur 37C Slant - Iridium Super #3 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Gibbs Nr.53 - Alum block - Thayers Original - ASB Truefitt & Hill - ASL Florida Water.

 

[Rob Dery]

Afternoon, everyone.

Thursday:

Prep: Claus Porto Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89 head with an iKon Bulldog handle
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock Green (6)
Brush: Ecotools Bamboo Finishing Kabuki brush
Shave soap: Mama Bear's Bay Rum
A/S: Professor Blighty's Yellow Ginger

 

[John]

Today's Shave

Valet Autostrop
Feather Blade
MWF Shaving Soap
Kent BK8 Brush

Result BSS WTG :icon_biggrin:

 

[782sirbrian]

Thursday 7th

Hot shower
Hot flannel
Palmolive stick grated into plastic tub scuttle lathered
Kent BK8 brush
Edwin Jagger DE87 razor
Personna lab blue (1)
Cold rinse
Witch hazel
Boots Original bay rum

Comfortable shave again, not used the DE87 for a while so a return to one of my first razors.

Brian

 

[jds]

Thursday 7th February

Loving the good Dr Dittmar...
Loving the Feather AS with Ikon open comb base plate and Polsilver Super Iridium blade
Loving the Floid....

Overall a great shave

Jon​

 

[barlines]

Origin Best Gold Steel in Ebony restored by UKRob
Semogue 830
Taylors of Bond Street Sandalwood Shaving Cream
Witch Hazel



Some days it just all comes together



​

 

[Mikael]

Prep: hot shower
Brush: RV
Razor: Honor by Genco
Soap: Cade
AS: Old Spice, Musk
Edt: Penhaligopn's Endymion
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Uberclean
Wonderful razor, one of the under rated blades out there, I think. If you like thin and delicate German hollow grinds, this shaves close to my Dubl Ducks...