SOTD w/c Sat 18th - Fri 24th Feb. '12 incl.

Nivea facial wash
Proraso Pre/Post - a staple of my shaves!
T&H 1805 Cream
EJ Black Badger
Muhle R41
Personna Red (3rd shave)
Alum
Floid Genuine
Irish Moos EDT - small spray, cos it's potent stuff!

I think I should stick with my 2 shaves and your out rule for blades, especially with the R41! ;-) But nothing the alum and Floid couldn't put right!

P
 
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Friday

Merkur Progress
Gillette Platinum (Swede) Blade
New Forest 2201 Brush
Art Of Shaving Sandalwood Cream
Clinique Post Shave Soother

Better lather today, but only on a par with other top creams that I have tried. The scent, however, is a cut above and actually stays on me for a few hours afterwards. That generally doesn't happen with other creams and soaps.

Ian
 
L'Occitane Bavx Soap
Razor Feather AC - SS
Blade Feather Pro
Simpsons Chubby 1
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum + Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
L'Occitane Bavx EDT.

Jamie.

My favourite fragrance by a mile, one pass shave with minor touch up.

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Friday:

Proraso pre/post
Muhle R41
Gillette 7 o'clock Super Stainless (3)
Palmolive Cream
Alum & Witch Hazel
Real Shaving Co. ASB
Pinaud Clubman

Not a great shave this morning. Not sure I'm convinced by the green 7 o'clock blades, they don't seem as smooth as the yellows, an issue exacerbated by the R41 which I've found to be quite picky with blades. Got some savage razor burn on my cheek, not cool. :icon_sad:

I'm going to try these blades in a less aggressive razor next time.
 
Thurs Eveing

hand wash gel stuff
Kent shave soap
Vulfix 2190
Bluebeards revenge scimitar/merkur super plat blade
T+H ultimate comfort asb
T+H grafton cologne
 
After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Marshall Fields two band
1958 Executive/Wilkinson Super Sword (NOS)
Dr Dittmar SS
Wilkinson AS Lotion
Jacomo de Jacomo EdT

BBS results,

Martin
 

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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Shavemac D01 silvertip
Razor: Max Sprecher
Soap and AS: Floris 89 / Elite
Strops: Neil Miller
Result: Very, very clean :D
What a nice shave, but you really need to be careful with this massive and sharp beast :D :D !
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... and todays shot of espresso:
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Merkur 38B with Treet Durasharp (2)
Merkur 39C with Shark SS (3)
TOBS Mr Taylors Cream
Kent BK4
GFT Lime Skin Food
TOBS Jermyn Street Cologne

Poor, poor shave with the Treet. Blade has been binned and the remaining few I have are going to be PIF'd or binned. Life is too short to give them another chance, sure I appreciate some blade/razor combos work better than others, but at this point I have 6-8 blade types that are decent in both razors above, so why waste my time?

2 passes with the 38/Treet combo still left a lot of patchy stubble - had to take the 39C loaded with a twice used Shark SS and took the rest away with ease.
 
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Feather blade 2, had to bin it 1st shave was damm fine, 2nd was pants they are not worth the money these things go for, you live and learn as they say.

2nd blade on the second and 3rd pass was a Treet Platinum which i got for free with a merkur 11c hd, it was fine bit rough but did the job, face a little sore due to the naffed up feather and rough treet.

Palmolive cream.
Gillette 1967 adjustable on 9,7 then 5.
Parker black badger
Rice bowl for lather
Sanex asb (running out need to find some more :icon_sad:)
Blightys aloe coconut aftershave.
 
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