SOTD~ 16 July to 22 July

19?? silver-plated Gillette "Old Type" (DG emblem) w/Israeli Personna blade
"Frank", Sterling-silver pure-badger shaving brush
"Nora", Sterling-silver shaving mug
QED Vetiver shaving soap
No styptic pencil
Witch-hazel
QED Vetiver ASC
L'Occitane Vetyver EDT

guenron said:

Hey Jim,
Is that Bala brush an applicator from the makers of the (in)Famous Bala poudre pour le sac?.

Click to expand...

Well, he said what he shaved with, not what he shaved ...

Simpson T3 in Super soaking in the super scuttle
TOBS Avocado SC have not used recently forgot how great this stuff is.
Heirloom #1 Horse 10/20
W&B Special RP 6/8 with Monkey Tail Dreesed in Ivory - Just polished up and Honed Yesterday - My best honing to date WOW did this blade take an edge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Polar Ice AS
eShave Green Tea ASB
Pinaud Hair Tonic
Finished with Czech & Speake No 88 EDT

View attachment 9753

Merkur Progress-Swede
Shavemac 23mm Faux Horn in Finest
MB Hydrogen SS
Aqua Velva
Natureade 80 Aloe Gel
Floris Santal

Progress and tesco blade
EJ Best Badger
Erasmic Stick
Boots Freshwood balm
Alum block

Very impressed with the Tesco Blades!

Taz said:

Simpson T3 in Super soaking in the super scuttle
TOBS Avocado SC have not used recently forgot how great this stuff is.
Heirloom #1 Horse 10/20
W&B Special RP 6/8 with Monkey Tail Dreesed in Ivory - Just polished up and Honed Yesterday - My best honing to date WOW did this blade take an edge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Polar Ice AS
eShave Green Tea ASB
Pinaud Hair Tonic
Finished with Czech & Speake No 88 EDT

View attachment 9753

Click to expand...

Hey Don,
Is that a T3 or PJ3? Musta' been blinded by the light of the hone!

Merkur HD with Feather blade
Trumpers Rose cream
Aqua Velva A/S
Murry's Florida Water splash cologne

Good morning and happy monday to you all...

Beverage: Starbucks Sumatra - Single Drip (last of the bag )
Music: ELO - Assorted Tracks

EJ Super Medium
Florena SC
Proraso PRE/post
Dovo 6/8 "saturday" Spike
Adidas AS

Roots For Him EdT (another all purpose Coty scent)

Progress with Feather
B&B ebony Silvertip
ToBS St. James SC
Provence Sante AS Verlaine Linden
Provence Sante Cologne Verlaine Linden

First time with a feather (thanks Josh) Really nice, not as forgiving.

Merkur Futur
Israeli Personna
B&B Silvertip in horn
JM Fraser's
Thayer's Lavender WH
Aqua Velva
Lucky Tiger Moisturizer
Pinaud Bay Rum EDT

Taz said:

Simpson T3 in Super soaking in the super scuttle
TOBS Avocado SC have not used recently forgot how great this stuff is.
Heirloom #1 Horse 10/20
W&B Special RP 6/8 with Monkey Tail Dreesed in Ivory - Just polished up and Honed Yesterday - My best honing to date WOW did this blade take an edge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Polar Ice AS
eShave Green Tea ASB
Pinaud Hair Tonic
Finished with Czech & Speake No 88 EDT

View attachment 9753

Click to expand...

That is one niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice razor!!

Me, Mama Bear Gentleman's Lemon, lathered with B&B silvertip brush, scraped off with a Feather AC, followed by a touch of water, and then some Aqua Velva to finish off.

The set up for this week for me is:

Olive oil soap, brand unknown, for a pre-shave
Gillette open comb tech style.
Personna blade
Kiehl's brushless shave cream
Dickinson's witch hazel
Euphoria ASB
SCS Oakmoss Lavendula EDT.

I got the razor off of ebay for about $6.00. I think it is a Tech style with an open comb, and it is mostly gold plated. Some of it has worn off from use. Whatever the model, it shaves every well. It is now around 4:30 pm and I can feel no stubble whatsoever. Really pleased with the performance of it.

guenron said:

Hey Jim,
Is that Bala brush an applicator from the makers of the (in)Famous Bala poudre pour le sac?.

Click to expand...

Doc4 said:

Well, he said what he shaved with, not what he shaved ...

Click to expand...

Gentlemen, the finest brush 1 us dollar can buy!

guenron said:

Hey Don,
Is that a T3 or PJ3? Musta' been blinded by the light of the hone!

Click to expand...

PJ3

Taz said:

Simpson T3 in Super soaking in the super scuttle
TOBS Avocado SC have not used recently forgot how great this stuff is.
Heirloom #1 Horse 10/20
W&B Special RP 6/8 with Monkey Tail Dreesed in Ivory - Just polished up and Honed Yesterday - My best honing to date WOW did this blade take an edge
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum
Polar Ice AS
eShave Green Tea ASB
Pinaud Hair Tonic
Finished with Czech & Speake No 88 EDT

View attachment 9753

Click to expand...

You have so many razors that you use regularly. What hone do you use to sharpen them?

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post towards end of shower
SR 3124
'60 Fatboy w/ Gillette Blue Silver blade (Day 4)
C&E Sienna Soap
Warm water rinse
Cold water rinse
Aqua Velva A/S splash
Cold water rinse
Tryphon Mentolo A/S balm + Mama Bear's Peppermint/Menthol A/S milk
C&E Sienna EdT

TstebinsB said:

You have so many razors that you use regularly. What hone do you use to sharpen them?

Click to expand...

Norton 4K/8K
Belgian Yellow Coticule
Bench Hone with various pasted felts and leathers and paper.

Omega 6215
Merkur long handle w/Feather
Taylor sandalwood cream
QED Da Vinci
DRH sandalwood a/s
Tam Dao edt


Every time I think I have some nice razors, I look at Taz' stash and realize I have bubkas.

Testing 4 razors

Several days' stubble
Hot shower
Custom Matt ivory super silvertip
Trumper's Rose sc
Vintage Russia Shell Select

Straights:

• 13/16 Engstrom frameback in horn
• 6/8 Renshaw wegde in horn
• 6/8 Genco in celluloid
• 7/8 S&H wedge in ivory

Trumper's alum
Trumper's CSF
Guinness Draught

2 passes. Too much lather

Scores:
Engstrom: 9+ or 10
Genco: solid 9+
Renshaw: 9+ or so, but worse than Genco
S&H: 9 this one needs work

Fast shave - not sure why it turned out like this

Cheers
Ivo

Monday

Omega pura setola brush
Arko commando SC
English tech + IP blade (day 1-2 passes)
Speick AS
Aqua Velva Ice balm


Tuesday

Omega pura setola brush
Fraser's SC
English tech + IP blade (day 2-2 passes)
Speick AS
Aqua Velva Ice balm