BIG, SOTD "themed week" 20th February - 26 February 2012

[johnnypipe]

Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue SOC
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

[BeeSeeDub]

EJ89L
Dorco ST301
VDH Luxury Badger
Speick Stick
Ivy Club Spice

[professorchaos]

[wknicholas]

Wednesday morning, February 22, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (2)
Omega 20107 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

[strop]

AOS unscented
Edwin Jagger
6/8 Dovo Special
Floid
Douro Eau de Portugal
Gold Dachs wax

[DFSDAILY]

Wednesday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Barbasol with Aloe
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Old Spice After Shave

[RobAtSGH]

No pics today - no time...

Prep: Shower
Razor: '62 Gillette Slim Adjustable
Blade: Blue Personna "Lab" Super (2)
Cream:Cyril R. Salter Sublime Citrus
Brush: big ol' fluffy MDG silvertip
After: Alum block, cold rinse, Lucky Tiger AS Tonic
Cologne: Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes

Gonna get warm in the Mid-Atlantic today, so it's CITRUS WEDNESDAY!

[shm]

Wednesday

Japanese Rice Bowl
Vie-Long White Badger
Gillette Fat Handled Tech with Derby Extra

Castle Forbes Lime Shaving Cream
Castle Forbes Lime After Shave Balm
Scottish Fine Soaps Classic EDT


Have a nice day, Gentlemen

[lu20vt]

Thäter 4125/3 // Mama Bears Ylang Ylang // Bull Mastiff / Polsilver // Thayers // Floïd Vigoroso

[Suntzu]

Wednesday

Merkur 37G
Red IP
Moss Scuttle
KMF
Alum block
Witch hazel
Aquavelva

[cvac]

EJ DE89L
Sharp Edge
T&H/Rooney 1/1
Nanny's Yushu SS
SCS Lime AS
CeraVe

[Kamidanshir]

Wednesday 2/22

Colonel Conk pure badger brush
Williams
Schick E-Type w/Schick blade
Master's Bay Rum aftershave

[Harvitz81]

8/8+ Custom // Acca Kappa 1869 // Shavemac D01 // Floid Blue

[du212]

Fontenille 134 :: Vie Long Best Badger :: Jabonman Lavanda :: Alun

[tml]

Wednesday:

R41/Persona Med
Thater 49125/2
Arlington stick
Alum
Speick lotion
King Louis Wax

[Latherdude]

BIG Omega Pro 48 boar brush
Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes and Peppercorns soap
Gillette Atra all-metal handle with CVS Pivoting Plus cart
Ogallala Bay Rum, Limes and Peppercorns aftershave splash
Nivea Sensitive aftershave balm

I learned that apparently the best way to work with Ogallala soap is to use this brush soaked and mostly squeezed, load liberally with soap, and face lather. MAYBE you'll need to dip the tips of the brush in water, but I get the best results with a drier mix with this soap.

[cnnc97]

Red Tip SS
Lord SS
TGN Finest
Mr Taylor SC
Speick Splash

[johsa]

Feather AS + feather
Polo 10
MdC
Speick as
Pen's Douro EdT

[mjhammer]

Prep: Hot Shower / Very Hot Water Soak
Razor: 5/8 Dame Stoddard & Kendall "Hub" razor
Hones: 100/200 felt/3" Chestnut Strop
Brush: 24mm Silvertip in American Ash
Uber: RazoRock XXX
AS: Alum Block & Jock Soap Tall Drink & OBR Sandalwood
Edc: NA
Result: Still shaving with this razor after honing it this week. I stropped the heck out of it, and it was plain old great! Smooth as silk and left me feeling NO sting from the ALum. The Jock Soap Tall Drink has a slight menthol scent to it, but it leaves you feeling very comfortable and soft. The OBR is one of my favorite scents to splash on. No Cologne necessary. I used my giant restaurant mixing bowl with my 6" Silvertip, and XXX makes a great lather once you get the water right. Today I managed to get the water right. This was one of my best shaves in a while, and I feel very gratified due to the effort involved in the learning curve honing. The extra stropping really pays off! The edge has actually gotten better than first off the stones.





Happy Shaving Men! Keep the Gear Coming!


Mike

[Dennard]

Merkur HD (34c)
Wilkinson Sword blade (2)
Omega boar
Cella
P&G Old Spice as
Dior Eau Sauvage