SOTD July 06 through July 12, 2009

[Big Red Dog]

Monday

Kyle's Prep
EJ Pure Badger
Tabac
Parker LH #90
GFT Lime Skin Food
GFT Eau de Quinine

[kenpojay]

Merkur HD Slant
7 O'Clock new
VDH Glycerin soap
VDH Boar brush
4711 A/S
Uomo EDT

[DogHair]

H. Sears 6/8 : B&B Essential : Penhaligon's English Fern : Floid

[dwestenk]

Merkur 23C | Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge | Rooney 3/1 Super | TOBS Sandalwood SC | TOBS Sandalwood AS | GFT Sandalwood SF

[gaelic841]

Gillette OLD OC / Derby
Rooney 1/1 Super
QED Mocha Java SS
TSD Sandalwood Splash
TSD Sandalwood ASM

Love the scent of the Mocha Java!

Dick

[Batmang]

Good Monday morning all...

'56 Blue Tip w/ 7O'Clock yellow (3)
Omega boar
C&E SAO ss
Thayers Original WH w/ aloe
Floid Vigoroso as
Anherb asb
Czech & Speake No.88

Not working and just had a great shave when the office called and told me the sprinkler system went off and I have to go in to check out my office...argghhh!!! Oh well, I can look forward to tomorrow's shave...

[DirtyDave]

Hardware: Gillette ball-handled Tech w/Personna blade, Mr. Krabs (C&E BBB), Weller bowl

Software: Dave's Mystic Lavender Preshave, Susie's Bubbles & Squeak rose soap, witch hazel, Lustray's Coachman AS, Wesley and Scott Lightly mentholated ASB

Monday, good shave and I feel great.

[jkh]

Shower + Proraso Pre / QED Sandalwood/Rose / Simpson Chubby 1 Super / Friodur / Alum / TWH Rose / TGR Unscented ASB

[biomesh]

Monday

Merkur HD / Gillette 7 O'Clock (Green pack)
Rooney Heritage Alibaba 1
Coates Tea Tree Shaving Cream
Moss Scuttle
SCS Med Citrus A/S Splash

[Bill Smith]

CE/Edwin Jagger pure badger travel brush
Gillette Slim Adjustable Razor
Derby Blade,
Proraso Soap (green container)
Proraso Aftershave balm.

[drumana]

Monday

Rooney DE with Derby
Rooney 3/2 Super
Tabac SS
Floris No.89 EDT with a splash of 4711

Great start to the week!

[beginish]

Monday

CF Pre-shave
Shavemac 177 Silvertip
Penhaligon's English Fern Soap
HD with Black 7 O'Clock
Feather Kanwa ASB

[Books]

Lime Monday!

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
Super Lather: QED Fresh Limes/ T&H West indies Lime
Rooney 3/1
Merkur HD
Gillette Swede (4)
T&H Extract of Limes A/S
TSD Lime ASB
Lime Skin Food

[woodsrider]

Monday:

Edwin Jagger Silvertip Brush
Truefitt & Hill Lavender Cream
Schick Krona Razor w/ Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge Blade
Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel w/alcohol
Clinique Post-Shave Healer
Creed Royal Scottish Lavender Cologne

The EJ Silvertip is a luxurious (albeit a bit flexy) brush. I don't use it very often, but I enjoyed it this morning. This was my first go with a Krona. It's a nice, mild shaver. It paired well with the SharpEdge blade.

[BrianL]

Merkur 23c
Derby
Omega boar
Body Shop cream
Clubman

[JBHoren]

Cattaraugus Cutlery (Little Valley, NY) "Green Lizard" 5/8 straight razor
"John Bull" (Rooney Style 1 Size 1) in Super Badger shaving brush
QED Wild Rose shaving soap
Witch-hazel
C&E Sandalwood ASB
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille EDP

[bonusmarple]

- Proraso Pre/Post
- Institute Karite Shave Soap + Nancy Boy Signature Shave Cream
- Saville Row 3824
- Gillette NEW Big Fellow
- Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (4th shave)
- WTG, XTG, XTG
- Aqua Velva

DFS, I did not do the 1/16th turn trick at the end, so no BBS. Overall a good shave with no nicks/cuts and low irritation.

[Hoos]

1950 Aristocrat
Gillette Plat.
Rooney 3,1
Trumper's Rose cream

[Areler67]

Monday

Omega pura setola brush
Fraser's SC
1976 Gillette long handle adjustable + Gillette nacet Blade (day 4-2 passes)
Brut musk AS
AV polar ice ASB
Brut musk edt

[Ulysses]

Monday Afternoon:

Genco Grant 5/8
B&B Essential
TOBS Rose
Floid Suave


First straight shave; not as close as a DE (yet), but no nicks.