Shave of the Day 2015

[jalex]

Standard Razor
voskhod (semi blunt)
TOBS lime soap
Omega Boar
Myrsol Metisol


Had a very sleepy shave tonight. No blood but pretty uncomfortable.
Metilsol fixed it right up. Huge burn but in less than a minute nice and cool relief.

 

[Maxime D.]

Barbasol non-floating head bakelite handle 1934
Polsilver Super Iridium
Proctologist & Gamblers Shaving Cream (I refuse to call it Old Spice!) Still it produce respectable lather.
The Vie-Long 13061 half horse hairs/half mane
Nivea Original aftershave lotion

This Barb is about to become my favorite razor for Double WTG shaves.

 

[unobtainium81]

3P
Rooney Emillion
Old Spice Soap
OCMM
Gem Blade
Floid Blue AS

First try of the OS soap. Great stuff and lathers like a dream. Took a while to get the OCMM angle back after so long not using it but got a very nice shave in the end.

 

[stillshunter]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:
- straight shaves are getting better, and
- that LeDuc has got to be my favourite razor.

 

[stillshunter]

Standard Razor
voskhod (semi blunt)
TOBS lime soap
Omega Boar
Myrsol Metisol


Had a very sleepy shave tonight. No blood but pretty uncomfortable.
Metilsol fixed it right up. Huge burn but in less than a minute nice and cool relief.

Wow that's surprising, I found the Standard very smooth and efficient. Do you think it the Voshkod?

 

[eggbert]

Barbasol non-floating head bakelite handle 1934
Polsilver Super Iridium
Proctologist & Gamblers Shaving Cream (I refuse to call it Old Spice!) Still it produce respectable lather.
The Vie-Long 13061 half horse hairs/half mane
Nivea Original aftershave lotion

This Barb is about to become my favorite razor for Double WTG shaves.

With so many artisans and enablers your side of the pond, I'm surprised you have to stoop so low as to use that cream.

 

[Monsta_AU]

Been a bit quiet on posting my daily - mainly as I have been getting some pretty nasty irritation and I am thinking it is the soap. Anyhow, belated one from yesterday....

Razor: E1 Fatboy @ 5
Blade: Spoiler (3)
Brush: Plissitane
Soap/Cream: @Barrister & Mann 'Ferox'
Post: not required

With the warmer day in Sydney I decided to jump back to Ferox and get the first 'warmer weather' shave under the belt. Great stuff as always, simply cannot fault any of the B&M soaps on performance or user-friendliness. I am sure there is always room for improvement, but I am just not sure how. That's why Will makes soaps, and I run a forum.

 

[Osman]

Preshave: @Draco Noir preshave oil
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89L
Blade: Platinum Lux
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: Musgo Real Classic
Post Shave: Thayers Witch Hazel Lemon followed by EDP Burberry London
Sunday shave of the day. Three pass shave all that is necessary. Had a little Martin de Candre left in the bowl so rather than waste it I just lathered it in with the Musgo Real. The lather was sensational. Now I am not sure if it was the Musgo Real or the Marin de Candre or the combination. Beautiful lather and a BBS result.
20150912_233722 by Osman Mehmed, on Flickr

 

[Draco Noir]

3P
Rooney Emillion
Old Spice Soap
OCMM
Gem Blade
Floid Blue AS

First try of the OS soap. Great stuff and lathers like a dream. Took a while to get the OCMM angle back after so long not using it but got a very nice shave in the end.

@unobtainium81, at the risk of being pilloried for being a colonial and therefore part of a global conspiracy to mutilate the Queen's English, would you be kind enough to do a little acronym expansion? I can't seem to locate 3P and OCMM on my digital Rosetta Stone

 

[Draco Noir]

Oh dear @Dale.Whiley,

John Wayne rode through my bathroom this morning. Well I could certainly imagine it with the brilliant leather scent of Desperado floating around the room. This really has become my wife's favourite scent. I smell leather vests and saddles; she smells new handbags and shoes.

If She Who Must Be Obeyed smells too many handbags and shoes, she may turn into an Imelda Marcos on you. Imagine all the money you couldn't spend on shaving toys if she develops a taste for that kind of thing

And goodness knows what the sight of a Kamisori might do - Mikimoto Pearls? Mikasa Dinnersets?

 

[jalex]

Wow that's surprising, I found the Standard very smooth and efficient. Do you think it the Voshkod?

Worn blade and lack of sleep are the main culprits. Though I do find the TOBS lacking in slickness.

 

[unobtainium81]

@unobtainium81, at the risk of being pilloried for being a colonial and therefore part of a global conspiracy to mutilate the Queen's English, would you be kind enough to do a little acronym expansion? I can't seem to locate 3P and OCMM on my digital Rosetta Stone

Lol 3P is 3P pre shave http://www.amazon.co.uk/health-beauty/dp/B00H45KD38

OCMM is an open comb micro matic razor.

Hope that helps. If they have any Old Spice soap in the colonies could it please be returned to me. I'll even cover the postage

 

[khun_diddy]

Razor: Gold Dollar (Edgeless)
Razor: Gem Jr
Blade: Personna Gem (2)
Brush: Omega S10108
Soap: Bald As Olive Oil
Aftershave: Myrsol Metilsol

 

[alfredus]

Pre-Shave: Occams pre-shave soap, cold water
Razor: Wolfman WR1-SB with WRH2
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Brush: Vie-Long Epsilon 2-Band
Soap: RazoRock The Beach
Post-shave: Alum, Stirling Vetiver alcohol free Witch Hazel, South Australian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil​

Great shave, my face starts to slowly recover from last weeks shavette abuse...

 

[bald as]

Nice simple shave. My Olive oil formula and a Schick adjustable. Soap is working well.

 

[Draco Noir]

Preshave: @Draco Noir preshave oil
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89L
Blade: Platinum Lux
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap: Musgo Real Classic
Post Shave: Thayers Witch Hazel Lemon followed by EDP Burberry London
Sunday shave of the day. Three pass shave all that is necessary. Had a little Martin de Candre left in the bowl so rather than waste it I just lathered it in with the Musgo Real. The lather was sensational. Now I am not sure if it was the Musgo Real or the Marin de Candre or the combination. Beautiful lather and a BBS result.

@Osman, congratulations!!! You've just independantly invented super lather or uber lather. It's something I just love for a bit of serious pampering. I use Musgo Real Creme, usually the Spiced Citrus with a base of bland scented triple milled tallow soap like de Candre or Mitchell's Wool Fat. For even a bit more hedonism, add 4-5 drops of glycerine to the mix then kick back and marvel at just how rich a lather can be

 

[Nightguard]

Brush: Chubby 2
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Personna Blue
Soap: Shaver Heaven Peppermint
A/S: GFT Skinfood

 

[razorguy]

Sunday 13 September 2015

Mastro Livi CarboInox Snake, 8/8 Full Hollow, Snake Point​

Shaving with this Mastro Livi CarboInox Snake Razor is always an incredible joy. Made from the well known Mastro Livi CarboInox Damascus, with its inlaid carbon damascus blue dots, the special and beautiful scales, it is a magnificent and elegant show. Not to mention how this snake razor shaves: very deep, super close, with its keen edge capable of giving the best and smoothest shave! I also wanted to use some of the shaving stuff I make at home: my pre-shave oil, my shaving soap and my beloved Bay Rum aftershave. I must say they make a superb job: the oil prepares the skin to receive the soap and razor, the soap provides a huge amount of super slicking, rich and creamy lather, the Bay Rum gives a beautifully refreshing and soothing touch with its caribbean fragrance of pimenta racemosa. What a great, luxurious and sumptous shave!​

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
• Brush: Omega Badger 63167
• Bowl: Old Barber Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi CarboInox Snake, 8/8 Full Hollow, Snake Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum

 

[rm71]

Sunday evening
Razor: superspeed
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (2)
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Rooney 3/1
A/S: Nivea
ASB: Gaia Organic ASB

 

[Maxime D.]

With so many artisans and enablers your side of the pond, I'm surprised you have to stoop so low as to use that cream.

Honestly, I just don't like to waste.