Shave of the Day Thread - 2019
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Prep: Hot shower
Brush: The Stray Whisker Silvertip Badger
Soap: Palmolive Euro Shave Stick
Razor: Rockwell 6S (R6)
Blade: Vintage NOS Gillette Spoiler (15 and done)
Post: Proraso Post Shave Stone, Old Spice
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- Jan 19, 2016
- Location
- The "Wet Lord of Voodoo" Boogie Man
Do you feel comfortable and better after 15 shaves with the spoiler using the R6.
Nightguard
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- Dec 28, 2013
Brush: Vulfix 403 Mixed
Razor: EJ 3one6
Blade: English Wilky (5)
Soap: Mine
A/S: Tabac
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2016
- Location
- The "Wet Lord of Voodoo" Boogie Man
How far do you think the English Wilky will reach to the maximum using the 3one6.
Brush: Vulfix 403 Mixed
Razor: EJ 3one6
Blade: English Wilky (5)
Soap: Mine
A/S: Tabac
Nightguard
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- Dec 28, 2013
No idea. It's still as good as new.
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2016
- Location
- The "Wet Lord of Voodoo" Boogie Man
Razor Burn
President of the TF Custom Brushes Fan Club
Grand Society
Da Menth Heads
2019 Charity Auction Winner
2020 Charity Auction Winner
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2017
- Location
- Canberra
Brush: Yaqi 30mm
Razor: Merkur 37C
Blade: Rockwell (1)
Pre: Shower + Nivea Face Wash
Soap: Shaver Heaven Honey Ale
Post: Thayers Aloe & Lemon Wich Hazel // Redwin Vitamin E Cream With Evening Primrose Oil Cream
A quick prework DFS. The blade matched well with the slant and whilst not the most sharpest it was super smooth. The soap performed well with nice slickness, cushioning and satisfactory post shave feel, with a pleasant sweetness to the scent. Another happy shave!
Razor: Merkur 37C
Blade: Rockwell (1)
Pre: Shower + Nivea Face Wash
Soap: Shaver Heaven Honey Ale
Post: Thayers Aloe & Lemon Wich Hazel // Redwin Vitamin E Cream With Evening Primrose Oil Cream
A quick prework DFS. The blade matched well with the slant and whilst not the most sharpest it was super smooth. The soap performed well with nice slickness, cushioning and satisfactory post shave feel, with a pleasant sweetness to the scent. Another happy shave!
Pre: Pb PSE
Soap: Whispers From The Woods
Brush: SOC Cherry Boar
Razor: Eclipse Red Ring
Blade: Nacet (2)
Post: Pb Calendula Balm
An attempt at normality after a morning in bed with vertigo, nausea and headache. Not my favourite pastime, I've never had vertigo like that before where nothing in front of your eyes stays still.
Recovered enough for a successful shave.
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2018
- Location
- Mornington Peninsula
Charcoal Goods, LVL 3, OC+ Astra
Duke 3, Manchurian
Haslinger, Honig
If you have not tried Haslinger soaps, I highly recommend them. Super easy to lather. Create a really rich thick, rich, high structure lather and offer good slickness. The scents on the two that I own, do not exactly blow me away, but this is more than made up for in their performance. In my opinion. I hadn't shaved all week, so I was plenty hairy this morning. The open comb level 3 head took down all of the hair with two passes, for a wonderfully smooth result. The key (for me) is to go slow and to let the weight of the razor do all of the work. I've had no nicks with this razor since I slowed down and let up on the pressure.
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2016
- Location
- The "Wet Lord of Voodoo" Boogie Man
Date:- 28 September 2019
Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Honeycomb (Blue) Synth. Tuxedo 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Ariana & Evans ~ Monte Carlo
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB SS 'C' / Vintage NOS Gillette Super Stainless (spoiler) #14
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- L'eau D'issey Pour Homme
Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- WCS Honeycomb (Blue) Synth. Tuxedo 26/56mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Ariana & Evans ~ Monte Carlo
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB SS 'C' / Vintage NOS Gillette Super Stainless (spoiler) #14
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- L'eau D'issey Pour Homme
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2019
- Location
- Darwin
Pre-shave: Shower
Bowl: Limited Edition P&C 2019 Auction Grey Bowl by Avalon Pottery
Brush: Maggard Razors - 24mm Synthetic
Soap: B&M Seville
Razor/Blade: 66’ L1 Slim #7 / 65’ K4 Spoiler (3)
Post-shave: Stirling WHAM/ B&M Reserve Cool
Working on technique with B&M Soaps and Synthetic. Lathering nicely in the bowl but feel like slapping myself in the face compared to face lathering with boar or badger.
Recommended 24mm Knot with 56mm Loft. I will have to experiment with cheap yaqi's to find the right synthetic combo, and master B&M bowl lathering.
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: The Stray Whisker Silvertip Badger
Soap: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Razor: Rockwell 6S (R6)
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (1)
Post: Proraso Post Shave Stone, Imperial Leather
alfredus
Auctioneer-in-Chief + organises many group buys
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Grand Society
Group Buy Caporegime
Charity Auction Team
- Joined
- Nov 14, 2014
- Location
- Adelaide
Pre-Shave: Kiss my Face Olive Oil Soap, cold water
Razor: Rex Ambassador (2.5/1)
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Brush: Doug Korn D7V
Lather: Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Post-Shave: Alum, Thayers Original Alcohol Free Witch Hazel, South Australian Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Great to be back home and have a proper shave!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend
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- Joined
- Nov 30, 2017
- Location
- Melbourne
Colourful, yet wordless. Well done
Ckoerntjes
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- Oct 9, 2018
- Location
- Melbourne
Pre: Shower
Soap: Crown King - Lo Haiku
Razor: 6s (6)
Blade: Feather (1)
Post: L'Oreal balm
Frag: Diesel - Only the brave.
It's been a hectic week of moving, painting and assorted odd jobs around the new house. I've barely had time to scratch myself let alone shave.
Last night I settled down and had the first shave in 8 days. Picked a Feather to get through the growth and chucked the 6 plate into the Rockwell.
Either a combination of the blade and plate or my lazy technique resulted in a quite irritating shave (no cuts though) so the Rockwell was put back into plate 5.
A good slathering of balm saw me off to bed with hopes for a better shave tomorrow.
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