Saturday
Music
Garth Brooks - The Hits
Hardware
Proshave Scuttle
Semogue 2040HD
Korff & Honsberg 7/8" "Dos Angelitos"
Software
Williams Mug Soap
Castle Forbes Lime Shaving Cream
Castle Forbes Lime After Shave Balm
Have a nice weekend, Gentlemen
Saturday
SOTD 09042011
L'Occitane Cade/EJ DE86/7 O'Clock Green/Lijun&1980 Finest/Old Spice Fresh Splash
Cyril R. Salter Fresh Mint - Semogue 830 - Merkur 34c - Astra SP - Dr. Harris Arlington
Arko / EverReady 100T / Slim Adj w/Zorrik SS / Barber's Choice Bay Rhum
Gillette Fusion Power
La Roche-Posay Lipikar moisturizing face soap
Musgo Real Pre- Shaving Oil
Gillette Shaving Cream mixed with Gillette Shaving Gel
Omega 621 Pure Badger Shaving Brush
La Roche-Posay Anti Redness Normalizing After Shave Balm
NewPeptin Cosmeceuticals Mens Eye Contour Cream
Lab Series Daily Moisture Defense Lotion SPF15
Eau de Toilette : EAU DE LIERRE by Fabrice Pellegrin
d i p t y q u e
Santa Maria La Novella // Filarmonica Sub Cero 14 // Morris & Fordran Blonde Bagder // Myrsol Antesol
C & E Hand Soap,
GFT Limes SF as prep,
Palmolive Classic SS (Grated),
Dovo 5/8,
Razorock Alum,
GFT Limes SF,
Davidoff Cool Water EdT.
5 laps of the "Water of Ayr" stone, 5 laps of a red Dovo pasted strop and then a damn good stropping on one of Neil Millers' black latigo strops and off we went!
A very smooth close shave and one happy camper!
Motörhead & Jack night with a couple co-workers tonight!
Duke2
King Cutter 5/8
MWF
Old Spice White Water
'40s Superspeed & Super-Max : Omega 80265 & Proraso : Proraso as : Fitjar Folgefonn Mint asb : Miller Harris Terre de Bois EdT
Kimson, Wacker, Lavanda, Opaline, Czech&Speake
Saturday, 4.9.11
Aura Glow
Real Shaving Company LE Shave Cream
New Forest 2221 High Mountain Badger
H.Diamond #74 Full Hollow
Neil Miller Strop .. 65 Linen/75 Bridle
Witch Hazel
Bloc Osma
Pinaud Virgin Islands Bay Rum AS
Great SOTD's this week, everyone!
DE 89L ● Personna Lab ● Rooney Finest 3/1 ● MdC ● PdP
Honing Experiment (Series 1 - Coticule Polish/Finish)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: 22mm New Forest Silvertip Badger
Razor: 5/8" Geneva Cutlery, Full Hollow, Round Point (from Rene)
Honing Regimen: (1) Shapton Pro 1k (Bevel setting), and (2) La Grosse Blanche Coticule (sharpen/polish/finish - dilucot method)
Strop: 0 laps (Neil Miller linen/Premium IV leather)
Überlather: TOBS "Eaton College Collection" Shave Creme + Ogallala "Bay Rum" Shave Soap/Stick + Glycerin
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose Petal, no alcohol)
Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer
After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue
After Shave Balm: L'Occitane "L'Occitan" ASB
Point of this experiment: Well guys, in the next several shaves, I will be doing an experiment to correlate edge aesthetics with shave performance. I had started a thread HERE some weeks ago about this. In it (post #1), I decided to use 3 razors of the same make and (almost) same size and a couple of series of experiments to determine this (see post #41 in that thread). Rene was kind enough to volunteer three of his Geneva cutlery razors for this. I have posted the results of what the edge looks like (with the Coticule polish/finish) at 400X magnification and this SOTD outlines what I think of the actual shave. Over the next week or so, I will progress and update this thread and hopefully make an assessment of what edge I prefer and what it looks like. Here's how I will do this. Shave 1 day, take a break the next and repeat with a new honing process in the series. All variables (brush, soap, creme, etc...) will be kept the same so as not to influence the shave results.
Results: When honed up, she took on a nice edge and was super sharp and passed the HHT with flying colors. On my face, this blade felt ultra sharp. 3 passes; (1) WTG: the sharp edge cut the whiskers with ease, (2) XTG: same thing with a little more clean up, (3) ATG: the blade really cleaned up any ghosts left behind. However, there was a level of smoothness that was missing. I have come up with a new rating for this experiment. (A) Sharpness, and (B) Smoothness. Here's how I rate this shave: Sharpness: 9 or 9.5, and Smoothness: 6. If interested to see more, see this link here. I have pictures of the bevel/edge at 400X magnification. My next shave will be Monday with series 1 (#2 - which is the Coticule sharpen and Escher polish/finish).
Now, some of you may be wondering what those little "needle-striken" doll like toys are. Well, Rene was also kind enough to send my wife some P90X workout DVDs (Kick A**) and these represent voodoo dolls that my wife and I can use to curse (i.e., thank) Rene every time we work out (and last night we worked out and today we are hating him, LOL). Thanks buddy
Rene: Thank you for everything my friend. You were instrumental in making this experiment happen buddy. I owe you one, BIG time...and thank you for the P90X DVDs (and the Bay Rum). Both my wife and I love them and thank you (ooops sorry...curse you,
).
Have a FABULOUS Saturday gentlemen
Motörhead & Jack night with a couple co-workers tonight!
Duke2
King Cutter 5/8
MWF
Old Spice White Water
Three out of five English items! Excellent, Marco.
Motörhead & Jack night with a couple co-workers tonight!
Duke2
King Cutter 5/8
MWF
Old Spice White Water
Honing Experiment (Series 1 - Coticule Polish/Finish)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: 22mm New Forest Silvertip Badger
Razor: 5/8" Geneva Cutlery, Full Hollow, Round Point (from Rene)
Honing Regimen: (1) Shapton Pro 1k (Bevel setting), and (2) La Grosse Blanche Coticule (sharpen/polish/finish - dilucot method)
Strop: 0 laps (Neil Miller linen/Premium IV leather)
Überlather: TOBS "Eaton College Collection" Shave Creme + Ogallala "Bay Rum" Shave Soap/Stick + Glycerin
Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose Petal, no alcohol)
Moisturizer: Trumper's Fragrance-free Moisturizer
After Shave Splash: Floïd Italian Blue
After Shave Balm: L'Occitane "L'Occitan" ASB
Point of this experiment: Well guys, in the next several shaves, I will be doing an experiment to correlate edge aesthetics with shave performance. I had started a thread HERE some weeks ago about this. In it (post #1), I decided to use 3 razors of the same make and (almost) same size and a couple of series of experiments to determine this (see post #41 in that thread). Rene was kind enough to volunteer three of his Geneva cutlery razors for this. I have posted the results of what the edge looks like (with the Coticule polish/finish) at 400X magnification and this SOTD outlines what I think of the actual shave. Over the next week or so, I will progress and update this thread and hopefully make an assessment of what edge I prefer and what it looks like. Here's how I will do this. Shave 1 day, take a break the next and repeat with a new honing process in the series. All variables (brush, soap, creme, etc...) will be kept the same so as not to influence the shave results.
Results: When honed up, she took on a nice edge and was super sharp and passed the HHT with flying colors. On my face, this blade felt ultra sharp. 3 passes; (1) WTG: the sharp edge cut the whiskers with ease, (2) XTG: same thing with a little more clean up, (3) ATG: the blade really cleaned up any ghosts left behind. However, there was a level of smoothness that was missing. I have come up with a new rating for this experiment. (A) Sharpness, and (B) Smoothness. Here's how I rate this shave: Sharpness: 9 or 9.5, and Smoothness: 6. If interested to see more, see this link here. I have pictures of the bevel/edge at 400X magnification. My next shave will be Monday with series 1 (#2 - which is the Coticule sharpen and Escher polish/finish).
Now, some of you may be wondering what those little "needle-striken" doll like toys are. Well, Rene was also kind enough to send my wife some P90X workout DVDs (Kick A**) and these represent voodoo dolls that my wife and I can use to curse (i.e., thank) Rene every time we work out (and last night we worked out and today we are hating him, LOL). Thanks buddy
Rene: Thank you for everything my friend. You were instrumental in making this experiment happen buddy. I owe you one, BIG time...and thank you for the P90X DVDs (and the Bay Rum). Both my wife and I love them and thank you (ooops sorry...curse you,).
Have a FABULOUS Saturday gentlemen
Santa Maria La Novella // Filarmonica Sub Cero 14 // Morris & Fordran Blonde Bagder // Myrsol Antesol
Thank you so much, Justin! What about your Chubby 2 Super 3 band? Did you sell it?
Thanks, Matthew.
Rooney 3/1 Silvertip
Valobra, Sapone per barba stick
Edwin Jagger DE89
Red Personna
D.R. Harris Arlington Cologne
. Arlington rocks big time.2011.IV.09
Saturday:
EJ DE87 w/ Bleue Extra (3)
Vulfix Grosvenor boar & badger
Lavanda SC
Speick AS
[Caron Pour un Homme EdT]
Cheers,
Vasco
Saturday morning:
Inspired by Marco and looking for a nice way to start off my week of holiday...
Simpson / Fitjar / Mühle / Weleda / Arlington
. Well done David. Great pic and composition, David!
Saturday, 9.Abr.2011
Prebarba Proraso
Semogue 1305
Creme de barbear Lavanda
Mühle R89
BIC Chrome Platinum
Thayers Witch Hazel Lavender
Weleda Baume Après Rasage
Lavanda EdT
Saturday
Music
Garth Brooks - The Hits
Hardware
Proshave Scuttle
Semogue 2040HD
Korff & Honsberg 7/8" "Dos Angelitos"
Software
Williams Mug Soap
Castle Forbes Lime Shaving Cream
Castle Forbes Lime After Shave Balm
Have a nice weekend, Gentlemen
. More like a work of art than an article of shavingThank you, Marco!
Love your photo today as well! Soon I'll have an Arlington soap, hope I'll like it!
. And the soaps performance: top notch. best of both worlds Saturday
SOTD 09042011
L'Occitane Cade/EJ DE86/7 O'Clock Green/Lijun&1980 Finest/Old Spice Fresh Splash
...This is what I like to call "Romancing the Shave" 
Cyril R. Salter Fresh Mint - Semogue 830 - Merkur 34c - Astra SP - Dr. Harris Arlington
...Nice job buddy. How do you like the CS Mint? That's the only one (i think) that I don't haveArko / EverReady 100T / Slim Adj w/Zorrik SS / Barber's Choice Bay Rhum
