Shave of the Day

[scotrace]

Housekeeping

Thread moved to General Attire.

 

[rikrdo]

Maybe.....

This stuff makes it easier.

but NOT better



Simpsons CH1 in Super
Gillette 1940-ish Super Speed with Feather blade
Floris Elite Hard (triple milled) soap
Murray and Lanman Florida water After Shave splash
QED lemon Peel After Shave Balm
Guerlain Vetiver EdT

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Gillette Fusion Power Phenom
Art of Shaving Sandalwood soap
Burma Shave Brush
Kiehl's Facial Fuel as an after-shave balm

I've got a new Dovo straight-edge that still intimidates me! But give me a little time once it's back from the initial sharpening & honing...

 

[rmrdaddy]

Super Speed
Derby
AOS Best Badger
Trumper's Rose SC
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Dunhill Desire cologne

 

[rikrdo]

rmr:

ever try a Feather in your SS ?
Its one of my favorite combos.

 

[Tomasso]

but NOT better

Have you tried Kiss My Face? I've tried a lot of stuff, some very pricey, and found KMF to be as good as any, at a very reasonable price point.

 

[rmrdaddy]

Rick,
Yes I have a few Feather blades around. Very high quality, and VERY sharp. I find them a little too sharp tho. The Derby is a good compromise for me, plenty sharp, and not as dangerous! LOL

and Tomasso,
I have some KMF Key Lime. I have the big pump, but have not used it. I think I may break it out tomorrow, thanks for reminding me!

 

[rmrdaddy]

Today's shave:

Merkur Classic
Derby
Vermont Country Store Pure Badger
Taylor of Old Bond Street Avacado
EarthScience AS Splash
Tommy Hilfiger Cologne

 

[adamjaskie]

1963 Gillette Adjustable ("Fat Boy")
Swedish Gillette blade
Proraso green
Burma-shave boar brush

 

[freebird]

Ever Ready pure badger brush
vintage scuttle
TGQ Cavendish Black
Case Red Imp 132 Wedge
Black Bear brand strop
no a/s or a/s balm

 

[cooncatbob]

1963 Gillette Adjustable ("Fat Boy")
Swedish Gillette blade
Proraso green
Burma-shave boar brush

I though that the last Fatboys were made in 1961 and have a "G" date code. Gillette came out with the "Adjustable Razor Mark 2" The Slim Adjustable in 1962 "H" date code.
BTW. I shaved last night with my G-3 Fatboy with a Feather blade.
Terrific razor, great balance and grip.
The only improvements Gillette has made since then is improvements to their bottom line. lol

 

[handlebar bart]

My setup
Bay Rum
Firehouse moustache wax
aloe vera shaving soap
badger brush
etc.

 

[rmrdaddy]

Today's selections:
Gillette Lightweight Black Tip (X-1)
Derby blade
Art of Shaving Best Badger
The Body Shop Shave Cream
EarthScience After Shave Splash
Nivea Sensitive After Shave Balm
Nicole Miller Cologne

 

[rikrdo]

Men-U synthetic brush
Gillette Slim Adjustible razor+ Derby blade
Custom mix of QED Rose Geranium soap and Salters Vetiver cream
Aqua Velva Musk and Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel blended for After shave splash
L'Othantique AS balm
Kiehls No 1 Musk EdT

 

[freebird]

Vintage scuttle
B. Altman pure badger brush
Geo. Wostenholm IXL
Black Bear brand strop
TGQ Cavendish Black
3 passes, bbs
no a/s or balm

 

[dnjan]

Black Bear brand strop 40 x on linen 40 x leather

That many times!!?
I usually only strop 8-10 times on leather treated with jeweler's rouge. I would think that so much stropping would lead to a more frequent need for serious resharpening.

Back to the main topic - same way I have shaved for years:
German (solingen) "heart-ring" straight razor, stropped 8-10 times on leather (with jeweler's rouge applied once every year or two).
Work up some Williams shaving soap in a mug (don't remember the brush brand - nothing fancy)
Wash face with hot water (I used to use water from the tea kettle that had been pre-heating my thermos, but since installing a tankless water heater in the bathroom I can get good, hot water directly from the faucet).
Apply shaving soap and go to it.
Carefully wipe razor dry.
Use remaining soap (foam) on brush and in mug to thoroughly clean moustache.
Put everything away.

 

[freebird]

no, so far, the razor has only been sharpened once, which was early last year.

I never heard of jewelers rouge on a strop. I usually use mink oil or neatsfoot oil.

 

[dnjan]

Jeweler's rouge is a very fine abrasive. Often used for honing. I got my piece from Tandy leather. It comes as a solid stick, which I used to charge the leather strop. After you have you oil on the strop, you can rub some of the jeweler's rouge in. I only re-charge every year or two, when the leather loses most of the rouge color.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

no, so far, the razor has only been sharpened once, which was early last year.

I never heard of jewelers rouge on a strop. I usually use mink oil or neatsfoot oil.

From the shaving forums on another site, there are pastes & such to use on a separate strop, but you only use that strop MAYBE once a month or less frequently when the razor needs a little more "yumph" than the regular stroping, but doesn't need a full honing or sharpening yet. The everyday strop is plain leather (you periodically use a conditioner on that, but that just for the leather and has no grit like strop paste does) on one side, canvas on the other.

 

[dnjan]

Jeweler's rouge is not one of those diamond pastes. It is a very mild abrasive. I've been using it daily for almost 30 years. Don't remember the last time I did an actual shaprening - probably at least a year.

Leather, by itself, is not doing much besides removing the thin layer of oxidation that builds up. Probably dust on the leather is doing more than leather itself.