Shave of the Day Thread - 2022

[Gargravarr]

Does anyone use a shaving bowl? Any recommendations? Thinking about giving one of them a go.

I'd suggest having a look at this thread - quite a few good recommendations there. I go through spells of face/head lathering and bowl lathering, mostly depending on whether or not I'm in a hurry. Generally speaking, I prefer the bowl.

There's a picture of my favourite bowl made by a local ceramicist here.

 

[Mark1966]

Fatboy, Paladin brush, and complete Fenchurch combo? That’s a superb setup!

... let down by an ordinary pic!

Does anyone use a shaving bowl? Any recommendations? Thinking about giving one of them a go.

C

There is only ONE shaving bowl that anybody here needs. Let me look at one from a couple of years ago ...

What more could you want? What more could you need?

#charityauction2022

 

[Gargravarr]

... let down by an ordinary pic!




There is only ONE shaving bowl that anybody here needs. Let me look at one from a couple of years ago ...

What more could you want? What more could you need?

#charityauction2022

Here we go...

 

[Zeke]

Here we go...

Those were the words that popped up in my mind too...

 

[Mark1966]

Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Simpson shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Gillette 'Fatboy' Adjustable razor (6)
Blade: Feather (3)
Post-shave: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire splash
Fragrance: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire solid cologne

Nice start before a flight ..

Here we go...

Those were the words that popped up in my mind too...

Yet every year we have people saying that they didn't know it was coming up ...

#charityauction2022

 

[Nanook]

Does anyone use a shaving bowl? Any recommendations? Thinking about giving one of them a go.

C

Not cheap, but worth the money.

https://www.captainschoicestore.com/all/copper/lather-bowl/standard

 

[klinker]

Pre: Hot washcloth & bloom water
Razor: Alpha Claymore Evolution
Blade: Schick Proline
Brush: Ever Ready 150P 22mm Maggard 2- band
Soap: ‌OSP Business Time Shaving Soap
Post: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean Aftershave Splash

 

[rbscebu]

ARKO August

This morning I started to shave my way through my T.R. Cadman "Bengall" seven-day set, of course with ARKO and a Proraso Pro boar brush.

 

[Gargravarr]

Pre-shave: Hot flannel, Pears soap
Brush: Forgotten Art "Tarkine" 27mm Ω piggy-wig
Soap: Blue Devil Shave Co.- The Lavender Patch
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Schick Proline
Post-shave: Shower, Thayer's witch hazel w/- cucumber, homebrew moisturiser, La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50+, Stirling Bergamot Lavender EDT
COTD: Hamasil Village, Yemen

 

[StratMan]

Extra virgin like you I presume?

Personally I'd be thinking that the Rocca was the key

I though that went without saying

 

[StratMan]

Gillette Slim 68
Minora
Yaqi 24mm 2-Band Badger
Seville
Olive Oil + Pinaud Clubman

Barbershop theme last night with the star of the show, the 68 Gillette providing fantastic smooth shave

 

[CTP]

... let down by an ordinary pic!




There is only ONE shaving bowl that anybody here needs. Let me look at one from a couple of years ago ...

What more could you want? What more could you need?

#charityauction2022

Hopefully theyll be one in the next auction too

 

[neongas]

SOTN 05.08.22
/ Blue Devil Huon Tux
/ Oaken Lab Sanctum
/ Blackland Blackbird
/ Gillette Minora (2)
/ The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA
/ Nivea Skin & Stubble

SOTN 07.08.22
/ Oumo Cove G5
/ Nordic Shaving Company Coffee
/ Blackland Vector
/ Feather Pro (3)
/ The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA
/ Nivea Skin & Stubble

 

[bernie01]

Pre-shave: Hot shower
Brush: Semogue 1305 pure bristle
Soap: George Trumper 'Spanish Leather'
Razor: Bengall ¾ straight (Lupo 92 for tidy up)
Blade: Minerva (2)
Post-shave: Alum block, Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve, Armaf ‘Club de Nuit’
A generous loan of a Titan straight for a week set me back on the path, acutely aware that my technique had declined some since my last straight shave.
Pulled out the trusty Bengall, 100 quick laps on the leather and away I went. It all came together nicely; practice makes perfect (or near enough).

 

[Holiday]

Soap: George Trumper 'Spanish Leather'
Razor: Bengall ¾ straight (Lupo 92 for tidy up)

@bernie01 how do you find the GFT for straight shaving?

 

[Razor Burn]

Not cheap, but worth the money.

https://www.captainschoicestore.com/all/copper/lather-bowl/standard

I always wanted a copper Captain's Choice bowl but everytime I had the $$$ they were sold out so I looked elsewhere!

 

[bernie01]

how do you find the GFT for straight shaving?

@Holiday the GFT seems very good, it has a fair amount of residual glide that helps if buffing. But I'm only about
50 shaves into straight razors and most soaps I've tried so far seem adequate. Very nice fragrance too...

 

[TomG]

@Holiday the GFT seems very good, it has a fair amount of residual glide that helps if buffing. But I'm only about
50 shaves into straight razors and most soaps I've tried so far seem adequate. Very nice fragrance too...

Gents - whilst I don’t use straights, I’m a firm fan of GFT creams. And such great scents to boot.

 

[Holiday]

Back to basics
Wonderful smooth shave and could have stopped at a single pass but also noticed consistent regrowth by midday

Pre-shave:- Shower
Brush:- Vintage Butterscotch Rooney - Rhodium Knots hand tied 24mm fan
Soap/Aftershave:- Murphy & McNeil - Gael Laoch
Razor:- Razorock - GC_ 84P
Blade:- Astra SP (1)

 

[Holiday]

@Holiday the GFT seems very good, it has a fair amount of residual glide that helps if buffing. But I'm only about
50 shaves into straight razors and most soaps I've tried so far seem adequate. Very nice fragrance too...

Gents - whilst I don’t use straights, I’m a firm fan of GFT creams. And such great scents to boot.

I find GFT creams are consistently slick and impossible to produce a bad lather although I imagine overloading the brush would require a lot of hydration