SoS: July 21, 2014 - July 27, 2014 "Remember When…? Week"

Probably just like to make us suffer. It ain't the army unless we're all miserable and covered in poison ivy.

 

SoS - Thursday, July 24, 2014

Cool shower
Prep: Peppermint PSO
Brush: WD silvertip
Soap: Stirling Ozark Mtn w/ TSD M-Bomb
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Persona Lab Blue (3)
Post: Nivea Sensitive PSB
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue w/ added menthol

- Don

 

Dove Men's Face Wash
Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap
Made Rite Boar Brush
GEM MM Bullet Tip
GEM Super Stainless
CWR
Thayers Cucumber WH
Pinaud Clubman AS

The VDH Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Made Rite boar brush. Two passes with the GEM MMBT and GEM Super Stainless blade left me with a close, comfortable shave. After the cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and Pinaud Clubman After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Planned Shave 7/25/2014 ...

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The Gillette Tech was manufactured from 1938 until 1979. A low cost model, it is a very common, long running series of razors. It is a three piece razor with a solid gaurd bar.

This razor is known as a 'Fat Handle Tech' and with the triangular slots in the base plate, it can be dated 1938-1941, and is plated in nickel.

It is a pretty mild shaver, almost to mild for my beard, but is said to be more aggressive than the later models.

 

FRIDAY
Thurs Eve Shave
Dawn Patrol in the Morn…so an evening shave was in order. I revisited the custom Rodgers again and, boy howdy, it's an adjustment getting used to this blade! I don't know if its the sheer weight or the exaggerated curve of the blade edge, but I feel as though I'm on the precipice of potential disaster when I shave with it. Me thinks I just need to use it on more consecutive days so I get the proper feel of it. Overall, a very close 3-pass shave with no blood-letting—but I had my 'curl-the-toes' moments. Could be I was just exhausted after a long day as well.

Have a blessed Friday, all!

 

Ha,ha I was the cat checking under the hood at my brother's station when I was a teen....

 

Gillette New LC
Crystal (d2)
Ogallala Stick /MWF
Vulfix 404
La Milagrosa Bay Rum

 

Friday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Rapira day 5
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Anherb AS Conditioner
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Pe Re Ja Cologne

I might as well admit it - the Glacial Wintergreen soap and witch hazel are my two favourites now. The soap is so easy to lather, it smells so nice, and its menthol power is like sticking your face in a freezer. The matching witch hazel is easily as frigid, if not more. The Anherb conditioner is another face-freezer with great skincare and the Pe Re Ja cologne smells very lemony and refreshing. This shave was so enjoyable as well as BBS.

Have a nice weekend, folks!

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
semouge 620 boar
C.O.Bigelow
Gillette slim(I1)(7)
voskhod(2)
crusella&co auga de ruda
today's shave was right.I couldn't ask for anything more. all elements of today functioned, well "right". hope everything else today goes that way too. three pass no touch up,bbs for sure. finished with the ruda.
y'all have a "right" day

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG (7, 8)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange

It's probably a good thing that I put a soap rotation in writing, or I'd be neglecting a majority of my stock in favor of this One-X; it's simply that good. Monstrous amounts of lather, great glide and cushion, and my skin always feels good after use. With 4 days worth of shaves on it, the Bic is starting to show signs of wear, as attested by the tiny persistent weeper over my upper lip. Aside from that, a wonderful DFS.

 

Birthday Shave!
Razor - Fatboy
Blade - Rapira Lux
Brush - WSP Monarch
Cream - KnockOut Shave Complicated
Aftershave - Fine's Platinum

 

happy birthday knockout, have an extra blessed day

 

Friday, July 25th, 2014



Thiers Issard Spartacus 889, 5/8 Full Hollow, Round Point​

• Pre-shave: Truefitt & Hill Pre-shave Oil
• Soap: Arko Shaving Soap
• Brush: Wilkinson Bristle Brush
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: Thiers Issard Spartacus 889, 5/8 Full Hollow, Round Point
• Post-Shave: Umbria Extravirgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum After Shave

 

Happy Birthday Ralph!

 

7/25/14
Prep: hot shower and face wash
Lather: Palmolive Lemon
Brush: Omega 13522 boar
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Dorco 301 ST
Post: Cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

Last day of meetings in Kansas, so I felt like I ought to look sharp. 2 pass face and 2 pass head shave resulted in DFS all the way around.

 

Happy Birthday, Ralph.

 

Made in Michigan Week: Farmington Soap Works Gold Medal Tea Tree
This shave was a little rougher than I've had lately. There were a couple weepers, but the general feeling of my skin is tender. Perhaps that is due to me getting used to my Rubberset brush - it is much more dense than my Plisson, and harder to splay than my HIS. This leads to me using more pressure to apply lather, maybe this is the scritch that many people enjoy. I'm not a big fan yet, but I'm not giving up.

Prep: RR/HTGAM lime menthol
Soap: Farmington Soap Works Tea Tree
Brush: Rubberset 400 with TGN synthetic knot
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Personna lab blue
AS: Synergy Bay Rum Tonic

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Happy Birthday Ralph!!

Friday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Los Angeles Shaving Soap-Woody Lavender
Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green SS (5)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Z-14

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

LASS today. Currently a “Top 5” with the Woody Lavender. Still with my FH Tech and a 7 O’Clock Green SS. Great 5th shave: smooth, close, nick free. I finished up with Z-14 (it will be a winter scent)

Bob