SoS: December 1, 2014 - December 7, 2014

SOTD - December 1, 2014
Menthol Monday

Hot shower
Prep: Peppermint PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Soap: Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Personna Red (3)
Post: Stifling Lemon Chill WH
Aftershave: TSD Iced SubZero splash

A bitterly cold shave

- Don

 

Monday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
Brush - Semogue SOC boar reset @ 47mm
Razor - Wade & Butcher 13/16

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS





Another drizzly morning here, 31ºF/0ºC at 06:00 and 52ºF/11ºC this afternoon. Patches of sun on & off all day, so fair enough. A very nice shave indeed this morning, back with the Mitchell's and another old Sheffield that I'm taking a shine too. And the Semogue lowered just the 8mm makes all the difference - fantastic brush now. Have a good 'un folks.

 

Hot shower with Stirling bay rum soap.

Razor.... Gillette ball end tech
blade..... astra sp (2)
Brush.... purple b&b essential boar
soap.... tiki surfs up

My first shave ever with a tiki shave soap. All I can say is wow! The scent is very light but it produces a great slick lather. It gave me a very close shave and the lanolin in it has made my face extremely soft. I'm very impressed.

 

Menthol Monday morning:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Soap: Stirling Glacial Obsidian
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Baili Platinum Stainless (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG (1, 2)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

One of the last days this year likely to be warm enough to make me not think twice about using the Glacial, but I couldn't get a very good lather this AM. Compounding this, or perhaps as a result, the new Baili blade was not particularly comfortable, and I had to stop at two passes and DFS results, with a single weeper by the corner of my mouth.

 

Menthol. For real.



Featuring Yeti Snot and TSD Iced Subzero.

Kudos to @Queen of Blades

Iced Subzero is the real deal. Feels great!

 

Ouch! I hate the ones they have to cut off of your face. Get well soon, and get some SPF 50 sunscreen.

 

Shave plan for 2 December 2014

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@Jayaruh
heal quick Buddy!

 

Just received the Weber and Rustic today. Wow, what a great shave. The best shave I've had since I started shaving again.

 

Tanfuji Cape Kennedy 77
Muhle V1 synthetic brush
la Cigale soap
Paco Rabannne pour homme EdT

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Thanks, I'm quite pleased with the new look of the brush.

 

In my excitement over the new soap experience, I forgot something...

Thanks to @ram57 ! He sent the Yeti Snot PIF on a whim after seeing a post I made to the secret Santa thread. He's cool like that! He's an example of how we all can have a blast doing this stuff!

 

So did it water your eyes a bit with either the Yeti or Glacial Obsidian?

 

I just blind lathered it and went for the gold!

Not sure I got a perfect lather...first try, but great shave! I totally dig the strength of the menthol/eucalyptus and my skin feels awesome. However, was hard to shave neck. My eyes were involuntarily filling with tears of joy!

 

LOL

dang Tapatalk left out the LOL....

 

Tuesday Morning Shave
Razor: Yuma
Blade: Rapira (1)
Brush: Vie-Long White Horse Hair
Cream: Hobby Cool
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush
EDT: Brut Oceans

Yuma showed its teeth this time with two tiny nicks but they healed up quickly.

 

Tomorrow's Planned SOTD 12/02/2014
Razor: Weber w Bulldog Handle
Blade: Tomac SSS (Gillette Spoiler) (D8)
Brush: RV Chubby w 30mm Super Silvertip
Shave Bowl: Mud Place Shaving Mug
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Balm: Proraso Sensitive
Shave Soap: P.160 Tipo Duro
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Floid SE Mentolado Vigoroso

Another run through the Italian Soaps for the next six days


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Evening Shave for Tomorrow
A first-time shave for me using this newly-restored & honed custom George Wostenholm pipe razor. This is the second consecutive shave for me using such a large-bladed razor. This one doesn't feel quite as bulky as the heavy wedge I used yesterday (which felt much like a mini-meat cleaver in the hand ), but I respected the size and sharp point. It turned out to be a very easy razor to use, audible and quite smooth on the face! What a great razor!
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!


Original condition with broken horn scales & minor chipping of the blade edge…

 

That's the second awesome chopper you've rocked in the past two days Kevin. Looking good!

 

...when he posts a dud, be sure to let me know!

It's like Kevin, Curator of Fine Steel...coffee table book stuff.