SoS: January 13, 2014 - January 19, 2014

Gillette New LC
Crystal (1)
Old Spice Cream-Face Lather
Dickenson Witch Hazel
Clubman Vanilla

 

Saturday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Cella (Brick)
Razor: ’66 Gillette Slim
Blade: Personna Med Prep (1)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip 22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Pino Silvestre

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle a bit for my beard)

The Slim is back on deck with a new Personna Med Prep. I went Italian again today, this time with Cella and Pino. This was a great combination from start to finish. Great start to the weekend!

Hanno un grande fine settimana! Have a great weekend!

Bob

 

Speick Saturday:

Prep: Hot compress, Crown Shaving Co. Supreme Glide Preshave Lotion
Brush: Beeline Boar
Cream: Speick
Razor: FaTip Piccolo Nickel
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG (4)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Speick AS splash

After yesterday's attempt to shave off all the dermis from cheekbones to Adam's Apple, I opted for a simple, 1-pass, SAS this morning, both to work on the technique and touch the FaTip demands and to enjoy the Speick cream. As expected, it lathered like a dream. With just the one pass, I avoided doing any obvious further damage, and the Speick splash feels wonderfully healing on my skin.

 

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap​

Semogue 1305 Boar Brush​

Merkur 37c Slant​

Bluebird Hi-Stainless Platinum (6)​

CWR​

Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel​

Pinaud Clubman AS​

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Another fine shave today with the VDH Luxury Shave Soap. The Semogue 1305 boar brush face lathered for two passes and touch ups with the Merkur 37c slant razor and Bluebird Hi-Stainless Platinum blade. It was a near BBS shave. A cold water rinse followed by Thayers wH and Pinaud Clubman AS left me clean, smooth, and refreshed.​

 

Grazie, signore - la stessa cosa per te!

 

Saturday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
Wilkinson Sword Brush
Super Speed/Permasharp day 6
Gada Cool Mint SC
Axe Chilled AS Gel
The Rubby Dubby Doo
Old Spice Cologne

This was a fantastic shave which left me almost as smooth as my lovely wife and daughter - my Super Speed never fails me. It's so easy for me to use that it's like second nature for me. That Gada Cool Mint cream might be dirt-cheap, but it performs much better than a lot of expensive creams or soaps - a great scent, rich lather, ICY-COLD menthol and wonderful post-shave care. I lost my taste for the Axe Chilled gel but I have to use it up, and once it's finished I won't buy it again. The Rubby Dubby Doo delivered such an awesome freeze which I love so much!

 

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Gillette New LC Bulldog
Supermax Tiger
Oscar11 Purple Omega
Arko SS
Alum
Superior 70

 

Le Minet "The Kitty"
Williams
homemade brush

You've probably noticed I've been on a Williams binge lately, good shaves with the stuff. Used a new 30mm brush this morning, I'll be lowering the loft four or five mm before I use it again. Nice shave, have a good one.

 

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: PolSilver SI (2)
Soap: Stirling Clubman
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Brut

This was a nice relaxing shave with a DFS++ result. Now I'm off to spend the day goofing off with my beautiful wife and son.

Have a great day!

 

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Razor: Merkur futur (S3.5)
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (China)(D5)
Brush: TGN's 30mm Super Silvertip & H2 Handle
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: Nivea Energy Face Scrub
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lime & Spearmint
Shave Soap: PC DdC Dragon Blood w Lea Sensitive
Aftershave: Nivea Sensitive ASB​

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Prairie Creations Dragon Blood in heavy scent irritates my skin so I decided this morning to combine it with Lea Sensitive cream soap and a pea size dollop did the trick. No irritation and another DFS using DdC along with Futur and Chinese Wilkinson but believe five shaves is the limit with this blade.​

 

Saturday morning, January 18, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

SOTD Saturday 1-18-2014

11/16 C-MON Special, Full Hollow Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Cyril R. Salter - Wild Rose SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Lijun Finest Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve ASL/Cologne

 

Saturday:
Prep - Hot shower and some sort of bath gel, homemade PSO
Brush - Omega boar
Soap - VDH glycerin
Blade - Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (1)
Razor - Merkur 34C HD
AS - Lime Triple Sec (sample) and I'm not a big fan! and styptic pencil darnit

Pushed on with another head and face shave. Head was a 2 pass - WTG and XTG. Found a mole that I had forgotten about with the XTG! Face shave was awesome 3 pass and lower neck and jawline are almost smooth. I'm either figuring it out or my skin is getting used to this . I must say that the head shave has really helped me with the right angle as over 85% is blind and simply by sound and feel. Translating that to the face, the angle is easier to keep right.

 

Saturday
Weekend Straight Razor Shave

Pre: Hot shower, Shea Moisture Face Scrub; homemade Citrus PSO
Razor: M. E. Reppenhagen
Strop: Whipped Dog 3"
Brush: Omega 626 Silvertip Pure Badger
Lather: Tabac Soap, scuttle-warmed
Shave: Two passes, plus a little DE touch-up
Post: Cold water rinse, alum block, Black River bay rum AS

Chilly morning (for sunny NorCal, 33°F), so use of the scuttle seemed appropriate. A decent SR shave—and I'm beginning to really notice the difference between the straight razors I use. I suppose, as with DE shaving, the variance becomes apparent the more you familiarize yourself with each razor. With SRs, I can feel the difference in the overall sharpness between the razors which manifests itself by resistance and tugging during the shave. Overall, my face feels great and refreshed post-shave, but I may need to spend some more time getting all my SR edges up to par.
Have a wonderful Saturday, everyone!

 

Globusmen Gold 11 5/8
Bartmann 86 High Class Manganese Steel 15/16
Barrister & Mann Clary Sage shave soap
Muhle 35 V1 synthetic brush
Proraso Pre Shave
Myrsol C A.S.
Institut Karit balm

 

SOTD Jan 18
Prep: hot towel
Razor: G. Wostenholm & Son CANUCK
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso white tub
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: cold water, Proraso blue
It's the weekend, so I put the DE away and brought out the straight for two passes, face and neck. I've had better shaves, but this is my 7th shave (2nd for the neck area) with a straight so I'm OK with the results.
Still working on lathering up with the Vie-Long. I did get a nice lather from the Proraso, just not a lot of it.

 

Nice, easy DFS
Today's shave was another good one, although I've developed some irritation on my lower neck. I'm not sure if it's from today, or yesterday when I skipped my pre-shave face wash. Easy lather again, and I was able to detect some cedar in the soap scent today. Perhaps I'm getting over my cold. I loved the Krampert's, as usual. My wife loves the Givenchy.

Prep: warm wash with Shea Moisture Three Butters Scrub
Soap: HTGAM Gondolier
Brush: HIS Synthetic
Razor: Maggard MR10
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Sharp Edge Yellow
AS: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
EDT: Givenchy Pi

 

Hot Shower
Homemade pre shave oil
Merkur 23c
Yellow Shark blade
Stirlings Electric Sheep soap-always a great lather and soooo slick
Cetaphil lotion

Alittle razor burn, but I did shave ATG

Great shave.