SoS: February 22, 2016 - February 28, 2016

Excellent post. Thanks.

 

Very nice watch.

 

SOTD February 25, 2016

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Razor: Maggard MR1 with V2 open comb
Brush: Trader Joe's synthetic
Lather: TSD unscented shave soap stick
Post: Witch hazel splash enhanced with drug store 'New Spice', Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

Another nice and easy CCS this morning. My lather was much better than the past two days. The lather was drying up on my neck and chin but today it was much better. I used a more wet brush and pushed down a little more and went more deliberate with the first face lathering strokes. That helped spread the moisture around more evenly. I'll say again that the TSD soap is really a great product.

I've also been experimenting with adding some Old Spice knock-off to the witch hazel splash for a little more zing and a little scent. That has been working well.

The open comb razor continues to be a great choice. I like it a lot, and it's even better with a Silver Blue blade.

I'll change up products tomorrow - Wool Fat Friday for me!

I hope you have a great Thursday!

 

That brush looks purdy, Perry.

 

Last night was my third shave with the Bunny. See here and here if you want to know about the Bunny. I was going to shave this morning but it's an early and busy morning today and I had 32 hours of beard ready. So, why not just shave before bedtime? Plus, I can probably squeeze in one more shave this way before sending the Bunny on her way next week in the pass around.

The reduction after the first pass was remarkable and you can imagine that the second pass would have been more than good enough with some wet touch ups but I went for broke with a third pass - no surprise.

Bottom line: Best shave yet and a shave that is every bit as close and smooth as I get on a good day with my PAL Injecto Matic.

T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Bunny B-V3 with Notso comb
Personna II (2)
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

SOTD for February 25th........
RazoRock XXX face lathered w/Ever Ready Silvertip
'55 Super Speed razor w/Astra SP blade
WH rinse followed by True Gentlemen ASB finishing w/Fine Platinum aftershave

2-passes w/touch-up for a comfortable DFS!

 

2/25/16 - #71


Prep: Kirk's
Lather: IanS soap
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M horsehair
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Persona Lab blue (5)
Post: cool rinse and Avon Island Lime

2 easy and smooth passes with a resulting DFS.

 

SOTD Feb 25, 2016

Noxema Classic
Gillette Heavy Tech / GSB
Omega / Proraso Green
WH / shea butter / Proraso ASB

Well, after yesterday's surprise ruling by the judges to crown the Gillette Silver Blue the top blade for 2016, I could settle into a groove with this marvel of blade engineering magic. And what a delight. I thought to really enjoy the day I would dig to the bottom of my sock drawer and enjoy some Proraso Green. I don't know why they call this a beginner's soap...it is a soap for all skill levels and ages. It is quite simply a classic. Delightful shave this morning.

 

Thursday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Gatlinburg
Soap: Stirling Executive Man
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Personna 74 Tungsten Plus (17)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man

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

Stirling Executive Man today. 20 seconds to load the Elite Silvertip. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 still cruising along. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Executive Man.

Bob

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's face wash and a washcloth
Ever-Ready 150
Route 66 Casablanca
Friodur 5/8 spike
Pinaud lilac vegital
today's shave was ok. the Casablanca performed well, the scent(undecided). three passes left me smooth, maybe not as comfy, we'll see. finished with the veg.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Sir I concur with your assessment, Proraso is indeed a lovely soap or cream and is easily customized to suit personal needs.

 

Jeff, you had me scared for a minute. @crackstar skimping on menthol? Be still my heart. Glad you like the Paradise Frost.

 

What do you think of the horse hair?

 

2/25
Gillette Aristocrat 48/49 / Wilkinson sword vintage
Col Conk Lime
Omega 100051
Gillette ASB
Aubrey Northwoods AS
A great shave today, as close as yesterday's shave with the Stick Schick. The Omega is a great lathering brush. Very soft tips that are great for face lathering.

 

How do you like the Body Prescription cream?

 

This is hands down my favorite brush. It was my first "nice" shaving brush and I've had very good luck with this one. No tangling, no bird's nest. It has a relatively short loft and is a little scritchy, but a 3-5 minute soak takes care of that. It always provides a slick and shiny lather. It won't whip up giant merengue type lathers, but does great for face lathering. Oh yeah, it will also eat through some soaps pretty quickly.

 

SOTD
On the road today.
Palmolive shave stick
AoS Pure Badger travel brush
Schick type G
Chick blade (3)
MK Sport cologne
Have fun!

 

SOTD Thursday

Razor-Merkur 39c
Blade-Feather
Brush-StrongSet restore

Fifth shave with the 39c, so I decided to change the blade to a Feather. I used a Feather in my Blue Tip earlier so that makes me an expert, right? While the shave was easily as close (5 BBS in a row) I am not particularly impressed with this blade. It is obviously sharp, but I didn't find it as smooth or comfortable as the Astra SP. The Feather felt rough and tugged ever so slightly. The Astra's are nearly imperceptible except that your beard disappears. Previous shaves with the 39c have let me put on AS with no feedback whatsoever. This time I got a little sting, not much, but enough to notice. Onward and upward!

 

Its a great looking brush. My white horse hair version unfortunately tangled/birdnested, which is a to bad as it was also one of my favorites.

 

Awesome thanks, was just looking at one on Amazon, may have to give one a shot. They also look nice too