SoS: February 29, 2016 - March 6, 2016

Hello TSD

Did not have much time this morning, and since I didn't want to rush a straight razor shave, it was just a quick 2-pass DE shave here today.



- Stirling Bay Rum
- Mühle STF
- RazoRock Little Bastone
- Polsilver SI
- Homemade Bay Rum AS

Nice and effortless BBS shave in less than 10 minutes .

 

1°.iii.2016

 

March 1 SOTD:

VDH Boar Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Henry Sears and Son Queen 3/4
Stirling Unscented PSB
Brut Classic AS

 

SOTD March 1, 2016

Noxema preshave cream
Gillette Heavy Tech / Gillette Silver Blue
Omega / Haslinger Schafmilch
WH / shea butter

Haslinger Schafmilch is one of those soaps that if you use it every day it softens up nicely and with just a few swirls of the brush it creates a thick, slick lather. And I love the scent. If I was only using this soap for one day in a larger rotation I would probably let the puck air dry for a few hours before I re-shelf the container, but it looks like this week is shaping up to be a Schafmilch week.
It is hard to believe this is the first of March.I think we have seen the worst of winter and now I can look forward to working in the garden in a few weeks.

 

SOTD March 1, 2016

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Personna lab blue (1)
Razor: Maggard MR1 handle with V2 open comb
Brush: Trader Joe's synthetic
Lather: Proraso White shaving soap
Post: Witch hazel splash, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

Efficient CCS this morning with a restoration of faith. Two of the last three shaves were subpar and yesterday's in particular left me with some irritation of my neck and a bad nick under my nose. That was using a Schick G1 injector. I like the G1 a lot but it needs some more time for training! So I went back to the Maggard razor today.

I forgot how much I enjoy Proraso White! I used it a lot during the month of January when I was first starting out with DE shaving. I put it away last month to use some other soaps, but today was a reminder of how much I enjoy it.

The Trader Joe's brush is a little stiff compared to my other synthetic. I'm going to use it more this month to try and figure out its quirks. It went behaved quite well today and I loaded up lots of soap that turned into nice, thick, cushiony lather. I could have done five more passes with the leftovers in the brush.

The V2OC from Maggard is continuing to win me over. It is efficient and easy to handle. Paired with a Personna blade is a winning combination.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

 

Very pretty brush Perry..

 

Cool background!

 

Proraso White is quality soap... it and its brethren often get lost in the artisan bounty we find ourselves in right now.

 

Thank you!

 

I have Green, Red, and White. I like them all. Plus they're quite inexpensive!

 

Leaving in the morning so I'm posting tonight's shave now.
Ao Nam Mao beach, Krabi, Thailand.
The usual suspects have been giving me great shaves for over a month. Thanks to the Blackbird, Ikon Slant, Envyshave Alluminati, Da Vinci Uomo 299, Dr. Jon's Classic soap, and Gentlemen's Refinery Standard cream and after shave.

 

How lovely Chris...

 

Thank you. It's such a lovely spot that it's easy to make nice pics.

 

Amazing photo!

 

SOTD for March 1st..........

LaToja face lathered w/Simpson's Duke 2 Best
'48-50 Aristocrat w/Wilkinson Sword blade (3)
WH rinse followed by True Gentlemen Unscented ASB finishing w/Floid aftershave

2-passes for a nice CCS.

 

3/1/16 - #77

Prep: warm wash
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Post: Avon Spicy

First use of a Fatboy and it did just fine. Initial setting of 5 then moved it up to 6. Results were outstanding.

 

@LaSalle82 I just used La Toja this morning for the first time, I found it to be outstanding... How do you like it?

 

Love the colors.