SoS: February 29, 2016 - March 6, 2016

Aw shucks

 

Thursday Planned SOTD



Razor: Gillette Rocket HD 500
Blade: Feather (D2)
Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic
Bowl: Turkish 5” Copper Bowl
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime
Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Bay Rum
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: B&M Kyovu Bay Rum
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Y'know, it would appear that Snakebite has a comfortable lead among those here who use Fine.

 

I tried another new item today, Feather blades. Simply amazing! My first BBS shave! I tried my new Flair Tip Super Speed that was generously given by @Boojum1 . in the newbie give away. The razor is gorgeous and the Feather blades performed flawlessly. No cuts and only a small amount of irritation but completely my fault. I only had one small touch up to my first BBS shave. I went WTG, WTG and XTG and lathered the Arko extra heavy for the XTG. I love this razor and blade combo.
Pso-Homemade mint oil
Razor-Gillette Flair Tip Super Speed
Blade-Feather (1)
Brush-Omega S
Soap-Arko stick
ASB-Nivea Sensitive

 

Shave Secret & VDH Deluxe
Vulfix 660S & VDH bowl
Germania Cutl. Works 6/8
Gillette 195 & Feather Hi-S
Alum block & Lilac Vegetal

VanDerHagen has ed-emphasized Deluxe on store shelves. I'm going to agree. The iconic blue and green bowl can stay, but I'm about done with the soap. Maybe it needs a boar brush, it didn't respond to badger. On the other hand this straight is very audible and quite effective. WTG & ATG for a very smooth reduction. XTG up my neck with the FB for nice all over DFS. Not much noise from the alum, but The Veg made it's statement. Good day Y'all.

 

March into Artist Club Blades

March 2

Razor - Feather SS
Blade - (2)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold Rinse, Alum, Nivea Original Balm, The Veg

Day two on the Feather SS and Captain Mild and it followed a somewhat predictable pattern. In the past I've found my first day on the pain stick to be pretty good, the second day more of a challenge. Seems like I go into the second day and forget how to hold the flipping thing and end up tightening up and overthinking the whole process. Not sure why that happens, but it did again today. The first pass was quite ineffective as I kept resetting the blade on the stroke and going too shallow after setting down wrong. Sheesh. It's not rocket science. It's just a razor.

Second pass was a bit better as I took a few minutes in between passes and just "zen'd" into the second pass. I went WTG again since the first one had really done very little. Got a CCS on the second pass with no blood or other major issues. I lathered and did a third pass XTG with some ATG on the neck to take it to a near DFS and called it good. Used the Superspeed with Voskhod on a quick pass just to smooth it out a bit more for work.

The lather was great today, so I can't blame that. Just my brain refusing to stop thinking and let the muscle memory take over. It should improve as the days go by. The last time I used a pain stick for an entire month I actually considered staying with it as my main razor by the end of the month. My goal is to reach that confidence level within a couple of weeks, though the change in blades may slow that down some. For now the Kai Mild is still saving my butt on some bad sets and near misses. It's probably a good thing I started with it. When my technique settles down it is a very comfortable and effective blade in spite of the mildness. It probably isn't a horrible choice for an everyday AC blade. Five more days to work with it.

Finished with alum and some burn due to the extra work needed. Nivea to cool it off and the Veg because it's legendary.

 

Congrats !!!

 

Soo jealous of the black adjustable!! Beautiful pic!

 

Great to be home after traveling more than 24 hours from Thailand.
Three passes with the Wolfman OC, with Le Grand Chypre lathered by The Varlet Orion. Ahhhhh.

 

Thanks - it went pretty well. No Nitrous here though - got an intravenous anesthesia

Thank you, Kerry How are your ribs, btw. Do you feel better?

Thank you too, Bill - I really appreciate your thoughts and well wishes

Well - today's civilian doctors use some more sophisticated methods General anesthetic during the procedure, pain is pretty bearable (they gave me some nice pills), I've been able to eat some scrambled eggs for breakfast today, so all is good

 

Planned Thursday SOTD

Bunny Razor
Chick blade
New Forest Badger brush
D.R.Harris Arlington shaving soap
Lea aftershave
Tabac EdT

 

Congratulations on the successful shave - and yes, vintage Gillettes and Feather blades are a very effective team

 

SOTD Thu. 3/03/16
Pre Shave Cleanser: Noxzema Classic
Pre Shave Oil: Dollar General Vitamin E
Shave Soap: La Toja Shave Stick
Shave Brush: Semogue 620 Boar
Razor: Muhle R41 Head/ Maggard MR5 Handle
Blade: GSB

After Shave Balm: Stirling Mita
Soap: Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap
Cologne: Grey Flannel by Geoffery Beene

Good morning guys. This morning was my first shave with my new to me Semogue 620 and @Redfisher you were right...I love this brush already. Even on my first shave, this brush didn't feel particularly prickly or hard. I let it soak while I was doing my prep and it softened better than expected and splayed beautifully which helped me create a wonderfully, cushiony face lather with the La Toja shave stick that I just love. I gave the Supermax blade another shot today, first time in the R41. I really wanted to like these blades, they were a generous PIF from my good friend Guy aka @ram57 but they just tugged horribly at me in this razor. I had to 86 it halfway through my first pass and grab a GSB. Beautiful finish, feeling smooooth. Have a great shave and a great day folks.

 

Oh how beautiful Roger!

 

03.iii.2016

 

GOOD MORNING TSD!! 03/03/16 SOTD

Gem Featherweight
Gem Personna(3)
VDH Boar
VDH Soap
Cold Water Rinse
Alum Block
Pinaud Clubman A/S

Another great shave with a vintage Gem SE Razor,Did my normal three pass shave with BBS results.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!!

 

03/03/2016
Wolfman OC with Triad SS
Feather (2)
Shavemac Silvertip D01
Soap Commander Passion Shave Stick
Witch Hazel
Fine Platinum
Whipped Shea Butter

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I have had similar mixed results from RR soaps.