SoS: March 28, 2016 - April 3, 2016

Thanks! Great performing soap! And the AS smells wonderful!

 

3/31/2016

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Gillettte '40s Super Speed, "The Hornet" straight razor
Blade: Feather (5)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: RazoRock - Don Donato
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Wild Insurrection II

 

Three Pass Shaving Routine...

Hot Water prep & massage with Argan Oil
Rolls Razor
Rolls Wedge Blade
Hans Baier Silver Tip Badger
Shannon's Silk Pyjama's Soap
Thayers Original Witch Hazel

I have been Using my Straight's over the last couple weeks that I have bought after Selling off just about near my whole Gem blade SE Collection..I just followed in that Note Today & had the Most Wonderful Dolphin Smooth Shave with my Wedge/Hollow Ground Rolls Razor..My blade is very sharp but sort of more Importantly its also very Smooth & Forgiving...A sharp Wedge blade is One thing but a Smooth One is Another..

I got a Hold of some hard to get Shannon's Soap here in the UK from a private Brit EBay Seller..Shannon's for me has Great Glide but lacks Cushion...I am coming form a Hollow Ground blade perspective here as that wouldn't be the case with a Modern Safety razor as its a Darn Fine Soap..That said I have found for me that a Traditional Tallow like Cella, Vitos or something like Volbora just cant be beaten for shaving with Hollow Ground SEs & Traditional Straights...I did read the ingredient's & it contains Tallow Oils..These Artisan soap makers in my View just water down the True Benefits of Tallow soaps when they add too many other fancy ingredient's..I enjoyed my Shave today with the Almighty Rolls..

Billy..

 

Excellent photo.

 

Friday's


TESC Pre-Shave Oil
Speick Shave Cream
Jayaruh #51 synthetic
The Bunny V3 with WILD comb
Personna Injector
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Speick After Shave

I must say that I was not looking forward to using the WILD comb, but I was pleasantly blown away with today's experience. The Speick Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #51 synthetic brush. Only one pass and touch ups with The Bunny V3 injector razor with WILD comb and a Personna Injector blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Speick After Shave. It was a very smooth shave. There was no need for a second pass. I just did a few touch ups. The Speick SC is so slick I just wet my face and hit a few rough spots. I did not need to re-lather or do a full second pass. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Thank you.

 

Rather manly, tough guy pic, cool. So Doug, what did you shave with? The Exec our an axe?

 

Couldn't get the axe sharp enough.

 

Outstanding picture.

 

That is a LOT of cologne!!!!

 

Thursday:
hot shower w/Mistral Black Amber bar soap
Col Conk PSO
Schick Golden 500 2+ passes
Schick (?)
Yardley Gold cream in a warm bowl
DublDuck boar
Thayers unscented w/aloe
Tabac A/S

I got busy this week with the Nationwide Box Tour and didn't have time to post Tuesday's shave and I almost don't have time to post this one from early this morning since it will be tomorrow in just a few hours and my shave is now 15 hours old.
Anyhow, a very nice injector shave from my black handled Golden 500 with an unknown number of shaves on this blade but it still feels good so it stays in the razor.
A couple of items from the Box Tour that I've never tried before, Col Conk's pre shave oil and Yardley Gold shave cream. Two thumbs up for the Col Conk and half a thumb for the Yardley. I'm probably not being fair to the Yardley since the sample I received was only enough for one shave but the lather was just average. Nothing wrong with being average but that's all it was. A nice scent and it left my skin feeling good but shaving performance was just average.
Finally a dandy finish with Tabac. Interesting stuff this Tabac, it seems each time I use it I like it just a little more.

 

Now you listen here, sonny boy. I happen to like that stuff! ...and I use it too!

 

No argument with that, lady........I mean,....John!.....it was just an observation

 

Friday morning's action:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26 mm Monster
Junjie/Astra day 5
Tcheon Fung Sing Sottozero SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

A more chilly shave although not an out and out face-freezing one, but still cold enough to satisfy my menthol needs. I love this Sottozero soap's scent because it's so minty and fresh. The lather explodes off my Plissoft brush in record time, and the menthol sensation is nice - not quite as strong as Proraso Green, but still very enjoyable and this soap leaves a great post-shave feeling. The Aqua Velva is a hell of a chin-chiller and it has wonderful soothing to it. The wife ain't too gaga about the scent but c'est la vie!

A good weekend to everyone in advance!

 

I see that Citranellol is in the soap puck ingredients. The original Rise shaving creams had "CitranellA". And the Rise's came out 4 years later than the Scottozero. Man, I wish the original Rise's were back today!!!

 

March 31 - Straight Shave 30
Wade & Butcher French Point
PSO, hot shower, Nivia face wash
Jayaruh #40 Synthetic
Route 66 Casablanca soap
Alum, Nivia Balm,Pinuad Clubmas AS and talc

 

Day 91 - Completed 90 Day Intro to SR
31 March 2016





WD 5/8
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ AS Splash
Pinaud Clubman

Have a fabulous Friday!​

 

Another early morning shave with the SE. I found some leftover BWW Jolly Roger soap in the drawer and enjoyed the scent and performance.

I noticed that I'm getting 2nd day red dots...almost look like irritation on my neck.

I'm going to hold off a couple of days and go back to using straights this weekend.

Have a good one gents.

 

Thank you very much for your kind words