SoS: April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016

Thank you.

 

BBS-1/HEMPEL // ROMERA // BARRISTER & MANN​

 

Very beautiful Chris.

 

Thanks, the handle is an MR8 from Maggards.

 

Excellent!

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It's awesome.

 

Thanks!

 

Friday planned

Schick type F razor
New Forest prototype brush
Homemade lavender PSO
Martin De Candre lavender shaving soap
Myrsol Agua Balsamica aftershave
Ach Brito Lavanda cologne

 

That is an amazing brush! Beautiful!

 

Friday's Freezy Weezy Shave!

Here's the material:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Junjie/Astra day 5
Stirling Glacial Eskimo Tuxedo SS
Diana Menthol Balm
Barrister & Mann Arctique AS

Heaven help anyone who's unable to tolerate powerful menthol because this setup will make them suffer. For myself, it's like from the Garden of Eden!

A great weekend to everybody in advance!

 

I made the mistake of changing 2 things up today and my neck paid the price. I switched out the plate and tried the "NOTSO", as well as a different soap (which was not as creamy and protective). The result was a waive of the white flag after 1 and a 1/2 passes. I will try again this weekend. Can't win them all boys. Enjoy your Friday.

 

Sorry about that JR.

 

It's my own fault Jim. I tried to change too much at once. I will regroup and let my face recover.

 

TGIF Planned SOTD



Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade Kai Titan Mild (D10)
Brush: Oscar11 Aqua\White SOC Boar
Bowl: Doug Smith 5" Shaving Mug
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: Jasmine Creamsicle
Shave Soap: Reef Point Dragon's Blood
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Extro Rasoio E Pennello Summer 2015
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Thank you

 

ArkoApril in Russia!

April 21


Razor - 1959 Gillette Super Speed
Blade - (1)
Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip
Soap - Arko
Post - Cold water rinse, Alum, The Veg

Baikonur, we have a problem. I'd say Houston, but this is a Russian blade after all. The last time I used a Ladas I was quite disappointed and declared it a dud. The notes I have on this blade indicate I've had good luck previously. It's always been in my top three Russians. Well three or four. But, it's always delivered a great shave up until the last time when I went to one just for a day. And it sucked. So, time to move on to the Ladas again today and I used a brand new blade, of course, and the shave, to be polite, SUCKED. The lather with the Wolf was fantastic. No problems like yesterday with that. The feel of the blade was absolutely rough. The audible feedback was loud, but not the velcro loud I'm used to with these blades. It's hard to describe other than saying it sounds like ripping instead of that velcro zip, if that makes sense.

On the second pass I still got plenty of roughness out of the XTG and the sound was still quite loud. Clearly the first pass hadn't accomplished what it should have. And the second pass didn't get me to a good DFS either. Maybe a barely DFS. So, in spite of the feel and rising irritaiton, I did a full third pass and lived to tell the tale. By the time I got done with the slides on my neck I was ready to throw the razor as far as I could. This was not what I expected and it is the first really bad shave I've had all month. When I set things up for a month of awesome shaves it's a bit maddening that a blade that has always helped with that suddenly turns south on me.

So, what is the problem? Well, that's the question of the month at this point. I have two working theories. One, the Arko lather just doesn't work with this blade. However, I'm pretty sure I've used them together before but I didn't keep as good of notes back then so maybe not. The way to find out? Stay with the blade and change soaps tomorrow. The second theory - since this blade came out of the same tuck as the other one that sucked I may have a tuck from a bad run. In other words, multiple duds. While disappointing to see that happen it is the most likely of the possibilities. The way to find out? Open a new tuck that I just received so that there is plenty of time between manufacture dates. And that is what I will be doing tomorrow. I'll use a blade from the shipment I just received and stick with the Arko. AND also stick with the Wolf Whiskers another day. Change one and only one variable. Hopefully that will answer the problem and I can breathe a sigh of relief that it was just bad luck and a bad tuck that upset the balance of power.

As if that wasn't enough today I got a message from Putin as well. He only made it as far as Hawaii before he couldn't take my crew anymore. I won't repeat most of what he said because while it was Russian, I'm pretty sure it was also unrepeatable. All I know is he dropped them off with enough supplies to drift the rest of the way. Or be eaten by sharks, whichever. I did manage to get a satellite image of the area. These guys will be the death of me long before bad blades and razors will!

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Thank you so much kind sir - this means a lot

 

GOOD MORNING ALL TGIF!!! SOTD 04/22/16

'59 Gillette 195 AKA The Fatboy
Big Ben(2)
E-Shave Badger
E-Shave Orange Sandalwood Cream
Cold Water Rinse,Alum Block
E-Shave ASB,Old Spice A/S

A very enjoyable shave this a.m.with the above mentioned products, a great start to my Friday my face is as smooth as a baby's butt or as we like to call it BBS!!

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!!