SoS: April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016

Merkur 180
Kai
TOBS
Brandless badger brush
Nivea balm

This was the closest shave yet. A fair bit of irritation that may be remnants of damage from a few shaves ago. Still recovering from that one. No cuts, no weepers. Have a great weekend and a great shave!

 

Lavanille Dream Shave
I used my Futur Brush for the first time today. I'm still learning the best way, but this was a pleasing shave. I loaded it dry from a bloomed soap tub and the lather was too airy at first. I loaded more and it got thicker, but not quite to the level I'm used to with my HIS Lather Monster. It's a much smaller brush than I'm used to (22mm vs 28mm) as well. It felt very soft on my face. The razor felt a bit more rough than usual, so I reloaded the blade to make sure it was in there properly. The splash did not burn much, so all is well.
Prep: Jack Black Nourishing Oil
Soap: B&M Lavanille
Brush: Merkur Futur Brush
Razor: Merkur Futur 5-5-5
Blade: Voskhod
AS: B&M Lavanille




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I would have to say that looks like ann All-Star shave to me

 

I'm glad you enjoyed the blades. Good to see you enjoying my PIF.

 

I am delighted in the Wilkies.

 

Slim Adjustable set to 9
Voskhod Blade
TOBS Rose and MDC Lavender Face Lathered
4 passes

Excellent shave today, in fact, the best in weeks.

 

Very nice....double jealous now.

 

SOTD Saturday April 23/16

Razor - Gillette Big Fellow
Brush - Epsilon Horse
Soap - Arko
Bowl - Tinned Copper
Alum Block - Turkish natural Potassium Alum

Post shower shave. The Big Fellow turned out to be a nice surprise. Being a Gillette old style and made for thicker blades I anticipated either mild or overly aggressive shave. Was happily surprised with a spot on close shave with no nice/wheepers.
Finished restoring my newly acquired vintage Arrarex Caravel espresso machine. Brilliantly simple but effective machine.Helping son paint his bedroom. Good day all.

 

It felt really good to use my big Turkish horsehair brush again and it lathered up the Gillette Menthol cream beautifully. The menthol effect came up very strong, especially during my second pass. The Lucky Tiger a/s cream continued the chill as did the Alt Innsbruck aftershave splash. Today's shave was a very good and easy BBS!

 

Saturday SOTD

Schick C1 razor
Doug Korn brush
MdC shaving soap
F&C Black Powder aftershave

 

@ilts i recently got a Schick adjustable myself, they are very fun to shave with and great looking razors.

 

Stunningly beautiful!

 

Proraso
Antica Barbieria Colla boar
1959 Gillette Redtip
Gillette SharpEdge
Skin Bracer ​

 

Nice Red Tip, !

 

SOTD
April 23 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Noxzema
Razor: Gillette Aluminum Tech
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: RazoRock Son of Zeus
Brush: Custom Ever-Ready 100T w/Shave Revolution Synthetic 22mm knot by Clint @theFAT98
Post: Thayers Rose Petal WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: RazoRock Son of Zeus
I had a great shave with my newly acquired Aluminum Tech, 3 pass and I'm smooth and irritation free.
What defines us is how well we rise after falling.

 

Fantastic line up. The Cade EdT scent is one of my favorites.

 

Wolfman Triad / Voskhod

Paladin

IColoniali

 

Saturday Shower/Shave

Shower- Noxzema facial cleaner, Dr. Bronner's All-One Hemp Peppermint bar soap
Pso- Homemade grapefruit PSO
Brush- RazoRock Plissoft
Razor- Muhle R41 head on a Maggard MR5 handle
Blade- Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Soap- Catie's Bubbles Mile High Menthol with extra M-Bomb
Thayers Witch Hazel with grapefruit EO
AS- Aqua Velva

A rare early morning shave today, my daughter and I are participating in the Bubble Run 5k and the 2 days of growth had to go. Excellent 3 pass shave today. Have a great day folks!

 

I won't answer for Melyus, but the L'Occitane's 'Cade' is one of my regular soaps in the rotation (see today's SOTD). Mild, pleasant scent and the lather is abundant. Not as super-slick & thick as MdC or Route 66, but still a top performer.