SoS: October 3, 2016 - October 9, 2016

Today's shave and a big thank you to the Lord. And to my friends here. All seems well.
Hot water wash with nivea mens face wash and a washcloth
L'OCCITAINE Plisson
Bombed Route 66 A Perfect Gent
Kinfolks "the Ace " 5/8 full hollow round end
Route 66 A Perfect Gent balm
The shave today was nice. At ease and rained in(most everything is closed). So a nice slow straight razor shave with the Ace. The Gent smells so nice, and the rich slick lather was great. The plisson is soft and performed better than usual. Three passes left me smooth and comfy, one little indiscretion (didn't even bleed) just under my jawline. Finished with the matching balm.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Star 3 piece razor
Asco blade
Shave Revolution Metaloid brush
TSD Lemongrass SS w/2x menthol
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
TSD Lemongrass A/S w/2x menthol

That was unexpected! A BBS with this combo! Knew I would/could get a DFS, but way exceeded that. What a great way to start the day. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

Friday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Cold River Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: 70’s Wilkinson Sword Light Brigade NEW Chromium (6)
Brush: oscar11 TGN High Mountain White-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

CRSW Bergamot & Bar today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. I moved the Wilkinson Light Brigade to the NEW SC. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CF Ghost Town Barber aftershave.

Bob

 

Beautiful setup Lance!

 

Thank you my friend!

 

October 6

Gillette New LC finished in Gun-Kote Bronze by Delta Echo Razor Works
Feather blade (3)
Kent BK4 brush
Tabac shave stick
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Fine Platinum aftershave

Two passes...focusing on the basics...near BBS result. I hope everyone had a fine day!

 

Thank you Doug, have yourself a wonderful Friday!

 

Route 66 Sweeney Todd Soap
B-400 Brush by Tom
Bunny V-3 Razor with Notso Comb
Chick Blade
Alum
Lucky Tiger
Pinaud Clubman AS
Happy Friday!

 

Haven't used my one and only slant in quite a while, so here it is. Absolutely no markings on it at all so I have no idea what brand or anything about it.

 

Today's shave was very enjoyable as well as freezing-cold. My Polar Vortex soap gave me tons of super-rich lather with a menthol effect that I'd say is comparable to the Stirling Frozen Tundra. The Lucky Tiger/Lemon Chill combo froze me out so delightfully. BBS and so easily - there's nothing like my 1950's Super Speed!

 

Beautiful picture and brush!

 

Shave 29. I tried out the other straight I inherited from my grandpa. This had to have been a favorite as it has quite a bit of wear on the spine from repeated honing.

This was my first shave with it. Long story short: I got a really close shave from it but the Alum screamed. So, sharp but not smooth. Maybe too heavy a hand - time will tell. In the meantime I'm making progress with adding a slight scything motion to strokes and also getting better reduction under the jaw where the lymph nodes are.

Hot water prep
AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824
Gebrüder Ziegler 9/16
Osma Bloc d'Alun
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

It looks like a great slant.
Maybe similar tohttp://theshaveden.com/forums/forums/safety-razors.30/

 

Not bad. A little aggressive but overall good results.

 

Thank you for your kind words.

 

David, I am so glad you are doing well. I continue to pray that those in the path of the storm may remain safe.

 

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed the increase of quality photos recently? TSD has some talented photographers.

 

Lots of eye candy for sure!

 

Your slant looks German, and aggressive!