So little of SEptember left! To make the most of it I moved on to the wedge razors. This Henkel Rapide is new to me. I've had it for well over a year but never got to it as I fell into the straight razor hole along the way. Not a favorite of either @twhite or @Billyfergie so I had low expectations which were easily exceeded. Ended up with a face-rubbing worthy shave. A little harsher than some. It has a limited sweet spot that likes a flat angle. At that point it does a wonderful job. Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Mike's Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Henkel Rapide C.V. Heljestrand wedge blade AOS Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
Fri 29th Sept Mongoose B3 & Feather Pro [ 8 ] Nice smooth Shave accomplished, blade is tailing off , but happy with that.
Today's SOTD: Wolfpac Ice Pac soap Vie Long 16510 Silvertip brush Schick G8 Injector Soap Commander Resolution AS Balm Aromatherapy Associates Refinery Pre Shave Oil Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
SEptember 29 SOTD: Stirling Synthetic Brush TSD Lanolin Egyptian Spice Ever-Ready 1914 Stirling Unscented PSB Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender
SEptember 29, 2017 OneBlade Genesis V2 Feather FHS Rudy Vey RV7 with Shavemac Finest CRSW Jeff’s Soap Floid Blue
Friday's SE SEptember Shave Proraso Pre Shave L'OCCITANE Cade Shaving Soap Jayaruh #206 Igor by Tom CVS SE CWR Thayer's Lemon WH Pinaud Clubman I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The L'OCCITANE Cade Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #206 badger brush. I did just one pass with the Igor SE Razor by Tom and a CVS SE blade because that is all I needed. I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
SOTD SEptember 29, 2017 Fat Friday edition of a Stirling SEptember Blade: Schick Razor: Schick I1 injector Brush: Omega 10049 boar Lather: Mitchell's Wool Fat Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave WTG, touch up I1 injector this morning. Probably needed a blade change as it was not quite as smooth as it could be. But overall nice results. I'll change out the blade and have a new one for next time. Have a great day!
Today is another two day report. Yesterday I got busy at work and never had a chance to post my shave. 28 SEptember Pre-Shave: Hot Shower Brush: 24mm Silvertip, Frank Shaving Soap: Lilac, Mystic Water Shave Stick Razor: Schick Type L1 Blade: Ted Pella Injector (?) Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse and Rose Petal Witch Hazel, Thayers Photo: 29 SEptember Pre-Shave: Hot Shower Brush: 24mm Silvertip, Frank Shaving Soap: The Lounge, Stirling Soap Co Razor: Superior Lather Caatcher Blade: PAL (3) Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse and Oland After Shave, Avon, Pheasant Decanter Photo: First time using the Oland. I found it NOS in the wild last weekend.
SEptember 29, 2017 Varlet Everset K-2 Savionniere du Moulin OneBlade Genesis V1 Feather FHS-10 Barrister and Mann Reserve Blue Brooks Brothers Blue
I didn't shave last night, but I saw an N injector and pella blade loader in use at a plumbing customer's house! It gave me a big smile to start my Friday. I know I've been lazy about the pics@Linuxguile
29.09.2017 Semogue 830 Mystic Water Soap Sweet Briar Razorock Silver Hawk/Muhle Kai Captain Mild Lucky Tiger Face Tonic ASB Imperial Today I pulled my soap-shredder to task as yesterdays lather was a bit lacking in protection and I thought it was due to insufficient loading of this soap. I was right. Today the lather was as slick as yesterday but denser and more protective than yesterdays. And the fragrance? Still fantastic.
SOTD Stirling SEptember Schick Injector L1 Personna(2) Stirling Boar Stirling Iced Pineapple soap and AS My last shave of Stirling SEptember and I decided to go back to the setup that gave me one of the smoothest shaves of the month. Once again the shave was spectacular! My face became "comfortably numb" with the Iced Pineapple and the L1 loaded up with the Personna was smooth as silk! Another positive is that my Stirling Board did not shed a single bristle last night, so hopefully its shedding has come to an end. Have a great weekend my friends!
Ohhhh Yeahhh!!! I believe I saw this razor as a prominant prop in an old Spanish Inqusition movie....Just seeing this guy always got a confession!!
Please Don't Judge! But this whole set-up has brought me some amazing BBS's this week! The Artic Chill is actually amazing....The Skin Bracer is Fantastic.....and the New Improved Schick Injector is my Favorite!!! OK....go ahead and judge...Let the chips fall where they may...but this is one fine shaving kit!
Razor: Mongoose B2 w/ Hempel Handle Blade: Feather Professional (8) Brush: El Druida Red Heart Chakte Kok/African Blackwood 2 Band Badger Soap: Oleo Montrose Beach A/S: Old Spice Fresh Lime Decanter: Scrimshaw Whale Tooth (Full & Bye) Cologne 1974-1976 & Body Talcum 1979-1980 The last 2 days of this month are devoted to my 2 favorite Decanters. I am big fan of Moby Dick the book and movie. There were six styles of Scrimshaw Decanters sold from 1974 to 1976 (Product ID 3835 or 3838). The bottles sported simulated scrimshaw depicting whaling or sailing imagery. Packaging was clear plastic with the decanter on a silver plastic base. Each decanter held 6 ounces of cologne. Some were sold in gift sets with a scrimshaw soap on a rope.
SOTD 9.29.2017 Pre-shave: 5 cups of black coffee + a hot shower No brush today... used Nivea Men's Sensitive Shaving Gel, applied by hand Razor: Ever-Ready 1912 SE Blade: Gem Blue Star (2) Post-shave: Dickinson's WH, Nivea Sensitive Post-Shave Balm, Shulton Old Spice cologne Had a lot going on today so originally I wasn't going to shave but then opted for a quick one so I picked up the shave gel by Nivea. I do enjoy that gel. It goes on easily and it's creamy and protective. This is a great razor! Ended up with a close comfortable shave with one nick on my jawline (no idea what I did... didn't notice it right away). Wrapped this shave up with some very old Old Spice which I've had for decades. Awesome. Have a great weekend everyone!
