I've had an idea for a theme. The Inspired Shave. While some plan a week ahead, or only the day before, I rarely know what I'll use until I get to my gear. Being on a Focus has channeled my flibbertigibbet. All SE's was fun and I even stuck to one soap each week. All OC's hasn't cramped my style or lack there of. So this Inspired Shave idea - With my current gear I might have the ability to match someone else's choices for the day. Tossing in the NoVariation angle I might stick with it until the next Inspired Shave presents itself. Just a thought.
You know what they say about missles...you let a few in and there goes the neighborhood. "Express Shipping" "To take no action is an action." -Sun Tzu, Art of War "Stating an intention to remain uncommitted is a commitment." -Bama Samurai, shavette sage of the High plains
Ivan been forgetting to pull the warheads again? I suppose that's one way to score high in business satisfaction surveys - you have a Return for Refund rate of ZERO. On the other hand, customer retention must be a little bit iffy...
October 26 Gillette Super Speed Red Tip (A3) Feather (3) JR #160 Louisville Slugger handle with Omega 10098 boar knot C.O. Bigelow shave cream Thayers Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Floid Vigoroso aftershave
Gillette LC New BRW Improved Handle Gillette Silver Blue Semogue BC Mistura Soap Commander Love Soap Commander Love ASB Another nice shave. Enjoy your day...
I understand about the camera thing. It happens to the best of us. So is there a partially shaven Sasquatch roaming the Canadian woods now?
OCtober 26, 2017 Wolfman Ti OC (0.74 blade gap) Personna 74 (11) WDC-8 with Druida Manchurian Fine Platinum Soap and Aftershave Another very good shave this morning. After several days of using synthetics it was nice to return to using a badger brush. After rubbing the Fine Platinum shave stick around the face I started face lathering. The scrub of the brush added to the experience. Fine Platinum is one of my favorite aftershave scents and the soap just carries the scent throughout the shave. Three passes and touch ups later ended in a near perfect shave. A splash of Platinum to keep the theme going and I think I ready for the day. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.
OCtober 26 SOTD: Stirling Synthetic Brush Stirling Gatlinburg 1936 Gillette Aristocrat Stirling Unscented PSB Stirling Gatlinburg AS
SOTD October 26, 2017 Prep: Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Schick Razor: Personna injector Brush: Vulfix badger Lather: Palmolive shave stick Post: Witch hazel, Pitralon Classic aftershave WTG, touch up I think I've got this shave stick thing figured out. Less is more when applying the stick. Then I take the damp brush and move it around my face with pushing the bristles down and up. That energizes the paste on my face some. Then I dip the tips and begin to vigorously face lather. That has worked quite well. Getting great lathers overall. Very impressed with this Palmolive stick and the Wilkinson stick. Arko works great as well but doesn't have the best post-shave feel for me. It's fine but the others are better for me. Nice shave in the end. Have a great day!
You might want to do that, Doug. As it headed out the door, I heard it mutter that it knew exactly where to find another TSD member to borrow a brush from to go with its new razor. That didn't mean much to me at the time, but later, I discovered one of my razors was missing (a Red Tip SS that I didn't like anyway). And it was headed in your direction and you've got really nice brushes...
Time for a trip down memory lane. This was my first straight razor and I remember how intimidating it was. It isn’t so scary anymore and really shaves nicely Stirling Executive Man Soap Jayaruh #155 Brush Faultless Razor Lucky Tiger Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber After Shave Have s great day!
OCtober 26th Gillette NEW LC w Polsilver(5) 30DC LE First Canadian Shave Soap Maximo Gomez Cuba Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender One more day with the NEW/Polsilver combo. Used one of my absolute favourites- the Maximo Gomez. Excellent great-scented lather, excellent razor, excellent shave. 3 passes later I am completely smooth. Finished with Unconditional Surrender and it doesn't get better than this. Have a great day all!
