SOTD 02/06/2018 Rating: 5 / 5 Razor: Merkur Vision Blade: Personna Platinum Brush: Brothers Bristles Silver Surfer Lather: Tabac Original Aftershave: Tabac Original Additional Care: Chatillon Lux Pre Shave Butter https://shavingbuddy2.herokuapp.com/shave/5a798e81e0a84d0004190a95
06 February 2018 Very satisfying 2 pass, minor touch-up, DFS+ shave this morning. Probably ride out the week with this set-up. Cream: Proraso Red Brush: Omega S10065 synthetic Bowl: Dollar Tree Salsa Razor: Fatip Grande Blade: Gillette Nacet (3) Aftershave: Pinaud Special Reserve
Gem MM Clog Pruf razor Gem Stainless blade Omega 10066 boar brush Williams SS (modern) Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe Barbasol Brisk A/S w/added menthol Long time since I last used modern Williams and it showed. Got a decent lather but not a spectacular one as I have in the past. So I think I will use Williams the rest of the week to get my mojo back. Still ended up with a nice shave and I'm ready to go. Now go enjoy your day folks
Gotta give a shoutout to @Drygulch for passing along some samples to me for my soap review thread. I'm enjoying the samples, and am up to 42 reviews and counting. Unfortunately, shaving with samples means my soap containers aren't very conducive to pretty pictures of shave gear each morning. So, to remedy this, I'm inserting a pretty picture of my complexion after the shave.
Tuesday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Catie’s Bubbles La Terre Verte Razor: Gillette NEW Long Comb Blade: Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (Shave #6) Brush: Honey Farm Designs/TGN Premium Silvertip-24mmx50mm Aftershave: NEW Country Club Highlands WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Catie’s Bubbles La Terre Verte again today. 20 seconds to load the Honey Farms/TGN Premium Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the Gillette NEW Long Comb. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Country Club Highlands aftershave. Bob
Great setup as usual, Bob. How was the Highlands aftershave? Is it comparable in scent to any others you use or know of?
F.W. Engels Perfection 9/8 Frank Shaving Silvertip Badger Brush PannaCrema Lavandotto Shaving Soap Vitos Pre/Post Shave
05.02.2018 Zenith Horse SCNHG LE LPL Cologne-Fougère Trumpf OC Gillette Silver Blue Lucky Tiger Face Tonic Proraso Green
Thanks Primo. It is the name of the outfit; Prohibition Style Accruements. This is a nice cream. Smells like a smooth light Bay Rum such as Mount Gay with a touch of tobacco.
Pre: Warm water face wash Brush: Semogue 1470 Cream: T&H No.10 Razor: Cobra Blade: Schick Proline P Post: Warm then cold water rinse, T&H No.10 PSB. I love the performance and smell of this cream and when I saw it on a sotd on another forum all other options quickly disappeared. A fantastic shave is such a great way to chill out after a long day.
A really cold one for Wednesday morning: Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster Super Speed/Astra day 6 First Canadian Polar Vortex SS Diana Menthol Balm Osage Rub AS Splash Preferred Stock Cologne An Astra on its sixth day works better than a Derby on any day - at least for me. This Polar Vortex soap has awesome lather with a HELL of a menthol punch. I'd say it's about as strong as Rod's Frozen Tundra so it's right up there. I'm not a big fan of the scent, but I've seen worse. Its post-shave care is also not the best but I've got the Diana balm to look after me and the Rubby Dubby Doo to put the proverbial "icing" on the cake!
I like it . I use it as balm sometimes too. It's good stuff. It doesn't smell like classic Pinaud though .It has a clean , slightly Brut scent.
