SoS; April 2018

Beautiful photo Jim ☺️

 

Thank you, mate!

 

Excellent picture, Roby!

Thank you!

 

Happy birthday!

 

Happy Birthday Tdmsu!!

Monday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Agar
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Vintage Personna 74 Tungsten (Shave #18)
Brush: Stirling Boar-24mmx57mm
Aftershave: Stirling Agar w/Menthol

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

Stirling Agar today. 20 seconds to load the Stirling Boar brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 Tungsten still in the Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Agar aftershave.

Bob

 

09 April 2018

Menthol Monday!

 

April 9, 2018

Colonial Razors The General
Feather Pro Super
Dorian Crafts Galaxy Two Band
Panna Crema Nuavia Blu
Barrister and Mann Reserve Cool
Brooks Brothers 1818

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Happy Birthday

 

Schick G5 razor
Personna blade
WD Synthetic brush
Taconic Eucalyptus Mint SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Taconic Eucalyptus Mint A/S

Really nice shave today. The above listed items worked really well together and I really like the Taconic SC. Maybe I'll use this set up all week like I did last week. That went well and this week should go well also. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

Bob, did you re-vamp or re finish that Short Comb? It is stunning! Great looking razor my friend.

 

SANDALWOOD SUNDAY
NIGHT SHAVE
04/08/2018
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* Proraso Sandalwood Pre and Post balm.
* TOBS Sandalwood Cream (just amazing slickness,glide,post,scent etc... its got it all!)
* MUHLE Travel brush w/synthetic silvertip badger.
* SCHICK PLUS PLATINUM Vintage blade on 3rd shave - this blade continues to blow my mind - smooothest DE I have ever used and it really is perfect for the RED TIP - such an easy efficient 3 pass BBS.

PEACE, Jamie

 

Yep, Chris at RazorPlate did it for me. He also did my Fat Boy. Great work!

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Menthol Monday, April 9, 2018
Hot face wash, Gatsby FW
2 hot towels
Cremo Cooling Shave Cream (as pre-shave)
C. O. Bigelow + 5 drops M-Bomb
Razorock Plissoft
Gem Jr. w/Gem blade (1)
3 passes, touch up
Cold rinse, Stirling Glacial Wintergreen Witch Hazel, Duke Connor Ice Cold AS Balm, Osage Rub

OMGosh, what a great shave! I haven't used an SE in years, and this was my first time with the Jr. ("Don't call me 'Junior!'") Close shave in spots that usually end up stubbly with a DE. Now, I did get several nicks. I think that's to be expected for a first-time use. I'll have to wait a bit to see if any redness pops up. I think I'm going to use this setup all week to see if I can get a handle on it.

The Gem blades are all I can get around here. What SE blades do you all recommend?

 

The GEM stainless blades are excellent. Some folks enjoy the carbon steel blades, but I found they didn't work well for me. GEM blades are just fine.

 

As soon as I had a decent shave, my RAD kicked in: "There are a couple nice looking SEs at the local antique store. Hmmm.... I hope they're still there when I'm back to work...."

 

Monday April 9,2018

Razor: Personna Floating Head
Blade: Gillette Twinjector (11)
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade
Brush: VDH Badger
Lather: Prorasor Green
AS: Mennen Afta
Newspaper Date: Dec. 24,1943

Back to my favorite set up. An easy 2 pass shave, WTG/ATG with a almost no clean up, Super smooth, clean and close. A cold water rinse, topped off with a liberal amount of Mennen Afta, for an excellent BBS shave. Feel like a million bucks. God Bless.

Bill