SoS; April 2018

Pre: Cold water face wash
Brush: Wee Scot BB
Soap: Cyril R. Salter Tallow
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick Twin
Post: Cold water rinse, Floid Mentolado Vigoroso AS

I don't really know how the Schick Twin blade works, does one blade cut close and the other closer still, or as modern speil puts it, the first blade pulls the hair out for the second blade to cut?
What I do know is, it gives a very close, if somewhat boring shave.
The Wee Scot is calming down and beginning to show me its true character, how can such a diminutive brush generate and release so much lather?
Have a great Sunday.

 

Good morning guys!

My Sunday shave:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Astra day 7
OSP Grapefruit Menthol SS
Lucky Tiger AS Cream
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Christian Dior Eau Sauvage EdT

BBS in two easy passes, lots of chill, and I smell great - what else can I ask for?

Enjoy your Sunday!

 

Unconditional Sunday
Not such a great shave today. I think this blade has aged quickly. I got a couple weepers while taking down two days growth with the Vision.

Rating: 4 / 5

Razor: Merkur Vision
Blade: Personna Platinum
Brush: Brothers Bristles Silver Surfer
Lather: L&L US
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender Splash
Additional Care:
Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender Salve

 

SE Sunday's Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Colgate Shaving Mug Soap
Jayaruh #144 Badger
Darwin Hollow Ground Safety Razor
Darwin Hollow Ground
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
English Leather

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Colgate Shaving Mug Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #144 badger brush. I did two passes with the Darwin Hollow Ground Safety Razor with a Darwin Hollow Ground blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then English Leather AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

This was my first shave with the Darwin. I found the blade a bit tuggy, but it did the job of providing a quality shave with no nicks, cuts, or irritation. I have put it through both the hone and strop for tomorrow's shave. There are two blades, and I gave both the treatment. I will be using the Darwin through Thursday when I will send it back to @twhite. Thanks, Tom, for the experience.

 

Sun. 4/22/18



Good morning friends. Excellent three pass shave today with the Muhle R41 loaded with a Ladas. Excellent lather from the Palmolive shave stick. I finished with Brut... Smooth and refreshed. Enjoy your day friends. ☺️

 

Wonderful shave with the RazoRock Game Changer w/Barber Pole handle. Keyhole brush is a great value, Amici!! And TFS Kathmandu soap and edp.
Feel good. Look good. Wet shaving.

 

22 April 2018

Tried Coates Tea Tree cream this morning for the first time. I suspect that because of its age, the scent is very faint. The performance is fine although a tad more water is required compared to say Proraso or Derby creams. Again, I'll attribute that to its age. Very slick, cushioned lather. Nice post shave feel. I have a few more flavors to try and if the scents are weak, I'll take performance over scent any day. I may ride this combo all week.

Cream: Coates Tea Tree
Brush: Omega S10065 synthetic
Bowl: Dollar Tree salsa
Razor: Fatip Grande
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (1)
Aftershave: Barbasol Brisk

 

And here's an addition:

Post-shower, pre-shave-Clubman Hair Styling Gel

 

Sunday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Soap: Cold River Soap Works Glide-Olfactory Hue
Razor: Gillette Black Handle Super Speed.
Blade: Gillette Platinum-(1)
Brush: Thater Silvertip-26mmx55mm
Aftershave: YSL M7 Oud Absolu EdT

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

CRSW Glide Olfactory Hue today. 20 seconds to load the Thater Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. I loaded a new Gillette Platinum in the Gillette Black Handle Super Speed. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with YSL M7 Oud Absolu EdT.

Bob

 

Sunday, April 22

Tabac~~Paladin~~Gillette~~Wilkinson Light Brigade (Final Shave)
Crummy picture, great shave.
Have a great day!​

 

great brush-the Palladin, right?

 

Thank you Paul. Correct, it's the Paladin PK-47 28mm Tortoise with a Fan Knot.

 

Sunday April 22, 2018

Razor: Personna Floating Head
Blade: Gillette TwinJector (1)
Lather Gillette Foamy
AS: Mennen afta

With the canned lather, I had to do a lot more touching up than normal to achieve what I wanted. A 2pass shave, WTG/ATG and like I said a lot of clean up, I guess it`s back to Proraso. The TwinJector blade does cut slicker and cleaner than almost everything else (for me anyway). With a cold water rinse and a liberal amount of " afta", I`m refreshed and good to go. Very satisfied with the end result. God Bless.

Bill

 

Terrific picture, Roby!

 

April 22 SOTD:

Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley
Blade: Rapira Swedish Super Steel
Brush: Simpsons CH-2
Lather: Jeeves of Hudson St Bay Rum
Aftershave: Crown King Captain Smythe's Reserve
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

 

Thanks Jim and beautiful colors in your photo buddy ☺️

 

SOTD 20180422.



Vintage brush / Maggard synth.
Simpsons Lavender & Vetiver (monster).
SSSeygus Extrem OC.
Sputnik Teflon (6).
Jan's Splash "Lavender Cashmere".

 

Thank you, Roby!

 

How does that YSL compare to the one that Stoylin Sandpiper cloned?

 

Barbasol Floating Head/Astra SS

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