Planned saturday shave Proraso preshave solingen vintage straight razor muhle silvertip badger 23 mm Truefitt and Hill shaving cream no 10 Razorock xxx aftershave Have a nice weekend.
May 5, 2018 Blackland Sabre Level 2 GEM PTFS Omega 10098 Pro MDC Original 'Le Bol En Bois' Fine Platinum Creed Aventus
RECENT SHAVES Prep: pre shave soap mix Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech Blade: GSB Brush: Yaqi 26mm synthetic Soap: Gustafsons Stubble Managment Post: Mickey Lee Italian Stallion A/S Milk Perfect BBS shave. Love the performance of this soap made by Square One Soapworks, which is criminally underrated IMO. Perfromance reminds me a bit of Perfectly Natural soaps, or Shannons. No bubbles whatsoever. Finished off with MLSW milk. Prep: Occams crushed lime pre shave soap Razor: Gillette Fat Handle Tech Blade: GSB Brush: Razorock BC Plissoft Soap: First Canadian- Maximo Gomez Cuba Post: Royall Rugby EDT 1st Canadian new formula is a great soap, but I was in a bit of a hurry, as a result the shave suffered a bit. Did get some irritation and nicks but was completely my fault. Finished off with Rugby which smells amazing. Prep: shower with WTF Taboo bath soap Razor: Razorock Hawk SE Blade: Feather Pro Guard Soap: Wholly Kaw Project Leather Post: English Leather A/S Top notch lather from WK provided a smooth BBS shave. Project Leather has become one of my favorite scents from the WK line, despite it not being a strong leather forward scent. Finished off with English Leather aftershave. Prep: pre shave soap mix Razor: Razorock Hawk Blade: Feather Pro Guard (2nd shave) Brush: Razorock BC Plissoft Soap: Mike's Natural Pine & Cedarwood Post: B&M Taiga A/S thick lather from the Mike's Natural this morning. Managed a fairly decent shave, did get a few weapers but nothing bad. Scent paired well with the B&M aftershave. Hope everyone is doing well and getting great shaves!
Saturday SOTD Razor: 1959 E2 Gillette Flair Tip Blade: PoliSilver-Wizmet (D12) Brush: Omega 10081 Synthetic Boar 25mm Bowl: Turkish Porcelain Bowl 4 ¾” Pre-Shave Scrub: Holy Black True Grit - Coffee Pre-Shave Balm: Vitos Shave Soap: Vito’s Extra Super Post: Monster Block Alum Aftershave Balm: RR R-160
5 May 2018 * Muhle Rocca + Stork Aristocrat 1 Titanium * Wizamet Iridium Super * Shavemac D01 2-Band Jade * Mystic Water Vanilla Sandalwood * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
MAYhem 2018!!!!! May 4 Razor - 1959 (E4) Gillette Fatboy (6) Blade - (1) Soap - Stirling Iced Coffee Brush - Jayaruh #54 Post- Alum It's been awhile since I've loaded a Chinese blade. There's a reason for that. Typically, they SUCK! Once in awhile I will find one that works, but it's rare. Most die an amazing death like the Flying Eagle - the absolute worst blade ever made. Or, should I say, the absolute worst piece of steel that's called a blade. So, when the Curley's showed up today I set my expectations appropriately low. I did some basic research. The Q-code on the tuck takes you to the website for Muncisa in Spain. They have a tab for Curly Shaving but only have pictures of disposables. That's the only shaving related tab I found. Munsica is clearly a wholesaler and handles a wide range of products. Well, nothing to do but shave. I decided to treat this like a blade trial. Use a good razor, my Fatboy in this case, and go with a quality setup overall. The JR54 is top of the line for brushes and I can't describe how happy I was to grab some Stirling after a month with Arko and other things. Not that there's anything wrong with Arko but....I mean.......STIRLING! And Iced Coffee to boot!! I was nearly in tears from the joy. So, load the razor. Whip up that decadently wonderful lather - both scent and quality - and take a deep breath as I began the shave. Chinese blades typically let you know immediately that they SUCK. This blade was......an exception. Intriguing. Definitely not on par with Russian steel, but also definitely not horrible. After the first pass I thought I might have found a weakness as it seemed to leave a lot behind. However, it was fairly smooth. The second pass was even smoother and more effective and I chose to just touch up after two passes rather than do a full third pass. The result - DFS. A very nice DFS. Well, at what cost did I get that DFS? I mean - since it wasn't totally smooth it had to leave some heat behind for the alum, right? Not so much. A few hot spots but other than that the alum was quiet. I'm grudgingly impressed. I think I'll leave it in and turn the Fatboy up to 9 tomorrow and give it another go. Let's see what some gap creates with this one. Quick programming note - I normally head shave on Thursday or Friday night, whichever precedes the start of my week. However, next Thursday we will be headed toward central Missouri for 4 days of havoc and fun. Heard of Burning Man? Well, Interfuse is next weekend, Thursday through Sunday. That's Missouri's Burning Man and we will be there. So....I will do my head shave next Wednesday night before we leave on Thursday. That will mean 13 days growth which, of course, means that head shave will be with a pain stick. Then, no shaves after Wednesday until we return on Sunday. Four days growth - yep - another pain stick shave, this time for my face and neck. Just another way MAYhem is playing out this year! Hope you have a great weekend!
Good Morning Everyone SOTD 05/05/18 Pal Adjustable (set at 3/4) Schick (5) VDH Boar VDH Luxury Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block Aqua Velva Musk A/S Have A Great Day!
Pre: Warm water face wash Brush: Maseto 24mm ST Soap: S.V. 70th Razor: Ever-Ready 1924 Blade: Gem SS Post: Warm then Cold water rinse, 4711 ASL Sublime shaving soap Saturdays success story Superbly smooth shave Have a great weekend everyone.
SOTD 20180505. Brush: M Keramiek / Tuxedo. Stirling Wintergreen (sample). Vintage 7 O'Clock NEW / custom handle. Rembrandt Super Stainless (NOS) (1). Hugo Boss Bottled EdT.
