SOS: December 2018

December 19

Muhle R41/Big Bomber SS
Sputnik (3)
Simpson Chubby 2 Super
SC Love
Alum, Thayers WH, USB, Blood on Steel

 

SOTD DEcember 19th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
RazoRock Mamba .70
Pol Silver SI(8)
Wild West Brushworks "Invasion" (24mm, Firgate class)
Stirling Hot Apple Cider
IB Amici AS

 

DEcember 19th SOTD
British Aristocrat Jr w Polsilver (4)
First Canadian Maximo Gomez SS
Stirling Finest Fan/Maple
Thayers
Jeeves Tobacco Bay Leaf AS

Have a great day all!

 

Supply V1 razor
Personna blade
Maison Lambert Silver Tip brush
Williams SS (modern)
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Pinaud Clubman A/S

Shave #2 with the Supply and it went well, better than yesterday and yesterday was pretty good. A little more practice needed but it's going well. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

34 Gillette Aristocrat
Simpson 59 - Best Badger
Saponificio Varesino - Dolomiti Soap and AS Balm

Seems to be tops of my list for now but we'll see as the day gets closer....

 

Cold Water Shave
Custom Lather Bowl
Lowborn Supply Silvertip Badger
Texaus Shaving Soap
Rockwell Gunmetal 6C, plate 4
Polsilver SI (1)
Texaus Aftershave

Almost effortless BBS shave today, even on my neck!

Every single item used in the shave today is just part of the gift package from a most profoundly generous friend that went far above and beyond in embodying the very nature of paying it forward. The world needs more souls like his.

Music today provided by:
Pink Floyd ~ Ummagumma, 1969

 

BBS-1(#19)/Stork :: Semogue :: Wickham 1912/Citrus Musk :: Pitralon Classic


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Well tried out the Dominica Bay Rum soap and have to say it is one thirsty soap.
Started out with a damp brush, two shakes instead of my normal 3 then to the puck for a count of 10 then to the Blackship Grooming bowl. Found out right away this bowl too small and transferred over to my symmetrical pottery bowl which is 6 or 6.5 inches wide and as you can see the lather filled up this bowl. Lather came out airy, not the yogurt thickness that I like but surprisingly the shave was pretty slick with the '34 Aristocrat. I slowly added more water and whipped up lather again, and lather thickened up but still on the airy side as seen in the 2nd pic. So lather was not a problem but need to work on the water ratio. Again slick during the shave and post shave and not sure if from the soap or combination of my homemade preshave oil and the soap. Best way to summarize this, reminds me of how I started out five years ago with Mitchell's Wool fat and Stirling Soaps. Heck of a time at first as both were too airy and found out they are water hogs which I had to gradually add water, swirl a bit, add more water, repeat. Took me 3-4 tries with two mentioned above before I nailed down the ratio and I think this Dominica Bay Rum will take the same approach.

Hopes this help you out Joseph

Lathered up for the first pass. Little to airy for my liking but was still slick for first pass



Added a little more water x2, lather thicken up and filled the 6" inch bowl once more. Still slick as a whistle

 

This was only the second shave with this lovely black handled Canadian E3 - even though I’ve had it since September 2015. Glad it got back into action - very nice, smooth, easy, close shave.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Canadian E3
Schick (2)
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

I still mulling that over but I'm leaning toward using my Brit #70 because I tend to gravitate toward shiny objects. One thing is for certain. I will use my Xmas tree aroma soap.

 

Thursday SOTD



Razor: Jurgen Hempel Jarwin
Blade: Super Iridium (D5)
Brush: Declaration Brushworks Washington 25mm
Scuttle: Yoresh
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Unscented V35
Shave Cream: Xpec
Post: Xpec ASB
Aftershave: Penhaligon`s Sartorial
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Good looking set up Andrew. Real quick, what are your initial impressions so far with the V2 .70 Mamba as compared to the V1 .53 original? As smooth as the first one? Better efficiency on first and subsequent passes?

I've been fighting back Temptation wave after wave for the past week. I'm holding my ground but, I can feel the Ramparts starting to break. It's just a matter of time. I can feel it. The tide can swing in an instant though, a yay or nay will suffice from you.

 

The Thursday Issue-finishing off the set of:

prep-Dove 4 Men Bodywash(Hydration Balance)-in shower
shave-Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber soap
brush*-Stoylin "li'l brudder" synthetic
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE
A.S.-Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber splash

*-as is always the case, I never do two shaves in a row with the same brush.

 

Noble Otter is one of the "Texas Big 3" I'm looking into for 2019. Well, I already have Grandpa's Barbershop(Central Texas Soaps). How do you like the Texaus?

 

Congrats for your 77,100 likes Charlie....nice round number!!

 

Thank you, Paul. I hope you're having a great day! It has been beautiful and rather warm here today.

 

It will be warm-ish here Friday and Saturday. I've already switched my aftershaves for those days, in that respect. You know me, with weather&shaving! Off to the gym in a bit.

 

Shaving cream: Art of Shaving Bergamot Neroli
Brush: Vie Long Epsilon GC13900/3 horsehair
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89L
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Aftershave Balm: Nivea Men Sensitive

The perfect shave - very close, very comfortable, completely irritation and nick-free, and still baby bottom smooth hours later. I have my ne plus ultra shaving combination dialed in.

 

Thank you very much

 

Thanks for the report, Guy. That lather does look really airy...just like mine did when I first tried the soap. When I get my new puck, I am going to treat it like a shave stick and rub the puck directly on my face. I'll report back. It does smell awesome, doesn't it?