Gillette Mach3 Personna Easy Fit Cartridge MDC Original Soap Maggard 2 Band Aloe Vera First Line Shave Aftershave
December 15th Razor: H&S Co NO75 Blade: Voskhod (3) Brush: Rick Montalvo Pre-shave: PAA Cube Soap: T&S Merry Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel B&M Unscented Balm AS: T&S Merry Good morning! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Williams Wednesday's Shave Cold Water Rinse Williams Mug Soap Jayaruh #424 Synthetic 47 Gillette Aristocrat Gillette Silver Blue CWR Humphrey's Witch Hazel Lustray Spice After Shave The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #424 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 47 Gillette Aristocrat Razor with a Gillette Silver Blue Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Wednesday morning: L’Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster Super Speed/King C. Gillette day 8 Derbylux SC Nivea Sensitive ASB Alt Innsbruck AS Splash I wanted to use the Derbylux cream because it’s been sitting around in my house for a long time and I ignored it for too long. It’s from Hungary and it’s got a lovely sporty/minty scent with great lather - hell, just a small dab on both cheeks is sufficient, it has a nice menthol sensation, and the postshave feeling is very comfortable. The Nivea Sensitive balm delivered great soothing and moisturizing, while the Alt Innsbruck aftershave went on icy cold with its gorgeous old school European scent that I love so much and my wife curses every time she smells it on me! It felt good to use my Plissoft 26mm Monster synthetic - that bugger really drives the lather into my face. Another super smooth shave that I enjoyed so much! Have a good day - be well and safe! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Focus R51-5 Tritok Flat Top Razor. Feather Blade (2) Delrin handle synthetic brush. Soap Commander Unity shave soap. Irish Chestnut by Andy Hilfiger cologne. 2nd run with the flat top and it was a little better than yesterday. The angle is getting easier to find. Once you get the right angle locked in and apply a little pressure it is a sweet and smooth shaver. Three nice passes with just a hint of alum. Happy Wednesday everyone!
RR Hawk V3A Schick Proline (5) Semogue 22mm BC Texugo Stirling Orange Chill Tet-A-Tet ASB A very nice two pass shave today. Switched things up and used a badger and the Stirling Orange Chill. Enjoy your day.
Soap: TSD unscented Lanolin Brush: Oscar11 with H.I.S. knot Razor: Rockwell 6C R2 plate Blade: Super Iridium After: Stirling unscented balm
Wednesday, December 15 Santa Maria Novella~~Simpson "The Duke"~~RazoRock GC .84 OC/Sharp Star~~Initio Oud For Greatness Have a great day!
SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 2021 After yesterday’s fabulous shave with the new-to-me Bartmann, there was no way I could settle for less than an exemplary shave. Time to pull out the tried and true big guns! Victor Creazzi builds great razors. I own two of his fancies. My first purchase was this razor, “Bone Mosaic”. At 7/8, like most of Victor’s razors, it’s right smack dab in my sweet spot. Despite today’s trend towards meat cleaver/shave hatchet style razors, they’re not for me. My son owns several of the latter, from well-known and respected makers. I’ve shaved with a 10/8 and a 12/8 and don’t like their mass or heft and feel in hand. Keeping my neck smooth is one of the priorities for my mug shaves. And while I can do it with these behemoths, I don’t enjoy it! Bone Mosaic checks all the boxes and then some for me. It’s nimble in hand, thanks to its heft and balance in hand, qualities that are inherent to every razor Vic builds. But even more importantly to me, Bone Mosaic is one purty lady with a buttery smooth edge! And boy does she ever clean the decks. Two and a half passes put the baby to bed, leaving my mug porcelain smooth. Matt Pisarcik is truly a standup guy, as many are now learning in light of a certain plating fiasco where he stepped in and cleaned up a more disorganized and less experienced vendor’s mess. I met Matt and his lovely wife at a Shave Collectibles Meeting back in October of 2019 outside Cincinnati. Matt is a very knowledgeable and serious Gillette collector. So much so in fact Proctor and Gamble, Gillette’s current owners, had engaged him as a consultant to help them straighten out their collection. He spoke about the experience at the meeting and gave a great talk and presentation on Gillette history. Shortly thereafter I purchased his first new safety razor design, the Rex Adjustable (RA). After it arrived, there were issues, and Matt, being Matt made good on his guarantee and fixed everything on his dime. The Rex Adjustable owes its design to both the Gibbs and Gillette adjustables he had been repairing for years. There are now two other models in the Rex stable, and while I’ve not shaved with them, do know they reflect a level of safety razor design expertise gained from over a decade of hands-on safety razor repair expertise. My noggin shave with my RA this morning was the usual superb two ATG passes that completed the morning’s shave regimen and left me velveteen smooth from shoulders to noggin. RAZOR: Victor Creazzi’s “Bone Mosaic” 7/8 (Mug), Rex Adjustable (Dome) BLADE: Feather DE (Dome) PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil BRUSH: MrEE LE #007 Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Fine Accoutrements’s Platinum AS Splash.
SOTD, Dec 15th 2021 Razor: Razorock 2nd Generation Lupo.72- Mfg 2021> excellent mid range, great clamping design, great for under the nose, carefree shaving mostly. Blade: Gillette 7 oClock SP black(3) Sharp & Smoooth with reasonable longevity. Soap: Speick, nice mild spicy scent + excellent lather qualities. (misted) Brush: Yaqi Viper 24mm boar, excellent lather generator, soft spit end tips, nice scrub, great lather painter. Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera gel on the cleaned beard area. Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. Post shave: Fine fresh Vetiver with witch hazel + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizer lotion (balm) + scentless. Results: CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers = excellent shave with my RR Lupo.72 + a Gillette 7 oClock SP. Have some great shaves!
A nearly encore performance from the Never Fail to test out a refresh. Mission accomplished - wonderful shave Hot water preparation Argan Oil PSO Shavemac 2 Band Silvertip Badger Sterling Soap Black Cherry sample Never Fail 5/8 Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel Happy shaving - Karl
Gillette New LC / Polsilver Super Iridium Cravingshaving Synthetic Route 66 / Barber Shop Hop Sent from my SM-T387V using Tapatalk
SOD Wednesday December 15, 2021 Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar Bowl: Fendrihan Pre shave: None Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Druantia Razor: Henson AL13 Mild Face WTG-XTG-ATG Head WTG:XTG-ATG Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (6) Razor: Gillette Styler Post: Omega Alum Block Post: Thayers Witch Hazel Lotion: none Balm: Southern Witchcrafts Druantia Have a great day!
