30 Day Rule/Focus; May 2023. All Are Welcome!

Nice setup and I am sure that you got a nice shave Joe.

 

Thanks Gary.

Thank you Joe.

Thanks Danny.

 

Joe @Trigger aka Lather-Master, more great looking lather!

 

Lol! Thanks Chris!

 

18th May 2023.



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Shaving recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Dove Men+Care Clean Comfort Body + Face Wash.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Original Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Omega 11047 Mixed Midget.
Face Lather.
Lather: HWF Lanolin Shaving Soap. (no.3)
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson sword.(Saloon Pack) - (D2)
Razor: Parker 94R.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse./Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Boots Cucumber Facial Toner. / Yelken Lemon Eau De Cologne Spray./Boots Cucumber Moisturising Lotion.

Greetings,

The HWF Lanolin Shaving Soap. (no.3) with Lavender & May Chang I haven't added to my shaving soap rotation for a while and forgot how much of a delight it is to shave with.. The zesty citrus scent from the May Chang is a wonderful addition to the Lanolin Soap recipe.

Another enjoyable 2 pass + pick ups close comfortable shave with no errors to report to finish my shaving week off wonderfully.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Boots Cucumber Moisturising Lotion.

My face is feeling smooth cool, & smelling divine.

Stay safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Thank you Danny.

 

Possibly, then again…..perhaps Lather Bros.
Of course there are a few others in my den that Stirling is right up there with.

 

Fabulous shave Barry.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Ikon S3S stainless steel razor.
Rapira Platinum Lux blade (2).
Shore Shave Cool Water Mint Ribbon synthetic brush.
Tabac Shave soap.
Timeless Razor shave bowl.
Cremo Bourbon and Oak EdT.

I'm pleased with the way the S3S finished up. The straightened safety bar is barely noticeable and the polish job turned out better than I expected. I had to slightly bend the top cap because someone at one time had put the baseplate in upside down and tighten the handle down. This pulled the center of the cap down causing a slight bend. I small arbor press and a little time got the cap back to where it needed to be.

Now onto the shave......

First run with the Ikon S3S. Three passes with no blood loss but the alum was a little warm. This head requires a steep angle but once you find that angle it does an excellent job. It is head heavy and probably could benefit from a longer and heavier handle. I will experiment in that direction latter on. I have never been a fan of the wave handles for some reason. I have a Weber Classic and ATT Colossus handles that may par up nice. Overall it was an enjoyable shave and I just need to spend more time with the S3S.

The Shore Shave is a gorgeous brush but don't let that fool you....it can whip up some great lather in no time.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable day!

 

Great setup and shave Barry. The lavender/citrus scent sounds awesome. I had tried Stirling's Lavender and Bergamot but I would guess it is a much darker scent than your HMF Soap. Enjoy your afternoon.

 

Terrific Tabac shave Danny. You did a marvelous restoration on your IKon. May you have many years of great shaves with it. Have an Alabama Awesome day!

 

Thanks Joe

 

Excellent shave, Barry

 

great save Danny.1st modern razor resto i've seen.

 

A nice Throwback Thursday shave, with my Fine products(which arrived Wednesday-right on schedule). Very impressed at how baby-butt soft my face and neck feel after adminmistering the soap. It's interesting that Fine soaps are "made in Italy"(as he has an Italian agent working in concert with him), yet the Latigo ia an Austrian soap prepared in 1925. Course Italy and Austria aren't that far apart, so perhaps the Italian agent has an AUSTRIAN agent in turn. Aahh, who is to say? Anwway, I couldn't quite pick up a leather scent(as Latigo is famous for its leather), but perhaps the 21st century version does a better job in combining the leather scent with that of its other ingredients. As for the aftershave, first sniff resulted in me saying "Hey, this is quite similar to Stoylin Unscented". but a check of SU got me thinking otherwise. It's a nice scent, though. A reviewer said "this IS the real Knize10!". I can't comment, as I just have the Latigo. Mr. Fine gives us a lighter version of Knize10 as he says it is "inspired" by Knize 10), thus we get the IDEA of the real thing, but it's a little different. I suppose it's true that other artisans of which we are aware do this, too. As, for the shave itself, I almost stopped after the first pass-that's how soft my skin was. But I went ahead with the second., not wanting to waste the remainder of the soap on the brush. Zero cuts, one Knick(just off the lower-lip, right side)and no PolkaDots. Super Duper Outstanding.

 

fine shaves and pics for thursday gents.

 

Thanks Gary. It was apparently not treated to well. It would be interesting to know its history. Why a high end razor like that was not babyed I don't know. It has a loving home now and can enjoy its retirement.

Take care.

 

awesome shave Paul.

 

Thanks Gary