SoS: December 19th ~ December 25th, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
A long hot shower, in hopes the stiffness would loosen.
While shower LuJin Badger was soaking awaiting to lather Mama Bear's Hydrogen. The LuJin whipped Mama Bear's Hydrogen into snowy mounds of lather.
The Gillette Open Comb readied with a Feather blade, awaited to glide across the slick surface of my face. Three comfortable passes that were nearly effotless.
Rinsing my face with warm water, I splashed polar water to my face several times, afterwards I patted my face dry. I liberally applied Thayer's Witch Hazel, after that dried I rubbed Fitness Balm into my face.
To all merry gentleman and fine ladies, HO, HO, HO, Merry Christmas!

 

Simpson, MWF, Rolls, Royall


Being Christmas Eve day (Merry Christmas Everyone!!), I decided I needed what I call a 2 day shave. Risky business what with Church tomorrow and all but I think I got it.

 

many thanx johnny.

 

Gillette Big Boy Deluxe
Perma sharp super
Semogue 2011 LE finest badger 1
Pre de Provence
Speick AS and 444 balm

 

Johnny quit buying Floid and brushes for a month, all you need is $100 haha...

 

Aaron, you do realize that Floyd the Barber comes to Johnny in his dreams and says...



He really has no choice. You don't know the burden of Floid, I mean Floyd!

 

Haha, oh no!

 

There are some things more important than a camera.

 

Slanty Shave #2-Merry Xmas

After a huge win for the Giants, I went in for a long shower and a long shave before dinner.

The slant is a beauty to shave with and it's all in technique. If you treat Slanty right, Slanty will give you a great shave.

EBC Preshave
Vulfix 404 Mixed
Palmolive Menthol
Merkur 37 C Slant
TSD Bourbon Vanilla Milk
Alcalado Glacial

This slant thing is gonna be fun!

 

Wednesday to Friday

Hot shower
Feather Artist Club SS with a Super Professional
Turkish No6 Horse Hair Brush
Arko Shave stick
Alum Block
Boots Freshwood A/S Balm
Tesco Cool A/S

I was in Ireland for a few days visiting my family. I was taking checked in luggage so I included my Feather AC. The rest of the stuff I keep at my parents for the occasional hand luggage only weekend.

Saturday (Christmas Eve)

Hot shower and ASDA Facial Scrub
Feather Artist Club SS
Semogue 1250 Brush
Col Conk Bay Rum Soap
Alum Block followed by Proraso Pre/Post Cream
Fixegoiste Ice A/S

I have had great shaves all week. I find I prefer the Feather blades to the Kai Titan mild. The Feathers are smoother....and although they have a shorter life.....the Kai blades DO start to rust. Today's shave was a good preparation for night duty!

 

Saturday, December 24

Feather All-Stainless Razor
Feather Blade
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Simpson Eagle 3 Best



The Eagle certainly is dense! I thought my Harvard 4 was dense. Does anyone have comments on the density of the Eagle compared to the Chubby series? Are the Chubbies as dense or even more dense?

 

Rudy Vey Restore-finest badger (first try)
Williams Vintage Tonsorial Soap
Gillette Tech
Feather
DR Harris Arlington Splash
Proraso AS

-another fantastic brush, can't wait to try the rest.

 

Very nice kit. I wish I had a few more Simpson brushes to make the comparison, but my Chubby 2 Best is definitely a densely packed brush.

 

Christmas Eve (afternoon) Shower N Shave

Hot shower followed by application of Clubman Talc
RazoRock Classic Shave Cream Soap
Sabi Black Badger
1962 Gillette Slim set at 5.5
Wilkinson Sword Blade - 2 Pass
Warm rinse
Cold rinse
Finished with Clubman After Shave

Thanx Secret Santa for the RazoRock Classic, Love this stuff!​

The Almond scent is heavenly​

DFS​

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Wishing your daughter all my best and a Merry Xmas.

 

Saturday, December 24, 2011 - Today's the day!

1. Prep: Hot shower; CB Super Sensitive facewash; hand strop blade
2. Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground Costa Rican w/ cream
3. Lather: Speick cream - face lather
4. Brush: Simpson's Commodore X2
5. Razor: Gem MMOC
6. Blade: Pella SS PTFE coated (4); 2+ passes
7. Post: Cold water rinse; Captain's Choice Bay Rum mixed w/ California Baby super sensitive face lotion

Didn't have much to shave this morning and I probably should not have done the "+". This was my first use of a cream since receiving my MWF last week. I went with one of my favorites and I must say that I'm becoming a soap guy. My soaps really are slicker. While I love the smell of my creams, I think that my soaps may be winning out for now. Now to just decide which one I'll use in the morning for my Christmas shave!

 

What did you think of that flat-top? I've been contemplating trying one of those out.

 

It's very nice-soft but has some spine (if it ever gets sciatica I'll give you a call). It did a very nice job lathering the Williams, it also blossomed
out nicely-pic was taken before it was ever actually used.

 

Ohhh, can't wait to see a post-bloom shot. I've been curious how much those bloomed. It'd be my pleasure to do all I can to assist you in a time of need. Hopefully, though, there will be no need!