SoS: January 16th ~ January 22nd, 2012

Sat Sat 21
Brush: Vie-Long Boar/Horse
Soap/Creme: Cella
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Astra SS
Pre: shower followed by Poraso Sensitive pre/post
Post: Witch Hazel
Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil plus a dab of pomade for extra shine.

 

I will ready the guest room.

 

Take care of yourself...heck, I was married, I know a man can't do it JK Jeff

 

Good Memories of Ybor or blurry ones. Take care of BG for us mang.

 

Great write up Ryan! I too agree with Justin (Neolithium), love to read others shaving stories, and Proraso being such a great product! Well done sir!

 

Hot Shower
Merkur 11C
Gellette Green SS
Schwarzweisskeramik XL
Semogue LE 2011 Finest Bristle 1 #15
Cella Red tube
Osma Alum Block
Speick lotion

 

Bill Evans-Groovy. I really liked it when Scott Lafaro was in the trio.

 

Sunday 22 Jan

First let me appologize to Scott Wein, I said I was going to use the EJ89 Saturday and that didn't happen. Things just kind of spun out of control right from the begining. My wife sent our 3 year old daughter up to wake me up and say its snowing and coffee is ready. I had a cup and went out and shovelled us out and cleaned off the cars. It took awhile so I had to shower fast then head out to a kids birthday party. So no shave Saturday. During the drive to the party I was assigned an emergency job where I have to travel early Sunday. So Saturday night I packed the EJ89 up for travel and decided to use it on the road. I didn't want to rush the first shave with it, so its going with me.

Palmolive Menthol SC, Italian
Berkley 46, face lather (haven't used this in awhile)
Gillette Milord, w/ Lord Platinum (D3 or D4- honestly I forgot)
TSD Iced SubZero splash, and Proraso ASB

This was a three pass with a little blade buffing on the jawline. It came out to a BBS! First one in awhile, Smooth and chilly. Super Pleasant. I'm heading out the door to St Louis this time, and will probably be able to meet up with some cousins while I am out there. This should be a good trip.
I hope everyone has a good day.

 

The lather from proraso is great, nice prep work always helps to get a great shave

 

sunday january 22 2012

hot shower
razorock xxx
omega badger
gillette ss
personna red
cold water rinse
razorock alum

I had time and a quiet house this morning so i decided to treat myself to a nice 3 pass shave today.
as always the omega and razorock face lathered to perfection
the personna red however, shocked me. the last time i used a red it was a fantastic shave, this time however.....not so much.
all in all a great shave today
I would give it 5 blades but the personna red just took off some points and a chunk of my upper lip.

 

Last nights shave
Hot shower
palmolive shave stick
EJ89L
Astra sp (D-2)
Dirty english ASB

DFS+ very nice shave today No pics due to my camera battery not charging, (and my Iphone not the best camera in low light )

 

Sunday, January 22, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: EJ DE87
Blade: Gillette
Soap: Speick Stick/grated
Brush: Simpsons Duke 2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic

 

Sunday

Muhle head / vintage Merkur handle
Feather (day 4)
Vulfix travel
TOBS sandelwood SS
Musgo Real AS

Didn't change anything, another DFS.
Until the M bomb arrives I will not use anything mentholated...

 

Sunday, January 22

Personna Lab Blue (d3)
Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Superior 70

Got a fine BBS this morning.

 

Today I had to choose the last soap or cream of the week.

I wish this were a two week event, there are so many worthy contenders.

But I decided to end the week with my first menthol, Palmolive Italian Shave Cream. What a job of face lathering…I will do this more often, with all my soaps and creams.

I also put a fresh Gillette Dark Blue in Slanty for a little more octane over the Black and Slanty delivered!

The Kit:

EBC Preshave-the best
Palmolive Italian-my first menthol
Gillette Dark Blue (1)-my first blade love
Slanty Merkur 37 C-my brother
Witch Hazel/TSD ISZ Milk-what a cooling combo
Alcalado Glacial-now I’m freezing

To paraphrase Jeff (Stingray’s rock) this was an intergalactic, star wars powered Jerry Garcialicious, on top of the world looking down on creation shave!

Happy Sunday

 

No apology necessary. U have a heavy load

 

Sunday
No Prep
Arko Shave Stick/Adventure SC, Bowl lathered
Omega 10029
1938 Gillette Senator/New Perma-Sharp Super
Cold Water Rinse/Arko-Nem moisturizer/Rebul Lavanda Colonia

Friday too hectic and busy to shave...Was really looking forward to Saturday's Shave...Woke up in the middle of the night Friday with an intense stomach virus....Sick all day Saturday, stayed in bed...Woke up early Sunday morning feeling good again!! Before I knew it two cleaning ladies showed up to polish the house...I haven't shaved in 3 days but I needed to stay out of these ladies' way and they are using the bathroom to fill mop buckets scrubbing stuff. And they will be here til at least 5pm...

Well when they started doing the windows in the front room I knew I had 10 mins. So with no prep, and 3 days worth of wirey whiskers (my wife said at breakfast it looked like I hadn't shaved in a week), I'm expecting the worse...But I still grabbed a quick one pass plus a little jaw line buffing....Cold water rinse and I'm back in my room...I rub a little Arko Nem moisturizer on my face and whoa!! I've got very close to a perfect BBS with no irritation....The only imperfection I can feel is a little roughness under my chin, but I can't see a whisker...Diffinitely a step above DFS...

30 minutes later the girls grab a cup of coffee and I grab the razor and did a quick touch-up pass...Now I'm flat in the middle of BBS territory, and the chin is polished....Ended up with a GREAT shave, even in the face of adversity...And I'm feeling fantastic!!

Have a Great Day and a Great Shave Everybody!!

 

Sunday 22 january

Rolls Razor
boar/badger brush
DVH soap

face lathered
3-pass shave, DFS.

Our eldest kid was taking a shower wilst I was shaving, so during the last pass the mirror view wasn't great. I guess I'll have to find me some RainX... But otherwise it is nice to take a leisurely shave.

Have a nice day!

 

Get a can (yes, I said "can") of shaving cream, smear it (the cream, not the can) all over your mirror, wipe it off, good to go. Really helps cut down on your mirrors fogging up.

 

Great idea! Might just do that! Thanx.