preshave: Floid Sandolor soap: Tabac brush: Omega boar After shave: Blue Floid razor: my favorite big blue 13/16 straight!
Monday March, 5: Brush: DoRosso super silvertip Razor: EJ DE89L Blade: Treet blue blade, 2 Cream: Taylor's Lavender Toner: Thayer's Lavender WH Finish: Speick splash/Prep pre-post cream Even though I got some tugging from the nearly spent Treet blade, I got a close and smooth shave. Happy Shaving
The 1250 is one of my favourite boar brushes. The hair is actually a grade lower than the 1305 and 830 which are both premium grade.
Monday's Shower and Shave Long hot shower. Next in the brush line-up was the Omega 48. In honor of "Menthol Monday" I choose Viking Shave Cream . Today was day three for the "new style" Gillette Open Comb with the 7'o clock blue. This combo has had great shave results. After three passes I followed up with a polar water splash, toned my face with Thayer's Witch Hazel, to seal a great shave a splash of Colonia Agua. :wave:returning from the weekend of they were happy to rate this DFS a 10 Everyone have a great week. Will be posting my PIF for March very soon. The Den is awith PIF. Does anyone have doubt that this is the BEST Shave Forum to be a member of.
Nice setup! I've got an Esterbrook on my wish list for some years now. Have to be careful about choosing the type of tip, though, as I.m a southpaw! One fine day...
Monday! Prep: hot water splash, hot water rinse Music: Vangelis, L'Apocalypse des Animaux Brush: DVH boar Soap: Williams Razor: Gem OCMM Blade: Stanley (local hardware store!) Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse Despite the blade (I clean forgot to buy the right ones in itme for SE week... D'oh! ) a nice shave despite only attaining a DFS-. But the Williams made it a nice shave. And I like the weight and balance of the OCMM! Have a great week all!
I knew about fishcrow, but figured I'd flush out a couple of other FP users in this traditionalist group. This LJ and a J Esterbrook are my favorites, but the Parker 51 is pretty close.
Monday Night No Picture as this week my setup will be the same all week so just the same as Sunday's pic. Gold Dollar 66, Vie Long Brush, Tabac Stick, Alum, Old Spice Whitewater Since honing this is shave #3 with this cheapest of the cheap blade. Still very sharp and smooth and giving a close, comfortable shave. Of anything that let me down tonight it was the Tabac. The lather was drying on my face faster than normal. Odd but didn't effect the shave much.
Monday Morning - Forgot about Menthol Monday, my bad! Gillette Flare Tip SS + Bolzano Superinox (D4) Cella Simpsons Berkeley Cold Water Rinse + Brut A/S DFS, though I'm not tempting fate, the blade had day 4 this morning so I'll gracefully retire it. Blades that hated my other razors seem to work like a dream in this vintage Gillette...not complaining at all!
Mon Mar 5 Brush: Vie-Long Horse Soap/Creme: Arrko Razor: Merkur Futur Blade: Astra SP Pre: Hot Towel Post: Witch Hazel. Hair Groom: Vitalis Result: DFS
Monday 3/5/12 1937hrs Prep: Face Wash with Old Spice Pure sport Razor: 1906 Merkur Blade: Vokshod (3) Soap: De Vergulde Hand extra fris Brush: Tweezerman AS: Gables Bay Rum Holy Moly, I just got the best lather I have ever done in my short time wet shaving. So I just had to do at least a two pass shave to use the extra lather. The misses really likes the way the Soap smells also. DFS+
Today my set up was: Ship brand el cheapo razor (it last use before I give it away) porasso pre and post shave Williams soap mixed with belea shaving cream omega pure brush swiss army after shave
Gillette Popular #47 Voshkod (2) Semogue 2011 LE Finest badger 1 Institut Karite shaving soap Speick AS and 444 balm
Tuesday 6 March TSD Iced SubZero Soap Simpsons Berkley 46, face lather GEM Micromatic, GEM Stainless SE TSD Iced SubZero splash, and Proraso ASB There, I corrected yesterdays problem and pulled out the GEM SE. I continued with Steve's TSD soap lathering technique and it worked well again. This was a three pass smooth and chilly shave, DFS+.
Tuesday, March 6 Gem Push Button GEM (T. Pella SS PTFE ) (d2) L'Occitane Cade Tweezerman Badger Stephans Bay Rum Got a nice, high grade, 3 pass DFS this morning. I give it a 4.7.
Tuesday Prep: Hot shower CD: Petra ~ Not of This World Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya Safari Ridge, BLACK Soap: TOBS Lavendar Brush: Ever Ready 250PB with original knot SE: Gem Clog Pruf Blade: Gem, day 3, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade Shave Rating: 4 Blades Opened up a nick I got Saturday with my str8. Bled worse today than it did when I first nicked myself!
