SoS: March 26th, 2012 -April 1st, 2012

Thursday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Shark
Kool Frosty SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Max Refreshing AS
Obsession For Men EDT

Today my shaving journey took me to far-away Bangladesh, where the Kool Frosty cream, like many others are used in barber saloons. This cream has a funny, but nice scent, ten tons of rich lather, and about 2 tons of menthol. On the way back from Bangladesh, I stopped off in Bulgaria for a couple of splashes of this nice Max Refreshing aftershave which gives awesome skincare, and about 4 tons of menthol!

 

Thursday:

Barbasol Prep
Shumate #018
Omega Pro Sketched
Cella
Alum Block
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Jovan Musk After Shave/Cologne

A slight case of irritation around the adam's apple after this mornings shave. I'm going to have to relearn some techniques for using different razors if I'm going to rotate. Still very minor and dissapeared in about 15 minutes.

 

Thursday, March 29, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue 1460
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue A/S

 

March 28th - Late night shave
Prep: Nivea Face Wash
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Turkish No. 6 Horse Hair Brush
Blade: Voskhod Teflon (3)
Soap: Sara-S homemade Vetyver shaving soap
Post: Witch Hazel
AS: The Body Shop's Maca Root Razor Relief

As I got in to lathering, I realized I should not be trying two new things for the first time together. I had been eager to try both my new No. 6 horsehair, as well as the soap Sara-s made and generously PIF'd, so last night I tried them both. In the end I did get an excellent shave, but the lather seemed curdy, if that makes sense. I think it was because I wasn't used to the brush. Tonight I'm trying a Sputnik blade for the first time, and I only have 2 of them, so I'm going to go with what I know, which is a Vulfix Super Badger and Mystic Water. I do look forward to getting back to the vetyver soap again though. The scent on the puck is pretty bold, but mellows nicely in the lather.

 

Thursday Morning:

Pre: Hot Shower, Tabac SC + Glycerin
Razor: Merkur 23c
Blade: Shark SC (2)
Cream: European Palmolive
Brush: Omega 10005
Post: Thayers WH Lemon, Cold Rinse, Clubman + Talc

Overall a decent shave, not the closest on the neck with this blade, and I ended up with some red bumps. I'm not sure if its the blade itself, or what, but I remember getting decently good shaves before from the SCs, and this one is different. It's my last blade, so I'm not sure if I will get more or not. I suppose what I am looking for in a blade has now changed again, as I am trying out the everyday shave, as opposed to every other as has been up until now.

Have a good one folks!

 

Let me know how it goes for you sir! I suppose I will be looking for a bit smoother blade at this point, as the Supermax SP and Shark SC I've been using seem a bit rough, and not sharp enough for proper buffing/touchup, so it seems not as comfortable, nor as close for some reason.

 

Thursday morning, March 29, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (2)
Semogue SOC boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

Two passes with the Schick E2 for a very nice shave!

 

Is that a donut in your MWF bowl??

 

SOTD Thursday 3-29-2012

Classic DE with Feather
Tabac SC
Omega Pro Barbershop Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
Pashana Original ASL

 

Thursday

EJDE89 with iKon handle
Semogue 1438
DVH Extra Fris
Osage Rub

Firts time with the Semogue & Osage Rub.

 

No sir, that's a donut hole.

 

Thursday 29th March

Hot Shower and facial scrub
3P Pre/post cream
CJB Japanese style Razor
Vie Long 14075 Badger/Horse Brush
Vitos Green Soap
Alum Block followed by Simple Moisturiser
Floid Original AS
4711 EDT


A late shave today as I am on nights. A 2 pass DFS+. My first use of this Vie Long and an excellent performance out of the box.

 

Curious what are are thoughts on the Lucky Tiger products you are using?

 

Curdy - good word, now that you mention it. I used to get that with Ogallala soap, only the word I used was "lumpy". I solved the problem by adding a few drops of water into the lather bowl as I whipped it up. Go slow and easy adding the water, though. I don't have to tell you what happens if you get too much.

 

Thrusday's Shower and Shave

A nice long hot shower.

Facial prep Proraso Glycerin, the more I use this product the more I like it. It makes the face slick and well lubed.

Next up in my brush line-up the baby Omega, I face lathered Bond shave cream.

The Gillette Rocket, had a blade swap today. Blade was a vintage Super Chrome, it was an improvement from the Eddison blade. I did three passes, each pas was stellar.

Normal post shave routine used Proraso After Shave Balm to finish a great shave.

The :wave:were ecstatic about how great this DFS was, were in total agreement to give it a 10.

 

Thursday - another day closer

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn ~ In Session
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya Safari Ridge, BLACK
Soap: TSD Winter Pagoda + 3 drops M Bomb
Brush: Mohawk 3-338
Razor: '73 Black Handle SS
Blade: Astra SP, day 4, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's Rose Petal WH with Aloe Vera

Another fantastic shave.

 

I think the next time I use that soap, I will bowl lather. I normally do that with a new soap so I can better learn how to use it, but in the excitement of using a new brush and new soap for the first time, I forgot.

 

Thursday

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth
• Music: Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells II
• Brush: DVH boar
• Cream: TSD wheat cream, oak leaves & acorns
• Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
• Blade: Personna Blue (6th? shave)
• Shave: 4-pass

Needed an extra pass to attain a DFS, the blade must have had enough. So I thankfully retired it. Like these blades a lot!

Cheers!

 

Awesome Picture!!

 

I haven't listened to Mike Oldfield in a long time. I might have to break some out.