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

I knew you would like that brush Nick. Looks good setting next to your E2.

 

Friday

EJDE89 with iKon handle
Feather
Semogue 1438
Trumpers skin food preshave
TSD Iced Sandalwood
TSD Iced Eucalyptus WH
Osage Rub

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower
CD: Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan ~ In Session
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya Safari Ridge, BLACK
Soap: VDH Deluxe + 2 drops Em's Woodstock EO
Brush: Ever Ready 250PB with original knot
Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Astra SP, day 5, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut cologne

Best shave this week. Darn near BBS.

 

Friday's Shower and Shave
A long hot shower to undue that knots and stiffness.
Facial prep Proraso Glycerin.
Omega 48 was next up in the line-up, it lathered up a home run with Vitos Super Extra.
I am using a two razor combo this week, today I shaved with the Gillette open comb. The blade was a vintage Schick Stainless.
Three comfortable passes, a cold water splash, RazoRock Alum, Thayer's Witch Hazel. The finishing touches for this great DFS, Superior 70

Everyone have a great weekend.

 

Friday, March 30, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: L'Occitane Cade - face lather
Brush: Semogue 820
Razor: Gem OCMM
Blade: Pella PTFE (4); 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Menthol

What a soap & AS pairing. I greatly enjoyed my shave this morning even though it was a bit rushed & I got a little irritation on my lower neck. The Krampert's menthol calmed it out down & left me smelling fine & feeling smooth.

 

Friday 30th March

Hot shower and facial scrub
3P pre/post cream
Feather Artist Club SS
Frank Shaving Richmond 24mm Silvertip
D.R. Harris Arlington Shaving cream
Simple Facial Toner
Kiehl's Ultimate ASB
Proraso AS followed by The Body Shop Kistna EDT

My post night duty shave. The razor performed perfectly as usual. Two pass with touchup BBS Then off to the theatre for an evening of Family favourites by the BBC Wales Orchestra

 

Okay it's Friday night so I have my 6 year-old son for the weekend. We had to get our shave on:

Me:
Hot Shower, Yardley bar soap
Burt's Bee shave cream as pre shave
Tweezerman badger brush
Mama Bear's Ye Olde Barbershoppe soap
Feather DE w/ Gillette blade 1st shave
Dickinson's Witch hazel
Brut AS

My son:
Shower
same
same
same, he picked it out
Weishi 9306F no blade
same
same, he picked out

Now normally I put a picture of the stuff I used for my shave. But I enjoyed these much better tonight. Daddy's wet Shaver!!

 

SOTD Friday 3-30-2012

9/16 Torrey Wedge
Classic Shaving Bay Rum SS
Semoguue Boar
Brut ASB
English Leather Musk Cologne

No pic as I am in travel mode in Portland Oregon for a couple of days. Enjoyed all the pics from the brothers shaves!

 

Now those are some excellent pictures.

 

It's all about the quality time! If anything he will remember those moments. He loves to shave and I love teaching him! I hope to share the hobby with him when he grows older.

 

March 30th - Late night shave
Beverage: Gin & Tonic (Bombay Sapphire)
Music: Cajun Fest on Tunein Radio (smartphone app)
Prep: Nivea Face Wash
Pre-Lather: Sara-s homemade Vetyver shaving soap, followed by grape seed oil w/ EOs
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Vulfix 660S
Blade: Sputnik (2)
Soap: Mystic Water - Lily of the Valley
Post: Witch Hazel
AS: Myrsol Agua Balsamica
BBS!

I found out a couple of things. First, Cajun music is great music to build lather to. The dancing about seems to accelerate the lather building process. Second, Cajun music is not what you want to listen to when actually shaving. It's hard not to slice yourself when you try to dance and shave at the same time.

The second shave with the Sputnik went much better than the first. I credit that to prep. Face wash, followed by about 2 or 3 minutes of lather sitting on my beard, rinse, then my grape seed oil mix. There were times I didn't even feel the blade. VERY nice! This would be a great blade if not for the fact that I can get the same or better result with the cheaper Voskhod.

I'm loving this Mystic Water soap. I've had 19 shaves and 1 or 2 test lathers on a 0.75 ounce sample with several more to go. There are a couple of folks across the street who sa they cannot get it to work for them. I don't doubt them at all, but I do wonder how that could possibly be. I'm a noob, doing nothing special that I can tell, and I'm getting loads of awesome lather. The photo below is what is left AFTER 3 passes! It loads easy, it builds lather easy, and it shaves great.

 

Saturday

EJDE89 with iKon handle
Feather
Semogue 1438
TOBS Lavender
Floid Blue

 

Absolutely wonderful! That's *the* way to learn how to shave: alnogside your father!

 

L'Occitane Lavender Soap
Feather AC - SS
Feather Blade Pro 5
Simpson Chubby 1 in Super
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum & Witch Hazel
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
Coty Raw Vanilla Eau De Cologne

Jamie.

One pass shave with minor clean up, the Vito's Coconut & Almond really is a top class performer, but why they call it super Coconut i will never know? because i've got a really good sense of smell and can barely detect coconut in this soft soap, but on the other hand if you like almonds then it's the one you should try, a great soap.

 

Friday:

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth
• Music: Daft Punk, Tron Legacy soundtrack
• Brush: DVH boar
• Cream: TSD Oak Leaves & Acorns
• Razor: Gillette flare tip Rocket
• Blade: Merkur, 1st shave
• Shave: 3-pass

Nice 'n' easy DFS.

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Saturday:

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth
• Music: Sammy Rimington, The Sammy Rimington Band
• Brush: DVH boar
• Soap: vintage Williams
• Razor: Rrrrrrollllssss!
• Shave: 3-pass

Leisurely shaved this morning. Took the time to savour it. Listening to some old-fashioned jazz, enjoying every second of both (music and shave). Resulted in a wonderful BBS (the shave, not the music). Exellent shave despite one weeper. Closed up fine. What else to ask for?

Have a great weekend!

 

Love the haircut!

 

Isn't she lovely, a native African women from Swaziland, the hair fit's the tribe, made of soap stone. She's been with me for many years, i picked her up on my travels, from the beautiful towm of Lagos, but pronounced Lagoosh on the Portuguese Algarve coast.

Jamie.

 

Saturday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Shark day 3
Gada Cool Mint SC
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Obsession For Men EDT

I hate to have to shave fast when I use my Gada Cool Mint cream because it prevents me from enjoying the experience to the maximum, but I had no choice this morning. I have to work today, and that already has me in a bad mood. Still, a good shave.

 

Saturday, March 31

59’ E1 Fatboy (dialed to 7)
Rapira Swede (D3)
Preshave Oil Blend
Tabac SS
Vulfix 2235 Super
Clubman –Vanilla
Result: 4.999999

 

Merkur 23C/Astra
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Fitjar Miklagard soap +3 drops M-bomb
Cold water splash
Nivea AS splash +2 drops M-bomb
Nice and frosty! And it is Menthol Monday coming in 2 days!