Hot shower fatboy (set to 7) feather blade (D-4) Bond cream/ASB/Aftershave. Becker scuttle (not pictured) DFS but not my bets shave (a couple of weepers) Im putting that down to the Day 4 blade and the fact I'd just done 12hour night shift and was shattered. I even fell asleep while waiting for the GF to finnish in the bathroom.
First time using Proraso SC. At first I wasn't sure about the eucalyptus scent but by the end I came to the conclusion that this is great stuff.
SOTD Wednesday 4-18-2012 5/8 Tiger Wedge, Hollow Point Proraso PSC Old Spice Original SC Col Conk Barbershop Badger Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea ASB Old Spice Classic Cologne
I'm getting redundant, I fear. April 17th Wash: Nivea Face Wash Pre-shave: eShave Verbena Lime Preshave Oil Razor: Merkur 38M Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger Blade: Sputnik (5) Soap/Cream: eShave Verbena Lime SC Post: 5Savages After Shave AS: eShave Verbena Lime ASB BBS! Fifth shave on the Sputnik and it was one too many. I did get a great shave, but there was more dragging and irritation than I like. The blade was tossed and tonight I'll try my first Rapira Swedish Supersteel, along with the last bit of eShave cream left in this sample tub. There's plenty of ASB left, however. I'll save that for use with my Mystic Water Lime. That should be an incredible moisturizing combo!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar Lather: De Vergulde Hand "Extra fris" - face lather Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 Razor: Schick E2 Injector Blade: Chinese Schick (3); 2 passes Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Bay Rum Enjoying a couple shaves with my best badger brushes lately as I'm expecting a couple more boar brushes to break in as b'day presents this weekend. The X2 and DVH paired excellently to give me a Gilded B'day Shave. Only 2 passes needed from the E2 to achieve a very nice DFS. Finished with the best aftershave around, Krampert's Finest.
Wednesday Prep: Hot shower CD: Andrae Crouch & the Disciples ~ The Best of Andrae Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK Soap: Vintage Old Spice Brush: The Dridecker Razor: Gillette Sheraton Blade: Voskhod, day 3, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Old Spice cologne, hand strop blade
Wednesday 18th April Hot shower and Facial scrub 3P Pre/post shave cream Feather Artist Club RG #6 Turkish Horsehair Brush Tweex shave soap Witchazel and Arko Classic Fat ASB mix Lucky Tiger AS Ogallala Bay Rum Cologne Post night duty shave. Slow and relaxed....even though the Internet radio was blasting out Classic Rock! I have not used the #6 brush a lot ...but it is breaking in nicely. The Tweex performed like Arko, and I am falling in love with the Arko classic fat! BBS two pass with touch up....and I feel good
Wednesday: Brush: Omega 6217 black badger Razor: Every-Ready front hinged, brass, SE Blade: ASR Treet carbon steel, 1 Soap: Pre de Provence Toner: Thayer's Rose Petal witch hazel Finish: Gillette Cool Wave AS w/ dollop of Prep pre/post cream for extra moisture. A most perfect BBS shave! Happy Shaving!
Wednesday's Zen shave Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth, olive oil marinade while bowl lathering Music: Goro Yamaguchi, Mukaji-reibo Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger / boar Cream: Palmolive classic Razor: Ugly Duckling Blade: Feather, 5th save Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Nice and complete BBS. I'll keep it short as just now we find one of our eldest daughter's two gerbils (desert rats) has passed away. See ya.
Back to beloved OCMM... OCMM/Gem SS PTFE Vie-Long horsehair brush Valobra shave stick Cold water splash TSD English Fern AS Milk Great shave! OCMM is far my best razor and tallow Valobra stick is a winner with my water. TSD Milk put a nice and soft finish.
Yes it is. It came with a puck of DVH "Extra fris" in the styro-foamy cup inside it. I got it from a March PIF from Macaronus (Mike). It's excellent & I could easily use a few more of them.
Wednesday Brush: Vie-Long Horse & boar Soap/Creme: Poraso green Razor: Shumate Barber and Merkur Futur (final pass) Pre: Hot Shower & Poraso pre/post Post: Lilac Vegetal Hair Groom: Vitalis Result: DFS
Good morning. My Thursday’s shave ritual: Virgin Olive Oil pre-shave treatment Calani Lavender shave soap Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre ’56 Gillette Red Tip Super Speed Gillette Platinum blade (new) D.R. Harris Marlborough after shave
Wednesday Shave: Hot water rinse Col. Conk Lime shaving soap Col. Conk bristle brush (pic is after 3 pass shave) 73' Gillette Tech w/ Gillette Platinum blade 2nd day Cold water rinse Alum block Clubman AS Clubman talc I forgot how much I like the Lime, Col. Conk soap! Might be time to put it back in to regular rotation. Had a wonderful 3 pass BBS
Wow here it is early thursday morning and i haven't posted a single shave all week. Lets see, I believe Monday was proraso green, Tuesday was MWF, Wednesday was proraso white and I. Found a small metal shaving on my upper lip with the razor...yep that hurt! Today will most likely be mmmm let me see...maybe some Williams mug. All week its been the Ss flare with shark super chrome. Honestly my favorite razor. My laptop has been on the fritz so all I have is my DROID razor and with my fat thumbs typing is slow going
