I have to catch a very early flight to New York City for a business trip Monday morning so I'll start off the thread now. I'll be back tomorrow evening at around 5:00 PM. Menthol Monday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/new Rapira Noxzema SC Lubriderm unscented moisturizer 444 AS Balsam Booster Mosswood AS For this shave I am more interested in a traditional and really "old-school" theme, so after the 444 balsam, which we all know is a real face-freezing skin soother, I want to use the Mosswood aftershave which is so nice and barbershoppy-scented. I cannot point out enough how much I LOVE the Noxzema cream - the only reason I don't use it more often is because I know myself - I'll use up all the tubes I have in record time, and there is no way to ever get it again.
Good morning. Monday’s shave: Martin de Candre ‘Savon de Marseille’ face wash during the shower Martin de Candre shave soap Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre 1960 British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket Feather blade (1.) D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave Just nice!
Monday 4th June Hot Shower and Facial Scrub 3P Pre/Post shave cream Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese Style) New Forest 2222 HMB Silvertip Lea Menthol Shaving Cream Alum Block Osage Rub mixed with a little 444ASB Aqua Velva AS Shave 10 today with the Feather Super Professional Blade. I had to work at it a little more.... but I managed a very high end shave with two passes and a touchup. I think it will be something new tomorrow as the blade was starting to drag a little towards the end.
Monday, June 4 59’ E1 Fatboy (dialed to 8) Gillette Silver Blue (d1) Arko Stick Ever Ready Boar 100T Coty Aspen Result: BBS on 3+ passes. Great shave.
Merkur 45 Bakelite Polsiver x 4 Shavemac 173 Finest Mike's Natural SS Barber shop Barbasol Pacific Rush Slumberhouse - Jeke
Schick Pacific Shave cream (used with a brush) homemade brush Stephan Island Lime Decent shave, nothing to write home about. I'll be back to the straight tomorrow and brushless cream. upload images
Monday - Injector Week Day 1 Injector (G) Schick blade Penworks Finest Proraso Green Proraso Splash The G type injector was amazing! It seemed less harsh than the E, but has a bit more bite than my L-type and Feather injectors. It was a true quick 2 pass, I was done in a matter of minutes. ....what a great razor! Thanks Justin!
Monday June 4th -- Birthday Shave Queen Charlotte Shave Orange-clove bath soap (yum) Chagrin Valley Green Tea - Citrus shampoo bar Mama Bear "Czar's Choice" (lime-cilantro) SS (double yum) Merkur 3-piece with Balzano blade C&E Best Badger Brush TSD Lime AS TSD Lime EDT Edit: Added this pic:
SOTD Monday June 4, 2012 Prep: Noxema and ice water face wash. Ice water soak of brush, tepid shower. Razor: Gem G-Bar Blade: CVS Carbon Single Edge Blade Brush: 1950's Stanley Flat-Top Badger Brush Soap: 10 Swirls of VDH and 2 Pumps of KMF unscented AS: Pinaud Clubman Post: Cold water rinse, Naturally Fresh Alum, cold water rinse after a minute, a bathing in Clubman. Music: Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel A DFS in three passes, with some additional light buffing and touch ups below the jawline and on the neck. I keep telling myself to put down the SE's for a while and use the DE's, but it is hard to do when I get such an effortless shave.
Monday, June 04, 2012, Shaving Ritual Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 8) Blade: Sharp (3rd use) Brush: Semogue 830 Cream: Proraso Green & Williams (ultra-lather) A/S: Alum Bar & Cold Water Rinse A/S: Aqua Velva Ice Blue I got a DFS with a little razor burn, no weepers or nicks, 3 uses is all I can get out of this blade. I am still working on my ultra-lather technique. This morning’s lather was exceptional, thick and rich, with a good amount of lubricity.
Monday: EJ89L Feather Omega Boar La Toja Stick Barbasol Pacific Rush Splash and Balm Pinaud Clubman Don't care for the Feathers too much so I'll be glad to get back to Voskhod's tomorrow.
Monday morning, June 4, 2012 Gillette NEW long-comb w/ Personna Med Prep blade, Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush, MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS! Back to the Gillette NEW for a few days!
Monday, June 4, 2012 Prep: Cold water rinse Lather: RazoRock Zi' Peppino - ultra face lather Brush: Semogue OC 2-band Razor: Gillette Single Ring head*, Merkur 23C handle Blade: Voskhod (1); 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse Cold water shave before my shower as a test. I'm quite pleased with the results and will continue to explore this further. The Old was better than I thought it would be, but didn't shave me as close as I'm used to. Tomorrow I'll use a razor that I'm a bit more familiar with and see how the pre-shower shave goes.
Menthol Monday: Soak brush/Shavemac custom 167 2band d01/Heat Up Schwarzweisskeramik XL scuttle Hot Shower Proraso PrePost cream TSD ISZ ss Cobra Classic/Kai Captain Mild (9) Cold Water Rinse Monster Block Alum (clean hardware and software,police area) Cold Water Rinse Thayer's Medicated Superhazel The Rub refrigerated and mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 Nice shave from the Cobra 2 pass face 1 pass head, BBS all around.I'm not sure how many more shaves I'm gonna get from the Kai.I needed a lil touchup work today which never happened before with the Cobra.I'll do number 10 and make it a 3 pass shave and see what happens.I'm still very pleased with the Kai blades,9 shaves including headshaves is very good for me,if it makes it to 10 and above I may even dance on the tables
Monday, June 4, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick I1 Blade: Schick Soap: Speick Brush: Semogue 1460 Scuttle: Moss Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave
SOTD Monday 6-4-2012 (A rainy gray Monday Morning.) Merkur Progress on #5 Feather Blade Speick SC Caswell Massey Ceramic Badger Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea ASB Jovan Musk ASL/Cologne A nice way to enjoy the sound of the rain splashing on the roof. Indulge in the Zen of a great aeromatic shave! A pleasent "Time Out" from the hectic world of today. Shave well my friends!
Ok don't fall outta no chairs, I am not switching to DE's I happened upon this one yesterday at a very out of the way Antique shop after shooting some Trap at the Gun Club yesterday morning... The price I got it for is almost embarassing, so I cleaned it up last night, slapped in a blade this morning and gave it a run, not bad Razor: Gillette (Made in Canada) open comb Blade: Tiger (Czech) Shave Cream: Devon and Spencer "Spice" sample (Thanks Garrit) Brush: Dubl Duck restrored w/24 mm Silvertip Scuttle: Georgetown Aftershave: Brut (theme week over at SRP hence the photo of the S&W)
