Menthol Monday brought to you on Tuesday by a long crappy day!!! Gillette Diplomat with Voshkod blade Semogue boar TSD Iced Sub Zero soap TSD Iced Sub Zero AS Great freezing shave tonight that I followed up with a homebrewed Imperial Pale Ale. AHHHHHH, the balance to my day has been restored!!!
Tuesday Brush: Muehle Silvertip Fibre Soap/Creme: Proraso green Razor: Schick G type Blade: Personna Injector Pre: Hot shower & 3P Post: Lilac Vegetal Hair Groom: Vitalis Result: DFS
Tooey doesn't always lounge quietly while I shave. He has gotten lather in his black fur before. And he thinks the medicine cabinet is very interesting when I have the door open
shower Muhle R106 Personna red #4 SWK XL Scuttle Simpson CH 1 SB Cella red jar Brut Orginal Nivea Balm AZZARO EDT.
Prep L'Occitane Vetyver Soap Razor Vintage Japanese Towa Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in super Cream Vulfix Persian Musk Alum & Witch Hazel Neil's Yard Rose Moisturiser Penhaligon's Castile EDT. Jamie. I have a few razors which are it's equal but certainly not better when it comes to smoothness, a great shave.
Wednesday's shave Prep: hot washing cloth, rice bran oil marinade while lathering up Music: Rob Verheul, Pan Tales Brush: DVH boar Soap: DVH Razor: Rolls Razor Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Donkey (sitting in the Rolls Razor box) reminded me of keeping a light touch. That lead to a nice DFS+ Nice to have a donkey around! Have a great day all!
Wednesday, July 25 Gillette New LC Voskhod (d2) Arko Stick Vulfix 2235 Barbasol Brisk TSD Old Spice Type Cologne Result: BBS on 3 passes + neck touch-up.
Wednesday Mama Bear's Lime Ice Soap Simpsons Berkley 46, face lather Gem Micromatic SE, GEM SS SE blade Alcolado Glacial splash, and Gillette extreme cooling ASB A change up was in order this morning, so it was a very nice two pass DFS. Have a great day
Wednesday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/new Rapira Viking Blue Ice SC (Russian version) Gillette Series Intense Cooling AS Balsam Osage Rub AS Grey Flannel EDT A new Rapira in my Super Speed gave me such a great BBS shave and it was so comfortable. The Russian version of Viking Blue Ice cream has a much more manly scent than the original Bulgarian version which has been discontinued, and the lather is super-rich and easy to work with. It also has a very good cooling sensation. The Gillette Intense Cooling balsam and the Osage Rub delivered on the post-shave icicles very well. My wife loves the scent of the Grey Flannel when I wear it - she tells me that she finds it sexy!
6/8 Toyo Tabac homemade 22mm 2 band Brut Great shaves all week so far. The edge on the Toyo is just sublime. hosting images
Happy Humpday! Proraso Pre-shave Proraso White Soap 'lil Pure badger '58 Flare Tip w/ Voskhod Blue Floid Quick face lathered 2 passer this morning. Not a bad shave, good enough for today
Happy hump day! Pre: Hot shower and TSD ISZ Cream: Speick Brush Semogue 620 Razor: EJ 89 w/ Gillette Yellow EverSharp Post: RazoRock Alum, Thayers WH, Speick A/S EdT: Speick I absolutely love the smell of Speick. Received the cologne yesterday and couldn't wait to try it.
Wednesday Thank goodness it's Wednesday! I'm already exhausted and ready for the weekend! This is last nights shave. I shaved as my girls played in the tub. The SOTQ went nice with the Mandom, it seemed to have citrus scents as I lathered it. The only bad thing was the blade was too dull. I had only used it twice, so I am thinking it was a dud. Other than that it was a decent shave.
July 25, 2012 Case "Chromic" 5/8ths, full hollow, spike point Omega boar brush VDH Deluxe s/s M&L Florida Water a/s 4711 e de c Went a bit overboard with the soap this AM and wound up with lather that you could have patched concrete with. Once it had been thinned down a bit the shave went OK, but it started out rough. Have a great day, everyone. Graham
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Shaving Ritual Razor: 68 Slim Gillette Adjustable (N4) (set on 9) Blade: Blind Blade Test Blade 4 (1st use) Brush: Semogue 830 Cream: Mama Bear’s Beau Brummel Soap A/S: Alum & Cold Water Rinse Today is day one of blade four in the Blind Blade Test.
Blind Blade Test, Shave of the Day (SOTD) Wednesday July 25, 2012 Prep: Brush soaking in hot water, face scrub with TSD Sandalwood soap, Tepid Water Shower Razor: 1965 Gillette Slim Adjustable set to 9 Blade: Unknown Blade 2, Shave 2 Brush: VIe-Long LE Beehive Natural Horse Hair Soap: Tabac AS: Pinaud Clubman Post: Cold Water Rinse, Alum, Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave. Day five of the blind blade test, which is the 2nd shave with blade number 2. Per the guidelines of the test I will not be posting my results of the blade, as we do not want other participants to be influenced by our own shaving experince. At the end of the test, I will be posting my complete daily journal which I will share on Google docs for those interested. All variables remain the same accept for the aftershave. I am normally a twice per day shaver, not because I have some magically beard but because I enjoy shaving and I hate to feel even the slightest amount of stubble. Before returning to classic shaving I did not think twice about the amount of stubble on my face, where now I am obsessed. During the testing period I have removed my nightly shave from the equation. With shaving only once per day I am noticing little nuisances that I may have over looked before. I am really looking forward to the test results to see if any of these blades are part of my regular rotation. Yesterday I was positive I knew what blade this was, today I am not so sure.
Wednesday morning, July 25, 2012 Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (3) Semogue SOC boar bristle brush, TABAC shaving soap w/ hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
