SoS: June 17, 2013 - June 23, 2013

Hot water soak
Gillette Fusion Power (5)
VDH Deluxe Soap
VDH Deluxe Boar Brush for face-lather
WTG, ATG
Cold water splash
Dickinson's Witch Hazel cotton swab

Just a DFS today, as 5 days is pushing it for me for the Fusion Power and I'm still dealing with a scratch on the chin (thanks, cat).

 

Great tip!

 

Friday

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue PSO
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Albert King ~ The Very Best of Albert King
Soap: Muhle Sandalwood + 3 drops TSD M Bomb
Brush: Mohawk 3-338
DE: '53 Ball End Tech
Blade: ASR PC, day 5, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Oak
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Darn near BBS.

 

Friday morning, June 21, 2013

Schick E2 Injector w/ NOS Schick blade (3)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ CO Bigelow cream,
Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Gillette Cool Wave, aces!

Another great shave with the Schick E2 Injector and CO Bigelow premium shave cream!

 

SOTD Friday 6-21-2013 (First Day of Summer!)

FaTip/Weber Wave w/Astra SP
Proraso SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Florida Water Cologne

Summertime and the shaving is easy! The FaTip whacked them nasty old whiskers down and the Florida Water washed them away and left my face with the feel and scent of a cool summer breeze! Great week of shaves Gentlemen; thanks for sharing.

 

Friday

Wash with TSD unscented soap
Lather TSD unscented soap with two drops of glycerin
HIS synthetic brush
Vintage Bakelite slant
New Gillette silver blue blade
CeraVe lotion

Wonderful lather again today. Three comfortable passes with the slant and an excellent BBS result.

 

Gillette red tip super speed
Voskod
Semogue 830
MdC
Nivea cool kick asb

 

Nice bbs shave this morning. Getting back into the groove after an awful week.

Palmolive menthol SC
Proraso Pre/Post SC
Merkur 25c OC razor
Wilkie blade (4)
CWR
Lucky Tiger ASB
Pinaud VIBR w/added menthol

nice and smooth, but i felt the dullnes of the blade this morning. I'll use a new one tomorrow with my new Merkur 37C Slant.
Try and have a good day everyone, I know I will.

 

Friday morning, June 21, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (8)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Friday morning at the gym:

I was in a menthol mood last night when I put this together.
Merkur slant
7:00 yellow
Omega Mixed midget
Gillette Menthol
Aqua Velva

Nice close shave.

 

Razor: Mergress XL
Blade: Croma
Brush: Maple Spalding w 22mm Super Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Prairie Creations DdC Ancient Sedona
Post: Osma Alum Block
Aftershave: Veleiro AS Balm

 

Had some yard work to get out of the way before the weekend, so I didn't shower and shave as soon as I woke like I usually do. Its hot here in O-H-I-O, the humidity that we'd been lacking has arrived. This set up is perfect for a hot day! The eucalyptus in the Bigelow has a nice cooling effect but doesn't take it too far. The Florida water is awesome when its hot, and for some reason I really like it when its humid. It dries to a nice cinnamon/bay run accord. Get shaved up and looking good, gents, and have a fantastic weekend!

 

That cooling effect in the Bigelow would be from the menthol, not the eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus can actually be used as a flavoring. Don't think you'd want to be ingesting menthol!

 

Wow, thanks for setting me straight.

 

http://www.uncleharrys.com/store/article.php?pamphlet=eucalyptus says Eucalyptus oil has a cooling effect when applied on the skin. This is due to its releasing oxygen molecules. It is recommended for fevers. Cold compresses made with eucalyptus oil added to water and applied to the legs can help bring down the temperature of fevers.

You're incorrect. I have omega in a tub, which has eucalyptus and no menthol. It produces a cooling effect. Bigelow has minimal menthol. I understand menthol does cool, eucalyptus does too. Have a good weekend!

 

Richard, very interesting article about the values of eucalyptus. Thanks for sharing.

 

21.6.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed ++
• Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux
• Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: RazoRock S. Maria with TSD M-Bomb
• Post: T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Proraso Lozione Dopobarba

This was my first go with the Red Tip and the razor took off 2 days of stubble like it's nobody's business. I thought it would be way more aggressive, but it was very nice.

 

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Razor: Tac Boy @7
Blade: Feather (2)
Brush: Stingray Custom
Stick: St. James
Post: Alum and Thayer's
AS: Floid Black

 

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Dove Men Face Wash​

Williams Shaving Soap​

Semogue 1305 Superior Boar Bristle Shaving Brush​

Lord L6 Premium Safety Razor​

Lord Platinum SS Blade​

CWR​

Dickinson's Witch Hazel​

Aqua Velva AS​

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Day 2 with Semogue 1305 brush.​

First shave with the LORD razor. Mighty fine shave.​