The Bottom Dollar BBS and Shave of the Week. Gillette 1940's-ish Superspeed / Exchange Select (American Safety Razor Co) Blade Burma Boar Williams Mug Soap Aqua Velva Have a Good Week. ::
Monday AM Now that right there is the textbook definition of "price vs. performance" optimization Will!! :: Hot shower Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower SR 3124 '60 Fatboy w/ Gillette Blue Silver blade (Day 1) DR Harris Marlborough soap + JM Fraser's cream WWR CWR Aqua Velva Original Sport (green) A/S splash CWR QED Patch./Tea Tree/Peppermint balm + Tryphon Mentolo balm Creed Green Irish Tweed EdT Have a great week, and an even better Holiday everybody!
Monday: Omega Silvertip Parker 22R 22R V1/7 am day 2 TSD Sandalwood s/s :drool :drool :drool :drool Lubriderm unscented moisturizer De Vergulde Hand a/s spray Drakkar Noir edt this is the soap I won in the drawing, and I'm glad I picked it--it's amazing! :drool
I am naming it The Supermarket Sweep. Razor = Traded a puck of soap for it. Blades = $1.00 10 pack Brush = $4.00 WallyWorld Soap = Dose it even count as a purchase? Aftershave =
Hot shower and towel w/ Cambridge Peppermint Bath Soap Simpson Commodore X3 Cambridge Almond Shaving Soap Dovo 5/8 Round tip Proraso ASB Cool Water AS Cool Water EDT Today I go in for my yearly physical, at least my Dr. is a hottie. Raf
2007.11.19 Shave of the Day Saturday - 4.5/5.0 Razor: Merkur 500 Progress Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor Chrome Razor Blades: Panda Stainless Steel Double Edged Razor Blades Brush Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn XSmall Badger Brush Bowl: Mitsuwa 5" Blue swirl hand thrown Japanese Rice Bowl Shave Cream/Soap: Floris London J.F. Conditioning Shave Cream (Citrus Scent) Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave Sunday - 4.5/5.0 Razor: Merkur 700 Futur Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor Satin Razor Blades: Panda Stainless Steel Double Edged Razor Blades Brush: Target Caldo Badger Chrome and Plastic Shave Brush Bowl: Mitsuwa 5" Blue swirl hand thrown Japanese Rice Bowl Shave Cream/Soap: Floris London J.F. Conditioning Shave Cream (Citrus Scent) (Gone) Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave Monday Shave Razor: Feather Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N Razor Blades: Feather Professional Blades for Feather ACD-N Razor: Merkur 38C Classic HD Long Handled Doubled Edged Safety Razor Chrome Razor Blades: Derby Double Edged Razor Blades Brush: Omega 6212 Elegant Silvertip Badger Natural Handle Shave Brush Bowl: Mitsuwa 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest Shave Cream/Soap: Wars Shave Cream (pre shave lather) Shave Cream/Soap: Floris London Santal Conditioning Shave Cream (Santal Scent) (Gone) Technique: (Feather WTG/ATG)/(DE XTG/Cleanup) Post Shave Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave Aftershave: Proraso Pre Post Shave Cream Aftershave Talc: Pinaud Clubman Aftershave Talc Result: 4.7/5.0 Really BBS. One touch red and it went away in minutes. I'm out of Floris creams. I had to use them up since they went hard on me. No issues when re-hydrated. They were all samples and now I'll be looking for full product purchases. I put them close on par with Crabtree & Evelyn creams.
Mon Rooney sm #1 finest Roger&Gallet L'homme soap TM RL strop TI Covered tang 5/8 Italian Floid a/s GFT Coral Skin Food Outstanding shave Jordan
This week: EVOO as pre Proraso green tube Proraso Pre as an aftershave Shavemac Finest 23mm Merkur Futur & Derby Extra
after shower at the sink: 5/8 Dovo Special (3 passes) finished with Schick L-1 Injector w/Ted Pella (1) SR 3226 Proraso pre post T&H 1805 s/c WWR touch up with disposable Gillette CWS Thayers Lavender w/h Speick a/s Speick edt
Monday Wilkinson Sword shave stick Taylor of Old Bond Street pure badger mini brush Frederick Reynolds "Old English Razor" 7/8 notch point Thayer's WH Pinaud Bay Rum AS
Mon AM B&B Finest SB in horn Johan Engström 5/8 Frameback SR GFT Coconut SC Thayers Rose WH Baxter ASB Ryan Adams & The Cardinals "Follow the Lights" (2007)
(for) Tuesday AM Hot shower Prep pre-shave at beginning of shower Pre de Provence cream on beard area in shower SR 3124 '60 Fatboy w/ Gillette Blue Silver blade (Day 2) Coates Superior Sandalwood cream WWR CWR DR Harris Sandalwood A/S splash CWR QED Texas Cedarwood balm + Tryphon Mentolo balm C&E Sandalwood EdT
MERKUR Progress drool !! MERKUR blade day 1 noxzema pre LUCKY TIGER SC Shavemac best Booster Lanolin hair cream Most excellent shave!
Simpson Emperor 2 Super Institut Karite Soap 3" TM Artisan Strops 8/8+ J. Chandler Damascus Institut Karite ASB Alt Innsbruck Cologne Great Shave
b4 work... Shave: Superior 20mm Super BeeHive Weishi GunMetal razor + Platinum Feather (#1P & #2P) SS + Platinum Feather (#3P, 4P & TU) HTT RNB Limey SCream (T&H West Island Limes cream + QED lime Soap) WWR CWR RNB BayRum AS Spritz EMs BayRum ASB RNB BayRum w/ a squeeeeze EdT
What's "HTT?" Hanging [something] Test? And how's that soap+cream mix experiment working out? Pics of the lather process? Does it take a smaller amount of product than typical (almond size, etc.)? More? Same amount?
