SoS: October 14, 2013 - October 20, 2013

Tuesday
hot shower
Thater 4292/6,2 band,fan
Proraso PSC
QCS Green Irish Tweed Type SS
iKon Slant/Super-Max Sunrise (3)
warm water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Cucumber WH
Mandom ASL

Another great shave with the slant,2 pass face,1 pass dome for BBS all around!!!

 

6/8 Torrey
Edwin Jagger Sandalwood SS
Shavemac DO1-3 band
Brut Splash On
Nice shave this morning. Payday today, debating ordering a Shavemac DO1 2 band flat top knot. You know how it goes, "a fool and his money".
Have a good one.

 

If there was proper beard reduction on your WTG and XTG passes, I would say yes, it is normal.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue PSO Aroostook
Coffee: Maxwell House, BLACK
CD: The Essence of T-Bone Walker
Soap: TSD SOTQ C2 Indonesian Teak Wood
Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot
DE: Aristocrat
Blade: Astra SP, day 2, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut AS, Brut cologne
'Stache Wax: Dirigo Blue

Not bad. A little rough along the jaw line, but that's par with this razor.

 

TUESday
Back -to-work Day

Pre: Hot shower & face towel, Homemade Citrus PSO
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Merkur Super (Day 1)
Brush: Omega 48 Pro
Lather: Combo of Speik Cream & Shea Moisture Shave Butter
Shave: Three passes + touch up
Post: Cold water rinse; Alum block & homemade Bay Rum AS

A 3-pass BBS after a one-day 'no-shave' Monday.
The Shea shave butter has a really pleasant scent, and topping it all off with the spicy Bay Rum finish is a great way to start the day.
Having an ultra-smooth shave ain't so bad either.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot Shower
Soap: Mama Bear Ye Olde Barbershoppe
Razor: ’66 Gillette Slim on “6”
Blade: Viking Sword (2)
Brush: Omega 6192 Badger
Aftershave: Krampert’s Bay Rum

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

2nd shave with the Viking Sword blade, Slim on “6”. Also my 2nd shave with the MB Barbershoppe today. Great shave: smooth, close, tiny bit of burn. I finished up with Krampert’s Bay Rum.

Rain Today!!

Bob

 

For some reason, I had the same issues with my 41' Aristocrat. Steve, as I recall, your's is the same vintage. I wanted it to be a smooth and easy as my other TTO Gillettes, but always had to battle with it.
Hopefully, the new owner is having better success with it.

 

The pack rat in me won't let it go!
I have 30 DEs (Mon - Fri), 9 SEs (Sundays) and 7 str8s (Saturdays) in my rotation - that means they all do get used. I know which ones work (BBS almost every time) and which ones don't (like the Aristocrat). I was talking with my wife this morning about the results of my shave and wondering why I bother to keep and use those razors that give less than stellar shaves. I didn't have a good answer. Maybe some day I'll thin the herd.

 

Shave of the Day, Tuesday October 15, 2013
• Prep: Brush soaked in hot water, warm shower
• Razor: Merkur 37C HD Slant
• Blade: Croma Diamant Stainless Steel
• Brush: Shavemac Limited Edition Shaving Brush 90
• Soap: Klar Kabinett Shave Soap
• Splash: Brut Dominant After Shave
• Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave

Easy shave today and now I look and smell great...well as good as a fat old guy can

Enjoy your Tuesday everyone...today looks like it will be a very long day for me as the hard drives from our RAID array are due back from the data recovery center.

 

Tuesday

CeraVe facial cleanser
TSD unscented soap
Oscar11 custom brush with HIS knot
Schick type G injector
Personna blade
CeraVe lotion

The big Oscar11 brush made an excellent lather out of the TSD soap. I added some extra glycerin that made the lather even creamier. It's been a while since I used the Schick G. It gave me an excellent, close shave in three passes.

 

Razor: Merkur futur
Blade: Personna Medical
Brush: Rudy Vey Chubby WD 30mm Super silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Basil Oil Soap
Soap: P160 TD
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Speick

 

Tuesday

(no pic today)

Showered at work, so I only wet my face with a hot cloth a few times when I got home to shave. No face wash this time. Actually a pretty poor and lazy prep...
Mühle R89 coupled with Q-Ball (5).
VDH Select soap whipped with Semogue 1520 boar brush in Steve Woodhead shallow mug.
Traditional 3 pass followed by luke rinse, Ajanta alum applied for 1 minute, then rinsed off with cold water.
Finished off with Nivea for Men Sensitive ASB. Rest of face moisturized with Nivea for Men Face Cream.

Interesting shave. Normally I don't find the VDH that good, also quite difficult to lather. Today I approached it with a much more wet brush and loaded it for some extra time. That made a lot of difference to the lather! Much more thick and protective than usual with that soap. Q-Ball blade continues to impress. I seriously can't really feel a difference from the 1st. shave with it and now this 5th. Days will tell how long it'll last me.

DFS+++!

 

Wow Kevin, your Futur is lookin' really nice with the matching brush shave set! You always come up with very interesting software. I love the look of the Black River Bay Rum bottle with the cork stopper; really COOL!

 

SOTD Tuesday 10-15-2013

6/8 Abraham George, Full Hollow, Spike Point,
in Translucent Ox Horn
Proraso PSC
TOBS - St. James SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Parker Badger
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pashana Original ASL

Awesome shave with the honest Abe this morning. This is a special razor and I had it custom rescaled by Glen (gssixgun) a few years ago. He did a beautiful job with the Ox Horn scales and now it's so nice it spends most of its time in the showcase mounted on the wall. I have to get it out every now and then to make sure it still works. lol Whenever I use this razor I break out the "Good Stuff" so the software is on the same par as the razor.

 

Tuesday morning, October 15, 2013

Gillette Fusion Proglide Power with Proglide cartridge (4)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko soap, lather with hot water & shave—
apply Pinaud Clubman for a damn fine shave!


Another comfortable luxury DFS+ shave this morning. I feel like a million bucks. Aces!

 

Tuesday:

Prep: Cold compress, Crown Co. Supreme Glide Pre-shave Lotion
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: VDH Unscented
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Hi-Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH
Cologne: Burberry Brit for Men by Burberry

An issue with the water today prompted me to explore the Polar Bear Shave well ahead of schedule; it was. . . an experience. I don't feel like I got as close a shave as I typically do with hot water, and got a little weeper on my neck, possibly from insufficiently opened pores. Overall, it's still a better-than-SAS, though.

 

Thanks, Bruce. The Black River was a fun little project and the best part was it actually came out smelling pretty darned good.
BTW: I foresee a time in the not-so-distant future where I'll need to get your valued opinion on the various straights available (the pros & cons of various models/features).

 

Prep: warm face wash with African Black Soap Shea scrub
Soap: LA Shavings Woody Lavender
Brush: Parker synthetic
Razor: Merkur classic 33c
Blade: Gillette sharp edge yellow
AS: Krampert's bay rum
Edt: givenchy pi

Excellent shave this morning! Lather was smooth and shaving was easy.

 

Sounds like that was a home-spun Bay Rum after shave. Did you make it yourself? I'll be glad to help when you get ready to get into the Straight Shaving World. PM me when your ready to give it a go!

 

Tuesday morning, October 15, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (11)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!