SoS: January 27, 2014 - February 2, 2014

Today, I am going to use my VDH set and my Gillette TTO DE Razor. I am going to pre-wash with Jason Tea Tree Satin Soap
I am also going use my gray Flannel Cologne
Also I am going to use a damp wash cloth that has been heated up in the Micro wave.

 

Like you the soap smells just like the bars I use to eat as a kid and I too thought it should have had some menthol so it would really be like an Iced dreamcicle bar so I melted mine down and added a menthol mix to kick it up a notch. Ttomorrow's Menthol Monday will be my first use of the iced dreamcicle and looking forward to giving it a try.

 

Super Bowl Sunday!
Hot shower
Nivea menthol face wash
Merkur Progress (4)
Astra SP (2)
Semogue 740
HTGAM Lime
Salsa bowl
Cold water rinse
Alum
Cold water rinse
Dickinson WH
Clubman VI bay rum
444
Tabac EdC

A DFS most definitely picked me up! The HTGAM is the most complete soap I've used to date, even with my very hard water. 3 pass no nicks or weepers. I'm ready for some football. :football:

 

Update to today's shave.
It feels great I also used some of my .
Feels great. No nicks or cuts. Happy Happy !!

 

Sunday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Gillette Single Ring (1909)
Blade - Feather (5)

2 pass shave
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Drugstore witch-hazel AS


These Feather blades are a new thing for me and I'm curious how many shaves before they start feeling rough. Today was #5 and still very smooth. Mind you, my shaves are more like half shaves (goatee & tache), but still...very happy so far.

 

Being as I didn't shave until yesterday afternoon, almost evening, I will wait to shave this afternoon after I get back from my appointments today, about 1400 hrs.
I will use my Gillette DE Safety Razor, VDH Deluxe Shaving Soap. VDH 100% Badger Brush. And being as I received a package from a fellow member of TSD in the mail from Jayaruh which contains a couple of packages of razorblades (makes me feel like a kid in a candy store) I will have to choose which ones to use. I want to give a GREAT BIG THANK YOU ! Thanks for PIF Jim.

 

Sunday, February 2nd, 2014


Back to My Mastro Livi Origin​

• Pre-shave: Myrsol Emulsión
• Soap: Saponeria Artigiana Vegetable Shaving Soap
• Brush: Omega Badger Brush #63167
• Bowl: Supercheap Chinese Steel Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: Mastro Livi Damasteel, 7/8 Full Hollow, Mastro Livi Point
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extravirgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: Floïd Black Aftershave

That is a beautiful damascus steel blade!!

 

I love how you have this beautifully handled brush with an incredible looking knot and you just call it homemade brush #4

 

sunday
preshave oil
stirling bay rum soap
stirling bay rum as

3 passes and touch up BBS