SoS: February 24, 2014 - March 2, 2014

Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Barbon Cream
Razor: ’66 Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip 22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Barbon

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

I used the Barbon Cream today. It always does a great job. Four seconds to load my brush for plenty of easy, thick lather. The Slim and Russian Greenie are still friends! I finished up with Barbon AS for a little menthol kick.

Bob

 

iKon Shavecraft 101
Iridium Super
Oscar11 striped Chief w/ TGN Finest F2
Green Mountain Soaps - Lavender Grapefruit
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

Histoires de Parfums - Ambre 114

 

Dove Men's Face Wash
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Gillette Fat-handled Tech
Gillette 7 O'Clock (5)
CWR
Thayers Cucumber WH
Pinaud Clubman AS

The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face lathered very nicely with the Semogue 1305 boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Fat-handled Tech and Gillette 7 O'Clock blade left me with a near BBS shave. I finished off with a cold water rinse followed with Thayers Cucumber WH and Pinaud Clubman After Shave. Now, I am smooth, clean, and refreshed...

 

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014



The Kismish Razor, 6/8 Extra Hollow, Round Point​

• Pre-shave: Myrsol Emulsión
• Soap: Weleda Shaving Cream
• Brush: Omega Bristle Brush 48 Gold
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm Stropping
• Razor: The Kismish Razor, 6/8 Extra Hollow, Round Point
• Post-Shave: Umbrian Extravirgin Olive Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum After Shave

 

Odin's Day:

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: RazoRock Cumba Cheech Jasmine & Orange Blossom
Razor: FaTip Piccolo
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG (7)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by ELdO

So much for the shavecation. The need to appear before a judge today to explain the problem I have with reporting to jury duty meant a 1-pass, SAS shave was a minimal necessity. As before, I managed to re-0pen the same nick on my neck. Hopefully I'll be able to give it a couple of days to heal starting tomorrow.

 

5/8 Bema
Haslinger Schafmilch
Semogue Mistura

Fine shave this morning, finally, a nice comfortable edge on the Bema. The Mistura came from Jesse (moz68) with the M&F for me to try. I'm very impressed with the density of this mixed hair brush. It has just the slightest bit of scritch and I believe this brush could eat it's way through a puck of soap quickly. It really picks up soap. Very comfortable to use and an excellent face lathering brush, very nice feel to it. I like it. Have a good one.

 

Wednesday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Permasharp day 3
Mama Bear Iced Cilantro Lime SS
444 AS Balm
Barbon AS
YSL Pour Homme EdT

No pics today but another sweet BBS shave which froze my face off beautifully. The Neutrogena facial wash is a lot colder than the one from L'Oreal and it smells really nice, with good skincare. This Iced Cilantro soap from Mama Bear is probably the best one I ever used from Sue's collection - what a great scent, rich lather, and it's a face-freezer which also moisturizes and soothes. Thank goodness for the 444 balm and Barbon aftershave - they're both so icy and nice!

 

Gillette New LC
Crystal (d2)
Vulfix 2235
MWF–Face Lather
Superior 70

 

Good luck with the Judge! In most cases they will give you a second chance. No jail time..

 

SOTD Feb 26 -- Blade safari day 23

Prep: hot shower
Razor: WW2 Gillette Khaki with ball end handle
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Green (day 3)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso white
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Nivea Men cool kick

For good reason, the Proraso white has become my go to soap. I was going to rotate in a different soap for today's shave, but decided against it. Not to take anything away from my other soaps but it was a good decision.

 

Wednesday
hot shower
Rooney Heritage Stubby 3XL
TSD ISZ PSB
TSD Bourbon Vanilla Lanolin Soap
Trudere OC/o'clock Black (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayers Original WH
TSD Bourbon Vanilla ASL mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Nice shave BBS all around !!!!

 

"No jail time"? How comforting. . . .

 

It's the "Super 2 Band Finest". The F2 is a different knot. I haven't used the F2 yet so I don't know what the difference is between the two types but I suspect I've used the F2 from a different dealer, maybe. I believe TGN now has 3 different types of finest knots.

 

2/26/14
Prep: Warm wash with Stirling Barbershop and homemade PSO
Razor: Merkur 34HD
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: Stirling Coniferous
Brush: Omega 13522
Post: Cold rinse and Captain's Choice Cat O' Nine Tails
PostPost: Old Spice Cologne splash - 30 minutes after shave

Decent 3 pass shave. Played around a bit with angles on right side of jaw - using my left hand for the XTG pass.

 

Thanks Steve for the clarification. Sorry I named the wrong knot.

 

WEDNESDAY
TSD Week , Day 3

Another straight razor shave morn. TSD provided the cooling prep; MdC the great lather. Overall, a 2-pass Near BBS result. Bay Rum finish.

Happy Humpday, everyone!

 

SOTD Wednesday 2-26-2014

7/8 James Barlow Wedge, Square Point
Proraso PSC
Old Spice Original SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Old Spice Classic ASL

 

Wednesday

Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser
Soap: Mike's unscented
Brush: Mühle VIVO black fiber
Razor: ShaveCraft
Blade: Kai
After: cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

First time trying a Kai blade. First impressions are good enough, but it doesn't seem as sharp as a Feather, and it's not as smooth as my favorite Gillette SharpEdge yellow. I'll give a few days to see. I have read some very positive reviews, so I was eager to give them a try. YMMV reigns supreme in blade preference.

 

Razor: Bakelite Slant
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (D2)
Brush: Lijun 24mm Finest Badger
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Basil
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lime & Spearmint
Shave Soap: TSD Cool Waters
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Davidoff Cool Waters ASB
Cologne: Davidoff Cool Waters



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Wednesday February 25, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with a Schick blade (3)
and using a Semogue 1305 boar brush
lather up with MWF - shave,
and finish with Walgreens Witch Hazel
and SFM Brisk Aftershave


Another great shave. Aces!