SoS: February 24, 2014 - March 2, 2014

2/27/2014 The Shave Den Products Week

Prep: Hot shower with L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat, Dubl Duck Goldedge straight razor
Blade: Feather (2)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: The Shave Den lanolin shave soap Sandalwood scent with 3 drops of TSD M Bomb menthol additive
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Akthar Noir

Another effortless 2 pass BBS shave. I do not chase the BBS shave, but it has become a regular occurrence lately.

Have a blessed day!!

 

Thursday
hot shower
Duke 3 in best
Maggard Sweet Orange PSO
Cella
iKon Slant/o'clock Black (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Original WH
TSD Almond ASL

Wonderfully smooth shave today with iSlant and Ninja blade,BBS face and noggin !!!!

 

Thursday February 27, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with a Schick blade (4)
and using a Semogue 1305 boar brush
lather up with Arko - shave,
and finish with Walgreens Witch Hazel
and SFM Brisk Aftershave


A real nice relaxing shave today. Aces!

 

Thursday

Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser
Soap: HTGAM unscented
Brush: Oscar11 boar
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft
Blade: Kai
After: cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Got a better mix of water with the HTGAM soap today. Last time I added too much water into the bowl when I was building the lather. Today I face lathered and got better results. Every time I use the boar brush it seems to soften up more.

Three smooth passes with the ShaveCraft razor and the Kai blade gave me a good result. After day 2 with the Kai blade, my opinion is forming. It is a decent blade, but I like Gillette SharpEdge yellow better both for sharpness and especially for smoothness.

 

SOTD Thursday 2-27-2014

9/16 Torrey Whipline, Near Wedge, Hollow Point
Proraso PSC
Erasmic SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Florida Water Cologne

 

Nice razors! I'm assuming you start the shave with the DblDk & finish with the Aristo; versus DE & then straight?

 

Thursday morning, February 27, 2014

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (6)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

Razor: Fatip Grande
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (D3)
Brush: Oscar11 Amber 28mm TGN finest
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Basil
Pre Shave Balm: TSD Iced SubZero
Shave Soap: TSD Mojito with X2 Menthol
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: TSD Mojito with X2 Menthol



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27Feb14
I did almost the same as I did yesterday. Except I used my tube of Neutrogena Skin Clearing Shave Cream. I like that WD 30/65 Silver Tip Brush.
It lathered up very well

 

An unusual scent
Today I tried the Stirling Bonaparte soap I traded for recently. I have to say the scent is unusual. As I whipped up the lather with my Dad's old boar brush, the odor was rather unpleasant... A complex, musky beginning. It changed a bit during the shave, and has dried down to a spicy incense-type scent that is strong enough to outlast my aftershave. The dry down is still complex, but much nicer smelling than at the start.
The brush worked well for me, not as soft or pleasant on my face as my HIS, but it got the job done and left me with a solid DFS with no weepers.
Prep: Shea Moisture TBS
Soap: Stirling Bonaparte
Brush: Ever Ready c40
Razor: Shavecraft 101
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock yellow
Synergy Coconut Bay Butter Balm before ATG
Krampert's Finest Frostbite

 

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89L
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Cream: TOBS Eton College
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Brut

An emergency took me away from home and I haven't been able to shave for 4 days. I just had my first shave since Sunday and it was wonderful! I used all of my favorite products and now feel like a new man.

Have a great day!

 

Razor: Aristocrat
Blade: Personna Lab
Brush: BF Greenie
Stick: Tabac
Post: Thayer's & M-Gel Lotion
AS: Floid Blue

Tabac is amazing.

Edit: My finger is in the pic!

 

First time with the disposable straight. Not bad at all. I must say I'm intrigued and can't wait to do it again!!

Luxor Pro SS barber razor

"The fat"

WD silvertip badger

Pinaud

Nivea replenishing ASB

 

Yes, I use the straight for my cheeks, jaw line and neck. I use the DE for the goatee area. I have only shaved my mustache off once in the last 25 years. I figure that I am refining both straight razor and DE razor techniques at the same time. I also use both hands for shaving, right side with the right hand and left hand for the left side. I do seem to get a little better shaving result with my non dominant hand.

 

Prep:shower
Razor: ER 1924
Blade: GEM SS (2)
Brush: Omega 10810
Lather: Synergy Cavendish
Passes: Sides;XTG,ATG chin;WTG, WTG.
Results: 2-pass BBS

Looks like the Synergy has met the challenge I place on a soap to prove its worth. A shave with my most aggressive razor the Ever Ready 1924. I'm not sure why i bother with other SEs this '24 gives me a BBS ever time! Lets just see how the PdP and TSD stack up to it.

 

Soap: Dr. Dittmar
Brush: Thäter 49125/2 2-Band
Razor: Ralf Aust 7/8"
AS: Myrsol Agua Balsamica

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02/27/2014

Hot shower
Nivea menthol face wash
Merkur Progress (4)
Voskhod (1)
Stirling Soap Sandalwood
hjm Badger
Face lathered
Cold rinse
Alum
Cold rinse
Dickinson WH
Clubman Original
Arko Cool aftershave
I could go with this set up for a very long time! The Arko cool mixed with Clubman makes for a nice smelling cream. Have a blessed day! Happy Happy Happy!

 

That seems to be the case a lot of times. The non-dominant hand delivers the best results! Not sure why (maybe deeper concentration) but a lot of shavers say the same thing.

 

Call me 'the oddball' then.. Although I am getting fairly comfortable and competent wielding a straight in my non-dominant right hand, I yield to my left hand for any fine tuning or delicate shaving in areas such as throat, upper lip, etc. Using my right hand does require my full attention and concentration—so I completely see how others derive benefit from using the weaker hand. Consider me Sinistra Maximus...

 

Thursday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Gillette Single Ring
Blade - Feather (4)

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS