SoS: March 17, 2014 - March 23, 2014

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Cavendish Convert
Excellent shave today. This was my first use of Synergy Cavendish, and I must say it's a top notch soap. My HIS brush made plenty of slick cushioning lather that left me feeling moisturized. The Gillette yellow blades have never let me down, and in the SC101 it sang smooth and easy. I got a really nice BBS on my face and DFS on my neck. Krampert's Finest Bay Rum is always a great closer.

Prep: Shea Moisture Three Butters Scrub
Soap: HTGAM Synergy Cavendish
Brush: HIS
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Gillette SE Yellow
Synergy Coconut Bay Butter Balm before ATG
AS: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

 

Gillette LC New Bulldog
Silver Star (2)
Chubbz 3 (Rubberset 300n / Omega Baby Pro)
Svboda Apple Blossom SC
Alum
4711 AS

One of my better shaves.

 

SUNDAY

Early shave, and a good one, on a busy day. Another great performance from the Barbasol FH, combined with the MdC glide, makes for a superb shaving experience. I wish all mornings could start like this!

Have a blessed Sunday, all!

 

Sunday morning, March 23, 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!

 

Sunday Morning Shave
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE8911
Blade: Derby (D1)
Brush: Niva Sintex Synthetic Brush
Cream: Derby Lavender
Cologne: Tariş Lavender

I had to have a quick shave this morning, so I tried face lathering with my new Niva synthetic brush, but it was hard to get a thick, proper lather with it. I had better shaves with rapira but this shave was also ok.

 

Cattaraugus Cutlery Green Lizard
Muhle synthetic brush
Prep pre shave
MdC soap
Paco Rabanne pour Homme AS
Institut Karite balm

 

3/23/14

Prep: Warm wash with Stirling Barbershop
Lather: IanSSoap Garage scent
Brush: Stirling badger
Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Kroger store brand stainless steel
Post: Cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Bay Rum

22F and snowy outside and a quiet house on a Sunday morning, so I treated myself to a leisurely shave. I can't get over how the Merkur seems to just take any blade and give me a good shave. I also found my angle again and had no issues, except for a couple of weepers near my mustache but they sealed up with the first rinse. This is around my 5th use of IanS's homemade soap. I can only describe the scent as a garage - sort of grease and leather and smoke blended together in a nice way. The bay rum gives a nice sweet scent to the overall shave. The store brand razor blades are just fine, if a little over-priced at $2.59 for 5 blades. The brush continues to shed, but I like it a little more every use.

 

Sunday

Prep: CeraVe facial cleanser
Soap: TSD unscented wheat cream
Brush: Plisson synthetic
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

I am taking a tour of my unscented soaps, using exactly the same hardware everyday.

Day 1: Tiki Bar unscented soap
Day 2, 3: Mike's Natural unscented soap
Day 4: HTGAM Synergy unscented soap
Day 5: Petal Pusher Fancies "Scentsless soap
Day 6: Barrister & Mann unscented soap
Day 7: Mystic Water unscented soap
Day 8: The Shave Den unscented wheat cream

Pleasant shave with the TSD cream. I don't use creams very often, and the only one I have right now is this one. There are not many options for unscented creams. I used a little plastic ice cream spoon to scoop some cream into a bowl and then I whipped it up. Easily got a thick lather. The shave was comfortable, although I didn't get the slick creaminess I usually do with this product when I load it on the brush and face lather. Bowl lathering is not my normal method.

Physical Description:

TSD Unscented Wheat Cream: a thick cream in a tub, white, very neutral scent.

 

Sunday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Gillette Single Ring
Blade - Feather (8)

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


Another great shave for a beautifully clear & cool Sunday morning. Have a great day TSD'ers!

 

Nice brush!

 

Razor: Ikon Slant
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra (D11)
BrushFS Faux Horn 24mm Pur-Tech Synthetic
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Eucalyptus Peppermint Vanilla
Shave Soap: Strop Shoppe Black Tie
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Myrsol F/Extra

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Sunday morning. Had a very nice shave. Took out a str8 that I hadn't used in a while. l
Stropped it on the cotton and CrOx for awhile ~30.
Great shave BBS in 3. WTG, XTG , and ATG.

 

SOTD Saturday 3-22-2014 - No Shave Day
SOTD Sunday 3-23-2014

9/16 W.H. Morley Clover Brand, Near Wedge, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Speick SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Gold Bond Moisturizing Lotion
Royal Copenhagen Musk ASL

No shave Saturday as I was up before dawn and spent the day at our Scottish Rite Reunion.
This mornings shave was the first relaxing shave I have had in a long time. I actually got to finish my cup of coffee (I haven't been able to do that for two weeks!) and I'm ready to mow the new spring lawn on a Sunny cool morning. Enjoy the rest of your weekend Gentlemen!

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot compress, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: VDH Scented
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG (8, 9)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

I opted for the boar today to change things up and give the Simpson more time to get completely dry. The VDH, bowl-lathered, produced more than ample thick, slick lather, and I intended to use it for the full 3-pass treatment. Unfortunately, yesterday's 'rounding into shape' quickly turned into 'starting to dull' on the blade, with a fair amount of irritation on the second pass, so I decided to stop at DFS and two passes. The menthol from the AV helped, but was definitely a 'delayed blast' of cool.

 

Razor: GEM MMOC (4)
Blade: TP GEM (3)
Brush: Semogue 830
Lather: Arko
Post: Pinaud

I definitely prefer the Treets over GEMs in MMOC...

 

SOTD
3/23/14

Prep: Hot shower. Nivea face menthol face wash
Razor: Gem MMOC
Blade: Gem Stainless Steel (2)
Soap: San Valentino
Brush: Turkish #6
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Clubman VI Bay Rum. AKAT 2000
The Gem MMOC is growing on me! I had a fanatic shave this morning! No weepers nor nicks. This razor is so easy to maneuver around my chin. A DFS was had!
Go out and get it!

 

Gillette Aristocrat No. 22
Personna Lab Blue
Simpson Duke 3
MWF
Floid Blue

Stupid me. I was going to sell this razor to raise money for something else; then I used it. Now I don't want to...

 

SOTD March 23 -- Blade safari day 48

Prep: hot towel
Razor: WW2 Gillette Khaki with ball end handle
Blade: Perma-Sharp (day 4)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso Green
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: alum, 444

It may not have been as good as yesterdays, but it was a great shave!

 

Lol! Just yesterday I thought "maybe ikeas magnet tins would be a great size for a shave puck. Is that tin from ikea?