SOTD 3/31/14. Menthol Monday Prep: Hot shower. Nivea menthol face wash Razor: Gem MMOC Blade: Gem Stainless Steel (7) Soap: Stirling Glacial Brush: Turkish #6 Post: Alum. Dickinson WH Aftershave: Stirling Black Ice Face freeze! Stirling Black Ice leaves my face baby soft. Go out and get it! It's rather cold today! A high of 59.
Wacker TOBS Sandalwood homemade brush Blizzard today and the worst is in front of us yet, so far the wind is only blowing around 3o mph but it's supposed to increase this afternoon. It's a little early for Mother Nature to give up without a fight but I was hoping. Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.
SOTD March 31 -- Blade safari day 56 Vacation Shave! Prep: hot towel Razor: WW2 Gillette Khaki Tech Blade: Rapira (day 4) Brush: Wilkinson Sword Cream: Musgo Real Classic Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG) Post: alum, Arko Ice Mint First day of vacation so I took a late afternoon shave. Prep was quick not very good, but somehow I was able to save the shave, or my tools were able to save it.... It's been awhile since I've used either the Musgo Real or Wilkinson Sword, but both worked great today.
Menthol Monday - 3/31/14 Prep: Hot shower then tea tree and lime PSO. Soap: Stirling MITA Brush: Vulfix 374 Razor: Merkur 38c Barber pole Blade Astra SP (4) Post Nivea Sensitive balm Aftershave: Pinaud Lime Sec A cool, citrus Monday shave. 2 passes, DFS. Great cushion and protection from the Margaritas in the Attic soap. It's consistently a top performer for me.
Monday, March 31 - Menthol Monday/wife's birthday Hot shower, Axe Chilled Face Wash TSD Iced Sub-Zero Preshave Balm Simply Beautiful Badger brush C. O. Bigelow, 4 drops TSD "M" Bomb Merkur Heavy Duty Classic Gillette Silver Blue (5) Cold water, Thayer's witch hazel Osage Rub WTG, ATG, touch ups A leisurely, late-in-the-afternoon Menthol Monday shave. DFS+. This is the kind of shave I hoped for when I began wet-shaving - both in terms of the quality of the shave, and the overall experience. I was smooth and cool for my wife's birthday dinner.
Bartmann 86 Muhle synthetic brush Prep pre shave Weleda Lavender shave cream Alpa Fougere Cologne/Stirling Vetiver WH splash Institut Karite balm
Monday morning - Prep - Noxzema & hot towel Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi Brush - Omega 40033 Razor - Gillette Single Ring Blade - Personna Red (4) 2 pass Warm water rinse & cold water splash Alum block & Witch-hazel AS Fourth shave with the Personna and still plenty sharp and very smooth.
(accidentally posted in last week's SOS) Dove Men's Face Wash C.O. Bigelow Shave Soap Semogue 1305 Boar Brush Gillette NEW Voskhod Teflon Coated (7) CWR Thayers Cucumber WH Pinaud Clubman AS The C.O. Bigelow Shave Soap I got in a PIF. It face lathered easily with the Semogue 1305 boar brush. I made two passes and touch ups with the Gillette NEW and the Voskhod Teflon Coated blade to get a near BBS shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Razor Vintage Erusta 96 Boehlersteel 13/16 full hollow Strop Kanayama Cordovan #8000 Brush Simpsons P8 Soap Tcheon Fung Sing bergamot & neroli Witch hazel Aftershave balm Tcheon Fung Sing bergamot & neroli Scent L'Occitane Ambre & Santal Edt
Tuesday Morning Shave Razor: Edwin Jagger DE8911 Blade: Rapira (5) Brush: Vie-Long White Horse Hair Soap: Arko AS: Brut Alaska EDT: Brut Alaska BBS result in 15 minutes with 2 pass. I filled my wooden bowl with 2 arko sticks. Let's see how long will it last.
Tabacstag! Superb shave, as usual with Tabac! This is my most often used soap for a reason. Optimal performance with a pleasant scent is hard to beat. Today I used a mostly dry HIS synthetic to whip up yogurt-like lather with ease. The Silver Blue blades are very nice in my SC101... So far, every blade I've tried has worked well, the biggest variable being longevity. I usually toss the blade after three shaves, so that is not really an issue. I know now that I can get great shaves on the cheap using Astra SP, which do not work well in my other razors for some reason. Krampert's never fails to wrap up my shaves right. Prep: Shea Moisture TBS Soap: Tabac! Brush: HIS every week is synthetic week for me! Razor: iKon Shavecraft 101 Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (2) Coconut bay butter balm before ATG AS: Krampert's Finest Bay Rum EDT: Tabac! Hair cream: Tabac!
Tyr's Day: Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal Cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (3) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (5, 6, 7) Post: Cold water rinse, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB Cologne: Burberry Brit by Burberry The blade had perfectly rounded into shape, giving three effortless and comfortable passes and BBS results with no weepers or nicks. This made me all the more puzzled to note a small amount of irritation cropping up on my neck as I was leaving the shave den, having already applied the ASB and cologne. I'm not sure how that worked.
4/1/2014 Synthetic Brush Week Prep: Hot shower with AXE cooling face wash, home made PSO Razor: Muhle R41 2011, Wade & Butcher straight razor Blade: Personna Red platinum chrome (2) Brush: HJM Black Fibre synthetic Soap: AOS Sandalwood After: Home made ASB, Grey Flannel after shave Cologne: Grey Flannel EDT A nice 2 pass BBS shave today. Have a blessed day!
Tuesday: L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash Large Horsehair Barbershop Super Speed/Sharp day 2 QCS Vostok SC Thayers Witch Hazel Floid Classic AS Santos de Cartier EdT OMG, this Vostok cream is frigidly-cold and nice - the lather whips up fast, and it's so rich and stable. It also moisturizes and protects the skin very well. The Sharp blade seems to be holding up quite decently although it's not as smooth as the Rapiras. The witch hazel and the Floid Classic aftershave felt great and made the end of this awesome shave a delight.
Tuesday Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain Razor: Gillette Slim Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (3) Brush: Whipped Dog Synthetic/Bethlehem Olivewood 24mmx58mm Aftershave: Pino Silvestre WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit) Back with one of my favorites: Stirling Ozark Mountain! I used my WD Synthetic today. Great shave with the Stirling, WD, Slim, & Rapira PL! I finished up with Pino. Bob
