Thanks for all the "likes." Unfortunately, I must retract my final statement. The lighting in the bathroom at church revealed that my neck is shredded. It doesn't hurt much, but it looks terrible.
SOTD April 6 Prep: hot towel, Proraso pre-shave Razor: George Wostenholm & Son Celebrated I-XL Razor: Aristocrat TTO Open Comb Blade: Merkur (day 2) Brush: Vie-Long Soap: Margaritas in the Arctic Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG) Post: alum Bad shave today. I was planning on only using the straight, but just didn't feel comfortable on my neck so I grabbed the Aristocrat to finish with. Two passes with the straight on the face left me shy of a DFS, and a few cuts. The Aristocrat did get me a DFS on my neck, but plenty or razor burn with it. I haven't decided if I will take a shave break tomorrow yet...
SoS 4/6/14 Prep: Hot shower. Nivea menthol face wash. Razor: Merkur Progress Blade: Astra SS Soap: Stirling MITA Brush: Turkish #6 Post: Alum. Dickinson WH Aftershave: Clubman Lilac Vegetal-Nivea Cool Kick Stirling whips up so nice it almost takes the fun at of lathering. Margaritas in the attic smells so great! It's 5 o'clock somewhere. Go out and get it!
Yeah that Semogue badger/boar mix churned up some serious White Lightning lather! As long as it stops shedding Ill be very happy I picked it up.
It could be the lighting.....Fluorescent light will make a little redness look 100 times worse than it is really.
Suzumasa Muhle synthetic brush Gaia shave cream Figaro AS Geo. F. Trumpers West Indian Lime Skin Food
If this is the product. Gaia Skin Naturals in Australia http://www.drugstore.com/gaia-made-for-men-face-creme-after-shave-balm/qxp335531
SoS - Sunday, April 6, 2014 Hot shower Homemade PSO TOBS Eton College cream Vulfix 374 super badger Gillette Slim set on 4 Gillette Silver Blue (4) Nivea Sensitive PSB Paul Sebastian cologne A fair shave. Nothing to brag about on a lazy Sunday.
Thanks, my friend. I originally got my MITA from a really good friend of mine here and I'll be placing an order for it again soon. It became a top-favourite of mine.
Yes, that's the maker of the shave cream. I don't have the balm. I have the face scrub as well. I got both of these items and many more in a TSD pif recently. It's a very nice cream.
Saturday's shave Hot shower PSO (homemade) Proraso Red Shave soap from @Bobcat vdh brush Gillette TTO SS from @Bobcat Stirling Spearmint AS Great shave, still going through all of my PIF stuff Also really liked the Herslinger... Hirshli... yeah the stuff in the white container from @Bobcat
Sunday morning - Prep - Noxzema & hot towel Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi Brush - Omega 40033 Razor - Gillette Single Ring Blade - Personna Red (3) 2 pass Warm water rinse & cold water splash Alum block & Witch-hazel AS
Sunday: hot shower Maggard Sweet Orange PSO Gillette Ball End Travel Tech (N2) 3 passes Voskhod (3) VDH Deluxe boar Musgo Real Spiced Citrus cream (sample) in an Old Spice mug Thayers unscented w/aloe Musgo Real Spiced Citrus cologne (sample) First of a couple travel shaves. Shaved early this morning but just now getting around to posting. Remembered to pack everything but a plastic bowl for making lather but then got lucky making a random stop at an antique mall where I picked up a few razors (I'll get them posted in The Haul later this week) and an early 60's Old Spice mug. Today's razor still had the paper blade in it when I bought it a few months ago and it's super clean so I'm guessing today was it's first actual shave ever since it's birth in 1968. It's an aluminum handle so I had a bit of a time with it trying to get good control but I ended up with a very fine shave thanks to good prep, excellent lather, and the Voskhod Teflon.
Today's shave Warm rag on face Stirling Electric Sheep shave soap right side of face Gillette SS w/ Astra SS left side merkur 23 C w/ Astra SS 2 passes-wtg and xtg the merkur gave a little closer shave, but this is also only my third shave the the super speed finished up with stirling lemon chill WHAS--
SOTN: Razor: 1988 (I1) Gillette Super Speed Blade: Personna Soap: Ogallala Bay Rum, Sage & Cedar Brush: Ever-Ready 600 Post: Alum & Witch Hazel Aftershave: Stetson Cooling Moisture
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } SOTN: 1966 Gillette Super Speed razor, Astra Platinum blade, homemade clove, ginger, orange and lemongrass soap, Lider Professional #1 horsehair brush, Proraso pre-shave and Oak and Agave A/S. The first using my Dad's Super Speed. A few weepers with the Astra but that was the first with that blade as well. Good blades. Overall, it was a very good head and face shave!
