SoS: June 9, 2014 - June 15, 2014

I like that wooden bowl

 

I'm out today also. Sun did a number on my upper and lower lip, and my chin. abreva is the best I have found for cold sores/ Sun blisters. neck starting to itch. if I get to itchy,I may grow a goatee. if you know anything better than abreva, please enlighten me.
y'all have a great day

 

Gillette Tech Bulldog
Gillette Silver Blue
Semogue BC Cerda
Palmolive Shave Stick
Alum
Superior 70

Nothing new here, just another nice shave.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Coniferous Bath Soap
Soap: Rose of Bulgaria
Razor: Gillette Slim [6]
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Plisson Grey Badger 22mmx52mm
Aftershave: Speick

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Back to back Rose scents yesterday and today. Rose of Bulgaria today, RR San Valentino yesterday. The Rose of Bulgaria is an excellent cream. Great shave with the Slim and the 7 O’Clock Green SS. I finished with Speick.

Bob

 

Tuesday
hot shower
M&F Chief
Proraso PSC
GFT Coconut Oil SC
Gillette Gold Tech/Feather (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
SMS Tea Tree ASL Herbal Elixir
Creed Virgin Island Water

Very smooth 2 pass face,1 pace dome,for BBS all around!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89 Head w/ Weber Classic Handle
Blade: Personna Lab (2)
Lather: Cella
Brush: Oscar11 w/ Omega 20248 Knot
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Old Spice

Have a great day!

 

SOTD 6/10



Pre: Maggard Razors PSO - Cherry Sandalwood Vanilla
Brush: Omega 48 Pro Boar
Soap: AOS Unscented Sensitive
Razor: Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword
Splash: Shea Moisture Shave Tea Tree Herbal AS Elixir
Post: Nivea Sensitive AS
After: Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS & Pacific Shaving Moisturizer

The Wilkinson Sword is another super sharp blade! But it felt really rough on my face. I'll try it one more time and if it still feels that way it's dropping out of rotation. The AOS lathered really well. Nice cushion. I'm finding I really like the feel of the Omega, even though its huge. I think it may actually be designed for face lathering.

 

SOTD June 10

Prep: hot water
Razor: WW2 Gillette Tech
Blade: Gillette Blue
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Margaritas in the Arctic
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Arko Ice Mint

Much better shave this morning. I didn't sleep in and was able to take my time and slowly enjoy my shave.

One of my flea market razors came with a Good Blue blade. I figured my WW2 Gillette Tech was a good razor to pair it with. I don't think u was too far off. There was some tugging with the initial WTG pass, but that might have been from yesterday's "speed shave". A second XTG pass and some touch ups left me with a menthol numbed DFS. He Arko Ice Mint is doing everything it can to keep that face numbing going...

 

TUESDAY
Back to Work & DE Day

An early morning, quick 2-pass shave that left my face super smooth and now I'm ready (almost!) to face any crisis at the office!
Have a blessed day, everyone!

'Big Blade & a little Brush'
Pre: Homemade PSO
Razor: Mühle R41 Grande (2011)
Blade: Personna Blue
Brush: Simpson Wee Scot
Lather: Martin de Candre, scented
Shave: 2 passes (WTG/XTG), plus light touch-up
Post: Alum block, Black River bay rum AS

 

IT IS an exceptional face-latherer! I went to the opposite extreme on brush size this morn!

 

I am very pleased with its performance. I load it up really good and go to the face. I get a rich thick lather with the VDH Luxury SS. This is a very good soap for me, and I am liking my newly re-knoted brush. The TGN knot is working out very well. As you may remember, the Made Rite was my wife's grandpa's brush. I re-knotted it back on May 27. This was my seventh shave with it.

 

°Gem Flying Wing/Guiding Eye/bullet tip with a new Gem coated stainless
°VDH

2 pass BBS, mostly all ATG. A few very light XTG weepers on the chin but I was being careless.

A/S: Dickinson's menthol spiked WH followed by lime-spiked Lucky Tiger Face Tonic.

Hadn't used a bullet tip in...well, I can't remember exactly how long. Years. I don't recall it having this smooth and relatively mild of a shave but I'm sure I didn't have technique down last I tried it. It's very comparable to the G-bar, barely heavier. I'm impressed with this good razor; much more face-friendly to me than the earliest Gems and the OCMMs.

 

Tuesday 6/10

Prep: Gaia face wash
Pre-shave: Shave Secret
Blade: Voskhod
soap:

Treufitt & Hill Cedar and Sandalwood

Witch Hazel: Generic Sandalwood scented
AS: Sampsons all natural

I went back to the Voskhod blades today without waiting to see if the Derby blade will last 4 shaves. The Derby just doesn't seem either sharp enough or smooth enough for my tastes.

The T&F cedar-sandalwood is a pretty nice soap, and produces a good lather, but the scent seems to be lacking "oomph". Maybe I just like more strongly scented soaps.

 

7/8 Friodur
Menta Terrosa
homemade badger
Screwed up my knee yesterday so I'll be laid up for a while but a least I can still enjoy my shaves. Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

You're not alone there.

 

Hope your knee mends quickly.

 

Oscar11 - Hope the knee gets better quickly!

 

Sorry to hear that Steve! I hope you are back at it soon!

 

6/10/14

Prep: Hot shower and face wash with Stirling Barbershop bath bar
Lather: Tiki Set Sail
Brush: Vie-Long Lord Randal mixed horse and badger hair
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: 7 a.m Plus Hi Platinum
Post: Cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

After yesterday's 2 pass blood letting shave, I was a little worried, but decided to soldier on and see what would happen. I realized that I had used up the pack of feathers and the pack of Wilkinson Sword (English) that were in the medicine cabinet, so a quick examination of the annex cabinet showed me this unopened blade sampler from TSD. Thought I would go ahead and give it a start. It appears there are 3 each of 6 different blades, so that should take me a while to work through.

Today's shave was an uneventful 3 pass shave, with no tugging, nicks, weepers or untoward words directed at the mirror. WTG, ATG and WTG finished me off. The Weber was just fine, delivering a smooth and comfortable shave.

 

Merkur Progress
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Rooney 3/3 Finest
Green Mountain Soaps - Lavender Grapefruit
Fine - Platinum