SOTD September 16, 2014 Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash Razor: Schick Injector I1 Blade: Schick Lather: Arko M-Bomb Brush: Vie-Long 12601 Horse Post: Alum. Dickerson WH Aftershave: Osage Rub. Axe Shield Sensitive Go out and get it!
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 (bowl-lathered) Razor: FaTip Piccolo OC Blade: Bolzano Superinox (2) Passes: WTG, XTG (3, 4) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB Cologne: Brit by Burberry My morning routine got a little discombobulated due to my cat knocking stuff over in the other room. As a result, in order to let the preshave balm sit on my face long enough to do its work, I opted to bowl lather. Naturally, this whipped up enough lather to organize a pass-around. As was true yesterday, two passes left me with a DFS without any irritation or nicks. I opted to let the witch hazel dry before applying the aftershave balm, and it seemed to absorb better as a result.
Tuesday's shave. First ever Razorock shave!!! Preshave - Gillette pre shave wash ( I really like this as it doesn't dry it so I put it on at the start of the shower and leave it on until the end.) Lather - Razorock Classic Razor - R41 Blade - Gillette Silver Blue Brush - Wee Scot Aftershave - Nivea balm Great shave. Omelmad was kind enough to send me a sample of Razorock Classic. Great soap, easy to lather, nice smell, really nice. Thanks Omar
Razor: Standard Black Blade: Personna Med Prep (D13) Brush: Plisson Synthetic Bowl: Dirty Bird Travel Scuttle Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime Shave Soap: SCS Bay Rum with Twist Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum W lime & peppercorn
Tuesday Prep: wash with Clear Essentials glycerin soap Soap: Mike's Natural Soap, unscented Brush: Oscar11 with HIS knot Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Feather After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion Excellent, comfortable shave.
SOTD Tuesday 9-16-2014 5/8 Torrey Shoulderless Preshave - Noxema Classic Clean Rose of Bulgaria SC Georgetown Scuttle Semogue 820 Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Gold Bond Ultimate Lotion Rose of Bulgaria ASL Trying the Noxema cream as a pre-shave this morning as my Proraso has run out and it's getting too expensive and hard to get. Also trying the Gold Bond Ultimate Lotion for the first time. I have been using the GB body lotion which has a significant amount of menthol in it and gives that cooling effect. This Ultimate Lotion doesn't have the menthol so, I'm not sure if I'll like it as much. At any rate, trying new things.... The Torrey is a singing blade and feels like shaving with a thin unprotected double edge blade. It leaves no whisker behind though and is really smooth when controlled. It's thin shoulderless blade has a lot of flex which makes using it exciting to say the least.
SOTD Tuesday, SEptember 16, 2014 Cold Shower with Elephant Tree Soap Schick Injector I-1 Schick Blade Omega Pro Boar 10098 Barrister and Mann Soap - Seville Alum Block Menthol spiked Generic Witch Hazel (in a vintage Dickinson's bottle) Barrister and Mann Kyovu - Original
Tuesday 9/16/2014 Brush: Erskine vintage Badger 1947 Razor: Gillette FB (f1) 1960 Blade: Feather (1) Mug: Old Spice (late glass Mug 04- 1970s to 1992 Cream: Cella Post shave: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel, Jack Black gel, Old Spice Lime (Shulton) Traveler 1976 - 1978 The FB is so good I'm using it the rest of the month, and it will help me work on my technique. With a fresh Feather it's magic. The Erskine badger whipped up the Cella in no time with the OS mug sitting in hot water in the sink. Nothing like that scent. WTG XTG on my face and neck on 6. ATG XTG on my neck and upper lip on 5, for a smooth shave. Hot water rinse, pat dry and a splash of Thayers Cucumber WH. After cleanup some JB gel and vintage OS tha I got from my father in law, what a guy. Off to my yearly physical. Go get yours!
Razor: ER 1924 Blade: GEM Brush: Muhle Black Fiber Lather: Mitchell's Wool Fat The razor that started it all- my migration to SEs: the Ever Ready 1924. A very pleasing shave, getting ready for my forensics class.
SOTD - Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Cool shower Prep: Lime PSO Brush: Classic Shaving badger Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain Razor: Weber PH Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3) Post: Thayer's Cucumber WH Aftershave: Mennen Skin Bracer - Don
5/8 Le Minet Cella homemade horse Great shave today, still struggling with the horse, just a little scratchy. I think a person could learn to like it.
That's what I did with the first ever original Glacial tester puck I received. At the beginning I was struggling to get it to lather and at one point I was ready to give it up for hopeless, but then I read an article on another wetshaving forum which Rod had said about the soap needing an extra long curing period. It turned out his suggestion made perfect sense because of the extra-high menthol content and the other ingredients this soap contains. When I tried it again a month later, the lather exploded beautifully and continued to perform great for me. Rod sure knows what he's talking about!
SEptember 17's Cold Water Shave Dove Men's Face Wash Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap Semogue 1305 Boar Brush Schick I1 NOS Gillette Platinum Plus CWR, Asma Alum Block Thayers Rose Petal WH Pinaud Clubman AS The Mitchell's Wool Fat face-lathered very easily with my Semogue 1305 Boar Brush. Two passes with my Schick I1 and Gillette Platinum Plus blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
