SoS: October 6, 2014 - October 12, 2014

That brush looks great, the razor looks good too.

 

Glad you liked it . Nice photo too.

 

Thursdays shave
Thanks to the whipped dog sivertip I finally got a decent lather from the Trumpers soaps which until now had been unusable.

Soap - Trumpers Eucris
Blade - Wilkinson's Sword
Razor - Pils
Aftershave - Clubman vanilla
Brush - Whipped Dog 22mm Silvertip.

 

How come you got a 22 mm and not 24 mm? =) it seems like most people get a 24mm, maybe a bigger is better for face lathering I don't know. How is the size?

 

Tommorrow's Shave ~ Friday, October 10, 2014

 

SoS - Thursday, October 9, 2014

Shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3
Soap: Stirling Padre Island
Razor: Weber SS PH
Blade: Astra (4)
Post: Thayer's Cucumber WH
Aftershave: AV Ice Blue w/ extra menthol

- Don

 

I have a 20mm WD and I love it. Anything larger really just gets in my way. I found it harder to rub in the lather with a larger brush without getting it into my ears, etc.

 

OCtober 10's

Dove Men's Face Wash
TOBS Lavender Shaving Cream
Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Gillette NEW SC
Shark Super Chrome (4)
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Mennen Skin Bracer AS

The TOBS Shaving Cream face-lathered very easily with my Semogue 1305 Boar Brush. Two passes with my Gillette NEW SC and Shark Super Chrome 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 Mennen Skin Bracer after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

John, the lather guru, Beeman, sent me a sample of rose made by Cyril R Salter. it was heavenly, lathered great, plenty slick, and smells very nice.
reminds me of cowboy coming in from riding the range, going to the hotel, ordering a room a hot bath,a shave. when I use the rose scent, this scenario comes to mind.
that and it smells like my grandmom.
I think the Cyril R Salter comes from your side of the pond, shipping may be easier.

 

10 October

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That is a killer handle on the Weber!

 

What size is that OS AS bottle? Is that the 9 oz size?

 

I think its 8.5 oz

 

Prep - Noxzema
Lather - Craftsman Unscented
Brush - Semogue 1250
Blade - Personna Red
Razor - FrankenNEW (NEW LC Head/Weber Bulldog)
Post - Dove Men+Care Hydrating Balm

The lather could have been better. I hadn't shaved my head in a while. I must say I quite like the NEW LC. I coupled it with my spare bulldog handle and boy oh boy what a beaut. I might just be brave enough to try it with a Lab when the Red is done. So far the only razor in my small rotation I am not very fond of is my SS. It can give a decent shave but way to much work and not close enough.

 

Razor: Personna Floating Head Injector
Blade: Personna PTFE
Brush: GDCarrington custom ACE silvertip badger
Lather: MWF

Comfortable shave. The Personna Floating Head does move but I find only on my chin where it is a firmer surface.

 

They are kind of rare so don't break it.

 

FRIDAY
Evening Shave For Tomorrow

I had very interesting shave this evening as I used two very similar razors—both for the first time.
One, a Case Red Imp, 6/8 square point, (pictured below) and the other, another Case Red Imp, 5/8 square point.
I honed both razors earlier today, using the same hones and a comparable number of laps with the only exception being the finishing hone. On one (the larger 6/8 Imp) I used a vintage Escher water hone; and on the other (the smaller 5/8 Imp) I used my newly-acquired Apache Strata natural stone. Both did an exceptional job of providing an extremely smooth, comfortable edge on the two razors. I'll have more details on the honing and comparing the two stones tomorrow in THIS thread. The MdC provided great lather as I alternated between the two razors for three passes. What a great shave!

Have a blessed Friday, everyone!

 

thank you David. Im gonna check it out =) i must have a rose scent, i really loved it

 

I luv it

 

Their webbsite wasn't very Easy to navigate =P