SoS: November 10, 2014 - November 16, 2014

Friday 11/14/14

Prep: glycerin soap
Pre-Shave Oil: Shave Secret
Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery
Razor: Gillette New Long Comb
Blade: Ladas
Lather: my french soap mix
Post: Alum sprayed on
Witch Hazel: Generic unscented
A/S: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Balm: Avon Musk Marine After Shave Conditioner

Another lovely 3 pass shave. I did get a nick on my neck, but no big deal. Overall, very nice,

 

Shave of the day for Friday Nov. 14, or, everything old is, well, really pretty old.

Prep- cold water face wash with Yardley Lavender
Water-warm
Soap- Bearded Jack's oakmoss vetiver
Mug- world's ugliest scuttle, vintage (attractive side pictured)
Razor- 1908 Gillette single ring
Blade- astra sp
Brush- German boar, vintage
Rinse- Thayer's lavender
Aftershave- Seaforth scotch leather, vintage
Lotion- Score
Cologne- Cordovan

I got this single ring the mail yesterday. It preempted my plans for this morning. Shave with a hundred year old razor? Oh, yes please! I also got a batch of soap from Bearded Jack's the mail. Just the fragrance that came out of the envelope shot those to the top of the list. Then I had this scuttle laying around that I got in a lot. So I decided to give that a whirl... so, my results;
The single ring is a great shaver. But I like mild. I need to use it a few more times to get a read on it, but so far, it impressed me. Gillette had it figured out early. It is also a beautiful little thing. No cracks, and the hundred years of patina really adds to the aesthetics.
Scuttles are weird. It was sort of fun to use, but clunky. The hot water made the lather quite warm and pleasant. As a die hard cold water shaver, that was also weird, but only because it was a new sensation, not because it was bad. It was really enjoyable. I won't use it again real soon, but I will definitely keep the scuttle in mind for 'pampering' days.
Bearded Jacks soap. I am very impressed with this stuff. Smells amazing! I bought 2 big pucks, and 3 little ones just to sample their products. I am a proponent of supporting independent business, and this did not let me down. Fantastic lather. Dense, slick and cushioning. I have to try the rest of my samples, but just this one will have me ordering more.

 

The Captain's Choice bowl is great. It's well made, sized to fit in your palm, has ridges on the bottom for easy lathering. What more can I say? I'm sure that you could even eat Cheerios from it if you like.

 

First Friday Morning Shave

Pre: Shower
Razor: Weishi TTO
Blade: Voskhod
Cream: TOBS Eton College
Brush: Omega 10049
Post: Clubman Aftershave

I usually shave at night, but I was up early so I decided to shave before work since I hadn't shaved last night.

 

Pre: Shave Secret
Brush: Shea Moisture Synthetic
Soap: TOBS – St. James
Razor: ’55 Gillette Super Speed Blue Tip
Blade: Astra Super Stainless (4)
Splash: Humphreys Alcohol Free Cucumber Melon Witch Hazel Facial Tone
Post: Brut Original Fragrance Moisturizing ASB & Pinaud Clubman Classic

23 degrees and 3 inches on the ground. Brrrr! Chico dosen’t like walking on the salt so it makes for an interesting walk downtown, where they always go overboard on the salt application, then complain about having to repair the sidewalks in the spring LOL...

It's cold at That Shave Life!

 

Excellent photo again!

 

SOTD 14 November...

No Variation November for me! Blade is Voskhod.

Happy Friday!

 

Prep - Warm water, glycerine soap, pre-lather, hot flannel

Razor - Slim Adjustable

Blade - Astra SP (#12 and out!)

Brush - Omega 20106

Soap - Über lather - Cella / Proraso Green / Glycerine

After - Alum / Witch Hazel

Result - BBS

 

My man, as much as you hate snow, what we get down here (thick sheet ice) is even worse. Can't drive in it and is hard to even keep it sanded/salted (we use more sand than salt). Very irritating!

Be sure to get that new blade in. Day 5 on that Astra would not be a very sweet shave indeed.

Your doing a great job with the blog, keep it up!

 

A freaky picture for freaky Friday. One of the best shaves I have had in No variation November. Really enjoying the DR Harris soap. Easy to use and a great scent.

Razor - Pils DE
Brush - Whipped Dog 22mm Silvertip
Aftershave - Nivea for men moisturising balm
Blade - Wilkinson Sword
Lather - D.R Harris Windsor scent.

 

Great shot Bama-Saurai-American-Ninja-Warrior. Good lighting and the snow is a nice touch for a frosty menthol shave. Did you walk outside after using that proraso green?

 

Mike, thank you for your kind words, once again! You are very kind!

 

SOTD - Friday, November 14, 2014

Shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: B&B Essential boar
Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain
Razor Weber PH Wave
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post: Stirling Lemon Chill WH
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

- Don

 

I did. Quite bracing! Much warmer today...hit 35F with good melting...more snow hi 27F on Saturday.

And thanks for the photo props!

 

NOVember 15's

Nivea for Men Sensitive Face Wash
C.O. Bigelow Shaving Cream
Omega Pro 98 boar brush
Gillette Super Speed '47
Astra SP
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Clubman

Nineteen degrees outside and I am still doing the cold water shave thing. The C.O. Bigelow Shaving Cream face-lathered very easily with my Omega Pro 98 Boar Brush. Two passes with my '47 Gillette Super Speed and Astra SP 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 Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

November 15th

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Great photo effects!

 

The stage is set, and tomorrow morning will be the first shave with the newly acquired Rosegold R41. I've always been curious to see if the rumors are true, and hopefully all goes well. Have a good weekend gents...wish me luck.

** POST Shave Update**

Talk about an effective razor. I only needed 2 passes to destroy any signs of facial hair. This razor provides very good feedback, which I will use to help me determine which blades work best in the beast. It's more aggressive than most razors I've used, but I think I hyped it up more than I needed to. The true test was on my neck area, and the R41 passed with flying colors. Less passes and zero irritation. It's a keeper!

 

Have a septic stick or Alum block handy

 

Nice pic and best of luck with the R41!