SoS: December 1, 2014 - December 7, 2014

Thanks, Bruce! I've been very pleasantly surprised at how great these big bad boys feel on the face! Although the wostenholm above is more 'delicate' than the beastie W&B wedge, it shaved as well as any razor I've used to date. What a joy! I've been patiently waiting to shave with this Wostenholm since I picked it up way back in March from an antique shoe in Nevada city! Well-worth the wait!

Chris, majority of my duds (and I've quite a few!) never see the light of day…let alone given an online presentation!
They go back somewhere into the queue until another day.

 

You're just sandbagging them for the book...

 

Hehehe

 

Hope the results of the biopsies and the additional work turn out for the best!

 

Tuesday!

• Music: Paul Simon, Graceland
• Prep: hot shower, hot washing cloth
• Brush: TGN A grade silvertip badger in Oscar11 handle
• Creme: Annemarie Börlind
• Razor: Ball End Tech
• Blade: vintage Gillette Blue (#1)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: cold water rinse, restrop blade in Allegro mod. L

Excellent shave!

Have a great day, ya'll!

 

Last night's shave. Menthol Monday rocks.

 

Less that Optimal Equipment shave

∙cheap black plastic Gillette flip-open DE
∙gently used Schick blade of unknown vintage
∙TSD vetiver/Omega brush

The razor is functional and more aggressive than one might expect. Shave-wise, it feels comparable to a standard '50s era Super Speed. The problem was the blade, which had less edge on it than I expected. Switched to a Big Ben and got a fine BBS result.

Got a big meeting this morning at 0745 so I'd best lay off the a/s.

 

Gillette Old Type Bulldog
Permasharp super
Semogue BC Mistura
Institut Karite Soap
Alum
Superior 70

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
rubberset custom two band finest
Latoja shave stick
Merkur 39c
Gillette blade(2)
ICED aqua velva musk
today's shave went well. I face lathered the Latoja,a gift from the traveling box tour. the scent was nice.I had to rewet the other side of my face to let it glide nicely. Prolly my fault,I normally bowl lather. three passes with the hammer, rarely disappoints. Nice close shave today. finished with iced musk. would have preferred to match with the Latoja scent, is very nice.
Hope y'all do as well, or better.

 

Tuesday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Vie-Long Lord Randal Horse
Prep PPB
Prep SS
iKon SC 102 slant,iKon Bulldog Handle/Feather (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
TSD Peppermint ASM
Amouage Interlude Man


Another great shave from the Ikon/Feather combo,very smooth,face and dome BBS!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Weber PH
Ladas Stainless
Klar's Kabinett
Vie-Long 13061M
Captain's Choice Bay Rum

 

Tuesday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Lord Super/new 7 AM
Synergy Frost_byte SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Osage Rub AS
Dolce & Gabbana EdT

Only a hopelessly-addicted menthol monkey like me could choose a set-up like this on a bitterly-cold morning and enjoy it. The Neutrogena facial wash is so damned cold, especially after it's been on your face for a couple of minutes. The Frost_byte soap pulverized my face with a menthol effect that lasts even right now as I type this, and the combination of the Gold Bond moisturizer and the Rubby Dubby Doo is ungodly frigid. I'm really loving my Lord Super DE - with a new 7 AM it gave me a terrific BBS shave, and with hardly any effort.

 

Didn't the Gada Cool feel heavenly? Gonna get you another couple of tubes, my man!

 

Tabacstag!
Tabac never fails. Easy, smooth lather building with my HIS lather monster, cleanly removing my stubble was the Aristocrat and an Astra SP. Finishing with Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum. Excellent shave all around.

 

6/8 Wacker
De Vergulde Hand
homemade boar
I dropped the Wacker last night and the edge had a snaggle toothed appearance, so back to the hones. The shave was a little lacking this morning so another tune up will be coming up. Luckily no real damage was done. Have a good one.

 

SOTD: Stealth Travel Edition I

Got the RR Stealth Slant in the mail yesterday just before leaving for a business trip and I couldn't just leave it home. So, I packed it and bought some Personna blades at Walgreens when I got to my destination. These blades haven't been good to me in the past (they are not the same as lab blues or med preps, which work pretty well for me). I was overly careful and got a DFS but not BBS. No irritation though, so the Stealth tamed a blade that normally gives me some tugging and irritation in a Merkur head. I will really get a feel for this razor when I pair it with a Feather. It was fun using it anyway.

B&M Cheshire soap
Plisson L'occitane synthetic brush
RazoRock Stealth Slant razor
Personna Studio 35 blades
B&M Kyovu AS

 

12/2/2014

Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat, JR Torrey straight razor
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: L'Occitane - Cade
After: Home made ASB, Aqua Velva Ice Blue after shave
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme

A comfortable shave this morning. The Vie Long whipped up the Cade into a good lather. The Torrey and the Aristocrat made short work of the stubble. The AV brought some chill to the shave and the Prada will have me smelling good all day. With only a small weeper on my chin I ended up with a Darn Fine Shave +.

Have a blessed day!

 

SOTD
December 2, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon SC102 Slant Head/iKon Handle
Blade: Bic
Brush: Omega 10066
Lather: Whoosthemansoap Batting Clean Up
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Whoosthemansoap Batting Clean Up. Axe Shield Sensitive
Interesting. I need another shave (tomorrow) to get a good feeling on this soap .
Go out and get it!

 

Prep: Hot shower/hot cloth for 3 minutes
Cream: TOBS Sandalwood
Brush: Edwin Jagger best badger
Razor: Edwin Jagger 89lbl
Blade: Feather (black)
Passes: 3 and a touch up
Post: Hot water rinse then cold water rinse followed by Pinaud Bay Rum

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb-Relplated!
Blade: Personna Med Prep (1)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club-Southern Oud

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

Maggard Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds: load & go with the ER Silvertip. Easy, excellent lather! I just got my NEW SC back from Chris at razorplating.com. He did a great job! I loaded a new Personna Med Prep in it and went to town. Excellent, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with a new aftershave from Country Club, Southern Oud. It has a great scent!

Bob