SoS: December 8, 2014 - December 14, 2014

Good Luck Troy!

 

Wednesday:
hot shower w/Mistral Marzipan bar soap
Homemade PSO
Maggard MR4 2 passes
Rapira Swedish Supersteel (4)
Omega boar
Cyril R Salter French Vetiver cream in a warm bowl
Thayers unscented w/aloe
Royall Vetiver AS lotion

Bleary-eyed shave at o'dark o'clock and a late post after a busy day. It smelled good but I missed a couple spots. Hope y'all had good shaves since I didn't have time to read them today.

 

SOTD - Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Hot shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: Vulfix 374 Super
Cream: TOBS Eton College
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: PolSilver SI (2)
Post: Thayer's Cucumber WH
Aftershave: Floid Vigoroso

- Don

 

Good fortune with your exam!

 

December 11's

Nivea Men's Face Wash
Tabac Shaving Soap
Vie-Long Horse Hair brush
'62 Gillette Slim
Feather Hi-Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The Tabac Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Vie-Long Horse Hair Brush. Two passes with my '62 Gillette Slim and Feather Hi-Stainless 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 Vegetal after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

11 December 2014 Planned Shave

I will be trying out the Derby Soap tomorrow.

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Custom blend by yours truly. I have TSD Iced Mojito X2 shave soap and AS balm but wanted something close to freezing my face off and what better way than to use to use Glacial Spearmint as the base? I then added the other ingredients and MORE menthol to get the effect I wanted but with an aroma of a Cuban Mojito cocktail.

 

Hands down Glacial kicks Yeti's butt in pre and post shave condition. Haven't looked at the ingredient list since I ordered earlier this year, but believe Glacial has tallow, lanolin and some clay which as far as I know Yeti does not. Of the Glacial's I still have, I find the custom blend I made up myself and used today to be the easiest of the Glacial to whip up a lather but current batches are a heck of a lot easier to whip up than previous batches.

 

Tools for Tomorrow
Thursday, December 11, 2014

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Today's SOTD - December 10, 2014




Prep: Hot shower. Neutrogena face wash. Noxzema as a pre-shave.

Brush: Turkish #1

Lather: MWF

Razor: Gillette Red Tip

Blade: Voskhod.

Post: Cold water; Razorock Alum Block.

After: TSD double-iced Blue Spruce Aftershave Milk.

 

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Tomorrow's Planned SOTD 12/11/2014​

Razor: Gem MMOC
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D4)
Brush: Shavemac Americana D01 3 Band 24 mm
Shave Bowl: Doug Smith 5" Shaving Mug
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Cedar-Lavender
Shave Soap: Martin De Candre Fougère
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Penhaligon`s English Fern






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Shave of the Day

"Don't Judge a YUMA by Its Cover" Edition



Prep: hot bath, shea butter black african facial soap, homemade sandalwood patchouli preshave oil
Razor: YUMA
Blade: Feather (3)
Brush: New Forest 2204 High Mountain Badger
Lather: mystery croap
Shave: 3 passes; WTG, XTG, ATG + Cleanup
Post: cold water, Clubman

The Yuma came to me today as part of the Yuma Passaround Box...

I was immediately concerned after inspecting the razor. It's fit and finish are deplorable, and it looks like something a civil war field surgeon would prep a leg amputation with. Very rough. I had a hard time getting the cap aligned with the blade properly.



Ahhhh, but once I finally got it setup, what a shave it gave! This ugly little guy shaved his heart out for me. I barely felt any blade at all, with a FEATHER! Just smooth balanced strokes... It felt like a number 3 or 4 setting on my adjustable razor, for reference.

I was able to get an almost perfect shave from this little guy. The throat area especially is one of the best shaves I've ever had.

So yes, it is ugly as sin, tricky to setup, and not for beginners; but if you know what you're doing, and have proper technique, a BBS shave is indeed achievable.

G'night gents

 

We are the SE Borg. Resistance is futile. You WILL be assimilated.

 

Best of luck on your test!

 

Bee-oo-ti-ful razor!

 

Jabonman Rosas
Thäter 49125/2 2-Band
Ralf Aust 7/8
Myrsol Plastic Shave

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Thursday!

• Music: The Nits, Urk
• Prep: long leisurely shower plus hot washing cloth between shower and shave
• Brush: Evil Minion TGN boar
• Soap: Cella
• Razor: Ugly Duckling
• Blade: vintage Gillette Blue #8
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: cold water rinse, restrop blade in Allergo mod. L

Excellent shave. I really love the scent of the Cella. And it lathers up great!

 

Tuesday SOTD (late post)


Pint Glass from U of A bookstore.
Utopia 3pc with Crystal (Personna Israel)
Omega 48 Pro - Boar Bristle
TSD Lanolin Shave Stick "Barber Shoppe"
TSD AS Splash "Barber Shoppe"

Great 2pass DFS from the slick soap and sharp blade. I achieved the best face lather in my life today from the TSD Lanolin Soap. TSD AS made me feel like I was fresh from the barber chair...

 

Face lathering isn't as pretty for pictures but I think I gives better lather for some soaps.

 

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