SoS: December 15, 2014 - December 21, 2014

December 18's

Nivea Men's Face Wash
Col. Conk Bay Rum Shave Soap
Frank Shaving Finest Badger brush
Merkur 37c Slant
Feather Hi-Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The Col. Conk Bay Rum Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Frank Shaving Finest Badger brush. Two passes with my Merkur 37c Slant 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...

 

Guess you and I are just "special". BTW, the short bus will pick us up tomorrow at 8.

 

Does this mean you're uncertain or "rolling the dice" on this shave?

 

That is the fifth shave with that blade.

 

Shave for Thursday, Dec 18



Have an early day tomorrow, it is a busy time of year where I work part time. Used the Wilkinson Sword blade in the EJ 89L for four very nice DFS shaves and now going to give it a try in the Gillette Black Beauty SA. When I tried these blades before, I did not like them, go figure.

RazoRock Fresco SC
Small Omega Boar brush
Gillette Black Beauty SA
Wilkinson Sword blade
TSD Barber Shoppe AS

Dave

 

Planned Shave - 12/18/14

I read that Maca Root is used to help improve your mood as an adjunct in herbal medicines. So I am going to improve my mood a bit in the morning (not that I am in a bad mood...)

Gillette New SC
Derby Extra (2)
Maca Root cream
The Body Shop synthetic brush
Maca Root Razor Relief aftershave

I just used the same set up for an evening head shave and the results were awesome.

 

Wednesday Night Shave

Pre: Shower
Razor: GEM G-Bar
Blade: GEM SS
Brush: VDH
Croap: Proraso Red
Post: Aqua Velva Musk

A nice shave. A step away from how I've been shaving lately. A very solid DFS.

 

Thursday's Planned SOTD 12/18/2014
Razor: Every-Ready 1924
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (11)
Brush: Semogue 1305
Shave Bowl: 5” Shave Bowl
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Rosewood-Spearmint-Lime
Shave Soap: Tiki Kon Tiki
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Herrera Aftershave Balm
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A shout out to @JR Reyes as he knows I am partial to TIki shave soaps and that I am a bowl lather and he surpised me with the Kon Tiki and the shave bowl shown below for Christmas. Cant wait to try them out tomorrow morning and hopefully I paired the Kon Tiki with the Herrera AS Balm as my sniffer is giving me issues again effecting my smell and taste buds.

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THURZDAY
Evening shave
A great shave with the Big Red Imp until I got distracted and managed to nick my cheek with the deadly tip of this big 'ol blade.
I've been using square tips on most of the razors I've used these past several weeks, but this one always seems to get me! Oh well... another war wound to heal.
All & all though, a very nice shave despite the mental lapse.
Have a great, error-free Thursday all!

 

very kind of you to say so

 

Your dice indicator scheme is really clever.

 

...pages 3, 54, 208.

 

Thursday!
Music: radio playing Christmas songs
Prep: hot shower, hot washing cloth
Brush: VieLong horse
Soap: Tabac
Razor: birth year & quarter Gillette Slim @ 4 & 6
Blade: vintage Gillette Blue #12
Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
Post: cold water rinse, restrop blade in Allegro Mod.L

Pleasant DFS. The Tabac lathered up great as usual and the VieLong horse is always a joy to use. I was enjoying the shave so much I forgot to dial the Slim up to 5 for the second pass. So the third pass went straight to 6.

Have a great day ya'll!

 

I'm up early and on the road this morning. I whipped up a bowl full of cattie's bubbles orange grove (thank you @ps1160) using my new Big Badger brush (thank you @Oscar11. Smooth results from the shavecraft 102 which had a little assistance from the homemade PSO (thank you @ram57). Overall a great shave..thank you gents.

Have a good one...

 

Thursday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Dolce & Gabbana EdT


Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/7 AM day 3
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Dolce & Gabbana EdT

I started a new Glacial Wintergreen soap this morning because I couldn't hold out any longer and I had to have a nice, super-frigid shave - in fact it was my first real shave like that all week. This new soap exploded with awesome lather as soon as my brush made contact with my face, and the menthol froze me so intensely. Two passes were all that was necessary to clean me up the way I wanted. The matching witch hazel felt so wonderful - it gave me another ultra-potent menthol dosage which I enjoyed so much.

 

Feather Portable Bulldog
Permasharp Super
Semogue BC Mistura
Klar Kabinett

Another simple yet very nice shave.

 

SOTD
December 18, 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon SC102 Slant Head/iKon Handle
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: Omega Pro 49
Lather: MdC
Post: Alum.Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: Stetson. Axe Shield Sensitive
The Pro 49 whipped up a mountain of MdC! iKon SC102 was flawless again. It's a Stetson kinda day!
Go out and get it!

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
Ever-Ready 150
Coates lime
Merkur 34chd
persona lab(2)
ICED Florida water (atomized)
today's shave was exceptional. seems like everything lined up. the ole Ever-Ready ain't pretty, but sure feels nice. the heavy duty earned its name, mild and efficient. three passes, very nice shave. finished with iced Florida water.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

JR is a great guy!

 

Simple thing are sometimes the best
I chose the simple pleasure of B&M Latha today to symbolize the uncomplicated love I share with my wife on our anniversary. Everything worked well and complimented each other very nicely. My fourth shave on this Voskhod blade was as nice as the first. I'll go for five tomorrow.