∙Schick Hydro-Magic ∙TSD vetiver 2 pass BBS on neck and cheeks. Movember is long past so the circle beard returneth, at The Wife's request. a/s - Avon "Structured for Men" Wood (1969), the love child of 2/3 Deep Woods and 1/3 Wild Country.
Weber PH Wave Rapira Swedish Supersteel Semogue BC Mistura Institut Karite Soap Alum 4711 AS One of my nicest shaves in a while. Accidently dropped the brush in the sink. My lather was a little looser than normal and very slick.
SATURDAY First shave since Wednesday evening After a two-day hiatus, I got all lathered up in 'Pumpkin Spice' this morn & attacked the growth with the big Pipe razor. 'Noisy,' but in a good way, as the blade cleanly sliced through my greying stubble. Three-passes and nearly BBS. It is such a great razor I truly enjoy using! Have a great weekend, everyone!
Razor: Every-Ready 1924 Blade: Gem PTFE SS (13) Brush: FS Faux Horn 24mm Pur-Tech Shave Bowl: Buffalo Horn 5” Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime Pre Shave Balm: Proraso Sensitive Shave Cream: Taconic Bay Rum Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: B&M Kyovu Bay Rum
Another fantastic blade. I'll admit it, I'm a nostalgia buff and I get more pleasure from using vintage items. Saturday's shave, Tabac soap Frank Shaving "Chubby 2" Ebony/ High Mountain My Grandfather's Gillette T.V. Special Super Speed (with original case) NOS Personna Super Stainless blade, made in America version (3) After shave, Floid Blue The big Frank picks up a truckload of product. Three passes, no touch ups needed and BBS results.
20 December 2014 * Filarmonica DT 14 * WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7 * Mystic Water Vanilla Sandalwood * Unrefined Shea Butter
SOTD Saturday 12-20-2014 5/8 Shapleigh HDWR, Full Hollow, Spike Point, St. Louis, Mo. Noxema Al's SC - Boheme GP Scuttle Omega Barbershop Boar Dickinson's WH GB Body Lotion Pinaud Draggon Noir ASL Noticed all the beautiful "big name" straights being rocked this morning so, I was inspired to use one of my straights. This isn't a classic celebrity in the straight razor field, just an excellent shaver from my home town of St. Louis. This poor "blue collar" instrument does an outstanding job of the morning shave. Still lovin' in Draggon.
20 Dec 2014 Pre - Corn Huskers Soap - Proraso Red Tub Brush - Turkish #6 Razor - Schick Krona "Eversharp" 1966 Blade -Polsilver Super Iridium (4) AS - Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve Overall a good shave. 4th razor and 4th shave with the Polsilver, still no tugging or irritation at all. Still not convinced the Schick is going to stay in my rotation, unless I find a blade combination for it that works great for me. The Turkish #6 certainly helped with the Proraso Red Tub croap I have been struggling with, much better lather but still requires a lot more work than other soaps, which i find odd for being so soft.
Peer pressure is a powerful motivator! Bruce, some of the BEST straight razor shaves I've received were often from the brands without renown. Now the 'classic' known brands are quite fine in their own right, but its alway a nice when a more humble razor 'surprises' me…. such as this inexpensive little Larkin:
