SoS: December 29, 2014 - January 4, 2015

Thank you Guy. I love the knot. It´s a 26mm Viginia Sheng Silvertip. Gel-like tips and the knot holds tons of water. The lather you see in the brush, is from about 20seconds swirling on the soap. The knot was almost dry, but as i said, the knot (and the tips in special) hold water very well.

That was lathery goodness...man i can tell you...

 

Yeah just don't mess with the fins on the back - Trust me I know from experience.

 

Now that radio brings back some memories. - The good old transistor!

 

Thanks Guy.

 

December 31's (Last shave of 2014)


Nivea Men's Face Wash
C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream
Semogue 1305 Boar Brush
Gillette NEW
Feather Hi-Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Pinaud Vegetal

The C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Semogue 1305 Boar Brush. Two passes with my Gillette NEW 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...

 

SOTD, Dec 30, 2014

Razor: Gem Junior Lather catcher
Blade: GEM SS, coated
Brush: Vie-Long, horse hair
Soap: Proraso white
A/S: Zirh Erase tonic

 

SOTD 12/30/14

 

Welcome back, Mike!

 

Morris & Forndran L7 (or is it M7?)
C & S Oxford & Cambridge soap
Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Gillette Blue 7 O' clock Super Platinum(1)
Floid Blue
Smooth from start to third pass finish.

 

SOTD 30 December 2014 - another soap and brush test...

 

SOTD - Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Hot shower
Prep: Homemade PSO
Brush: Plisson/L'Occitane Synthetic
Soap: WSP Rustic Black Amber Vanille
Razor: Merkur 38C
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Post: Nivea Men Sensitive PSB
Aftershave: Clubman Special Reserve

- Don

 

Justin,
Nicely done!
Kerry

 

Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog original face wash

Soap/cream- The body shop maca root shaving cream

Brush- Plisson synthetic

Razor- Gillette Slim adjustable(5)

Blade- Astra superior platinum

Post- Cold water rinse, alum block, Aftershave tonic Sweden eco(new to me) and Nivea sensitive aftershave balm

I just remembered I forgot to post my SOTD today. I got a Nice shave today. 2 passes and some touch up. The maca root was really good to my skin, protective and slick. I might have used juuuuuust a touch more water than necessary, but it still provided a nice shave.

Finished of with an aftershave that I got from my ManBox subscription. I get a box every 3 months. I really liked the aftershave, the scent and the healing properties. But I still wanted to use my Nivea. I have gotten some really nice results with it.

 

I bought 2 spray bottles from Hong Kong. I'm gonna try using them to apply aftershave. =)

 

I didn't know you were one of the ones that liked lilac vegetal =)

 

I see you are really into mentholated aftershaves =P

 

especially on days that end with a y

 

12/30

• Prep: Shower; Nivea Face Wash; Corn Huskers Lotion
• Lather: Colonel Conk Bay Rum
• Brush: El Cheapo Badger
• Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89LBL WTG, XTG, ATG in spots
• Blade: PolSilver (2)
• Post: Alum; Clubman Penaud

Cons:

• Tried Col. Conk for the first time. It made a pretty good lather, not the best. I don't have a lot of experience with bowl lathering soaps so it's probably more on me than the product.
• The bay rum scent was nice in the bowl but was not as noticeable during the shaving.
• Picked up a bleeder on my jaw line. I had a bump or zit or something there and it probably couldn't have been avoided. Took quite a lot of styptic to get controlled.
• I had to de-Penaud myself a bit because three shakes was too too too much!

Pros:

• The DE89 paired with PolSilver is really working. I am not getting any irritation from this pair. It's making my choices for the January 30 Day Event a bit tougher. Is this a case of a mild razor and an aggressive blade balancing out?
• After removing some of the Penaud I am very happy with it.

 

Planned shave for Wednesday - last one for 2014!

Nivea Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Shark day 2
Vintage Hega Shaving Stick
Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer
Booster Mosswood AS

I haven't used this Hega stick for over a year and a half, so I think it's time to bring it out. It's an OLD, OLD Swedish-made stick which was discontinued a long time ago, and it smells so nice, gives great lather, and has really good post-shave care. The Booster Mosswood aftershave is a Canadian delight. This'll be a most wonderful "antique" shave!

 

Nice video. My neck would not react well to that technique. You're lucky you can do that.