SoS: January 5, 2015 - January 11, 2015

SOTD
January 10, 2015

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RazoRock Stealth Slant
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: Catie's Bubbles Jardin D'OR
Post: Alum.Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: Clubman Lilac Vegetal
I went to bed last night at 7pm. I got up at 2pm wide awake! Used Caties Jardin D'Or! Super lather,super post shave, super scent. The Veg finished off my shave with a nice bit of class.
Go out and get it!

 

No the mongoose uses either Feather or Kai blades made for the artist club razors.

 

Are they expensive? =) how many shaves do YOU get from a blade?

 

Both the Mongoose and Cobra Razors were designed as a method to use these blades in a format that would be easier to use than a straight. The prices vary depending on the exact blade but an avg price would be $20 for a pack of 20. I only been using mine since the first of the month so I do not have a wealth of experience on how long they last for me. I did change out my Kai Mild blade after 7 shaves. I have read that the avg for the Feather Blades is around 10 shaves. I have saw one report of in excess of 30 shaves on a Feather Blade. Based on my experience, it should cost me no more than a $1 a week in blades if I used just the Mongoose. Not as cost effective as a DE but a lot cheaper than a cart.

 

Saturday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/7 AM day 5
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill SS
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH

 

Saturday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Gillette Spoiler Super Stainless (2)
Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx508mm
Aftershave: Country Club Modern Fougere

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

Maggard Limes & Bergamot today-new jar. 20 seconds: load & go with the oscar11 brush. Great, easy lather. Gillette Spoiler in the NEW. Spectacular, smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Country Club Modern Fougere.

Bob

 

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
Parker pure badger
THE SHAVE DEN iced pink grapefruit
Gillette fatboy(d4)(7)
shark(2) persona lab(1)
ICED Florida water
today shave went well. I skipped yesterday's, because of a rough shave thur. I quickly benched the shark in favor of a new lab. glad I did. three passes and I'm back to the shave I'm used to. finished with iced Florida water, smelling good now.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Smooth Saturday
I used my iKon SC101 for the first time in a while and it worked great. It's also be a bit since I used Petrichor and it easily generated yogurty lather with the help of the lather monster. Top it off with Krampert's Bay Rum and I'm ready to go.

Prep: Proraso White
Soap: B&M Petrichor
Brush: HIS XL
Razor: iKon ShaveCraft 101
Blade: Astra SP
AS: Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum

 

Saturday 10th January



Warm shower
Hot towel
Mike's Pine & Cedarwood scuttle lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
7 O'Clock NEW with bias pin cap
Personna Lab Blue (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Boots Freshwood aftershave

 

SOTD
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Prep: Hot - Warm Shower, Stirling Bath Soap - Coniferous
Razor: Silver '61 Gillette Slim Adjustable @5
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic - #1
Brush: Muhle Version 2 Synthetic Silvertip Fibre
Lather: MDC
Post: OSMA Alum Block, Dickinson's+Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Aftershave: Fine - Platinum

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I think the Feather is a Gem of a blade. Does that count?

 

Hayashi Mercury
Vie Long brush
Strop Shoppe Peppermint soap
Myrsol Plastic Shave

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Saturday:
hot shower w/Pears bar soap
Maggard Grapefruit PSO
Schick Adjustable (7) 2+ passes
Schick (2)
VDH Premium boar
TOBS Grapefruit cream in a warm bowl
Thayers unscented w/aloe
Royall Spyce AS lotion

Love the TOBS Grapefruit. Great performance and a terrific scent made for morning. Wasn't sure about mixing the Royall Spyce in but the soap scent had faded and the Spyce is one of my recent acquisitions so I've been anxious to use it.
Second shave with my new Schick. Cranked it up a couple notches from Thursday's shave and ended up with a couple of weepers and I got right to the edge of having some razor burn. Very close with just the slightest hint of irritation. My normal technique with a Schick includes using a small amount of pressure since the razors are very lightweight. After this morning's shave I'm considering turning it up to "9", backing off the pressure completely as though I were using a heavy razor and see what happens.

 

5/8 J. S. Holler
TOBS Sandalwood Soap
homemade boar

Very nice shave this morning. I think this is going to be a good brush. Have a good one.

 

10 January 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Brown Windsor
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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Saturday
hot shower
DB Lather Bowl/Muhle HJM Black Fibre V2
Crown Shaving Co PSB
Palmolive Menthol SC (Italy) Normally I wouldn't give Palmolive 4 cubes,it's usually 2 or 3 on a scale of 5,but today it was quite chilly
Cobra Classic/Kai Captain Mild (9) I saw a member ask about Kai and Feather longevity.I get about 13 to 15 on a Kai and 18-20 on a Feather ProGuard.That includes headshaves.
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
TSD ISZ ASM
Tom Ford Tuscan Leather and Oud Wood layered.

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

I wish I had your skill with a camera an photo composition.

 

Mike's Natural Peppermint Rosemary soap
Plisson synthetic brush
Mongoose with Dr Bomber handle
Feather Artist Club Professional blade
Nivea balm
CO Bigelow Elixir Green cologne

 

Saturday 1/10/15 Head Shave

I decided to pick up the shovel head again today. My first experience with it wasn't very good. So rough and tuggy that I didn't even finish the first pass. Not the same story this time. Good shave but I still find the short handle combined with the angle on the head to be really awkward.

Hot shower with Stirling Mentha Scrub sample
Tea Tree Oil and Noxzema preshave
Stirling Sharp Dressed Man face lathered with Omega Pro 48 boar
Eveready 1924 Shovel Head with Ted Pella Blade
2 pass DFS - WTG, XTG