Friday hot shower Thater 4292/6,2 band,fan Corn Huskers Lotion Mama Bear's Lemon Ice EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated (9) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum cold water rinse Tend Skin Myrsol Agua De Limon mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum Nice 2 pass face,1 for da dome,BBS all around! Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!
Thursday Soap: Tiki Bar unscented Brush: Oscar11 HIS synthetic Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Iridium After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion Luxurious lather from the Tiki soap and the big soft HIS knot.
16 Jan 2015 Pre - Corn Huskers Soap - MWF Brush - Vulfix 660S Medium Razor - L3 Super Speed Flair Tip Blade - Big Ben (2) AS - Aqua Velva A very good shave overall. I think MWF is going to be used heavily in my rotation. I must have perfect combination of water hardness/softness, lather just explodes on me. The slickness and post shave feel is the best in my den at the moment. MWF, Cade, Tabac by far top 3 for me. As much as I want a jar of MdC and Mike's to round out my likely top 5, they have to go on hold until I use up other soaps, or they will never get used. After all I am in this to save money and not waste right? The big ben was smoother in the SS but not sure if it was razor or soap, probably both. Aqua Velva, for the price not bad.
Been having great shaves with the Tech. Decided to carry on using that razor and just change the blade around, and had a very nice shave indeed. Razor - Gillette Tech Blade - Wilkinson Sword Lather - Soap Commander Courage Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic Aftershave - Nivea for sensitive skin.
SoTD for Friday, Jan 16 or SE celebration day 3; thank you Sears! Pre- lavender eucalyptus pso Soap- Razorock freedburg Brush- Ever Ready with synthetic knot #2 Razor- Sears Roebuck complimentary Ever Ready Blade- Gem carbon Rinse- Osage Aftershave- Clubman Bay Rum Lotion- Kiehl's Cologne- TSD Bay Rum This is a cool little razor. I have a few complimentary razors, but usually the vendor info is on the case. This is the first I have seen with the stamping on the razor itself. I like it. It shaves great, although it took a minute or two to find the sweet spot in terms of angle. But once that was dialed in, I was off to the races. 2.5 passes to BBS; two full face passes, and a third pass just on my neck. As far as the soap goes, I really do not think that Razorock soap is for me. I realize that there is nigh universal love for the stuff, so I am going to blame myself rather than the soap. My mileage varies. Today, for the first time, I got a very nice lather out of it, but I was not blown away by the performance. I would score it a 3 out of 10. So not the best... I am going to try it one more time and then it is PIF city if my results are less than stellar.
Frey's Day: Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub sleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac Preshave balm Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Nickel Blade: Asco SS (3) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG(5, 6, 7) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange The Simpson 56 was a real lather hog today, producing ridiculously thick, slick lather with the Ginger's Garden puck; when I squeezed out the lather from the brush for the ATG pass, I had some real Santa Beard action going on. That copious lather made it easier to push the Asco to 3 passes today, even if it's notably less sharp than it was out of the wrapper. BBS results without any bloodshed or real irritation (just some mild tugging).
SOTD Friday 1-16-2015 1925 French Gardette Old Type Long Screw Crystal Blade Noxema PC Frosted Woodlands SC GP Scuttle Lijun Finest Badger Dickinson's WH GB Body Lotion Stetson Cooling Moisture ASL
Thanks Guy! It's the French version of Gillettes' New Standard model. It's a little more aggressive than the New Standard but, still a very smooth shaver. I have only seen three of these; one was in a similar condition and the other was in very bad shape.
Friday's Shave Pre: Hot shower Music: Led Zeppelin III Lather: Arko Brush : Omega 13522 Razor: '46 - '50 Gillette Heavy Gold Tech Blade: Shark Super Stainless Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm, Pinaud Lime Sec Got great lather out of the Arko today. Went slow and worked on my angles. Pretty good 3 pass shave, almost irritation free with 1 weeper on my upper lip on the ATG pass. One of my trouble spots. Not sure about the Shark blades in the Tech still. Love the Lime Sec but it seems to fade to nothing very quickly.
SOTD - Friday, January 16, 2015 Hot shower Prep: Homemade PSO Brush: Plisson/L'Occitane synthetic Cream: La Toja Razor: Weber PH bulldog Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Black (1) Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman - Don
Creative pics! Man, you kit travels alot! I'm gonna keep an eye out, could show up in my neck of the woods anytime!
SOTD 16 January 2015 Day 14 of 30 30 Day Rule with a Slim J2 Gillette Slim Adjustable Kroger Israeli Personna VDH Kit Badger TSD Lanolin Shave Stick - Barber Shoppe Scent Today's Great Cheap AS™ is Osage Rub! On tap today, more setting 8! Happy Friday Evening! Check out the 30 Day Crew as we write about our month of focus on razor technique and share our experiences throughout January. Read about it here: 30 Day Rule Pic/Discussion Thread- All are Welcome!
