SoS: January 26, 2015 - February 1, 2015

SOTD - Sunday, February 1, 2015

Hot shower
Prep: Lime PSO
Brush: Simpsons Duke 3 Best
Soap: D.R. Harris Arlington
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Voskhod (4)
Aftershave: Fine American Blend

 

sorry was late for church.
today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
Pop Dick's rubberset/ custom two band finest
soap commander vision
Gillette fatboy(d4)(7)
persona lab(2)
nivea a/s balm
today's shave was nice. very nicely scented soap(new to me). fatboy performed very well for the three passes. Nice dfs today, very comfy. finished with nivea balm.
hope y'all we're on time to church, I was running late.

 

Cream: TOBS Jeremy ST Sensitive
Brush: Rooney 1/2 Super Silver
Razor: 46-47 Aristocrat
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless
Aftershave: Special Reserve
Shave Quality : 10
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SOTD Sunday 12-1-2015 Superbowl Sunday! :football: GO HAWKS!

Edwin Jagger DE87811 w/Crystal
Noxema
Al's SC - Boheme
GP Scuttle
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Aqua Velva Musk ASL/Cologne

 

Love your brush handles!

 

Thank you for your kind words Mark

 

Sunday's Shave



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Music: Mississippi Delta Blues mix
Lather: Arko
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: '46 - '50 Gillette Heavy Gold Tech
Blade: store brand Israeli Personna
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm, Pinaud Clubman

Great shave today! Store brand Israeli Personnas are leading the pack so far in the Tech! 3 pass DFS just shy of BBS. The real test for these blades will be tomorrow. Skipped yesterday so we'll have to see what they do 2 days in a row. Shave felt so good I even used the Clubman as an aftershave. And immediately regretted it as my face turned tomato red. Redness went away pretty quick though so not a big deal.

 

I have no words for this picture. Just none.

 

Church was awesome. This is my third service since I'm running lights. God knows I need lots of saving!

 

Since I don't shave on Saturday's I have a few more to go

Day 27 - Thirty Days with Merkur 34c (Jan 1-Feb 4 [No shave on Saturdays]) BSG 2-01-2015

Hot Shower and Prep -Nivea Men Sensitive Skin Face Wash & conditioner on the whiskers
Razor Merkur 34c
Blade Astra SP (3)
Brush - Plisson Synthetic
Lather - Proraso Green
Post - Warm water rinse, Maggard Razor Alum, wait 30 seconds then cool water rinse, Neutrogena Men Razor Defense Post Shave Lotion

A great 3 pass shave for a very nice BBS

 

SOTD 1 February 2015
Day 30 of 30
30 DAY RULE with a Slim (Completed!)

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J2 Gillette Slim Adjustable
Kroger Israeli Personna
VDH Kit Badger
TSD Lanolin Shave Stick - Barber Shoppe Scent
Today's Great Cheap AS™ is TSD 2x Iced Barber Shoppe!

One last great shave, all TSD, had a blast with the 30 Day Crew!


PS... FEB 2015 30 Day Rule/30 Day Focus Pic and Discussion Thread

 

This will be my last shave... of the month and n my 50's. So the next SotD, I'll be 60.

• Brush: Semogue 1305 Locked and loaded with
• Arko ,enough for three passes, a touch up and more...
• Razor: Razorock Mission
• Blade: Astra SP (the 2nd I've tried)

The shave: Three full passes and a little touch up for a couple rough spots. Pretty darn smooth with the exception of a coupe of small nicks; the root cause due to drinking a couple of cups of ground bean coffee before the shave. Lesson kearned
Finished up wth:

• BBW Twighlight Woods aftershave lotion, body spray, a littly lotion for the hands (Michigan winters do dry the skin) finally a couple of spritzes of the cologne spray. Love the smell of this stuff; masculine, woodsey musk/cedar smell.

 

Pre-Superbowl Shave

First run out for this Edwin Jagger Synthetic brush and I was very pleased with the combination with the Crabtree and Evelyn West Indian Limes. The razor is a Chinese double arrow, I bought it years ago for a couple of quid, I sorted out issues with the grind of the shoulders but never got round to honing it. Well I honed it today and its got potential, however the edge was a bit mire engaging than I like so I think I will re-hone it on my coticule and see how that comes out. All in all a decent shave finished off with alum and a splash of Brut.​

 

Tomorrow!!

 

happy birthday tomorrow

 

Welcome to the 60s.

 

Bay Rum Face off
I wasn't going to do the super bowl shaving challenge, but I couldn't resist. I compared Krampert's Bay Rum vs HTGAM Coconut Bay. I love both scents and both make great lather. I think post shave feel will be the tie breaker. I lathered my right with HTGAM a and my left with KFBR.
Scent: I give a slight edge to HTGAM here (the PAA version is a different formula, which I have not tried).
Lather - a true draw here, as both exploded quickly and provided great protection.
Post shave - the edge goes to Krampert's here. My face is smooth, but my left is a little smoother.
To me, both of these are excellent products.

 

SoTD, Saturday, January 30, or, the fall of SINGLEMANIA



I forgot to take my picture before I left for work, so I had to get it this morning. I am posting it late for completeness. Why? Because this was the day that SINGLEMANIA, my near three week long celebration of all things Single Edge, finally ran out of gas. I decided to bring DE shaving back into the picture in the best possible way, so I set up my English Aristocrat with a vintage spoiler blade. All I can say is; wow. It was like shaving with a piece of silk. So smooth and perfect... so okay. I love them, but maybe the single edge is not the pinnacle of shave engineering. If you haven't tried a Spoiler, do so. As soon as possible.

 

Today's shave.

Prep: hot shower, Neutrogena Face Wash.
Brush: Burma boar.
Razor: '62 Gillette Slim set on 3.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Cream: Palmolive Menthol.
Post: cold water rinse, Barbon AS, Myrsol Emulsion.

Great one pass DFS. I had no irritation, pulling, or nicks. And tons of refreshing menthol. I love menthol. I've been using Palmolive Menthol for the past few shaves. It's my favorite cream.

 

SOTD Sunday, 2/1

Razor: 65 Slim (9 XTG, 6 ATG)
Blade: Rapira Lux Platinum
Brush: WD silvertip
Soap: Maggard London Barbershop
AS: Barbasol PR

Still learning to love my Slim (no pic today) . After a nice 2 pass yesterday (8 xtg, 4 atg), that was my best result with a Slim to date, I decided to crank it up . So I used 9 for a XTG followed up with a 6 for a ATG to end up with an even better very smooth, comfortable shave . I used an alum block and had little or no feedback. I think my problem with the Slim has been I've been setting it too mild. Guess I'm still learning.