SoS: March 2, 2015 - March 8, 2015

Barrister & Mann Leviathan
Omega banded boar brush
Merkur 37C
Cold water/alum
Captain's Choice Sandalwood

Superb shave to begin a beautiful weekend here in the Northeast!

 

The PIF and GIFT shave.
I got a message from Omar asking me if I had used a soap he had Pifed me a long time ago. I felt a bit embarrassed cos I had forgotten all about it. It did give me an idea, to shave using things that I have received as a pif from members of the shaving community, or gifts I had received from friends and family.
It was a fun exercise. Going through my shave den and remember who had be kind enough to give me a certain item, and when they did it.

So here is my Pif and gift shave.

Pre shave - Trumpers Lime Skin food ( Gift from my Mum.)
Lather - Palmolive shave stick (Pif from Omelmad)
Blade - Personna blue (Pif from Ram57)
Razor - Birth Year Black Beauty (a gift from my mum)
Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic (a gift from my wife)
Aftershave - Clubman Musk (a Pif from dbersh)

Had a nice shave. Thanks to all those who Pifed and gifted all the gear for todays shave, couldn't have done this without you.

 

Thanks! That song is an excellent choice as well. Works with the mechanical clock theme!

 

03/07/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – ATT S2
Blade – Persona Lab Blue (1)
Brush – RV with Shavemac Finest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



I decided to change up a day early from the ATT S1 to the ATT S2. The only difference between the two base plates is the S1 is a closed comb slant and the S2 is an open comb slant. The S2 was easy to find the correct angle and mowed down the whiskers with ease. A 3 pass shave yielded a near BBS but my errors resulted in 2 small weepers. This is not unusual for me the first time out with a new razor. I look forward to using the S2 the remainder of this week before both go back to their owner.

 

Saturday SOTD
Ikon 101 razor
Rapira blade
Semogue 730hd Silvertip brush
Wet Shave Obsession "The Naud" shave soap
Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum aftershave
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I have my plastic bottled Clubman aftershaves in glass bottles now and I'm liking it.

 

SATURDAY
Cool (Stirling) morning shave mit der Hans Deutsch...
Have a great Saturday, all!

 

Terrific Tabacstag!
I combined Tabac cream and soap again today with optimal results. The lather was nearly perfect thanks to the lather monster. Der Vorschlaghammer had little trouble with my stubble, leaving my face smooth and irritation free. Kyovu bay rum is a good compliment to Tabac, but I will have to replace my broken Tabac EdC or get the AS at some point.
Prep: Kiehl's face wash
Lather: Tabac cream and Tabac Soap
Brush: HIS lather monster
Razor: der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Voskhod (2)
AS: B&M Kyovu Bay Rum

 

Saturday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Savile Row 3824
Corn Huskers Lotion (prep)
Yeti Snot (stick) boosted with Proraso Green SC For some reason the lather from Yeti Snot was disappearing on me so I added some Proraso SC right on my face and that helped.That never happened before with The Snot so I'm thinking maybe Yeti's don't go well with Corn Huskers Lotion.Still got a great shave and a very righteous freeze.
EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated injector (5)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Levan Rose Beard Oil
Iced Walgreens WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Quorum

Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!

 

Saturday 7th March



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Bay Rum scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Single Ring
Polsilver Super Iridium (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Super Hazel
DR Harris Bay Rum aftershave

 

6/8 Hart
Harris Eucalyptus SC
homemade boar
Nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

7 March 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Cold River Vetiver
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
Ever-Ready 150 boar
BOMBED Nana June's bay rum soap
Gillette New Standard(28)
persona lab(4)
ICED pinaud virgin island bay rum.
today's shave was great. I'm always amazed by this set-up. I got this old brush thinking re-knot. for some reason I cleaned it up and tried it. it's not pretty, but sure does it's job nicely. the New standard makes me wonder why they ever made another razor. three passes for bbs. finished with iced bay rum for a great cold blast.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Answer: AutoStrop and Gillette's patent violation of their blade design, hence the "NEW" replacing the"NEW Standard."

 

I'm sure your right. but I can't prove it by the greats shaves this razor gives me.

 

Thanks Doug

 

Excellent looking brush. What size is the knot? Well made I might add. Everything else looks good also, the brush just caught my eye, so when I pulled it back...

 

3/7/15

Prep: warm wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: frankensoap (samples and slivers)
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M horsehair
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge (1)
Post: cool rinse and Proraso green aftershave

3 pass shave. After yesterday's meh shave, I added the cornhusker's lotion back in as a pre-shave after washing my face with soap and hot water and I believe it makes a tremendous difference for my face. Fresh blade could have hurt either, but the shave was smooth and resulted in a DFS.

 

Congratulations, sounds like you had a great start to the day. Your off on the right foot.

 

Thanks you for your kind words. The brush knot is a TGN 24mm Finest Fan, the wood is Zebra wood.

 

Today I enjoyed a very nice and smooth 3 pass shave.

LPL
Sputnik blade
Gillette New Long Comb