SoS: March 16, 2015 - March 22, 2015

March 16, 2015

Pre- Face wash with warm water
Brush Soak- Sriracha Mug of Doom™
Razor- Ikon 102 Slant
Blade- Personna (2)
Soap- Mickey Lee "The Kraken"
Brush- VDH boar
Post- Cold water rinse, Osma Alum block, Thayers Witchhazel
Aftershave- The Cool Fix balm

Two and a half passes :WTG , XTG, cleanup

 

SOTD
March 16, 2015
Face & Head shave
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: RRSS
Blade: Ladas
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: RR Zi' Peppino
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
First use of RR Zi' Peppino, I really like this green tobacco! My wifey bought me the Grey Flannel
Go out and get it

 

I honestly can't say because I never really had trouble with the fatip or the muhle r41 I just end shaved with them like I would any other razor (except the angle of the muhle r41. It's needs to be different than the other razors). But I did learn from playing with handles that this elite small razor handles 3.25 in the shave was better and easier that is while I bought several of them. I can hold the very end so I get very light pressure but being short a little bit of moment on my part does not greatly change the cutting angle like a longer handle would. Hope this helps

 

Wolfman OC w/ WRH7 Handle
Personna Med. Prep.
Maggard's - London Barbershop
Nivea - Energy A/S

Dior - Leather Oud

 

Another great mentholated shave here.

Prep: hot shower, Neutrogena Face Wash.
Brush: Turkish #6.
Razor: '62 Gillette Slim.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Cream: Palmolive Menthol.
Post: cold water rinse.

This shave was no different. Two passes got me BBS. I've been skipping aftershave recently because my sinuses are acting up and aftershave bothers my sinuses worse.

 

16 Mar 2015
Soap - CO Bigelow
Brush - Turkish #6
Razor - Rockwell 6S (#2, #4)
Blade - Ladas (1)
AS - Skin Bracer
Started off with #2 plate but too mild, flipped to #4. Good shave, passable still need to get to know razor. My #6 continues to shed......

 

This one ships out today, so my one & only shave with this Challenge Cutlery Square point.
Quite the smooth shaver!

Pre: Homemade menthol balm
Razor: Challenge Cutlery 5/8 Sq. pt
Brush: TGN Synthetic
Soap: Stirling Cool
Shave: 3 passes
Post: Black River (homemade) bay rum

Have a great Monday, all!

 

Monday 16th March



Warm shower
Hot towel
Mystic Water Lily of the Valley scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette New Improved Tuckaway (1921)
Sputnik (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Old Spice Sensitive aftershave

 

Had one of my best shaves ever this morning. Not the coldest Menthol Monday ever but a 2 pass BBS was easily accomplished.

 

SOTD Monday 3-16-2015

Weber PH Bulldog w/Crystal
Noxzema
Klar Kabinett SS
GP Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
Old Spice Classic Cologne

 

16mar15

Other than the Merkur blade that came with the 34c, today I finally used a brand other than the Dorco.
I put in a Gillette Silver Blue. I used my 34c since I know it is a smooth runner over my face. All this talk about different blades for different faces, I wasn't sure about. While the Dorco does good, the Gillette was noticeably better. Not as much touch up after 2 passes. No irritation and no red ooze.

Today was obviously shave #1 so tomorrow, if I have enough grow back, will be #2. (I always get better shaves with 2 days growth, like I had today, so we'll see what tomorrow brings with shorter whiskers).

 

Sunburned? You have sun? Hahaha

 

Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (1)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (1, 2, 3)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

I had to be up and out the door early this AM, to see my mother in the hospital. As is now quite familiar with this setup, I got loads of good lather and a very comfortable, close DFS+ shave. When I squeezed the lather out of the brush before the final application, it showed a hint of red, but I saw no weepers and the alum highlighted no injuries, so the weeper must have been quite small indeed.

 

Had my first shave with the Famex from France today and will be using it all week - you can read here for more details about this shave.

It was however, a most excellent shave!

Razor: Famex
Blade: Rapira
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Soap: Klar Kabinett
Body splash: The Veg
A/S: Myrsol Agua Balsamica

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5/8 Gong
TOBS Lavender Soap
homemade Shavemac pure
Darn nice shave. It's going to be another week from hell. I just turned 62 so I keep on telling myself I'm only there because I want to be, plus I got people I gotta mess with yet. Have a good one.

 

Nice watch! What is it?

 

Very cool! I like the watch also.

 

Thank you kindly

 

Awesome DB!

 

Come Monday and your back from you trip, you remember the important things
Razor: Merkur 34c HD
Brush: Vintage Every Ready 675 badger
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Cream: The Gentlemen cedar cream
Blade: Feather (2)
Pre shave: Tree Hut Shea Mango
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Neutrogena Balm, Florida Water cologne

It's always fun going on trips, with the excitement of new places and faces, but it's nice to be back home at the end. Gives you a perspective of what's important.

The Merkur 34c HD does give me some burn if I use to much pressure or go over an area to many times. You can get away with doing that because this razor is so mild. This soap is good and lathers up well even with my new vintage Every Ready badger. I screwed in the Feather, and checked the alignment and was good to go for my first pass WTG. A little rinse to see how we are doing and relather for a XTG pass on my face and ATG on my neck. Some more lather for touch up on my neck and we are done. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Some WH and after cleanup some Neutrogena Balm then some Florida Water. Remind me of the summer on the way. Nice smooth shave with just a little burn. Have a good one, and remember the important parts.