SoS: March 16, 2015 - March 22, 2015

5/8 T.I.
TOBS Lavender Soap
homemade handle/Shavemac finest silver tip

Very good shave. Very nice knot from Shavemac. Have a good one.

 

Sunday

Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Le Nude"
Brush: Bethlehem olive wood, HIS knot
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

SUNDAY
Early Sunday morning shave…too early to snap a shot of my set-up

• Böhler Stahl 'Star of David' 6/8 round point
• MdC Fougére
• Oscar Boar brush
• Black River bay rum

Wonderfully-smooth pre-dawn shave using my new 'favorite' blade. I always look forward to it when this Böhler comes up in the rotation.

 

22 March 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Mystic Water Jeff's Lavender
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO




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Every time I see that razor I get a yearning to fire up the RAD and get a SE, or two or.... Oh no!

 

Nice job!

 

SOTD
March 22, 2015

Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Brush: Olive Wood Finest 22/50mm
Lather: VDH Deluxe
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Fine Clean Vetiver
First time using Van Der Hagen Deluxe. I'm a fan! I love my Olive Wood Finest. Great shave. Super post shave from the VDH.
Go out and get it

 

Awesome! You liked the VDH. Did you melt it into the OS mug?

 

SOTD Sunday 3-22-2015

Merkur 41C w/Astra SP
Noxzema
Speick SC
GP Scuttle
Vintage Austrian Barbershop Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
No. 4711 EDC

 

VDH is one of the best kept secrets in my opinion, though it's not much of a secret anymore. LOL Awesome lather, slickness and the price can't be beat. I keep a puck in the cabinet and use it for most of my head shaves as well as part of my rotation.

 

SOTD: Sunday, March 22
Soap: Martin de Candre Fougère
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" 2 Band Silvertip
Scuttle: Dirty Bird
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (3)
Aftershave: Pitralon Swiss

A Sumptuous Sunday Shave.
Have a great day!​

 

I'm sold. VDH is really a good soap. Post shave is excellent, lather was solid, glide, price! Yuppers!

 

Nope. Just plunked it down in the mug.

 

Sunday 22nd March



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Fougere Imperiale scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Blue Tip Superspeed (Made in England)
Feather (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
T&H Grafton aftershave

 

Razor: Gillette 195 Fat Boy (f1) 1960 (5) (3)
Brush: Whipped Dog 30/45 Silvertip
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Soap: Seifenglatt Shave Soap Barber Shop
Blade: Feather (2)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black balm, Old Spice original Shulton 1956 glass AS Stopper #3

The Seifenglatt is very soft like a croup. Nice scent with a hint of liquorice not too strong. Lathers up well with the Silvertip. WTG XTG on my face and neck on 5. ATG on my neck on 3. Nice and slick and with my FB on 3 for my neck I can buff a little on the hard to get to spots for a very nice smooth shave. The vintage OS from my oldest bottle was very nice. I had just picked this one up, and it did not disappoint.
Lazy Sunday morning music, and off to Brunch.

 

3 days growth...

•Gillette Super 109 (on 3-4)
•1950s Silver Star carbon
•VDH soap, Omega brush

Wonderful 2 pass near-BBS. No runs, no drips, no errors.

 

Sunday:

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 (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (10, 11, 12)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS balm
Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron

Took the day off from shaving yesterday to let the weeper on my throat heal, and wouldn't you know it, I opened it right back up again on the 3rd pass today. Every day, the lather is getting a bit trickier to build as the puck becomes more diminished, which may have contributed, but I think the blade played the largest part today. The DFS shave I got is not worth weepers near the jugular, so I'll be loading up a fresh Bic for tomorrow.

 

Very nice setup! I'm on the hunt for a short comb or long comb.

 

Just beautiful

 

Very nice Gillette, and the case is a nice bonus!