SoS: March 30, 2015 - April 5, 2015

3/31/15

Prep: warm wash and cornhusker's lotion
Lather: St. James of London Mandarin & Patchouli
Brush: TGN synthetic
Razor: Schick J1 injector
Blade: Schick (1)
Post: Captain's Choice Cat O'Nine Tails

I thought I would give the injector one last try, with another fresh blade, before I decided to move on. Glad I did. Today's shave was nice. 3 passes and pretty clean, although I don't find the razor to be as smooth as a DE. I guess I'll get back to the 30 day focus and see what I learn.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
semouge 620
rustic shave soap tobacco
Gillette slim(j2)(7)
Ladas ss(1)
Avon black suede balm
Avon black suede cologne
today's shave was nice. tobacco Tuesday. the 620 made nice lather. three passes with my birth year slim and a new Ladas. I'm smooth as glass. finished with black suede balm and a spritz of the cologne.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

TUESDAY
Early morn shave
Up bright & early (4:00am) with plenty of coffee on-board before attempting a three-pass shave.
Always easier with a round-point razor!
Have a blessed Tuesday, all, as we say good-bye to March!
(Last day to enter the Custom Straight Razor PIF! Drawing tonight @7:00pm PST).

 

SOTD
March 31, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: ATT Kronos S1 Slant Bar Razor
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Olive Wood Finest 22/50mm
Lather: MdC
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: F&C Shambala
Whenever I have a hard time deciding which soap to use I always seem to reach for MdC. <-- sounds like a jingle nice relaxing shave.
Go out and get it

 

It's a great default soap….

 

Goodness. What am I thinking I'm not..

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
March 31, 2015 - Week 1 Day 3
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - CJB & '59 Gillette Superspeed
Blade - (3) (3)
Post - Alum & Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Third day of the CJB and still no nicks/cuts/weepers. Careful attention to angle and pressure and, so far, no major lapses in concentration and all's well. Every time I finish with this thing I hear Sweeney Todd singing "The closest I ever gave.....". I've noticed that my left side is a bit of a problem, but since I am right handed I just need more work with the left. Alum was a major pain in the neck this morning but I also spent a bit of extra time on the neck with the CJB before doing the last pass with the Superspeed. Working up to two passes with the kamisori.

 

SOTD. 3/31/15 TUESDAY

COLD WATER SHAVE

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Custom rhodium plated 1958 Fat Boy
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip
Soap: RazoRock XXX
As: Pacific Rush

Cold water shave this morning to "try something new" and stretch my boundaries. Very nice, very comfortable 2-pass shave. Only problem was the chunk out of my nose when my wife ran into me...ouch. Never liked my nose anyway. Really comfortable shave with very little feedback from the alum or AS. We'll see what tomorrow brings! Thanks for the suggestion Jim.

 

Menthol Tuesday

Yesterday I celebrated Menthol Monday and had such a great shave that I had to do menthol again today. At about 10:00 last night I felt my face and it was still very smooth. 3 1/2 passes today, and boy, do I feel good.

L'Occitane Cade w/ Stirling Glacial Obsidian
Rapira Stainless blade
Slim Adjustable

 

Man alive, after shaving with the Glacial Lavender soap and using the Alcolado Glacial splash I'll need all day for my face to thaw out. What a freeze - I LOVE it!

 

5/8 French made Size-Gold
Harris Windsor
Morphed SOC, homemade handle. I'm going to tweak it a bit more tonight.
Nice shave today. This Size-Gold has always been a fine shaving razor. Have a good one.

 

Tobacco Tuesday
hot shower/cold water shave
Duke 3 Manchurian
Alt Innsbruck PPE
Tabac SS
Gillette Rhodium Plated Red Tip/Voskhod (2)-------- A very smooth shave today thanks in part to Tabac.
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Tabac ASL
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Velvet Mood

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Star 1912 razor
Gem Stainless blade
CO Bigelow SC
FS Silver Tip brush
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Colorado Sage cologne

Smooth, comfortable and effective. The Star razor just whacked the stubble with ease and a really fine shave was had. Now to go do some more vegetable garden work.

 

Tabac
Parker best badger
2011 Muhle R41 (Personna blue)
Coldwater/alum
Captain's Choice Lime

Today was the first day with the 2011 version of the beast, and my initial impression is positive but I can't say there were fireworks when compared to the 2013 R41. A very close two pass shave with no nicks, cuts, and very minor irritation that showed up with the alum.

It's way too soon to conclude anything about the razor (except to say it delivers, like it's 2013 cousin, a very close shave). Maybe I'll post my daily impressions in one of the many comparisons threads...

Happy Tuesday everyone!

 

SOTD: Tuesday, March 31
Soap: Stirling Executive Man*
Brush: Simpson TSN LE M6 Manchurian 114/200
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (3)
EdC: C.O. Bigelow No. 1585
*New Soap 1/13
The Stirling didn't disappoint. Luxurious Lather, easily created; slickness abounding; scent: word has it that it's based upon Creed Aventus; I cannot confirm nor deny, but the undeniable fact is-I lenjoyed the scent so well, I immediately ordered the matching splash. Recommended.

Have a great day.
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Last night I had a DFS. I love it when for some reason I'm not expecting a great shave but I manage to get one anyway.
Here is a list of the gear.
Razor: Lord L5
Blade: Treet silver (Carbon steel) this was the third shave with this blade.
Cream: Stephan stay smooth (brushless)
Aftershave: Gables bay rum.

I love it when I'm not expecting a great shave and I get one anyway. The previous day I had a so so shave with the treet blade in a razorock mission razor so I wasn't expecting much, but what a surprise. I had a dfs bordering on a bbs shave. I guess I'll give the treet blade another go.

 

03/31/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Pro (1)
Brush –Rudy Vey with TGNFinest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel, Dove AS Balm and CC Bay Rum AS



Fantastic 3 pass shave this morning. I have really enjoyed using the MdC for the month of March. I have found it very easy to lather and for me provides plenty of slickness and cushion. The soap does not really add anything for post shave feel so I've used the AS Balm each day. As much as I've enjoyed the MdC, I'm looking forward to using some of my other soaps.

 

March 30, 2015: Last nights shave

Pre- Face wash with warm water, Mickey Lee Pre Shave Butter
Brush Soak- Sriracha Mug of Doom™
Razor- Ikon 102 Slant
Blade- Personna (4)
Soap- Mickey Lee "Le Belle Du Sud"
Brush- Omega boar
Post- Cold water rinse
Aftershave- The Cool Fix balm

Two and a half passes :WTG , XTG, cleanup w/ a little ATG

Really like the Pre Shave Butter. The scent is awesome, and it makes my face so slick it's crazy.

The soap performs amazing, just like the other ML soaps I have. It's an interesting scent for sure. To my nose, the peach
and pistachio are equal in strength, and I just don't pick up any of the lavender that's in it. I have to applaud Samantha for
thinking out of the box for her scent combos though, very imaginative.

Skipped the alum and the witch hazel, and only used the Cool Fix after shave. I wanted to see how well the PSB and the
soap protected my skin after the shave. They did great for me, no redness, no bloodletting, nothing. Couldn't be happier.

 

Ken, nice to see a photo from you!

 

31 March 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3c Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro
* Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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