SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
west German woody silvertip badger
Jack Black supreme cream
Dovo 5/8 full hollow "pearlex"
ICED Brut classic
today's shave was ok. three passes with the pearlex, left me with an ok shave. only one little weeper. my face feels like it did when I used carts. I finished with iced Brut.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

4/9/15 - Cold Water Shave

Prep: Shower
Lather: St. James Mandarin & Patchouli
Brush: Vie-Long 13061M
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Supermax Stainless Sunshine
Post: Captain's Choice Cat

Working on a short focus of cold water shaving. I modify a little by washing with warm water and soaking my brush with warm water, but then use cold water the rest of the way through including adding cold water to the cream as I whip it up. Day 2 was as good as day 1. 2 passes and BFS.

 

MDC
Rapira Swedish blade
Slim Adjustable

A cold water 3 pass shave this morning, leading to a very smooth shave.

 

Wolfman OC / WRH7 handle
Polsilver
Thater 4125/0 Fan
Catie's - Moustache Mint
Fine - Snake Bite

Tom Ford - Noir Extreme

 

Schick J1 razor
Personna blade
FS Silver Tip brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Barbasol Brisk A/S

I just love injectors!! Smooth, comfortable and effective. What more could you want?? BTW, great shave this morning.

 

Thursday

Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Le Nude" unscented
Brush: HIS synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 9, 2015 - Week 2 Day 5
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - Soviet era DE
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum and Cold rinse

Taking a day to let everything recover from yesterday's cut with the CJB. Decided to try out the recently acquired Soviet razor. Put in a Sputnik for that total Russian shave and made a pass. Not horrible but one nick under the chin. The blade gap isn't exactly even across this thing, and it's different on each side. Typical Soviet engineering specs. Did a second pass with my Superspeed and Voskhod just to avoid further problems and called it good. Barely DFS but it works for today.

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SOTD: Thursday, April 9
Soap: Jabonman Vetiver de Haiti
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" 2 Band Silvertip
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (4)
Aftershave: Fine Fresh Vetiver
EdT: Tom Ford Grey Vetiver

Have a great day!​

 

Thursday SOTD

59' Gillette Fatboy
Polsilver SI blade (3)
BB Essential brush
Proraso PS cream
Castle Forbes Lime EO shave cream
Captains Choice Lime aftershave
Royall lime cologne​

 

Aggressive April - Day 6



Prep: Hot shower w/ Grandpa's Pine Tar
Soap: TSD Barber Shoppe shave stick
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: Cadet OC
Blade: Astra SP
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Went 2 pass XTG and ATG today. I thought I was already at the best angle for the Cadet, and found by happy accident that I needed to go quite a bit shallower. I think my shaves with it should improve immensely over the next few days.

 

A fantastic shave was had last night. First shave with a Baili super stainless platinum blade.
Here is the gear that was used.

Merkur 25c razor
Baili Super stainless platinum blade.
Arko shave stick.
Omega 10049 brush
Gabel's sta-cool aftershave.

2 passes with touch up. Result a DFS bordering on BBS. The first pass I felt a little bit of tugging but it smoothed toward the end of the first pass and was smooth on the second.

The 25c is my current favorite razor. Mild and comfortable but efficient. I will be interested to see how the baili blade performs in other razors. The 25c seems to work well with any blade I use.

 

04/09/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade – Feather Pro (6)
Brush – Rudy Vey with TGN Finest
Lather – Catie’s Bubbles Santal Sensuelle
Post - Witch Hazel and CC Sandalwood AS



One ongoing comment with the Mongoose from many users has been the razor is a touch on the mild side. Using the Feather Super Pro blades does increase the blade exposure and make the razor more aggressive. I tried this option out and had an exceptionally close shave. In fact my face still had a tingly feeling 24 hours after the shave. The Feather Super was just too much blade for me as a daily shaver. I decided to shim the razor for today's shave in an effort to split the difference between the regular Feather and the Super. Based off of today's shave, this is the ticket for me. Fantastic 2 pass shave with very little clean up at all. Loved the lather and scent of the Catie's Bubbles and it paired great with the CC Sandalwood AS.

 

Lovely photo!

 

9 April 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3c Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + K-Translucent
* Cold River Spiced Amber
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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C V Heljestrand MK31
G D Carrington TGN brush
RazoRock XXX soap
Lucido AS

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I usually am able to check in a few times a day. I was not yesterday. I have noticed a lot of chatter, some approptiate and timely, and some for the sake of chatter and fewer SOTD posts lately. Today I would have had to sort through 82 new posts and six pages. If you don't get a like from me today, it is because I wasn't up to plodding through 82 new posts..........maybe I just need more coffee?

I truly enjoy reading the SOTD posts and learn from them.

Thursday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Executive Man Bath Soap
Soap: Country Club-La Habana
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (6)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

CC La Habana today. 15 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave! I finished with Stirling Executive Man.

Bob

 

4/9/2015

Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Star 1912 pat., H. Boker straight razor
Blade: GEM PTFE coated SE blade (2)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: WSP - Fougere Noir
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme

It was a relaxed Darn Fine Shave this morning. The Fougere Noir exploded from the #6 brush this morning. There was enough thick lather for 6 passes. The Boker and the Star did an exceptional job. The Prada will have me smelling great all day.

Have a blessed day!

 

Thursday 9th April



Warm shower
Hot towel
Stirling Lime scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Slim Twist
Polsilver Super Iridium (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
TOBS No74 Victorian Lime aftershave

 

Thursday
hot shower/cold water shave
M&F Chief
Myrsol Emulsion PPB
Mama Bear's Lime Ice
iKon SC 102 slant,iKon Bulldog handle/Gillette 7 o'clock green Permasharp Stainless (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Thayer's Rose Petal WH
Can You Handlebar Beard Dry Oil
Tauer PHI Une Rose de Kandahar

Nice and smooth 2 pass face,1 pass dome,BBS all around!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Love that brush! Just something about the clear lucite ones that's sexy! Just found an old Ever Ready 1cs that I want to bring back to life.
Awesome pic BTW!