SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

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!

 

How do you like the TSD Barber Shoppe soap? I like the old barber shop scents like Clubman, Old Spice, etc and that sounds interesting.

 

Tabacstag Überlather
I combined my favorite soap and my favorite cream to make ûberlather, Tabac style. The shave was optimal - the Lather Monster easily whipped up the combined products into yogurt thickness with excellent slickness. My whiskers had no chance as der Vorschlaghammer efficiently and humanely destroyed them. I finished with Cologne Russe and it works pretty well together, though I think I prefer bay rum with Tabac in the end.

Prep: Warm water rinse
überlather: Tabac Rasierseife und Tabac Rasierschaum
Rasierpinsel: HIS Lather Monster
Rasierer: der Vorschlaghammer
Rasierklinge: Voskhod (3)
Rasierwasser: B&M Cologne Russe

 

Thank you!

 

SOTD
Thursday, April 9, 2015

iKon Shavecraft 102 Slant with UFO Titanium XL
Polsilver Super Iridium #2
Duly Mitchell Lather Bowl
Barcelona Shaving Brush (BSB) Muhle V-2 Silvertip Fibre - 25X 58mm
TSD Shave Stick - Iced Barber Shoppe
Fine - American Blend
Brooks Brothers 1818

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+1

 

Went for a third pass ATG on my neck and paid for it with a weeper and irritation at the collar line. I really need to stop when the going is good.

 

Love your setup, especially that brush!

 

It performs pretty good but isn't as powdery scent wise as I expected. Good clean scent but it doesn't quite give me the Barber shop memories some other products have.

 

Ah, es freut mich sehr dass Du eine tolle Rasur mit Tabac hattest!

Pass auf Dich auf!

Grüße,

 

Thanks! I like the clear brushes, too.

 

Clear brushes somehow make aesthetic sense with unscented soaps.