SoS: May 4, 2015 - May 10, 2015

More seasonable weather is here now - finally!

Menthol Monday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/new SuperMax Blue
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen AS Balm
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne

Stirling Glacial Wintergreen all the way for tomorrow!

 

Monday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Cella
Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger
Schick E2
Personna Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
FD Old Spice
Aqua Velva

The Cella shaving soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #8 Pure Badger brush. Two passes with my Schick E2 razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

4 May 2015 Planned Shave of the Day


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May 4 Plans

Stirling Sheep facial soap
Weber PH
Feather blade (day 1)
Rudy Vey Shavemac two-band silvertip
MdC scented shave soap & glycerin
Two passes
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Alt-Innsbruck

So far, so good with this set up! I haven't discovered the famed MdC lather explosion from a 30-second load to the brush yet. However, I do get a nice, slick lather...but nothing yet like I got from Arko. I hope to sort out whether this is due to technique, the addition of too much glycerin to the lather, or a combination of both. Using the same hardware, I plan to split May into thirds, first using MdC, then XPEC, and finally LPL.

May is my favorite time of year. First of all, my beautiful Bride and I celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary on the 16th. We also have great weather with plenty of sunshine and daytime temps reaching into the 80s.

I hope you all have a terrific week!

 

Planned Menthol Monday May 4th


Vintage Merkur razor
Gillette spoiler blade (2)
L'Occitane Plisson brush
Myrsol Emulsion pre-shave
Proraso green shave soap
Osage Rub
Proraso green aftershave

Still getting freezing temperatures in the mornings, so don't need to go too cold.

 

Planned shave for Monday



RazoRock Soap
Vie-Long Horse Hair brush
Schick Injector Hydro Magic
Schick blade
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Been AWOL for a couple of weeks, took off with the camper to get out of town. Stopped over to see a couple of my wife's cousins in LA, (Louisiana). Looks like I need to do a little clean-up on my shaving tools. Some times the camera can be cruel.

Dave

 

Simplicity this morning.
Soak #1 Turkish for a couple of minutes in warm water in the scuttle.
Wash face with warm water.
Drain scuttle and brush and load with homebrew soap and proceed to make too much lather in the scuttle. The #1 makes a lot of lather.
Finish pass #1 with a cold rinse then re lather for the second and final pass for a DFS.
GEM 1912 - Gem SS ptfe blade [3 shaves]
Finish with hand shower head on cold as final wash/rinse.

Steve

 

Planned Menthol Monday 05/04/15
Razor: Feather AC-SS
Blade: Kai Titan Mild Pro touch MG
Brush: Tipsoft Blonde Badger 26mm
Bowl: Turkish Porcelain Bowl 4 ¾”
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lemon Lime Chill
Shave Soap: Tiki Chilled Salsa
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Krampert’s Frostbite


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This is not critique, but maybe skip the glycerine with the MdC? Personally I haven't noticed the need to add a lather accelerator

 

Wintergreen

 

Planned Menthol Monday 05/04/15

Razor: Weber 3 PC. W/Classic Handle
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger
Bowl: Arletta's Mug II Cobalt Blue Mug
Pre Shave Face Wash Face with Neutrogena Men's Invigorating Face Wash
Pre Shave Oil: Stirling Bay Rum Pre-Shave Oil
Shave Soap: Stirling Glacial Wintergreen
Post: RazoRock Alum Block
Aftershave: Stirling Bay Laurel




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Menthol Monday
Smooth and efficient removal of two days growth with Der vorschlaghammer. Krampert's Frostbite soap and AS work great together in scent and skincare. I like MLPB so far. The scent is a refreshing lime - a winner in my book. It goes on easy. I don't know if it makes the actual shave better yet, but it certainly is not hurting anything.

 

There's nothing like a nice frozen face on a beautiful Menthol Monday morning - the Glacial Wintergreen soap, aftershave balm, and witch hazel really did a number on me!

 

SOTD
May 4, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 w/MR5 handle
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Brush: Ever-Ready 150 TGN 24/54mm Synthetic by @GDCarrington
Lather: Mickey Lee The Drunken Goat
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Black Powder
Great shave! The Burma Shave custom whipped up The Drunken Goat with ease.
Go out and get it

 

Gem Junior razor (w/baton handle)
CVS blade
WD Silver Tip brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Barbasol Brisk A/S

A nice cool and refreshing shave this wonderful Monday morning. Enjoy your day gentlemen.

 

Today's shave was another face lather with the La Toja stick. Face lathering definitely works better for me at lifting the whiskers so they can be cut, or more probably, the whiskers are more soaked when face lathering. Using a stick, as opposed to loading the brush on the soap, seems to do an even better job. However, I am still not singing praises about La Toja. It is a good soap, but not outstanding to me. 3 passes and very smooth.

La Toja stick
Ladas blade
slim adjustable

 

The La Toja stick is something else I owe myself some shaves with because it's in my honest opinion, a splendid soap.

 

I am going to stick with the La Toja for a few days and see if it grows on me. Even if I don't use it regularly, it will stay in my stock.

 

Monday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep Bath Soap
Soap: Martin de Candre-Fougere
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP (2)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Modern Fougere

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

MdC Fougere today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. 7 O’Clock Blue in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Modern Fougere.

Bob

 

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
Ralph Lauren/ Rooney knot
c.o.bigelow
Clauss 5/8 full hollow with a round end
Ikon shavecraft 101
persona lab(5t)
Osage rub
(5t the t denotes a touch-up)
today's shave was ok. Been a while since I used bigelow, it is nicer than I remembered, I'm gonna use it more often. a new to me brush turned out to be a very nice brush. the Ralph Lauren safari brush wasfound at a yard sale. research indicates that it was made with a Rooney knot. it is so wonderfully soft(the star of today's shave). three passes with a straight, one touch up with the Ikon. just an ok shave today. my fault, people were talking to me during my passes. finished with Osage rub.
hope y'all did as well, without interruption.