SoS: May 4, 2015 - May 10, 2015

Friday

Soap: The Shave Den lanolin, unscented
Brush: Mühle hjm black fibre synthetic
Razor: Schick injector, type I
Blade: Schick
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

MAYhem & Mercy
May 8, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Soap - Williams (As good as it's going to get)Mug Shaving Soap
Razor - Soyuz 1
Blade - (1)
Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm

The good news - no cuts, nicks, weepers or any other problems. The bad news - a blade this dull CANT'T cut you even if it wanted to! Seriously....this thing is DULL. As in NO SHARPNESS. As in I could have done better with some sandpaper and it would have felt better too. Three passes to failure. Didn't get CCS this morning and took extra time trying. Wow. Just wow. Plenty of irritation from trying but that's about all I got for it. Will throw it in the Rapira tomorrow to see if that helps. Sheesh! Happy Friday to all who were able to shave today! I just went through the motions!

 

SOTD for Friday May 8th........

LaToja Stick w/Semogue 1438 Boar (my favorite face lathering brush)
'67 Super Speed w/Voskhod Blade (6)
Dickinson's Witch Hazel & Nivea Sensitive Balm
Nivea Aftershave

2-passes WTG & XTG w/some touch up for a DFS.

 

Friday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Soap Commander-Courage
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Gillette 70’s “Spoiler” Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Whipped Dog High Mountain/Bethlehem Olivewood-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Fine Platinum

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

Soap Commander Courage today. 20 seconds to load the WD High Mountain. Great, easy, thick, lather. I loaded a “new” Gillette “Spoiler” in the Red Tip. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Fine Platinum.

Bob

 

Friday
hot shower/cold water shave
Duke 3 Manchurian
Myrsol Emulsion PPB
MdC Fougere
EverSharp Hydro-Magic/Pella coated injector (10)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Beard Brand Blank Slate Beard Oil
Simply Botanicals Skincredible
Hanae Mori HM edp

Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!

 

TOBS Almond is the flavor of the day. I love the scent, but there simply is not enough cushioning for me to use this soap by itself on a regular basis. The lack of cushioning, compounded by the last 3 or 4 days with insufficient cushioning has left my face feeling abused. I have been using home made pre-shave oil for the last few days, but both the La Toja Stick and the TOBS Almond do not provide the protection I have come to expect. I think I will use MDC tomorrow. 3 passes, very smooth, but irritated.

TOBS Almond
Sputnik blade
Slim Adjustable

 

8 May 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* Super 3-Band + Oscar11 Black C7
* Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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Friday 8th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
Mikes Barbershop bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Gold Single Ring (1921)
Rapira Swedish (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave

 

SOTD: Friday, May 8
Soap: MdC Brain Bowl
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (2)
Aftershave: Floïd Blue

Have a great day!
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a full vintage hardware shave =) cool

 

5/08/15

Knockout Friday!!!

Knockout Shave Cotton
Omega 10066
GEM 1912
GEM PTFE Blade
Aqua Velva

 

Celestino, beautiful!

 

Fridays shave.
First shave with the new to me milord razor. I love the look of these even though they look just like a gold super speed.
It is quite an aggressive razor. At some points I moved using it today. Others not so much. I will have to try it with different blades and give it some time to get use too. Still got a good close shave today.




Pre Shave - Gillette Pre Shave Wash &
Edwin Jagger Hydrating Pre Shave lotion
Razor - Milord
Blade - Wilkinson Sword
Lather - I Coloniali
Brush - Pilsson synthetic
Aftershave - Nivea cooling balm & Old Spice

 

Mike, thank you for your kind words, my friend and I missed your photos the last few days! I hope you are well and that you were just busy.

 

FRIDAY
Final day (Day#7) of 30-Day Focus with this particular razor
After nearly a week of consecutive shaves with this ONE straight razor, I can officially state that Böker made a fine razor—even if this one is at least 80 years old.
Now I do have a soft spot for this one because it was my first SR—the one I learned to shave with—but it remains a smooth, efficient performer. A definite keeper that is always a joy to use.
The Böker is a tough act to follow, but I'll begin tomorrow with another SR to be used for the next 7 days.

Have a blessed Friday all!

 

Mikey likey the TSD stick?
I'm a real fan of them: great lather with a real nice menthol chill (I ordered a stack of them, all 'iced'). EZ to use, too!

 

5/8/15

Prep: hot shower
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (2)
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport

Tried face lathering with the silver tip and it didn't work as well as I might have expected. Ended up going to the bowl prior to the second pass and then it was fine. Face lather was a little thin.

 

I meant to post this yesterday, today's is coming next...
Crabtree & Evelyn's Sienna soap bowl lathered with
Carrington/EverReady 150 Black/Red brush with a TGN Best knot
Grandpa's Gillette T.V. Special SuperSpeed
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Russian Blue (1)
and Floid Amber aftershave
mmm mmm good!

 

Mongoose B2 Polished / iKon SE
Feather ProGuard (6)
Duke 3 Best
L'occitane Cade
Geltir Scuttle
L'occitane Cade Balm

 

Frey's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: RazoRock One-X croap
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash
Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron

Why is Jasman posting so late? There was a wasp. I managed to avoid the temptation to burn the house down to get it. As to the shave itself: The croap was fantastic, the blade better today than yesterday, and 3 passes were very comfortable, smooth, and BBS close. Great setup for great results.