SoS: May 11, 2015 - May 17, 2015

SOTD: Tuesday, May 12

Have a great day!​

 

Tuesday

Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Le Nude" unscented
Brush: Olive wood HIS
Razor: Gillette fat handled Tech
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Excellent shave - great lather from Catie's Bubbles and three smooth passes from the Tech with a new Yellow blade. My face is BBS without any irritation!

 

Tuesday 12th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
Queen Charlotte Iced Key Lime bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette ABC Shell (1911)
Astra SP (3)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
TOBS No 74 Victorian Lime aftershave

 

Tyr's Day:
Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint glycerin soap
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (7, 8)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Pinaud Clubman AS splash
Cologne: Burberry Brit by Burberry

Finally felt steady enough to get a sharp blade against my face after 3 days, even if I wasn't quite confident enough to go for the ATG pass. The prep did a good job softening what was - for me - considerable stubble, which the Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint lofted very well to allow for easy shaving. The Bamboozled RAKE definitely made its presence felt on the first pass, but there was no tugging or bloodshed, just the obvious difference of shaving with longer growth. Two passes produced DFS+ results, and I feel (and smell) much better for it.

 

Last night I tried the wilkinson sword classic razor again. The result- again I had an OK shave which is a step down from the usual. I typically can get a DFS or at worse a CCS, with this razor ok seems about the kindest thing I can say about the results I get with it. I have tried a variety of blades to no avail.

So here is last nights set up.
-wilkinson sword classic razor.
-baili platinum blade (1)
-stephan stay smooth brushless cream.
-clubman aftershave.

I cracked open a fresh bottle of clubman so at least the pleasant smell distracted me a little from the so so shave.

Well the good news with shaving is I'll get another opportunity tonight. I think I'll take a break from the wilkinson sword razor.

 

MAYhem & Mercy
May 12, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Soap - Williams Mug Shave Soap
Razor - Soyuz 1
Blade - (2)
Post - Alum, Nivea Replenishing Post Shave Balm

Day two of the almighty Sharp. Had about 26 hours of growth so a better test. The only thing I can really say is I have to pass it...I was able to achieve a CCS. If I had to go to work today I could go and not look bad. That's about it. It's dull, draggy, though not nearly as bad as the Baili, and just a lot more work than the shave is really worth. I did three full passes including ATG on my face which I rarely have to do plus some major touch ups on the neck. All of that plus one nick for CCS? Nope, never going to consider it a rotation blade. EVER!

Tomorrow is the last day for the Sharp on the schedule and I'm going to stick with it but in the Rapira. Let's see what a more aggressive razor will do with it. Heck, I'm not scared . Besides, I"m getting great sympathy from SWMBO at this point...she thinks I'm a bit mentally unstable so she's being very nice to me. Or she's a bit worried. Every time I smell Williams my eye starts twitching.

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What's 21/30? Have you used it 21times? And removed 50grams of soap?

 

Morris & Forndran L7 Blue/Blonde Badger
Tabac soap
F1 Gillette Adjustable (Fat Boy)
NOS Personna Super Stainless made in Great Britain version
Alt Innsbruk
These blades, both the G.B. version and the more colorful U.S.A. ones are really really top-notch performers. Gary tells me they are the precursor to the P 74s.
The Tabac giving forth a thick, slick lather with that uber masculine scent (IMHO)
3 smooth, bloodless, heavenly passes to shaving Nirvana with the Alt Innsbruk officially ordaining a type of sainthood on the experience.

 

SOTD ~ Tuesday, May 12, 2015
iKon 102 Slant with Doug Korn Handle (not pictured)
Polsilver Super Iridium #3
Artisiana Romera Verzelli Wood Plisson 27X52mm
Mystic Water - Jasmine SS
Fine - Platinum​

 

I was traveling for work and forget my friggin' brush. I tried a couple ways to lather the Stirling Glastonbury sample using only my hands but came up short. I did ok on the WTG and XTG passes and didn't nick myself anywhere on my face or neck. For ATG, I poured water on my puck, then ran my finger around on it to create a balm/lotion consistency, which I used that for my final pass. It was slick but not any cushion to speak of - it got the job done. I got my cheeks BBS, lips chin to DFS, and left my neck at CCS. I think it is a testament to the slickness of Stirling soaps, as well as a testament to my idiocy for forgetting my brush!

Soap: Stirling Glastonbury

Razor: R-89 with Super Iridium Blade

Post: Lavender Witchazel, Cocoa Butter Lotion, then some Pinaud Clubman

Cologne: Versace Eua Fraiche


Late post. Shave was actually late last night. I've been traveling today.

 

Had a surprisingly great shave this morning. (Some ramblings about it here).

Razor: Berkeley Custom Shaver
Blade: Ladas
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Soap: Stirling Tea Tree
Pre-Shave: Myrsol Emulsion
A/S: Myrsol Plastic Shave
Body Splash: The Veg

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Razor: Gillette 195 Fat Boy (f1) 1960 (5) (3)
Gun: Colt Officer Model Stainless 1985
Brush: Jerusalem Olive Wood/WD Silvertip 24/48
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Cream: The Body Shop Maca Root cream
Blade: Feather (1)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Post Shave Gel, vintage Shulton Old Spice AS
No straight today, had to rush to see my Gunsmith. I shot the front sight off my daily driver at the range yesterday. Got lucky, Eddie had a replacement and did the work while I waited. Great guy, and we had time to catchup on our old competition days and the folks we shot with. Bach to the shave. Whipped up the Maca Root in my favorite mug with my Silvertip. The FB made fast work and sang a nice toon with a Feather blade. WTG on my face and neck on 5. Nice and slick for a quick shave. Great cucumber smell with the WH, and then some soothing Nivea. After cleanup some vintage OS from 1960s. Off the the range, with my baby. Have a good one y'al.

 

Tuesday



Bulldog Men Sensitive face wash
2014 Weber SS PH w/Bulldog handle razor
Astra Superior Platinum (1) blade
Custom Shavemac Silvertip brush
Proraso White SS
2 passes WTG/XTG
Nivea Men Sensitive after shave balm

Lovely DFS.
My lather got too thin after a tiny experiment, so I called it a day while the game was still on.​

 

5/12/2015 Tobacco Tuesday!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: CV Heljestrand, H Boker Master Razor straight razor
Blade: GEM PTFE coated SE (3)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: Tabac
After: Home made ASB, Tabac after shave
Cologne: Tabac EDC

A Close Comfortable Shave on Tobacco Tuesday. The Vie Long brush whipped up the Tabac into a great lather. The CV and the Boker did their jobs well. The Tabac AS and Tabac EDC were a good finish to this shave.

Have a blessed day!

 

I am on a 30 day specific shave den, the products you see in the SOTD photo. So far, in 21 shaves, I have used 63 grams of soap, equalling 3g/shave.

 

Great picture of excellent tools.

 

Great picture of excellent tools. The brush looks good.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Thanks!

 

I shaved my head with Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill. My grandson watched me during the entire time, he kept asking me was it "hot"? So I let him smell the brush, still kept asking was it hot? Finally it dawned on my why I kept saying ooh aah ooh aah ooh aah! It's not hot. It's freezing cold! And I love it! Thank you Jeff @crackstar if it hadn't been for you I would've never bought this soap.