SoS: May 11, 2015 - May 17, 2015

Feel free

 

Saturday's Planned SOTD
Razor: 1946/1947 Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Triton R3 (D7)
Brush: Vie-Long Beehive Silvertip Fiber
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery Shave Bowl
Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime
Shave Soap: Mikes Bay Rum
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Captain’s Choice Lime



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What a difference a new blade makes - this new Derby in my Super Speed cleaned me up so easily and effortlessly so that I ended up almost as smooth as my wife and daughter. The Stirling Barbershop soap is a treasure!

 

MAYhem & Mercy
May 16, 2015
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Proraso
Razor - RazoRock TTO
Blade - (2)
Post - Alum, The Veg

Day two of mercy and it's the Zaza again. Changed to the RR TTO to see if a more aggressive razor would improve things. And........the winner is........the RR TTO! Much smoother feel though the results weren't all that different. It still required three passes but there was less cleanup to do. Finished CCS but right on the line for a DFS. Less irritation than yesterday and overall not a bad shave considering the blade is far from the sharpest in the pack. I do think, though, that this blade has shown the ability to perform a bit better than the minimum needed and without drawing blood. You just need it in the right gear. The RR and Proraso were a good match for it. Off to car land. Happy Saturday!

 

SOTD
Face & head shave
May 16, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: ATT Kronos S1 Slant Bar Razor
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Olive Wood Finest 22/50mm
Lather: Mickey Lee The Drunken Goat
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Folsom & Co Shady Past
Silky smooth! I really like this soap a lot! The lather stays a beige color. This olive wood handle brush is beautiful, and such a superb performer. The ATTS1 and Sputnik play well together. Great way to finish off a shave with Shady Past.

A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!

 

5/16/15

Prep: warm wash with Kirk's CocoCastile
Lather: TSD Wheat Lemon & Cedarwood
Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Rapira Lux (2)
Post: cool rinse and Ogallala Bay Rum

 

Saturday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Maggard’s Limes & Bergamot
Razor: Gillette Fatboy/195
Blade: Gillette Platinum (1)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber

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

Maggard’s Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather as always. I loaded a new Gillette Platinum in the Fatboy to compare blades. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber.

Bob

 

Saturday
hot shower/cold water shave
Semogue BC Cerda
Prep PSB
Stirling Nag Champa
Schick G1/Pella coated injector 6)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Beard Brand Beard Oil
Simply Divine Botanicals Skincredible
Agar Aura Java Attar

Stay frosty,my friends and enjoy the weekend!

 

5/16/15 - Razosabato!!!

Razorock Zi'Peppino
WSP Monarch Silvertip
Gillette SC New
PolSilver Blade (1)
Fine Fresh Vetiver

 

Saturn's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: Speick cream
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG (3, 4)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Speick AS splash
Cologne: Velvet Mood (sample)

My cat has a vet appointment this AM, so I had less excuses to skip Saturday's shave. The cheap boar continues to perform adequately, and shed profusely. Speick is, as ever, an outstanding performer, though I somehow managed to add a little too much water to the bowl-lathering, making it a bit more of a chore than usual. The Bic stayed sharp and comfortable, so two passes left me DFS+.

 

May 16 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
WD High Mountain Badger 30 mm
Palmolive Classic SC
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Nacet Platinum
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman Bay Rum

 

Rasur des Tages: Samstag, den 16ten Mai
Seife: MdC Hirnschale
Rasierpinsel: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Rasierapparat: Feather AS-D2
Rasierklinge: Personna Med Prep (1)
Rasierwasser: Floïd Blue

Habt einen schönen Tag!​

 

05/16/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Super Pro (4)
Brush –Every-Ready with TGN Finest
Lather – Strop Shoppe Baker Street
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol F Extra



This morning's shave was my 100th shave with the Mongoose since getting it on 1/1/15. Another fantastic 2 pass shave. Since I had the time this morning, I chased the baby with a little extra touch ups and caught it. The Baker Street provided a super slick lather which made the shave drama free. Finished up with Myrsol F Extra and I'm ready for some graduation parties on today's agenda. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

Saturday 16th May



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Ferox bowl lathered
HMW Badger brush made by myself
Gillette ABC Shell (1914)
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Myrsol Lemon aftershave

 

May 16 (Anniversary Shave)

Stirling Sheep facial soap
Weber PH
Feather blade (day 3)
Rudy Vey Shavemac two-band silvertip
Le Père Lucien shave soap
Two passes plus touch-ups
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Alt-Innsbruck

My Bride and I celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary today!

My shaves with the LPL soap are getting better. I have to load the brush longer with the LPL than with the MdC and work the lather more. I'm still learning, but overall it is good. I'm also going for three shaves with my Feather blades now. So far, so good. My technique has gotten better with time, so I think this is mainly the reason that I can do it now.

Enjoy the weekend!

 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

 

happy anniversary
hope y'all have a great day.

 

Happy anniversary. Enjoy your day!

 

Happy Anniversary Charlie!

 

Happy Anniversary.