SoS: July 13, 2015 - July 19, 2015

SOTD July 19, 2015

Pre-shave: shower, hot towel, rose pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Merkur
Brush Semogue
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Lavender WH, Shea Butter

This is my first time using MWF. I bloomed the puck with warm water while I showered and the lather was absolutely amazing. This is going to end up in my Top 10 High Performance Shaving Soaps list. The Merkur blade again did a nice job...and together the trio produced a nice shave.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
Oscar11/ omega boar
soap commander love
Gillette new standard(circa 1928)/ modified grip
persona lab (3.5)
Crusellas& co legitima rose
soap commander love balm
today's shave was nice. I used my @oscar11 , haven't heard from Steve lately, you ok? I used my modified Gillette new standard for the first time. it performed very well. the grip was extremely easy to hold and the grip was sure. you guys with hand issues should try this. it ain't pretty, but it gave me a nice shave. finished with legitima, then a rub of love balm.
church today, y'all come with me.

 

30 day rule - Day 19
MDC Lavender Face Lathered with a touch of TOBS Rose
Ladas blade
Slim Adjustable set to 8 for first 2 passes, then set to 4 for third pass
3 passes

Excellent shave

 

Sunday
warm shower/cold water shave
Semogue BC Cerda
Proraso PPC
Stirling Glacial Spearmint
Fatboy/Astra SP (3)
cold water rinse
Bloc Osma
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar Beard Dry Oil
Stirling Glacial Spearmint ASL ........WOWSA this stuff is frosty,nice burn as well!!!
Creed Original Vetiver

Very frosty shave today,face and dome BBS and well chilled!!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

7/19/15 - #oldschoolshave !!!


A great shave. This is by far the best Barbershop Soap I've smelled.
This razor is a beauty. The feel and performance is perfect.
No cuts nor irritation. 90% of the shave was with the straight.

The razor is from www.fretzwerks.com. Cactus and Resin with brass pins.

Lebelle Soaps Barbershop
WSP Monarch Silvertip
1924-35 H. Boker King Cutter
ATT Kronos M1/ Astra SP
Lebelle Barbershop Splash

 

Sunday
Soap: Catie's Bubbles "Le Nude" unscented
Brush: Olive wood HIS
Razor: Gillette fat handled Tech
Blade: Astra SP
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

Excellent shave!

 

Razor: Gillette New LC Bar Handle 1930s Big Boy wood case
Brush: Jerusalem Olive Wood/WD Silvertip 24/48
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Cream: TOBS Coconut cream
Blade: Feather (1)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Post Shave Gel, Old Spice original Shulton 1973 - 1975 Lantern Decanter AS

I'm looking forward to another good shave with the LC. It's milder than the SC, which I like. Loaded a Feather blade, and checked the alignment. Looks good and I'm really liking this razor. Whipped up some TOBS in the OS Mug. Very nice two pass shave with some touchup on my trouble spot on my neck. No buffing today to give my face a rest. Warm water rinse and pat dry. Some WH and after cleanup some JB balm. Finished up with some Vintage Old Spice from the '70s. Let the Spice flow! Y'al have a good one!

 

19 July 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft Short-Comb + Tuckaway
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Doug Korn All-Amber Taca
* Mystic Water Marrakesh
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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SOTD: Sunday. July 19
WSO "Bevel"
SOC Boar (27/30)
Feather AS-D2
Personna Med Prep (4)
Creed Green Irish Tweed

Have a great day!​

 

So how is the Bevel compared to Jim's "Signature" shave soap. It was my understanding that Bevel was designed for straight razors in mind so the lather is thinner. Is the protection the same?

 

Guy,
I was able to create a thick, luxurious lather with the Bevel as I can with the Signature. I did not notice a "thinner" lather. (Maybe because I lather my soaps like there's no tomorrow)
The scent of the Bevel is barely discernible, sadly. Still, WSO soaps provide a slick, comfortable shave with exceptional post-shave results. I am trying to score a tin of Jim's Green Irish Tweed...

 

I hope you enjoy shaving with the True Rose products from SC as much as I do.

 

Thanks for the feedback.

GIT was the first of Jim's soaps that I tried along with his GIT AS Balm and for whatever reason the soap though labeled as GIT to me was scentless. My daughter stated she picked up a light scent which was a surprise as I could pick up a nice mellow scent with the ASB. I traded the GIT soap for a backup of his Signature but have kept the ASB and pair it with Malaspina GIT. Good luck with your search. I never thought I would see a Bevel so you might get lucky!!

 

Now I am wondering if I should hold off on the GIT. Truly, the Bevel has barely any scent whatsoever, in complete contrast with the Signature, which has a fairly strong, lasting scent.

 

Thanks for telling me. I would never have guessed that in a million years

 

Nice razor and box set.

 

Send a shave tried the Marco method and it works really well. I haven't used that method in a long time, I don't know why.

Razor - ever ready 1912
Blade - Gem
Lather - Saponaficio Varesino Manna
Brush - Pilsson synthetic
Aftershave - Trumpers sandalwood skin food.

 

I do......
I also enjoy Coates, I tried a sample of Cyril R Salter wild rose, it was nice. I have rose from Pyrate' cove.
want to try rose of Bulgaria
so it's fair to say, I like the roses.

 

I have a tin of GIT it's rather weak in scent, great post shave.

 

30 Day Rule - July 2015
July 19th
Razor - Feather SS AC/Gillette New LC
Blade - (3) (2)
Brush - Omega 10066 (BoS)
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold Water splash, The Veg

Back to the shave today. Head shave first since it's that day. I have one setup for that which is the VDH Boar brush and VDH Deluxe soap and the Merkur 23c with an Astra. I am so dialed in on this setup for my head I don't even consider a change. Great result every time and it's smooth as can be when it's done.

On to the face and we're back to the Feather SS. Decided to do a bit of experimenting today. I've been working Japanese style all month, using only my right hand and the same side of the razor to my face. It's a fairly high learning curve and I've gotten mixed results as expected. For today I decided to go to the less difficult two handed approach using each hand on its own side. No change, obviously on my right side but it brings the left hand into play. Grabbed the BoS and went to work on the MWF. I think I've found the perfect match with those two. Effortless to load the brush and even get the lather going on the puck and the face lather is just luxurious. First pass with the SS on the right side was about as good as it gets. Very good feel, great near DFS result on that one pass and all is well. Switched to the left hand and made a couple of strokes. Re-lathered that spot and did it again and stopped to ponder. Yeah, my left hand has always been the weak and semi-useless stepchild but it just didn't feel right. So, I switched in mid stroke to the Japanese style again with my right hand. Wow. That was easy. Finished the left cheek that way and went back to my left hand for the left neck. Now THAT felt ok and got a good result. I may have developed a new style for AC shaving. Right on right, Go Japanese on the left face then left on left on the neck. The result of that one pass (with all of its changes) was a very near DFS. At that point I grabbed the Gillette, went a quick XTG over everything and have a very very nice DFS for two passes. Hard to beat that. No nicks, cuts or other issues so I hit the cold water, toweled off and got out the Veg. Yeah, so it gave me a quick burn.....the afterglow and aroma was worth it!

I think I'm going to try that modified approach again tomorrow and see if I can repeat the result and even go XTG with that approach. If it works I may have invented the Russian style for using an AC. Or, perhaps since it's a mix of Japanese and American styles it should be the Alaskan style? Hawaiian style? Sushi with a beer style? Hmmmmm.........

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