SoS: July 20, 2015 - July 26, 2015

SOTD July 26, 2015

Pre-shave: shower, hot facecloth, homemade rose pre-shave oil
Soap: Body Shop Maca Root Shave Cream
Razor: Fendrihan DE
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Semogue
Aftershave: Rose WH, coconut oil

Up with the birds this morning. Great shave this morning. 2 pass WTG. This is such a soothing combination of shaving products. Enjoy your Sunday.

 

Looks great. Have a good day.

 

07/26/2015
Razor – Gillette Slim (J3) set to 9
Blade – Voskhod (2)
Brush – Shavemac Silvertip D01
Lather – Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Post - Witch Hazel & Floid Amber Sample

 

Citrus Sunday
This was my first try with Ballanclaugh soap and it was a very good first impression. I recently traded for this lemon and light menthol number and it provides solid lather. The scent is fresh and clean. The Fatboy smoothly removed my stubble without drama. I finished up with Shea Moisture elixir since it has a grapefruit scent. Great shave and now I'm ready for church.

Prep: Mickey Lee Lime
Soap: Ballanclaugh Lemon
Brush: The Colonel
Razor: Fatboy 9-7-7
Blade: Voskhod (3)
AS: Shea Moisture Elixir and balm

 

Sunday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Lather: RazoRock Cumba Cheech croap
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (3, 4, 5)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock Cumba Cheech AS lotion
Cologne: Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d' Orange

If there's a smoother, more comfortable blade than a Bic on Day 2, I haven't found it. I used less product than usual with the Cumba Cheech - which may still meet the same fate as the jar of One-X I just finished by month's end - and still had a surplus of lather for 3 passes. Operator error on my 3rd pass, in the form of some weird J-hook/Gillette slide hybrid maneuver I inexplicably tried on my throat, resulted in one spot of red, closed by the cold water splash after the shave. DFS+ results, all told.

 

Yes, I made lids for my mugs and bowls that do not have lids. That way I can stack them.
http://jrshaving.blogspot.com/2014/07/lids.html

 

Sunday 26 July 2015



Mastro Livi "Rasoio Italiano" Stainless Damascus Steel​

I love this razor! And I love my shaving soap, too. I recently made a new batch of my shaving soap by using a new formula: a "tune in" revision in order to get a harder soap and a better performing lather. Not that I was not happy with my previous recipe, but I am more into soaps than creams, that's why I wanted to make a harder version of my soap. It was also a new attempt to get my favorite fragrance - the classic bitter almond aroma, the one I love the most - and also in this regard I made a good step forward. My goal is to make a shaving soap suited for straight razor shaving, according to my own experience and how a shaving soap should be according to my taste. Kind to the skin with a very good slickness for the blade and with a stable, creamy and rich lather. I guess I achieved both goals no matter I believe you can always improve what you do. That's why I am still working on the recipe in order to make my soap even better, by tuning in the formula as well as by using a processing method I personally developed quite a long time ago. As for the razor, impeccable Mastro Livi quality: this stainless Damascus steel is very good and provides a deep and close shave. The icing on the cake was my father's Omega brush 47. This bristle brush - although being about 35 years old - is very soft and no brush I own can beat it in lathering. A genuine lathering champion!​

• Pre-Shave: RazorGuy Pre-Shave Oil
• Soap: RazorGuy Shaving Soap
• Brush: My Father's Omega 47 (35 year old brush and still a lathering champion)
• Bowl: Gerby Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi "Rasoio Italiano" Stainless Damascus, 8/8 Full Hollow, Spanish Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: Myrsol Agua de Limón

 

30 day rule - Day 26
MDC unscented Face Lathered with a touch of TOBS Rose and TOBS Lavender
Ladas blade
Slim Adjustable set to 9
3 passes


I moved the slim setting up to 9 (from 8). I am unsure if this resulted in a better shave. It does not feel worse than yesterday, nor better. I will repeat it at 9 tomorrow before deciding whether or not to go back to 8.

 

Sunday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Island Man
Soap: Soap Commander-Courage
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Platinum (5)
Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip-24mmx48mm
Aftershave: Chiseled Face-Ghost Town Barber

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

Soap Commander Courage today. 20 seconds to load the WD Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette Platinum still in the Fatboy. Great smooth, close, 5th shave. I finished with Ghost Town Barber.

Bob

 

26 July 2015

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BRRRRRRRRR, my face is frozen after this shave with my Frozen Tundra soap and the Rubby Dubby Doo. What a great freeze, and so BBS!

 

7/26/15 - 11th Straight Shave!!
Pre de Provence
Semogue Italian Barber LE
H. Boker King Cutter
Fine Clean Vetiver

 

July 26 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
VDH Boar Brush
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Phoenix Dbl OC
Stirling Unscented PSB
Aqua Velva AS

Today was my first shave in a few days after getting back from family camp. I broke out the Williams for the first time, and was surprised with the performance. Since the box recommended I use Aqua Velva, I thought I should listen. It feels great to have a smooth face again.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's and a washcloth
grandad's rubberset/ custom two band finest
Maggard chai tea (bombed)
Clauss 5/8 full hollow/ round end
Merkur 39c
persona lab(1.5)
pinaud clubman
colors por homme
today's shave was nice. grandad's rubberset did a great job on the chai tea. three passes with the Clauss. final pass with yesterday's hammer shows I did a great job on the left side, not as good on the right. the ssledge took care of that. smooth now, not sure how comfy.( maybe the cinnamon in the chai tea) finished with clubman with an overspritz of colors.
church today, y'all come with me.

 

SOTD
July 26, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: WSP Barbershop
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: WSP Barbershop
Wonderful shave. WSP Barbershop is a solid performer, I really like the scent of this soap/aftershave.
A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!

 

July 26th, SOTD
Two days’ growth
Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Cattaraugus Cutlery Co Green Lizard Model B54GL
Strop: Drygulch Chromexcel/ Linen (20 laps Linen/ 20 laps Leather pre and 10/10 post)
Soap: Barrister & Mann Seville plus M-Bomb
Brush: Spalted Maple Brush with Badger Knot
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman plus M-bomb

 

•Red Tip
•Schick 2002 double blade
•vintage Williams

Smooth, no-issue BBS

 

Sunday 26th July







Warm shower

Hot towel

B&M Adagio bowl lathered

Finest Badger brush made by myself

Gillette ABC Empire Gold (1909)

Gillette Silver Blue (2)

Cold rinse

Thayers Lemon witch hazel

Myrsol F/Extra aftershave

 

Sunday
warm shower/cold water shave
Rudy Vey Sambar Antler, Shavemac 2 band,d01,Flat-Top
Proraso PPC
Mama Bears Lime Ice
Schick E3/Pella coated Gem SS (2)
cold water rinse
Bloc Osma Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar B.D.O.
Super-duper Mentholated Walgreens WH......I added so many menthol crystals that this may even be colder than The Glacials!!!!
Creed Royal Mayfair....... I never got the chance to try Windsor but from what I've read this is pretty much the same formulation.

Great 2 pass face and one for the dome,BBS all around!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

26 July 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
* Mystic Water Lemon Verbena
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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