SoS: September 7, 2015 - September 13, 2015

6/8 Friodur
C&S Oxford and Cambridge
homemade brush/ 25mm Shavemac knot (2 band silver-tip)
I'm still not back a 100% since my head injury but pretty close.My memory has improved a great deal but I have a short fuse and some nasty head aches which isn't normal for me. Shaving wise, I've been living a monastic life. Just a couple of razors and a couple of soaps and brushes. I'll be back on a more regular basis. Have a good day!

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Good to see you are doing better! That HIS bowl in white is awesome, BTW.

 

I gave the Mongoose a rest today.
Schick Twinjector
TOBS Grapefruit / Cryogen mix.
Satin Tip brush
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

 

Razor: Gillette Slim (k3) 1965 (5) (3) (original case and blade pack with instructions)
Brush: Jerusalem Olive Wood/WD Silvertip 24/48
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Cream: Truefitt&Hill No 10
Blade: Feather (2)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel with Aloe Vera, Jack Black balm, Halston Z-14 cologne
Whipped up the Truefitt&Hill No 10 in a minute with the Silvertip. Nice slick cushion and I really like the scent. The heavy handle and head gave me a nice smooth shave with no pressure with a Feather blade set on 5. WTG and XTG on my face and neck. Then ATG set on 3. Very smooth. The Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel with Aloe Vera felt good on my face and that natural scent was nice and fresh. After cleanup, I smoothed on some Jack Black, and then some Halston Z-14. Y'all have a good one!

 

Great having you back Steve!

 

Glad your are doing better! Remember it's always a good day if you wake up!

 

Wow, Clint! That is a unique brush!

 

13 September 2015

* Weber PH + UFO Colibri SS
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
* Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Steve, welcome back and glad you are on the road to recovery!

 

Glad to see your doing better!

 

SOTD 09.13.2015

Prep: Shower
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable (7)
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (3)
Brush: Omega 10083
Super Lather: Cella/Proraso Green tube
Post: Cold rinse, Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Cooling ASB

3 passes of joy!

 

Nice Old Spice mug! Looks like a Canada Mug 05

 

I had planned on using California as my example, but it is not quite as bad as Arrakis yet

 

I am mesmerized by the grain in that blade, beautiful

 

I'm glad that you are doing better.

 

Thank you. I really like the handle.

 

13sep15

I went back to the FB since I had 3 great weeks with it just to find out I should have changed to a new blade. Ended with a decent shave but not a great shave.

Used the Dr. Jon's soap for the first time today. It's a very soft soap/cream. Looks grainy in the tin. Very nice lemon/citrus scent, cooling feel on the skin as I shaved. This is the softest soap I've used and wasn't sure how much I needed on the brush. As you can see the lather built nicely and fast.

 

Up at 4:00AM! Fried 3 Eggs in Olive & Grape Seed Oil, & made Toast; "AFTER" my Double-Cup of "Doughnut-Dark" from our Keurig. (So, I'm lazy!) Am Baking 'Country-White-Bread,' in my "SunBeam" Bread Maker! (Didn't feel like going to the grocery, for bread; because I was having my private Bible-Study, & it was too comforting, to me, to...leave it.) Let our dogs out, & fed them, too! Oh, THAT smell from my breakfast got them going, EARLY. All the while I was 'planning-my-shaving-experience' for my "SUNDAY-SHAVE!" I bought a can of "Barbasol Beard Buster" with Aloe, last week. Now, going-in, I consider my-self a "Brush Efficiencianado!" But the commentaries I've read in "Shave Den," somehow TEMPTED' me; after many years of brushing; for my shaves. I put the Barbasol to an extra-test :ahem:with my Fat Boy, using a 'once-used' blade; & dared it to come out GREAT! I used my hands to apply the suprizingly-THICK lather. And I did a "Double!" Not a Tripple; because I really wanted to 'Challenge Barbasol Shave Cream!' After I applied my "cheap" Pinaud Bay Rum; I took a walk around our house to let it dry. I came in & gently, with the back-hand-side of my fingers, flitted across the contours of my 72 year-old face & neck. I was READY for a "Re-Shave!" But, as much as I enjoy shaving; I found no-need for a 3rd. pass; today! Honestly; Barbasol-in-the-can gave me a 'glide path' I really didn't expect! It was a 'good-runway!' The $2.47 cents I spent served me as well as a similar priced "puck" of decent Shaving Soap! That was my "Sunday Shave!" (Happy Rosh Hashana, too; at Sundown! And, I thank Jesus!)

 

If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract a worm.