SoS: September 28, 2015 - October 4, 2015

Tyr's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal Cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Lather: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint soap
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (8, 9, 10)
Post: Cold water splash, Dickinson's witch hazel, Myrsol Metilsol AS splash
Cologne: Burberry Brit

Absolutely superb lather this AM with the Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint made day four a very pleasant shave with this blade. As was the case yesterday, the 3rd pass produced one tiny weeper, which the cold water splash and Metilsol handled easily. This is about as close to BBS as I can get without going ATG.

 

SOTD for Sept 29th............

Proraso face lathered w/Omega 6151 Pure Badger
Slim Adjustable (5) w/Gillette Sharp Edge
Witch Hazel splash finishing w/Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

2-passes w/a little touch-up for a DFS!

 

CO Bigelow SC
FS Finest brush
Schick M1 Adjustable razor
Personna blade
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
CO Bigelow 1585 cologne

Nice shave, that is all

 

Thanks, Kerry! The bird was asleep (I throw a towel over its cage and it knows to pipe down). Still rocking the killer wallpaper, too.

 

I've always been jealous of your little labeled bottles.

 

I feel like a fool using the Gillette Fusion. At least I still use a brush and proper soap. However, I think today I might go full on sell-out today and use canned gel to see how my neck reacts to it.

 

Fat Tobacco Tuesday
warm shower/cold water shave
Rudy Vey Sambar Antler Flat-Top,2 band d01 Shavemac knot
Alt Innsbruck PPE
RazoRock Zi' Peppino
Fatboy/Feather (2)
Bloc Osma alum
Tend Skin
Levan Rose BO
Super Iced Walgreens WH
Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Havane

Nice 2 pass face,1 pass dome,BBS all around!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

L'Occitane Cade
Ladas blade
Slim Adjustable
3 passes

 

Another reason I'm using the Fusion is because (this has never been stated on this forum ever) I ran out of DE blades. Procrastination sucks.

 

I think I made some really good buys from Italian Barber recently. I used the new Lea Classic Sensitive cream before and it has a lovely scent. It gives fantastic lather with a pretty good menthol sensation and excellent post-shave care. Now: The Intesa Glacial lotion from Italy is not a face-freezer although it does list menthol as an ingredient, but it does feel slightly cooling and the scent is very pleasant. Brian's Krampert's Frostbite aftershave is not in the same league as a Stirling Glacial aftershave or witch hazel but it indeed is very, very cold with a great scent.

 

That's a first!

 

TUESDAY
Back-to-Work Day
Smooth shaving early this morning with my C-MON HF. Three-passes = DFS!
Have a great Tuesday, all!

 

Tuesday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Reef Point-Peerless
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super (2)
Brush: Whipped Dog High Mountain/Bethlehem Olivewood-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Southern Oud

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

Reef Point Peerless today. 20 seconds to load the WD High Mountain. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Perm-Sharp Super in the Red Tip. Great smooth, close, shave. I finished with Country Club Southern Oud.

Bob

 

29 September 2015

* Ikon Shavecraft 102 + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Gillette Silver Blue
* WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber C7
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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Dorko 856
Shavemac Silvertip D01 brush
Tabula Rasa Steam Punk soap
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel

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SOTD: Tuesday, September 29
SC Indian Sandalwood (2)
Gift Brush from my son (?)
Feather AS-D2
Super Max Platinum (3)
SC Aftershave Balm
Meehan Sandalwood Cologne

Have a great day!​

 

Weber Triad / Polsilver Si

SOC

RR Mudder Focker x2

 

My Speick stick wasn't staying in the holder anymore and it's getting too tough to hold onto so after today's shave I put the rest in a tub with some VDH luxury so I can use the rest up later. Tomorrow I'll start L'Occitober a day early

 

Tabacstag!
I went with the Futur on six again - BBS again, but with a couple small weepers on my neck where I did some touch up. Lesson learned - touch up on a lower setting.
The Futur was loud and very smooth again today - I usually could not shave with the Fatboy on 9 two days in a row. To me this means the Futur is both more efficient and comfortable than the Fatboy. I am almost ready to sell or trade all of my razors to get my own Futur!
I also tested out a new pre/post shave oil from Wet Shaving Products - this one with a scent called Matterhorn. It is a very pleasant scent, I think I detect jasmine, but I’m not great at describing these things. The oil is Jojoba, grapeseed, apricot, avocado and some others that provide a nice viscosity for application. I think it helped as a preshave, but since Tabac makes optimal lather, it is hard to tell for sure. I also used it as a post, and it went on smooth and comforting. After it absorbed, I put on a splash and got more of a sting than yesterday, but it was very short lived, and my skin is left very soft and smooth. Overall, a superb shave.
My photo is of the Futur on the only stand I have that is big enough for it - a stand made by and given to me by the same friend who loaned me the razor - JR Reyes. Thanks again, sir! In the background you may notice Atticus, our English Bulldog puppy playing in the yard.

Prep: WSP Matterhorn PSO
Soap: Tabac!
Brush: The Colonel
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Voskhod (3)
AS: WSP Matterhorn oil, PAA Lime, Ginger, Tea Tree

 

Razor: Gillette 85 Super Adjustable "Black Beauty” (p2) 1970 named “The Black Pearl” (5)
Brush: Erskine Badger 1947 Birth Year
Mug: Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Cream: Jack Black cream
Blade: Feather (1)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black Balm, Old Spice original Shulton 1973 glass cologne Stopper #3
"The Black Pearl" is out for a sail today, with a salty crew. The Badger whipped the Jack Black into a frothy lather. The Pearl is set on 5 for the first salvo against the whiskers that have invaded my face. Smooth sailing and steady as she goes with a little touchup on the right side of my neck on 3. The weight of the head on the Pearl does all the work, as it sails through the rough sea. A splash of Witch Juice, some Jack Black Balm, Jaaack......, and then some Old Spice for the wenches. Off to some uncharted waters to plunder, and pillage. Have a good one you salty dog. Arrrrrh!