SoS: October 12, 2015 - October 18, 2015

SOTD
October 14, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: Gingers Garden Vetiver (Tallow)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Gingers Garden OakMoss
Great setup. Love Gingers Garden..
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2015​

B-3 Mongoose with Triad Ti Helix Hex
Feather Pro #2
Varlet Mega White Badger
TSD 2X Iced Barber Shoppe
Witch Hazel +++Menthol, Cucumber Melon Whipped Shea Butter
Chilled Floid Blue Aftershave

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Weber PH
Astra SP
TGN Synthetic
The Soap Exchange tallow
Ogallala Bay Rum

DFS!

 

5/8 Bema
La Savonniere du Moulin
homemade brush - 25mm shavemac silver tip finest fan - loft @46mm

Very nice shave this morning. Have a good one.

 

OCtober - Trick or TREET
October 14

Razor - Gillette 1959 Ball End Tech
Blade - (1)
Brush - Vie Long 12601 The Pony
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold water, Alum, Nivea Original

After three really nice shaves with the carbon Treet Silver it's time to move on. The good people at random.org determined that the next blade up is the Treet Falcon, another carbon blade and one I had never heard of until recently. And, they also determined I would use the '59 Ball End Tech. I decided I'd use Tabac with the Pony brush to lay down a nice slick lather to give the Falcon room to hopefully fly.

As with most of the Treet blades the wrapper on the Falcon has instructions that say "Do not wipe blade. Leave blade in razor". For the Silver I didn't "wipe" it after each use but simply layed it on a towel to get the moisture off, then reinserted it into the razor and dunked it in 91% alcohol to help remove any water. I'm going to skip that step for the Falcon to see if simply letting it dry and leaving it in place will work. I am drying the razor but not disassembling it and putting it on my desk to avoid staying in the humid bath. We'll see what happens.

As for the shave I was once again surprised, though my level of surprise is less than a couple of weeks ago. The blade really performed beautifully. Gave me the carbon audio feedback but was smooth and very effective. I could easily have stopped after two passes with no touch up and been happy. Went ahead and added the third pass with touch up on the neck and caught the baby. Absolutely smooth shave and the alum was only noisy on the neck. That was more of a whimper than anything else. Quite impressed with day one of the Falcon. For a blade I hadn't heard of it's blowing away a lot of others that are more popular with the masses. Now.....will it last?

 

Razor: Gillette 195 Fat Boy (f1) 1960 (5) (3)
Brush: Jerusalem Olive Wood/WD Silvertip 24/48
Mug: Old Spice (Belgium Mug 01) 1970s
Cream: Cella classica 1899
Blade: Feather (2)
Post shave: Thayers Cucumber WH, Jack Black balm, Old Spice Lime original Shulton cologne Frosted Glass 1960s

Just received my Old Spice Belgium made mug, and I'm very happy. I'd been looking for this one for a long time. It's the whitest OS Mug I've seen, and it's perfect. Whipped up some nice warm Cella after loading up my new mug with a thumb nail portion. Love the almond scent. The heavy handle and head of my FB helped with the Feather blade, made quick work in 2 passes. A little touchup on my neck ATG on 3 and done. The WH felt good, nice and cool. After cleanup some JB and when it dries some Vintage Old Spice Lime Cologne. Y'all have a good one!

 

October 14, 2015

OC October - This month I'll introduce myself to OC razors.
Gillette New LC
Gillette Goodwill
Standard Safety Razor OC
Schick Type C1 OC

Morning shave
Hot Shower
Soap: La Toja stick.
Brush: Vintage Rubberset Travel Brush
Razor: Schick Type C1 OC
Blade: Schick (China) (2)
TSD Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Vintage Old Spice



Since my hope is to use the Schick C1 as my travel shaver, I figured that for the rest of this week I’ll test it with the rest of my travel set-up - my Rubberset travel brush and either the La Toja or Arko soap stick

Two-pass shave.
1st pass - XTG. Little feedback, good reduction.
2nd pass - ATG. Good feedback, better reduction.

A darn fine shave - no runs, no hits, no errors!

Play ball!
RT

 

I used my 'Homemade Bay Rum,' today! I didn't have any Menthol Crystals to infuse it with,...so; I soaked a bunch of Menthol Cigarette Filters in some 190 Proof 'Everclear, in the brewing-process' with relatively affective-results! "COOL, MAN!" I added it to the mix a couple weeks, back; & let it mix! After my shave, today; I applied it, liberally! It left my face 'suprizingly smooth!' I am happy with the overall outcome!

 

How is the Chair Tea SC? Looks interesting and very good for fall.

 

14oct15

Wow! I'm actually impressed with this Neillite 400 Bakelite. Very smooth, least "drag" across the face of all my razors. Very efficient. The large scallop side is a little more aggressive, like an adjustable on 7+, and the smaller scallop side is like a 3-4..IMO.

I got a couple scrapes but nothing serious, the Brut AS didn't even sting as bad as I was expecting.

Tomorrow I may give my other Bakelite (Slant Stroke) a try....

 

October 14 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Gem Micromatic OC
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman Vanilla AS

 

Wednesday
hot shower/cold water shave
Shavemac custom 167,2 band,d01,fan
Crown Shaving Co PSB
TSD Signature Lanolin soap
Gold Tech/Feather (3)
Bloc Osma
Tend Skin
Beard Brand Blank Slate BO
TSD Signature ASL
TSD Signature edc

Great BBS shave,smell pretty dang good too!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

I actually used Chai Tea in my recipie for my "Bay Rum" After Shave!

 

attractive gray mug

 

it reminds me of a candy called horehound.
sorta like rootbeer. it's nice definitely different.

 

That razor looks dangerous.

 

yikes, Tetanus anyone?

 

that's not metal, it's not rusted, it's that color

 

Wow! - thank you @david of central florida
I stand corrected. (or sit as the case may be.)

 

How's the saying go? ... "Shave like a man" or something that.