SoS: December 7, 2015 - December 13, 2015

Stirling Bay Rum
Parker Best Badger
Gillette Aristocrat (48-50) with Personna blue
Coldwater/alum
Captain's Choice CoNT

Very first shave with the Gillette Aristocrat and I am not disappointed. It was extremely mild, almost to the point that without the sound feedback I would've thought the razor was not doing anything. Finding the right angle was a snap, this is a very user-friendly tool.

No irritation, no nicks, no cuts, just a very comfortable shave. It won't usurp either R41 as top dog, but it could easily slide into the third-place spot ahead of the slant.

 

menthol Monday
hot water wash with nuetrogena men's invigorating face wash and a washcloth
brothers bristles/ ace black badger
BOMBED soap commander vision
Ikon shavecraft 101
Ladas(1)
BOMBED Aqua Velva ice blue
menthol Monday again, the brothers bristles custom handle is great. it whipped up the bombed vision very nicely. the shavecraft did a very nice job, I used the open side for the first two passes and the bar for the against pass. smooth, comfy results. finished with BOMBED iced blue.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Monday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Gatlinburg
Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Platinum (5)
Brush: oscar11 High Mountain White-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Pino Silvestre

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

Stirling Ozark Mountain today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Platinum still in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pino Silvestre.

Bob

 

Fat Boy set to 7
MDC face lathered
Rapira Swedich blade
3 passes

 

7 December 2015

* Wolfman WR1-SB + UFO U2V1 Brass
* Iridium Super
* WSP Manchurian + Doug Korn Amber Taca
* Country Club for Men Cahaba Blues
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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SOTD
Remember the heroes! Pearl Harbor.
December 7, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Ladas
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: Stirling Synthetic
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Gingers Garden Aventus
Dusy Kabinett is a really nice soap, I enjoy shaving with lovely rose scent. Man, I love it. Thanks Troy!!
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

Tamako YSK Masa Steel
Oscar11 H.I.S. brush
Barrister & Mann Latha Taiga soap
Figaro AS

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Menthol Monday Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Jumping Juniper shampoo cake from Lush
Soap/cream- The shave den Iced lemongrass
Brush- Plisson synthetic
Razor- WEBER polished head all stainless steel
Blade- Personna lab blue(2)
Post- Cold water rinse, Humphreys witch hazel, Homemade Bay rum aftershave lotion and The body shop aloe Vera night cream...

Used the night cream my mistake but it was actually really nice =)

Great Monday shave though, my Weber might not have gotten messed up after all =)

 

This is my first post in months. The last few months have been challenging but I'm glad to be back.

Yesterdays shave was a DFS, with the following gear

Merkur 25c razor.
Personna blade (in disguise as a hy-vee store brand blade)-2nd use
palmolive shave stick
turkish brush #6
jeris musk aftershave
aveeno fragrance free balm.

As usual the 25c gave me a great shave, mild, comfortable, but efficient. Just what I needed as I recovered from a previous uncomfortable shave staring a Rimei blade.

 

what did you apply first, the Witch Hazel or the Pinaud?

 

Menthol Monday
cold water shave
Semogue BC Cerda
Proraso PPC
Stirling Orange Chill
Bloc Osma
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar BDO
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill ASB
Terre d'Hermes

A nice and frosty start to the week!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

better be careful, Jeff, a professional barber somewhere in this world might have something to say about that

 

7dec15

God bless the Greatest Generation ever!

 

December 7, 2015

'61 Aristocrat Adjustable (5)
Astra SP (1)

If I learned one thing from shaving with the DeFitch last week, it was that I can definitely afford to go more aggressive with the Slim. So, on that note, we move from a conservative setting of '4' to one of '5'. This paid off nicely with a shave that continues to be very smooth for a nice one-pass DFS.

It will be interesting to see tomorrow if I have enough growth to even bother shaving.

JR

 

Welcome back!

 

SOTD
Drunken Goat soap
AoS Pure Badger brush
Gillette SuperSpeed (G4 birth quarter)
Feather blade (7)
St. John's Bay Rum AS
Have a great week!

 

12/07/15 - LPL and Ralf Aust

For some reason I can't get a good lather from LPL. It's either too much water or not enough. I'd like to get it a little more thicker, but when I add more water it thins our.
When I had a sample of it, it worked great. Then I buy a tin of it and I barely use it. :-/
This one might get purged this next year.
Love the scent though...

The razor just got back from getting honed by Fretzweks. Shaved wonderfully. It's not as smooth as my older Germans, but close to it.

 

MENTHOL MONDAY
M-Bombed (from TSD) my morning Cade lather, making for a chilly and slick morning shave. Vintage Wostenholm gold frame back was the weapon of choice.
Smoooooth shaving!
Have a great Monday, all!

 

Monday Shave(in sentence form)

I did the Rise double-whammy(Super Foam&cool "after-balm). I'm working out a routine whereas all throughout the winter I can rotate with Rise and Clubman.I surely won't run out of Rise anytime soon, and this should allow me to grab a 6 oz Eddie Pinaud at the drugstore to save on shipping costs. By next winter, I'll be thinking about trying the Special Reserve or staying with the original. Problem is, Eddie hasn't yet formulated a "Special Reserve" hair gel to go with the AS/cologne.

 

12/7/2015 Menthol Monday!! Woo Hoo!!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: FaTip Piccolo, French Fau Frame Back straight razor
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (5)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: Chiseled Face - Cryogen
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Aqua H2O

Have a blessed day!