SoS: January 4, 2016 - January 10, 2016

Shave of the Day



Prep: hot shower, homemade PSO
Razor: B-1 Red Tip
Blade: Voskhod (3)
Brush: Rubberset 400-4 Silvertip
Lather: Strop Shoppe Baker Street
Shave: hot water shave; face lathering; 3 passes - WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: alum, L'Occitane Cade balm

 

Palmolive stick, speick stick

 

I'm enjoying the Red Tip so much I don't even want to switch to anything else right now. It's that good.

 

Safety Razor: Geniol Slant
Blade: Treet Dura Sharp Silver Edge
Pre-shave: Proraso Green
Soap: Proraso Green
AS: Proraso Green

My new year gifts have arrived from proraso and I've shaved with them. I liked the performance of pre-shave cream and how I felt after applying it. The aftershave is another thing. I absolutely love it! It smells awesome.
Have a great weekend!

 

01/08/2016
Razor – AlumiGoose with Triad Ti
Blade – Feather Super Pro (2)
Brush – Rubberset 400 with Omega knot
Lather – Tiki Cabernet Neroli
Post - Witch Hazel followed by F&C Shambala

 

TGIF!! SOTD 01/08/16

Razor-59' Fatboy(7)
Blade-Lord Stainless(5th and last)
Lather-C.O.Bigelow
Brush-Badger
Three Passes-Wtg,Atg.Xtg
Post Shave-Cold Water Rinse
Witch Hazel,Pinaud Clubman A/S

I wasn't sure how good the Lord blade was going to be in My Fatboy on day five boy was I suprised!
I got one of the smoothest and most comfortable shaves I've had so far the C.O.Bigelow always face lathers nice with a badger brush for me
So when all is said and done I ended up with another BBS finish!!!

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY EVERYONE !!

 

Friday!

Day #3 of the seven day exploration: Haslinger Schafmilch shaving soap

Prep: hot shower
Music: Philip Glass, Akhnaten
Brush: vintage DVH boar
Soap: Haslinger Schafmilch shaving soap
Razor: Gillette Slim (birth quarter) @9
Blade: Schick platinum blade
Shave: 3-pass
Post: DVH alum, hand strop blade & reload upside-down




The soap:
It has about the same hardness as Tabac, with a very light soapy scent.

Ingredients:

• Potassium stearate
• Sodium stearate
• Potassium tallowate
• Aqua
• Lac powder
• Parfum
• Sheep milk
• Aracgis hypogaea
• Lanolin
• Potassium cocoate
• Sodium tallowate
• Sodium cocoate
• Glycerine
• Potassium hydroxide
• Sodium hydroxide
• Alpha-isomethyl ionone
• Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyd

Quite a list. I haven't the foggiest idea what most of the ingredients are. I recognize aqua, sheep milk, lanolin, glycerine, tallow thingy's and cocos thingy's.

Lathering:
The brush loads quickly and forms lather as quickly as Tabac. The lather likes more water than Tabac, but then it is as slick as an eel in a bucket of snot.



Shave:
The lather is nice and super slick. Wow! Really, really super slick. The slickiest lather I have got to date. On a scale from one to ten it comes at about fifty. I almost couldn't feel the razor.

After the pass the slickness is gone, though I read from others that the slickness stays. Perhaps the water from our tap is harder than elsewhere?

After the shave:
A mild alum sting, the scent dissipates fairly quickly.

Overall verdict:
This is a great soap of excellent quality which lathers easily and comes cheaper than Tabac (about three quarters of the Tabac price). I need to try the other scents! (aloe vera, coconut, honey, seeweed, marigolds, sage, sandalwood. There is a 'special ladies' soap: sandalwood & aloe vera)

Shave result:
DFS++.


Have a great day, ya'll!

 

January 8 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
VDH Boar Brush
Stirling Bay Rum SS
Ontario Cutlery Co.
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling Bay Rum AS

 

SOTD January 8, 2016

Noxema preshave cream
Gillette Heavy Tech / Astra SP
Semogue / Haslinger
WH / Nivea Sensitive ASB

Great shave this morning. I did a two-pass WTG shave and ended up with a super smooth close shave (SSCS)...there is a new acronym for you! I find the more I use the Haslinger puck the more moisture it is absorbing and it only take 4 or 5 swirls with the brush to load. TGIF...getting ready for the weekend!

 

Friday, Jan. 8, 2016
Hot shower
Proraso Preshave
RazoRock Plissoft
MWF
Barbasol Floating Head w/Gillette Silver Blue (3)
W, X1, X2, touch up
Cold rinse, cold towel, witch hazel, tourniquet, Nivea Cooling Post Shave Balm

Well, maybe it wasn't the soap. I switched back to the MWF. While not as bad as yesterday, it was still really bad. My wife had the audacity to ask, "Could it be your technique?" Muggle.

 

Hello everyone. Today marks the day of my first encounter with the infamous R41.




- RazoRock Mudder Focker
- Semogue 1460
- Mühle R41/EJ handle
- Polsilver SI (#5)
- Floid Vigoroso AS

After yesterday's fantastic shave with the Merkur Futur I did not actually HAVE to shave today, but I decided to go above and beyond duty just to serve this forum and its members.

I used an EJ handle because for me it has the perfect lenght and is nicely balanced when paired with a Mühle head. Loaded the R41 with yesterday's blade, whipped up some nice lather from one of my favorite soaps and went to work. I couldn't feel much stubble this morning so I did not expect a lot of reduction from the first pass WTG, but boy was I wrong. From the moment the razor touched my face I recognized: this is something else. There was actually quite a bit of resistance when I started the first stroke, as if the blade got stuck in the hair. I never touched a straight razor but I imagine this might feel pretty similar. Light touch -- light touch -- light touch! That's what I constantly reminded myself of.

After the first few strokes I think I got the angle right (pretty close to riding the cap) and it actually became a very smooth and pleasant first pass. There is quite a lot of audible feedback (though different from the Futur) and you can always feel the blade. Reduction was very nice for a WTG pass and I think the razor might be pretty aggressive but can be tamed easily.

With the second pass I decided to go ATG, and here it became a little rough and tugging. Probably caused by the blade though - I guess I'll try a new one tomorrow. I still managed to finish the shave without any nicks, cuts or scrapes. Though it was not as close as yesterday's shave with the Futur (to be fair - I did a 3-pass-shave with the Merkur and just 2 passes with the R41). About 50% BBS, the rest DFS.

Initially the R41 did not impress me as much as the Futur did. It is a very good razor and it gives you a nice and close shave, but at the same time it's less relaxed, more arduous - you have to work harder. I'll use the R41 again tomorrow with a different blade to see if that makes any difference.

The Aftershave kept very quiet - but I discovered that Floid is not for me. Far too much menthol. It's not that I don't like menthol ... I detest it So cold it almost hurt. Which is a pity, because the Vigoroso smells nice and seems to provide good skincare.

 

Here's my verdict on the Williams soap: It worked well enough with my new Omega 49 brush so it'll go back into my rotation, but I probably won't use it too often. I noticed a lack of blade glide, but what can you expect from such a cheap soap? At least I got a good, smooth shave!

 

eBarberShop "O" clone injector razor
Pesonna blade
SRE synthetic brush
Dr. Selby 3X SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Pinaud Lime Sec w/added menthol

Very very nice shave this a.m. The "O" clone is a good injector, for me anyway. It shaves smoothly and comfortably. The Shave Revolution Evolution brush is fantastic! Love the way it feels and works. So I would give this mornings shave an A and I'm ready to go. Now go enjoy your day folks

 

Awesome photo!

 

SOTD
January 8,2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Super-Max Titanium
Lather: Monsavon Bol à Raser
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Avon Wild Country
This was a strange shave, I've been dealing with a pulled rib on my left side for a couple of days. I hadn't shaved in 2-3 days? I did one pass and had to go sit down on my bed as my side is killing me, got up and did another, and finally the last pass. Avon Wild Country is nice stuff! It reminds me of Clubman, maybe a little sweeter, Nicer. I need to shave my head so bad. Maybe I'll do that later..
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

Sorry to hear that, Kerry. I hope you'll be better soon

 

@RaZorBurn123 how are the super max blades? I have been thinking of trying them due to there cheap price tag. The wild country sure is pretty looking.

 

Kerry I hope you are feeling better soon.

 

I hope your side will let you get that head shave in! If I go more than about 3 days without shaving mine, the "pricklies" start driving me crazy!