SoS: January 18, 2016 - January 24, 2016

You know they don't cost all that much so when you finish with your sabbatical you might want to give it a try. I'm pretty happy, any razor that does BBS on the first shave works for me! Plus it is very different from anything else I have! After I use it a bit I'll send it over and you can see what you think.

 

January 20

Gillette Flare Tip Super Speed (Z3)
Feather (1)
Kent BK8 silvertip badger
Route 66 Lumberjack soap
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Floid Vigoroso

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

I'm beggin., borrowin, and well......, to get one of those fine hone razors. truly awesome.

 

I like mine. I think it's grow though. every time I pick it up, seems like it's larger. it's a great shaver.

 

great looking finish.
yep, Gary always talked them up as his standard.

 

+1

 

SHAVE OF the day


Prep: shower/ musgo real classic
Razor: 1953 Gillette tech
Blade: Gillette nacet (5th shave)
Brush: RazoRock plissoft
Soap: Maggard Tobacco & leather
Post: Reef Point Dragons Blood Balm


Had a great 2 pass shave today. The Maggard soap make a great lather and has one of the best leather soap scents I have come across. The shave went well, and the slickness from the soap added to the end result. Finished off with Dragons Blood balm. Reef Point make one of my favorite balms. They have a nice menthol cooling effect and a list of other good sKincare properties. Very good stuff. Hope every one had a great shave!

 

Thank u my friend!

Thanks!

Toby's work to me is top notch. Currently they r all I'm using. Best bang for the buck in my opinion right now.

 

Wednesday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Proraso Green Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #37 Synthetic
Eversharp-Schick G1
Personna
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

The Proraso Green Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #37 Synthetic brush. Two passes with my Eversharp-Schick G1 razor and a Personna Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Aqua Velva Ice Blue after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Less of a freeze for Wednesday morning:

Stirling Pre-Shave Soap
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Astra day 3
Mickey Lee Paradise Frost SS
Folsom & Company Shambala AS

Our damned weather has become brutally cold with strong winds and quite a bit of snow so I'll be skimping on the menthol, at least for this shave. This Paradise Frost soap smells absolutely gorgeous and its lather is very easy to work up. The menthol effect is scanty, but it's still there and so is the skincare. The Shambala aftershave's scent is also lovely, it has great longevity, and there's also quite a bit of menthol cooling to this stuff - these two products are both from Italian Barber and I'm so happy I bought them. How can I forget my Stirling pre-shave soap which cleans and prepares my skin so well?

 

Thank you.

 

Planned Shave for 1/20.

Prep-Dove Care+ Men-Clean&Comfort(in shower)
Shave-Gillette Foamy Barbershop Fresh
Razor-Gillette Sensor 2 Pivot +DisposeABLE
A.S.-Clubman Country Club

 

That's a great picture on that Folsom. That's right, Jeff, we can't forget that good ol' Stirlin' .

 

Jeff your descriptions are always so colorful. It's fun to read your posts.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Thanks to you as well. I try hard to describe them as best as I can.

 

let me get in on that, too, Roby .

 

Jeff, speaking of Stirlin, that soap of theirs looks quite like those in the Manhands collection.

 

Despite the call of some alluring injectors I continued with my run of non-injector SEs. One of my favorites has been the French Louis hoe. It had been way too long. Cutting to the chase, the result was baby smooth skin. But something was off. It felt like a rough shave and the alum block was screaming at me. Maybe it was the new blade, maybe it was that it is a different razor on 2+ days of growth, maybe the lather wasn't up to snuff, maybe I was going with too much angle too often. Whatever it was, it was not fun - despite the fantastic reduction and result. C'est la vie!

T&H Ultimate Comfort PSO
Bio Palmyra Shave Cream
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Rasoir Louis
GEM SS PTFE (1) with one and a half spine shim
Osma Alum Block
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving everyone - Karl

 

Wednesday Planned SOTD



Razor: Gem G- Bar
Blade Gem PTFE SS (D9)
Brush: Vie-Long 75th Anniversary LE Two Band
Bowl: Wedgwood China Pedestal Bowl 4 ½”
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Balm: Myrsol Emulsion
Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Fougere Aromatique
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Penhaligon`s English Fern
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