SoS: January 18, 2016 - January 24, 2016

@Number six What a beautiful photo and how elegant your setup is!

 

Thursday morning with my PAL injector. An easy 2 pass shave, nice and smooth. Have a great day everyone!

 

SOTD
January 21, 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Mongoose B3 Dr. Bomber Handle
Blade: Feather Professional
Lather: Stirling Executive Man
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man
Fantastic shave. Executive man is the best!! Right behind MITA
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

@Redfisher your brush and razor sure look sharp together!

 

What a lovley setup Kerry!

 

Thank you.

 

SOTD 1/20/16
Prep: Hot Shower/ Nivea Sensitive Face Wash
Pre-Shave: PAA Ice Pre Shave Soap
Soap: Soap Commander Vision
Brush: Semogue OC Boar
Razor/ Blade: Vintage Gillete (not sure actually)/ Elios Blade (1)
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Post-Shave: Soap Commander Vision Balm
Aftershave Splash: Aqua Velva
I only have a handful of my shaving gear with me so far. The rest I shipped here and should be receiving in a few days. Yesterday was a little warmer (30s), so I decided to go with something slightly cooling. Soap Commander Vision has mint in it so it is cooling, but no face freezing. I actually enjoy it because it is refreshing, but can still be used in the Winter. My Krampert's Finest Frostbite on the other hand is face freezing. It worked very well and smelled good. Semogue OC Boar is breaking in nicely. Vintage Gillette was very mild, like a superspeed. Personally, I hate Elios blades. They are sharp, but not smooth and way overpriced in my mind. Soap Commander Vision balm has all the great qualities of SC regular balm, with a light minty scent. I can see it going with pretty much anything. Overall it was a good shave. Not the closest, but still very good.

 

SOTD Thur, 4th day on Ted Pella blade. Did a little different this morn. With canned lather, shave oil, and normal prep, I started from apple with AGT up to bottom of ear, cross cheek to ear. same thing on other side(1st pass). 2nd pass was a thin layer of lather and using Lady J1, she did her magic again, ending in a near BBS. Tomorrow should be the last shave on this blade, but only time will tell. I could not be pleased more! The cost per shave is going down with each shave. Hope everybody realizes that I`m basically looking at the performance of the blades. Soaps, oil and other prep items are of secondary concern, individual choice is of course a factor to consider. Personally , I like cheap, but I will return to my regular routine after this test.
Five shaves for a quarter ain`t bad, not counting the prep items. It`s sure going to be nice to pamper myself again and really enjoy my new hobby.

Please everyone, enjoy your daily shave as much as possible, Bill
BTW... The Blade still feels smooth.

 

Nice write up @billdog2

 

Razor: Gillette Black Handle Flare Tip (P1) 1970
Blade: Feather Hi Stainless (1)
Brush: Ever-Ready 100T 1950's Boar
Soap: Route 66 Bourbon Jungle
A:S Fine Platinum
Excellent 3 pass shave today. This is not a very aggressive razor, but performs very well when the right angles are used.

 

Frosty!

 

Nice photo. Great looking vase also.

 

Excellent colour combination.

 

Beautiful photo.

 

Thanks , appreciate the kind words. Enjoy every minute of your daily ritual at the looking glass (ha ha).

Bill

 

That I do, Jeff.

 

Great looking shaving gear. Brush looks good.

 

Another amazing picture.

 

Excellent looking brush.