SoS: January 18, 2016 - January 24, 2016

Thank u Douglas!

 

@Boojum1 What a beautiful razor and brush combo!

 

Lance what a pretty photo! The colors are so nice.

 

Thor's Day: Day 11 of my second round of blade trials

Prep: Hot Shower, Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Brush: @Jayaruh Cholula Travel Badger
Lather: Ginger's Garden Oakmoss soap
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Crystal (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water rinse, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Captain's Choice Cat o' Nine Tails aftershave splash
Cologne: Gigember Estragone by Dr. Vranjes

Day 2 with the Crystal had some good, and some bad. The good: in the 41c and with a day's use under its metaphorical belt, the Crystal was smoother today. I came as close to BBS as I get without an ATG pass. The bad: 'smoother' does not mean 'irritation-free,' and came with a small weeper on my throat. Additionally, I needed to reload the brush twice to get sufficient lather to complete 3 passes, for some reason.

 

Thank u my friend!

 

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Thank you.

 

Marvelous photo and super elegant!

 

Doug
This brush still has badger odor; could be compared to a cat o' nine tails and is floppier than Rubber Man. My face is just as smooth afterwards and I have the extra pleasure of the son-to-father connection.

 

SHAVE OF THE DAY

Prep: shower with RazoRock son of Zeus
PRE shave: Occams crushed lime
Razor: 1953 Gillette Tech
Blade: Gillette nacet (6th shave)
Brush: Ever ready 600
Soap: Derby shaving soap
Post: MLS ITALIAN STALLION

I wasn't planning on shaving this evening, but I found this Derby soap in the back of the den. I haven't used it in a while so I figured I would. The scent may be a bit stronger than Arko, but other than that it seems to be the same soap. Nice thick lather, and the scent doesn't bother me at all. The Nacet needs to be changed soon. Finished the shave with Italian Stallion. MLS aftershaves have an impressive ingredient list, but I decided to add some menthol to make a great aftershave even better. Hope everyone had a great shave!

 

Is Stirling Executive Man available off the TSD Shop site?

 

Thank you sir!

 

Thanks for the kind attention. BTW your 1953 tech is the year I graduated from high school.... it`s beautiful!

Bill

 

Nice setup for a great shave!!

 

Mike and it sure was.

 

I wanted to really like Executive Man. Burnt the heck out of my face. Funny, Sharp Dressed Man had no negative effects.

 

Douglas. I like to remind my friends here at The Den that the brush was a gift from my son, along with the Col. Conk. So, it's a doubly nice set up.

 

Thank you. I love the short handle, it makes it easy to get a close shave.

 

Stirling soap site