SoS: January 25, 2016 - January 31, 2016

Tuesday shave to start the day

EJ89 head - ikon oss handle
Astra SP blade
TOBS grapefruit
Maggard synthetic 24mm brush
RazoRock Don Donato aftershave

Hope you all have an enjoyable shave and a great day !

 

SOTD
January 26, 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Noxzema
Razor: Gillette Super Speed 1953 Y2
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: La Toja
Brush: Maggard Razors 24mm Synthetic Marble Handle
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Clubman Vanilla
Great shave.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

Clint beautiful photo and lovely gear!

 

I really enjoyed this shave with the Razorock One-X soap - it's a hell of a latherer. Although it says that there's menthol, I felt no cooling at all but I don't care because it's wonderful stuff. The matching aftershave smells just as delightful and it contains enough menthol to give some cooling. A brilliant BBS shave!

 

SOTD January 26, 2016

Noxema preshave cream
Gillette Heavy Tech / Astra SP
Omega / TOBS Natural
WH / Shea butter / Nivea Sensitive ASB
Solid shave this morning with a nice combination of products. Can't be beat!

 

1/26/16
I shifted my shave just a bit from my posted picture. I used Ogallala Bay Rum instead of Old Spice. But, the Blackbird delivered again! 2 passes over a slick and shiny and sort of wet lather and I have another near BBS shave. This was the 10th shave on the Persona Lab Blue blade and it felt nearly as smooth and sharp as a virgin blade!

 

SOTD TUE. 1/26/16
PRE SHAVE CLEANSER: BURT'S BEES CHAMOMILE AND SOAP BARK
PRE SHAVE OIL: SHAVE SECRET
SHAVE SOAP: CHISELED FACE CRYOGEN
SHAVE BRUSH: @Jayaruh #12
RAZOR: 1959 E1 FAT BOY
BLADE: GSB

AFTER SHAVE BALM: VASELINE COOLING HYDRATING LOTION

SOAP: GRANDPA'S PINE TAR SOAP
COLOGNE: LAPIDUS BY: TED LAPIDUS

GOOD MORNING GUYS. FIRST SHAVE WITH CRYOGEN AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS STUFF IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. HALF WAY THROUGH MY FIRST PASS MY LEFT EYE TEARED UP AND THEN BEGAN TO CRY. EVERY SUBSEQUENT PASS WAS COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE. IT WAS AWESOME, I FELT LIKE I WAS STANDING IN MY BOXER BRIEFS SHAVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A FROZEN TUNDRA! MY FACE WAS NUMB FOR 20 MINUTES AFTER THE SHAVE WAS DONE. IT'S SURPRISINGLY MOISTURIZING AND SLICK AS CAN BE. FACE LATHERED WITH MY LOVELY @Jayaruh #12. HAVE A GREAT SHAVE AND A GREAT DAY FOLKS.

 

Thank you.

 

Nice write up Roby. Nice photo of that fatboy too!

 

Hello TSD My shave today:



Day 2 of my Futur/Progess comparison. This time I used the Progress on setting 4 (5 is maximum, the Futur has a 6 setting).

The Mühle Synthetic brush lathered the Stirling soap effortlessly. A good amount of slick, creamy lather, more than enough for my shave. I'm beginning to like this brush, but I still think the WD synthetic is better. The smaller Mühle will make a really nice travel brush though - I'll just have to buy one of those handy travel tubes.

The Progress set on 4 did a great job today. Very pleasant, very gentle and at the same time very close shave. Seems as if I prefer the upper end of the scale with my Adjustables - provided that it's loaded with the appropriate blade. The GSB is still going strong - good for a few more shaves. I still prefer the overall feel of the Futur though.

Two passes, as usual, WTG and A/XTG, a bit of cleanup along the jawline. Nice BBS shave today, no irritations, almost no Aftershave burn. Straight A

 

Terrific photo!

 

@Jim99 What a frozen BBS!

 

Don't you just LOVE that Maggard brush, i had never used a synthetic before and it instantly has become one of my favorites

 

Awesome photo!

 

Tuesday:
hot shower w/Mistral Marzipan bar soap
Somersets Tough Stubble PSO
Schick Adjustable (6) 3 passes
Schick (5)
StrongSet boar
TOBS Eton College cream in a warm bowl
Thayer's unscented w/aloe
TOBS Eton College A/S

An absolutely excellent shave this morning! Not to mention I always feel smarter when I use Eton College. Come to think of it, considering how much I've spent in the last few years on shaving stuff, I'm thinking maybe I should have applied for a student loan.

 

Great photo!

 

John your razor is just too Great photo.

 

Your tolerance for menthol is probably somewhat beyond most others us mortals, though, isn't it Hadn't heard of the soap before btw.

 

Ming Shi razor
Astra SP blade
WD Synthetic brush
Cade SS
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Colorado Sage cologne

Busy day planned and need to look spiffy. And I do. Look good, feel good, smell wonderful and I'm ready to go. Now go enjoy your day folks

 

Tabac Tuesday January 26th...............

Tabac stick face lathered w/Duke 2 best
Schick G1 Injector w/Schick blade (2)
Witch hazel followed by Nivea Cooling ASB finishing w/Clubman Vanilla

2-passes w/some touch-up for a DFS!