Don't think that I haven't noticed your red magnet lately Bill. BBS is achievable with the SS. Had one this morning. Perhaps it's the blade. Personna Lab Blues are popular, but I was less than impressed with them.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, i have one more shave on that blade, then i move on to my Gillette adjustable black handle for 6 shaves. I have a GSB blade in it that one. I`m trying it for the 1st time. Thanks for the advice. Yeah, that little red thing is always around, it seems. Bill
Planned Day 78 - 90 Day Intro to SR SOTD - 18 March 2016 Whipped Dog "Sight Unseen" 5/8 L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic Route 66 - Lumberjack Alum TSD ISZ AS Splash Pinaud Clubman Have a great weekend!
Razor: Gillette President Y 1, 1953 Blade: Gillette Platinum (5) Brush: WDC-8, The Cub, Brass Handle, Whipped Dog Silvertip Badger. 24/65 Soap: Route 66 Retro Spice A/S: Old Spice Fresh Lime This brush ,"The Cub" is a smaller, lighter version of WDC-6 "The Bear". Along with the Route 66 Retro Spice I whipped up and outstanding lather.
SOTD Route 66 Sweeney Todd Rubberset 400 Bunny V3 Chick blade (1) Thayers Witch Hazel Pitrulon Polar AS Happy Friday!
Friday's shave will be: The Gentleman's Refinery Black Ice shaving cream, Omega boar brush, Feather Artist SS razor w/Feather Professional blade, TOBS Jermyn St aftershave splash.
SOTD - 3/18/16 Prep: Hot shower, Nivea Face wash Brush: Jayaruh #33 horsehair Lather: Ginger's Garden Oakmoss soap Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC Blade: Personna Red Israeli (1) Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (1, 2, 3) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Thayer's Witch Hazel pad, Pinaud Clubman AS splash Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy I grabbed the Ginger's Garden Oakmoss this morning partially to test my apparent mild sensitivity to the Jasmine Oakmoss soap (with clay and mango butter) from our @soapbuddy. I knew I had used it without issue in the past - and that my favorite cologne contains oakmoss - but thought, perhaps, my skin's sensitivities were changing with age. While I didn't get as much lather as I might have otherwise, the Oakmoss performed fine, without any sensitivity issues. As the same general formula causes me no issues, I'm forced to conclude there's some odd combined ingredient interaction at work. The Red Israeli is considerably smoother than either the Croma or the Schick DE, to my sensibilities, though I managed a weeper when I went past where the lather was on my neck and had a couple of hot-spots when the alum hit my face. All in all, a DFS result, neither great nor poor.
