SOTD September 3, 2016 Pre: Proraso preshave cream Razor: Carbo Magnetic Soap: B&M Unscented Brush: Simpsons Special Post: Witch Hazel / Clinique Post Shave Soother Well once again this Carbo Magnetic provided a fine shave. And the magnetic qualities are making me feel younger every day! The advertisement below says the razor will "...close shave the hardest beard and leave no smarting". And its true...after shaving with it I am no smarter than I was before I used it! And after my three month free trial, I don't think I will return it!
September 3, 2016 Gem 1912 Gem PTFE (1) Romera Olive Wood Synthetic Mystic Water Eucalyptus & Spearmint Witch Hazel Myrsol F/Extra Whipped Shea Butter
Route 66 Sweeney Todd Soap B-400 by Tom Brush Bunny V-3 Chick Blade (1) Lucky Tiger Pinaud Clubman Have a great weekend!
I salute the great region of Scandinavia - my Norwegian Brutalt Bra soap is awesome. I love the mild lavender scent, the rich, easy-to-build lather, the good blade glide, and the moisturizing, comfortable post-shave feeling it gives. The Hega aftershave from Sweden has a very pleasant neutral scent and it feels very comfortable on the skin. This shave was most enjoyable as well as very close!
SOTD: Favorites—or at least some of my favorites—used in today's shave. This restored Solingen-made Böhler-Stahl 5/8 round-point has always impressed me with a keen, smooth edge and nimbleness. Custom-made Oscar11 boar brush and Route 66 blood-orange scented 'Sweeney Todd' soap. Finished with the big chill of Fine 'Snake Bite.' Great Saturday shave…
This belongs over on the Injector thread, but I was reading on another forum that eBarbershop is now selling what is supposed to be a very good clone of the Type O: http://www.ebarbershop.com/ebarbershop-schick-type-injector-razor-handle.html
3 September 2016 * Muhle DE89 + Stork Aristocrat 2 Titanium * Iridium Super * Shavemac D-01 2-Band + Doug Korn Aquamarine Taca * Mystic Water Sandalwood Rose * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Even with the Bunny , you can`t do foolish things that you have learned over the years NOT to do, like try an ATG stroke ahead of time, before you have adequately shaved the proper areas. Don`t do anything out of turn or it will bite you. Or at least ME. Miss Bunny is the best razor I have ever owned. But nothing is perfect (although close). Bill
Gillette Fat Handle Gold Tech with a Lab Blue blade, FS Badger brush, Proraso Green cream and Aqua Velva for a great three pass BBS shave. This is one razor that will not give any irritation at all and provides a very comfortable shave.
Sept. 4/2016 Sat. Razor: Bunny -v3 set on "Mild" Blade: Ted Pella (3) Lather:Nivea Gel A/s Gillette Gel/ Brut Newspaper Date: Dec. 24,1943 (Christmas Eve) Again a fantastic 2 pass shave with Miss Bunny. 1st pass, WTG all the way, no problems, smooth, feeling great. The 2nd pass ATG/WTG/XTG. That was where I put the wrong foot forward, and tried an ATG stroke before properly cleaning most hairs out of the concave area under my chin, and on my chin, got bitten in 2 places, that took a styptic to stop the red stuff (learned my lesson), follow protocol. You may vary from time to time, but be very careful. I actually ended up with a near Dolphin smooth shave, even with the misstep. I love God, Country and Family in that order. I LIKE Miss Bunny. A Happy Camper is me!! I wish all members a wonderful shave today. Bill
Saturday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic Razor: Gillette Slim Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3) Brush: RazoRock/Zenith High Mountain White-24mmx57mm Aftershave: Pitralon Classic WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Stirling MITA today. 20 seconds to load the RR/Zenith HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette Silver Blue in the Slim. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pitralon Classic aftershave. Bob
SOTD: Soap: Derby shave cream-Lemon Razor: Edwin Jagger laser cut 3D DE Blade: rapira Bowl: Edwin Jagger brushed nickel Brush: wolf whiskers custom synthetic with bishop style and rce #15 colorway Aftershave: Pinaud's vanilla Shave Towel: Dallas Cowboys, obviously. "Dak to the future" What a pleasant surprise with this soap. It lathered very easy and had great slickness. I felt the face feel afterwards could be better however. The scent was quite pleasant...a fresh, clean, lemon that was much stronger when whipped into a lather. It did have a bit of an artificial slant to it, though. For the price and the sheer size of the tube, this is a definite winner.
