SoS: February 20, 2017 - February 26, 2017

Very nice photo my friend

 

Day 2 of 30 days of straights

Today's shave was much better than yesterday's shave. It is still nowhere near where it need to be, but there was improvement. I still have a lot of roughness all over my face and neck, and I may need to grow a goatee beard if I keep shaving with a straight, but at least I only had 2 small nicks today. The roughness is equivelant to only doing one pass with a DE. Psychologically speaking, there is a lot of self-imposed intimidation when the blade approaches my neck. All in all, I can see an improvement.

MDC Face Lathered
30mm High Mountain White set an extra 10mm deep
3 passes, all with the grain
6/8 round toe straight

 

Very nice Aristocrat..............

 

That's as classic as it gets...........

 

Can

 

Friday 24 February 2017

Soap/Cream: Proraso Green cream
Brush: Semogue 620
Razor: Fatip Grande
Blade: Feather (2)
After shave: Proraso Green splash

 

Friday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Maggard London Barbershop
Razor: Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Vintage 70’s Gillette “Spoiler” Super Stainless (7)
Brush: oscar11/TGN 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Stirling Barbershop w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Maggard London Barbershop today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 2-Band Finest. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Gillette “Spoiler” SS still in the Gillette Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Stirling Barbershop w/Menthol aftershave.

Bob

 

Giessen & Forsthoff
Polsilver Super Iridium
Jan Zoethout custom synthetic
Haslinger Honig
Figaro EdT Gel

Took half a day of work.
So plenty of time to start the weekend in a good way.

A very smooth face without effort.

 

Nice photo!

 

Friday February 24, 2017
Simpson Duke 3 in Best
I Coloniali soap
Timeless OC .68 with Iridium blade (3)
Pinuad Clubman After Shave
Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver EDP

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SOTD: Happy Friday!
• Vintage Wade & Butcher 7/8"
• Crowne & Crane 'Thuringian Forest' soap
• Lijun 30mm silvertip brush
• TSD 'Iced Jasmine' mentholated aftershave splash.
Three passes with this big ol' Sheffield blade. Near-perfect results.

 

Brrrrrrrrrr-cold and beautiful as well as BBS after this great shave with the Glacial Spearmint soap. The matching balm and the Snake Bite splash froze me more!

 

24 February 2017

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* WSP Manchurian + Doug Korn Amber Taca
* Cold River Le Chypre Sombre
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Iwasaki
Oscar11 Boar Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving soap
As the Brush Turns Pirate's Bay Rum

 

Friday, February 24

Stirling SDM~~Stirling Finest Badger~~'55 A1 Gillette President~~Polsilver SI (4)~~YSL Pour Homme EdT
Took a one day respite from the breaking-in of my SOC Boar to give my raffle prize a whirl.
Super-soft tips; solid and somewhat surprisingly heavy handle, but a great size; wonderful brush.
Had to perform a few hand lathers to rid the knot of some brownish Badger goo. First experience with that!
Terrific brush and I am pleased to add it to my gear rotation.
Have a great day!
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Joseph, that Stirling brush is beautiful!

 

Pal Adjustable razor
Personna blade
Satin Tip The Purist brush
Cade SS
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Colorado Sage Cologne

Well, I smell great. That's the positive. The rest is kinda MEH. Another mediocre shave from the Pal and the Cade SS smells great but only works so-so for me. So, I'm kinda ready to go. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

While the outside and top inner rim is glazed, the textured inner surface is not. Designed as a tool to grind nuts and spices in a Japanese kitchen, they are available in a range of sizes.
Using one for around a year, I've not noticed any undue wear and tear on my brushes. Unlike the classic mug shape I don't bang my handles because of the more open shape. I'll get back to you in twenty years for an update?

 

Sounds like a plan.
If everything is fine after 20 years i'll have to get one too.

 

Thank you Robert. It's relieving itself of a few hairs per usage. I am hoping that issues stops soon.