SEptember 20 SOTD: Razorock Plissoft Brush TSD Lanolin Barber Shoppe Ever-Ready 1914 Stirling Unscented PSB TSD Floid Blue Type AS
I started a brand-new container of Sharp Dressed Man soap and I enjoyed that beautiful Green Irish Tweed scent so much while I was lathering up -talking about lather, I easily had enough for four passes but three were all I needed for an awesome BBS shave. The Red Delicious aftershave has a nice scent, I must say. Oh, a little shout-out to my mentholated pre-shave soap for the great work it did at cleaning my beard and for giving me a bit of cooling prior to my shave! Wishing everyone a wonderful day, and Shana Tova u Metuka to all the Jewish members here!
Yes. The one in the pic is my first gen. I also have a second gen. Here are their respective albums: First gen: https://imgur.com/a/f4tvX Second gen: https://imgur.com/a/tATlx Comparison: https://imgur.com/a/8YbY1
Both look terrific. I have a handful of razors on my want to buy list, and the Streamline is at the top of the that list.
SOTD SEptember 20, 2017 A Stirling SEptember Blade: Schick Razor: Personna injector Brush: Omega Hi synthetic Lather: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Sharp Dressed Man aftershave WTG, touch-up Nice and enjoyable shave this morning. The Personna injector is quite mild but still effective. Great lather and scent from Sharp Dressed Man. All around pleasant shave. Have a terrific day!
SRD Strop Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap TSD 30DC LE Brush Portland Razor Company Siren Lucky Tiger Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber After Shave Have fun!
For today's shave - an excerpt from today's entry my Soap Review Thread. Sorry for the lack of picture. I was in a rush this morning. Today's contender out of my den is Chiseled Face. I have two scents - Santa Paula and Ghost Town Barber. Santa Paula smells exactly like the orange tree we had in our back yard when I was a kid. It's not really an "orange" scent per-se. It combines the smells of orange rind, orange tree bark, leaves, soil, etc. It smells exactly like I'm 10 again and climbing the orange tree in our backyard. If you didn't have that experience in childhood, I'm not sure what your reaction to the scent will be, but I love it. Ghost Town Barber is a tough one to describe. I didn't like it at first but it has really grown on me as a unique scent. Unfortunately, the name is probably as good a scent description as you are going to get from me. Today I chose Ghost Town Barber. This is a softer soap, so my Thater silvertip loaded up quickly and easily, and made quick work of lathering. I'd say this is a lather is midway between "thick and rich" and "thin and slick". As much as I love the "thick and rich" feeling, I usually end up watering down my soaps a bit to increase slickness, and Chiseled Face hit's the mid spot just right for me. The result was a 3 pass BBS, which required no AS (I forgot to use it), but as of this writing several hours later, I don't feel the need for one. For me, Chiseled Face is a solid keeper with good performance and unique scents. I'd put it about on par with Catie's Bubbles in my den.
Wednesday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Arkadia Soap: Maggard London Barbershop Razor: Gillette Fat Boy Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (Shave #3) Brush: Wild West Brushworks/Elite Manchurian White-24mmx54mm Aftershave: Country Club Sweet Water WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Maggard London Barbershop today. 20 seconds to load the Wildwest/Elite Manchurian White brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Rapira Swedish Supersteel in the Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Country Club Sweet Water aftershave. Bob
Ylang-ylang+yuzu = amazing This was my first use of Eufros, and it certainly lives up to the hype. Very thick and slick lather with an exceptionally smooth post shave feel. The scent is like an older, woody citrus, not as bright as other ylang-ylang I've smelled. My wife thought it smelled old, but I still wanted to try and I'm glad I did. This pairs very nicely with Chatillon Lux YRP - the yuzu note especially helps bring out the citrus accord. Outstanding shave in every way. Prep: Van Yulay PSO Soap: Eufros Ylang-ylang Brush: Wild West Go Green Razor: Rockwell 6sR6 Blade: voskhod AS: Chatillon Lux Yuzu Rose Patchouli
SEptember 20th SOTD Schick I1 w Personna Twin WD HM Badger/Cypress Stirling Barbershop SS Thayers Stirling Spice Balm P&G Old Spice
Schick G4 razor Personna blade VDH/TGN Silver Tip brush TSD Iced Lemon Grass SS Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe TSD 2X Mentholated Lemon Grass A/S Dandy shave from the listed items and my face is happy. Now go enjoy your day folks
For Thursday morning: Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster Super Speed/Astra day 4 Stirling Glacial Eskimo Tuxedo SS Stirling Glacial Unscented AS Balm B&M Arctique AS Splash I love that Sharp Dressed Man scent so much that I want to duplicate the shave I had today, but with a powerful menthol freeze!
