Saturday Shave: I received a present, a slice from a brick of Cella. Last night I test lathered it so I had some practice before my first shave with Cella. To celebrate my first Cella shave I went all Italian from the razor to the strop to the soap to the brush to pre shave to AS and even perfume. This is some good performing stuff, slick and plenty of cushion. Today's razor is Mastro Livi on its second shave after a touch up on a Zulu Grey. I have not mastered using the Zulu but I go luck with this razor and the edge was very smooth and very sharp. I thought for sure it was an epic shave but a tiny tickle from the alum and one tiny weeper left with just an outstanding shave. Irritation A Closeness A+ Smoothness A+ Sharpness A+ Razor: Mastro Livi Strop: Mastro Livi Brush: Semogue boar Pre: Proraso Soap: Cella AS: Proraso Scent: AdP Essensa
I know you’re happy that it’s over. I hope you have a restful weekend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sending good thoughts your way. Hopefully the steroid injections can help out, at least enough to keep you movin' (without too much pain)! From what I've heard anyway, a hip replacement is "better" than a knee replacement, in regards to recovery time. For your sake, I hope that holds true!
OCtober 14, 2017 Wolf Whiskers TGN Finest La Savionniere Du Moulin Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Ti Polsilver Super Iridium Fine Fresh Vetiver Tom Ford Grey Vetiver
OCtober14, 2017 Wolfman OC Ti (0.74mm) Feather Shavemac LE with DO1 2 Band Flat Top Reef Point Test Depth Witch Hazel with Menthol Cool Water EDT The Shavemac Flat Top loaded the Test Depth easily and whipped up a mountain of rich slick lather. I am really impressed with the performance of the Reef Point Tallow based soaps. I have found them to be easy to load and lather with wonderful slickness. I went with a 2 pass shave, XTG followed by ATG. After touch ups along the jaw line and an additional pass on my lower right neck, I easily caught the baby. Better yet the shave was the smoothest shave I have had this month. I hope everyone has a great Saturday.
Today was an A+ shave all around, to borrow a term from @Keithmax This is my favorite vintage gear. The brush is still a great face latherer. Tabac Shave Stick Culmak SM2 Brush Wade and Butcher Celebrated Razor Lucky Tiger Pitrulon Classic After Shave Have a great weekend!
OCtober 14th Gillette NEW LC w Feather (1) TSE Beach Bum TGN Synthetic Thayers TFS Mastro Miche Thanks to a trade with a fellow 30 DC'er, I have a few new soaps and aftershaves to try. Used the Beach Bum this morning. This is my first soap by this maker. Got a good lather, and the scent is different from my usuals. A really nice shave this morning, and the Feather felt smooth in this NEW. Not sure of matching the Mastro Miche. It is an AS that doesn't seem to have a wide range of appropriate scent matches. I am going to the lake today, and will be winterizing the RV this weekend. Our local golf courses are closing this weekend as well. Fall is definitely here. Have a great day all!
I thought that was the "epic shave" you always pursue. But, exactly, Grail Shave is user defined. I like the Fatip/Joris geometry for the same reason as you.
Great shave this morning! It’s Saturday, so the first pass was with the straight. More whisker reduction than normal, and a couple of small weepers. I’ll take it! Finished up with the Slim loaded with a Treet carbon steel. The alum let me know I’d used the straight by providing some mild burning as feedback, but nothing worse than what I experienced when I was first learning to DE shave. Compared Viking Ragnar to Stirling Sharp Dressed Man soaps (both crafted after Creed Aventus). Honestly, without nitpicking about silly minutia, I have no complaints from either one.
Great photo Jason. The TSE soap looks very interesting. I am looking forward to your opinion on its performance as you continue to use the soap.
Razor: Blackbird OC Delta Echo Razor Finish Blade: Personna Tungsten 74 (5) Brush: 30 Day Crew w/ LS 2 Band Soap: Cold River Soap Works Jeff's Soap A/S: Folsom & Co. Shambala A very close comfortable shave today as I have had with these products for a week.
14 OCtober 2017 Taylor Of Old Bond Street, the Jermyn Street Collection w/RazoRock "The Disruptor" 22mm Synthetic (Dark Horn version) PAA DOC w/a Rockwell Blade Followed by a Splash of PAA Creosote Aftershave All on top of my October shave towel.
