Happy Birthday Tdmsu!! Monday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Stirling Agar Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb Blade: Vintage Personna 74 Tungsten (Shave #18) Brush: Stirling Boar-24mmx57mm Aftershave: Stirling Agar w/Menthol WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Stirling Agar today. 20 seconds to load the Stirling Boar brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 Tungsten still in the Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Agar aftershave. Bob
April 9, 2018 Colonial Razors The General Feather Pro Super Dorian Crafts Galaxy Two Band Panna Crema Nuavia Blu Barrister and Mann Reserve Cool Brooks Brothers 1818
Schick G5 razor Personna blade WD Synthetic brush Taconic Eucalyptus Mint SC Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe Taconic Eucalyptus Mint A/S Really nice shave today. The above listed items worked really well together and I really like the Taconic SC. Maybe I'll use this set up all week like I did last week. That went well and this week should go well also. Now go enjoy your day folks.
SANDALWOOD SUNDAY NIGHT SHAVE 04/08/2018 * Proraso Sandalwood Pre and Post balm. * TOBS Sandalwood Cream (just amazing slickness,glide,post,scent etc... its got it all!) * MUHLE Travel brush w/synthetic silvertip badger. * SCHICK PLUS PLATINUM Vintage blade on 3rd shave - this blade continues to blow my mind - smooothest DE I have ever used and it really is perfect for the RED TIP - such an easy efficient 3 pass BBS. PEACE, Jamie
Menthol Monday, April 9, 2018 Hot face wash, Gatsby FW 2 hot towels Cremo Cooling Shave Cream (as pre-shave) C. O. Bigelow + 5 drops M-Bomb Razorock Plissoft Gem Jr. w/Gem blade (1) 3 passes, touch up Cold rinse, Stirling Glacial Wintergreen Witch Hazel, Duke Connor Ice Cold AS Balm, Osage Rub OMGosh, what a great shave! I haven't used an SE in years, and this was my first time with the Jr. ("Don't call me 'Junior!'") Close shave in spots that usually end up stubbly with a DE. Now, I did get several nicks. I think that's to be expected for a first-time use. I'll have to wait a bit to see if any redness pops up. I think I'm going to use this setup all week to see if I can get a handle on it. The Gem blades are all I can get around here. What SE blades do you all recommend?
The GEM stainless blades are excellent. Some folks enjoy the carbon steel blades, but I found they didn't work well for me. GEM blades are just fine.
As soon as I had a decent shave, my RAD kicked in: "There are a couple nice looking SEs at the local antique store. Hmmm.... I hope they're still there when I'm back to work...."
Monday April 9,2018 Razor: Personna Floating Head Blade: Gillette Twinjector (11) Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Brush: VDH Badger Lather: Prorasor Green AS: Mennen Afta Newspaper Date: Dec. 24,1943 Back to my favorite set up. An easy 2 pass shave, WTG/ATG with a almost no clean up, Super smooth, clean and close. A cold water rinse, topped off with a liberal amount of Mennen Afta, for an excellent BBS shave. Feel like a million bucks. God Bless. Bill
