Good Morning Everyone SOTD 04/14/18 Trac II Handle (unknown brand) Dollar General Cart. (7) E-Shave Badger TCD White Birch & Tobacco Shave Butter Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block Stetson Black ASB W/Aloe Have A Great Day!
April 14, 2018 Oxford Razor Handle with unknown head Feather Oxford brush with TGN Finest AOS Ocean Kelp Shave Cream Fine Platinum
Saturday Straights Shave Proraso Pre Shave Jeff's Soap Jayaruh #268 J.A. Henckels 5/8 CWR Thayer's Lemon WH Pinaud Clubman I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. Jeff's Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #268 synthetic horse brush. I did two passes with the J.A. Henckels 5/8 Straight Razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
This shave was so much fun as well as BBS. The Green Fields soap is so full of peppermint that its delicious scent fills the bathroom while you're lathering up and shaving - not only that, it so cooling that you'd think it was a menthol soap. The Lucky Tiger balm and the Aqua Velva were a perfect finish! Enjoy your shaves and have a great Saturday!
Thank. you Gus. My wife gave me the razor and brush as a Christmas gift. I think she did a great job.
Pre: Warm water face wash Brush: WDC-8, Maseto 24mm 2BF Soap: TOBS Jermyn St. Razor: Gillette Old Type (1918) Blade: Gillette Platinum Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Alphy & Bess ASB It's been a while since I've used a DE and this very efficient little piece of hardware was a good choice. I was fortunate enough to try NOS Gillette Platinum Plus blades and bought these modern Gillettes because of the word "Platinum". I don't know what "Plus" meant in the old blades but these blades are lacking whatever it was. I've tried worse blades but there are many better ones out there. I really like the A&B balm, not greasy, leaves the skin both soft and toned, and the scent is a good companion to the Jermyn St. soap. Have a great weekend everyone.
Sweet, matched combo that! 14 April 2018 Very satisfying shave to end my week. Speick cream is a delight in scent, performance and post shave feel. I'll be giving the slant a rest and switching over to the Fatip next week as I work my way through my 5 blade rotation. Cream: Speick Brush: Semogue 620 Bowl: Dollar Tree salsa Razor: RazoRock German 37 slant Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (3) Aftershave: Pinaud VIBR
Sat. 4/14/18 Good morning friends. Excellent three pass shave this morning with the PAL Injecto-Matic. Marvelous, freezing cold lather from the Stirling Glacial Mita. I am smooth and refreshed. Enjoy your day friends. ☺️
It was a smooth two pass shave this morning with my Morley and Sons razor. The Jayaruh #221 brush, Stirling bay rum soap and Aqua Velva aftershave also did their part for a great shave.
April 14, 2018 Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Ti Gillette Silver Blue Envy Shave Eight Ball with White Two Band CRSW Juniper Soap and AS ADP Blu Mediterraneo Ginepro Di Sardegna
Unconditional Saturday Superb shave in every way. Rating: 5 / 5 Razor: Rockwell 6s R6 Blade: Astra SP Brush: Brothers Bristles Silver Surfer Lather: L&L US Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender Splash Additional Care: Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender Salve
Saturday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb Blade: Vintage Personna 74 Tungsten (Shave #23) Brush: John’s Brushes Silvertip-22mmx48mm Aftershave: Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber today. 20 seconds to load the John’s Brushes Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 Tungsten still in the Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber aftershave. Bob
Good Sir: In the name of scientific research and to satisfy an inquiring mind, are you able to provide a description of sensations as you move through the 'life cycle' of a 74? i.e. - Many can comment that Feathers feel a little smoother on day 2 than day 1. Or various descriptions of the indicators that the end is near. Best regards .
All the shaves are remarkably similar until I get close to my 30 shave cut-off. The last few are still excellent shaves, but there is some dulling but still no tugging. As always, YMMV.
