SOS: June 2018

Excellent Joseph.

 

Rockwell 6c R6 & Kai SS #3
Semogue 1305 Boar
GD Basique
Humphreys Alcoholado Maravilla
Jay Z Gold A/S splash
Jay Z Gold edt



An excellent morning shave. A smooth 3 pass affair that left me clean and ready to go. Not to mention smelling like a million bucks $$$! Have a great day and wonderful shaves Gents....​

 

Good setup and picture Gus.
Where did you get that A/S?

 

Thank you Marine. Sending you good vibes.

 

Awesome picture, Roby!

 

I believe the pivoting mechanism is designed wrong. This morning , I got all lathered up and the very first Stroke on a flat cheek cut a long streak about 1/2 way down. I put it down and finished up with my Gillette Guard. Totally free from any anomalies. The Focus Dynamic will be on the chopping block very soon. I`ve been wet shaving for over 60 years. Never met anything like this. Been trying for months to use it, but to no avail. Thank you for your concern, Bill

 

16.06.18

Grapeseed Shaving Oil with additional EO's
Plissoft Brush
TOBS Grapefruit SC
Schick Type L with Japanese Schick Injector II blade
Alum
Witch Hazel lotion
Nivea 2 Phase AS
Rosewater
L'Occitane Verbena EDT

I am not that enamored with the Nivea AS ...

 

"Quitters never win, and winners never quite".

 

Saturday June 16, 2018

Razor: Gillette Guard
Blade: Gillette SE Guard (2)
Pre shave: DIY
Brush: VDH Badger
Lather: Proraso Red
AS: Mennen afta
Newspaper Date: Sunday May 8, 1945

One stroke with my Focus and a long Slash 1/2 way down my cheek, styptic pencil, relathered, got my SE Guard and finished up with 2 passes, WTG/ATG a little clean up and Voila! A near BBS. Finished with a cold water rinse and some afta. Happy Camper, God Bless.

Bill
P.S. Sorry about the quality of the newspaper pics.

 

Iberia 14
Yaqi Brush
Barrister & Mann Vetyver Santal Shaving Soap
Vitos Pre/Post Shave
Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel

 

Thank you Marine!

 

Wise words on many levels, as for shaving, I've wasted a few blades whilst modifying one for the Gibbs but as you say it's worth the reward.

 

Saturday.
Prep: Hot towel
Pre shave: Prep
Razor: Barbaros TR-1
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra
Brush: 'Papa Chub' (Chubby 3 Manchurian) given the 'Brush Rejuvenator' treatment before use..
Soap: Sir Hare - Drunken Sailor
Post: Cold water rinse / Witch Hazel / Chatillon Lux Santal Auster Post-Shave Salve
Fragrance: PG02 Cozé

firstly, 'Papa Chub' behaved like new after a quick shampoo, bringing the Drunken Sailor to life with ease.. Sir Hare is an extremely underrated soap, that really does deserve a wider audience... having fallen for the GBE, I decided to throw it in the TR-1, and was rewarded with a super smooth shave..... post shave, Santal Auster, and Cozé provided the icing on the cake.. Yeah, CLASSY!!

 

Thanks Jim. Have a great day buddy

 

Thanks Doug. I purchased it through fragrancenet. Really fresh and citrus with a light incense carryover. Just really good for the warm weather. Not very long lasting but an awesome first 90 minutes.....

 

Thank you Doug. This lineup has worked really well for travel.


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•Dollar Tree metal DE and blade
•KMF 4 in 1

Kept the beard, cleaned up the neck. Razor had a slight alignment issue on one side but nothing major and can probably be torqued correct. Corked the blade but even so it was not as smooth as the no-name blades that came with the Big Lots version of this razor. With different blades this should be a fine little shaver.