December 19 Muhle R41/Big Bomber SS Sputnik (3) Simpson Chubby 2 Super SC Love Alum, Thayers WH, USB, Blood on Steel
SOTD DEcember 19th Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap RazoRock Mamba .70 Pol Silver SI(8) Wild West Brushworks "Invasion" (24mm, Firgate class) Stirling Hot Apple Cider IB Amici AS
DEcember 19th SOTD British Aristocrat Jr w Polsilver (4) First Canadian Maximo Gomez SS Stirling Finest Fan/Maple Thayers Jeeves Tobacco Bay Leaf AS Have a great day all!
Supply V1 razor Personna blade Maison Lambert Silver Tip brush Williams SS (modern) Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe Pinaud Clubman A/S Shave #2 with the Supply and it went well, better than yesterday and yesterday was pretty good. A little more practice needed but it's going well. Now go enjoy your day folks.
34 Gillette Aristocrat Simpson 59 - Best Badger Saponificio Varesino - Dolomiti Soap and AS Balm Seems to be tops of my list for now but we'll see as the day gets closer....
Cold Water Shave Custom Lather Bowl Lowborn Supply Silvertip Badger Texaus Shaving Soap Rockwell Gunmetal 6C, plate 4 Polsilver SI (1) Texaus Aftershave Almost effortless BBS shave today, even on my neck! Every single item used in the shave today is just part of the gift package from a most profoundly generous friend that went far above and beyond in embodying the very nature of paying it forward. The world needs more souls like his. Music today provided by: Pink Floyd ~ Ummagumma, 1969
BBS-1(#19)/Stork :: Semogue :: Wickham 1912/Citrus Musk :: Pitralon Classic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Well tried out the Dominica Bay Rum soap and have to say it is one thirsty soap. Started out with a damp brush, two shakes instead of my normal 3 then to the puck for a count of 10 then to the Blackship Grooming bowl. Found out right away this bowl too small and transferred over to my symmetrical pottery bowl which is 6 or 6.5 inches wide and as you can see the lather filled up this bowl. Lather came out airy, not the yogurt thickness that I like but surprisingly the shave was pretty slick with the '34 Aristocrat. I slowly added more water and whipped up lather again, and lather thickened up but still on the airy side as seen in the 2nd pic. So lather was not a problem but need to work on the water ratio. Again slick during the shave and post shave and not sure if from the soap or combination of my homemade preshave oil and the soap. Best way to summarize this, reminds me of how I started out five years ago with Mitchell's Wool fat and Stirling Soaps. Heck of a time at first as both were too airy and found out they are water hogs which I had to gradually add water, swirl a bit, add more water, repeat. Took me 3-4 tries with two mentioned above before I nailed down the ratio and I think this Dominica Bay Rum will take the same approach. Hopes this help you out Joseph Lathered up for the first pass. Little to airy for my liking but was still slick for first pass Added a little more water x2, lather thicken up and filled the 6" inch bowl once more. Still slick as a whistle
This was only the second shave with this lovely black handled Canadian E3 - even though I’ve had it since September 2015. Glad it got back into action - very nice, smooth, easy, close shave. Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender T&H Wellington Super Badger Canadian E3 Schick (2) AOS Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
I still mulling that over but I'm leaning toward using my Brit #70 because I tend to gravitate toward shiny objects. One thing is for certain. I will use my Xmas tree aroma soap.
Thursday SOTD Razor: Jurgen Hempel Jarwin Blade: Super Iridium (D5) Brush: Declaration Brushworks Washington 25mm Scuttle: Yoresh Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Unscented V35 Shave Cream: Xpec Post: Xpec ASB Aftershave: Penhaligon`s Sartorial
Good looking set up Andrew. Real quick, what are your initial impressions so far with the V2 .70 Mamba as compared to the V1 .53 original? As smooth as the first one? Better efficiency on first and subsequent passes? I've been fighting back Temptation wave after wave for the past week. I'm holding my ground but, I can feel the Ramparts starting to break. It's just a matter of time. I can feel it. The tide can swing in an instant though, a yay or nay will suffice from you.
The Thursday Issue-finishing off the set of: prep-Dove 4 Men Bodywash(Hydration Balance)-in shower shave-Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber soap brush*-Stoylin "li'l brudder" synthetic razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE A.S.-Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber splash *-as is always the case, I never do two shaves in a row with the same brush.
Noble Otter is one of the "Texas Big 3" I'm looking into for 2019. Well, I already have Grandpa's Barbershop(Central Texas Soaps). How do you like the Texaus?
It will be warm-ish here Friday and Saturday. I've already switched my aftershaves for those days, in that respect. You know me, with weather&shaving! Off to the gym in a bit.
Shaving cream: Art of Shaving Bergamot Neroli Brush: Vie Long Epsilon GC13900/3 horsehair Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89L Blade: Gillette Platinum Aftershave Balm: Nivea Men Sensitive The perfect shave - very close, very comfortable, completely irritation and nick-free, and still baby bottom smooth hours later. I have my ne plus ultra shaving combination dialed in.
Thanks for the report, Guy. That lather does look really airy...just like mine did when I first tried the soap. When I get my new puck, I am going to treat it like a shave stick and rub the puck directly on my face. I'll report back. It does smell awesome, doesn't it?
