SOS: March 2019

Guy, I found the scent lovely. However I had a lot of trouble lathering it as well at the beginning and strangely enough to me it didn’t seem to be as strongly mentholated as the Spearmint or any of the other Glacials. I bought two of the Lavenders - one I used up and I gave away the other.

 

I agree, I found with some of the older formulas some inconsistency in batches. I only bought one of the Glacial Lavenders but two of the Glacial Spearmints and noticed a difference between the two Spearmints, one stronger than the other and both less as cold as the Lavender. Once I go throw the remaining Glacial Spearmint, I'll try the Glacial Eskimo.

 

The new formulations are absolutely perfect and are they ever frigid. The menthol effect is 100% equal with all of them!

 

Thanks for info. I have the newer formula in Bay Rum and love it.

 

Monday’s Shave

Pre: Cold Water Rinse
Razor: GEM HFT/G-Bar
Blade: PAL Blue Carbon Steel
Brush: Mozingo Brushworks
Lather: Wholly Kaw Fougère Bouquet
Post: Thayer’s Witch Hazel; Speick AS; Aqua Velva 5 in 1 Balm



Today’s music provided by:
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble ~ Archives

 

Enders Speed Razor / Schick Proline

 

Sunday 17th and Monday 18th March



Hotel Liquid Soap
Speick Shaving Stick
Kent Infinity Synthetic Brush
Gillette Guard Single Edge Raxor
Homemade Witch Hazel/Lavender EO
Bart's Lavender Balm
Bart's Lavender AS Oil
Al Rehab U2 Perfume Oil

In London for the weekend seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre so it was a cheap and cheerful shaving recipe as I am renowned for leaving 'stuff' behind in Hotels. Very effective shaves but not much for the 'feel good factor'.
3 passes gave DFS+ results

 

Hybrid Karve CB OC C Plate on Charcoal Goods Brass Stinger 2 / Vokshod PTFE / Grizzly Bay To The Bone / MDC Fougère

Nice shave, I don't use my MDC soaps often solely due to scents, my nose enjoys other vetivers and roses in my den (I have too many roses), no rival Fougère though, great performing soap. Did a little experiment with my plates today, ran the WTG pass with the OC C plate then did half my face ATG with the OC C and then swapped in the SB D plate. Both sides were two pass BBS, both produced same result, nick-free, no burning with the alum, splash felt same both sides and post balm still felt the same. Two takeaways for me were, feel was different, the OC plates have pretty wide spacing compared to some other OC plates leaving a fair bit of lather to face the edge and while I feel the texture of the teeth, I believe the additional soap left by the gaps makes for a smoother pull. Contrast to the one step more aggressive SB plate smoother feel on the face with nominally more blade feel in the pull, it left me wondering if I want to get a OC D plate but I'm still trying the C with other blades before making that call.

 

Had a great shave with my new Feather club DX, one little cut below the chin :'( otherwise nearly perfect, I got feather pro blades and they are very sharp, so first time with this shavette was imo very good. I have the Kai Captain blades on order because I read they are a little better to get used to, I think after a shave or 3 the Feather pro's will be better for me. I done a two pass with the DX and touched up with my slim, hardly a hair was cut with the slim tho, for a ordainary daily shave one pass with the DX will be fine for me....but I will most likely do two coz it is soooo much fun

 

SOTN March 17th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
EDRIO #37 Gillette Pre-War Tech
Gillette Super Stainless "The Spoiler"
JR #352(30mm, Cruiser Class)
Stirling Hot Apple Cider soap
Blades Grim "Smolder" AS

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i have the lemon chill .it lathers well and is very cold is approx 1 1/2 years old..

 

Lemon Chill is a good one as is MITA and Frozen Tundra.

 

Tuesday SOTD



Razor: KarveD O/C
Blade: Super Iridium (D2)
Brush: WildWestBrushworks 24mm Cashmere
Bowl: Prohibition Style
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Unscented
Shave Soap: RazoRock XXX Original
Post: Monster Block Alum
Aftershave: Extro Cologne Italiana

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March 19, 2019
Wolfman WR 1 OC (0.74mm) with Hempel Ti
Feather
Rubberset 400 #3 with WSP HMW
Soapy Science Citrus Lollipop
Myrsol Limon
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Today's shave was with a freshly honed German made razor. Very nice 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. I used a Gillette Fatboy, the day before, and the DE shaves don't hold a candle to Straight Razor shaves. Wonderfully made Straight.

Razor- F.W.Engels "Special".
Brush- Omega 10098 Boar. Better every time I use it.
Soap- Arko/Sandalwood scented.
Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice. Mmmmm Mmmmmm Good.

 

Patchouli focus day 7

Patchouli Imperial
Calani Dubai
Merkur 34c
RR Plissoft 400
Voshkod ⚀
3 pass

POST
Alum
Proraso red AFS
PdP ASB

Calani is fantastic. Big thanks Guy
Gotta stock up on this brand

Enjoy your shaves

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What's the Calani Dubai soap like? You've been using it a bit lately.

 

Monday SOTN

Too many razors and not enough shaves! I pulled out my Schick Type O Clone and a vintage schick twin blade. Wonderful slickness with the Palmolive and face lathering with the AP SHAVE CO Ruby Ripple brush. 3 passes with some buffing around the chin and jaw line for a wonderful close shave for the night shift tonight. Have a great Tuesday!

Josh

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Ariana & Evans | Tertius
Kent V8
The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74

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Tommy, glad you like the Calani


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