Adjustable Arko August!! August 25 Razor - Schick Type M Injector Blade - Soap - Arko Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip Post - Alum No shave last night due to it being Saturday, so the switch to the next razor occurred tonight. My final unused adjustable in the den - the Schick Type M Injector. As usual, I adjusted it to wide open and, of course, went with a Schick blade. Voskies just do not fit well in these handles for some reason. I used the Wolf with the Arko for the great and easy lather and made sure to enjoy some extra face time with this brush. It's been interesting to skip the synthetics this month. I've enjoyed getting the badgers and boars back into action. With SEptember a week away I thought using the Schick would be a good preview of next month. Single edge goodness with a solid blade, great performance and a smooth and very comfortable three pass shave for the win. Great way to set up what will be a busy and stressful Monday for me. The alarm is set early and the sooner I get past noon the better. Have a great start to your week!
August 25 SOTD: Razor: Gillette Fatboy Blade: Gillette Nacet Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket Lather: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum Aftershave: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Shave of the Day August 25, 2019. * Shower: Dove For Men Extra Fresh 2n1 Shampoo/Conditioner Dove For Men Clean Comfort Body Wash * Shave: Prep: Hot shower, Nivea Men Moisturizing Face Wash, Corn Huskers Lotion Brush: Razorock Plissoft Razor: Ming Shi Adjustable (setting 3) Blade: Derby Extra (2nd use) Lather: Art Of Shaving Sandalwood Shaving Cream (face lathered) Passes: WTG/ATG Post: Cold water rinse, Pinaud Clubman Vanilla splash, Gillette Sensitive Skin Aftershave Balm My first post in a few years. Glad to be back. Traditional wet shaving is a hobby of mine, and like many of my other hobbies, I pay lots of attention to it for about a year and then I veer to something else. Tunnel vision, you could say. I was at TJ Maxx a week ago and found a puck of AOS Lavender for $4 and geeked out and immediately my interest was sparked in wet shaving again (I have been using Gillette a Fusion with canned goo for the last year+). Anyway, today’s shave was a pleasant two passer. I’ve purchased a Ming Shi Futur knock off from Wish (less than $5) and could not be happier with it. This is my first experience with an adjustable and I am toying with what is the most comfortable setting. So far, 3 is working the best. I used to use Corn Huskers Lotion as a pre shave prep and I decided to try it out to see if it helped and I don’t find that it does anymore. As I’m getting older my skin has decided it does not like a lot of things on it. If anything, it overpowers the magnificent fragrance of AOS sandalwood. My post shave was nothing out of my ordinary - cold water rinse, splash and then balm. (Usually balm then splash, sometimes I alternate the order). To all the folks I’ve never conversed with, I’m happy to make your acquaintance. I used to be highly active here and make YouTube tutorials for new comers to this wonderful hobby. Hopefully everyone is doing well!
Menthol Monday SOTD Razor: Razorock Lupo\Triad-DeltaEcho Blade: Rapira Swedish SuperSteel (D1) Brush: Vie-Long 75th Anniversary LE Two Band Bowl: TW 3D Printed Pre-Shave Scrub: Ginger Garden Enigma Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Unscented Iced Shave Soap: Barrister & Mann Terror Balm: Organic Shea Butter Aftershave: Barrister & Mann Terror
26 August 2019 * Charcoal Goods Level 3 OC + Stork Ex Brass * Wizamet Iridium Super * Maseto Shaving XD 2-Band + Oscar11 Amber Barbeiro * Mystic Water Marrakesh * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Razor: Lauterjung & Sohn Puma 6 Brush: 24mm Boar Soap: Murphy & McNeil Gael Laoch A/S: CRSW Spring LE Enjoy your shave. Tom
Sunday SOTN Well, I was nervous but thought I'd give the E baseplate a fair shot before trading it away. I felt that the Karve E plate is a little aggressive for my neck but I was given a mostly trouble free 2 pass shave tonight with a fresh Astra Green. Only one small nick below my chin. A very efficient plate indeed but not harsh. It definitely commands respect. Hmm decisions decisions . I guess it'll stay for now. Night all! Josh Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk
SOTD: Beautiful shave this morning, its been a while since I've used the boots original shave stick. Performance wise its very similar to arko, but i find that i need to use a tiny bit more when compared to arko, but the slickness is basically identical, so overall an excellent shave stick. I wasn't too impressed with the longevity of the voshkod blade although the first few shaves were excellent, but now that the coating has worn off it's actually sharpened up a bit, so I'll definitely be doing the Excalibur club test on this one. Razor: Gillette aristocrat 1948 barber pole handle Blade: voshkod: (6) Brush: Omega 49 Soap: boots original shave stick Aftershave Balm: prep Sent from my Redmi S2 using Tapatalk
SOTD Just another Arko Monday Where has the summer gone? It seems to me it was the 1st of June just the other day and now it's the end of August. And I see some of the leaves are starting to change colour!
2019-08-26, Monday Emotionless shave! Sapone PS: Valobra Glicerolanolina Sapone: TOBS for Sensitive Skin Pennello: Lab. Villefranche, Cucciolino Padouk/Silvertip 24 Rasoio: Gillette, Rocket Red Tip Lametta: Gillette, 7 O’Clock Stainless Steel, Verde AS: MilMil, Figaro Gel EdT: Farmacia Vaticana, Acqua di Colonia ST: Billie Holiday
Good Morning Everyone SOTD 08/26/19 Schick Adjustable (set on 6) Schick Twin (9) ( Thanks To @AGHisBBS ) Badger C.O. Bigelow Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block Aqua Velva Ice Blue A/S Have A Great Day!
Pre: Cold water face splash Brush: Semogue 2000 Boar Soap: Noble Otter Barrbarr Razor: Eclipse Red Ring Blade: Gillette Super Thin Post: Cold water rinse, Myrsol Blue ASL Not my favourite brush but it worked very well with what has become one of my favourite soaps in both scent and, now I'm more accustomed to it, performance as well. A magnificent Monday shave was had. Happy Shaving one and all.
