SOTD December 11, 2019 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: GEM PTFE Razor: GEM Pushbutton Brush: Sapele beehive badger Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Ozark Mountain aftershave
Following my black friday order I fought the urge but broke down and put in another order to get the 2 band high density brush, as well as Deton-8 shave soap and a sample of Ramblin Man; I await its arrival with hopes this brush becomes my new favorite so I can justify the purchase with more ease!!!
Just checked my order progress for Texas on Fire--it's scheduled to arrive on Friday the 13th. That's not a bad omen, is it?
SOTD December 12, 2019 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Schick Plus Platinum Razor: Schick L5 'Revere' injector Brush: Stirling Kong synthetic Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Ozark Mountain aftershave Outstanding lather whipped up from the Kong brush. Amazing stuff.
Nice shave! LOVE the Kong brush, btw. For the price, that thing is a steal; creates lather quickly, distributes it easily, and feels fantastic on the face. I believe there were a few people who complained about the handle's design, but I think it's perfect. A zero-buyer's-remorse purchase
The Kong is a nominee in the 2020 Stoylin Tony Awards. Your commentary on it will help the one-man staff(me)in deciding the winner&runner up.
December 13 SOTD: Razor: Gillette Sheraton Blade: Voskhod Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket Lather: Stirling Sandalwood Aftershave: Stirling Sandalwood
I have now used my new shave bowl from Stirling twice; the first time I used a Silvertip 24mm brush with a loft probably in the 57-60 range and while nothing really was bad it just didnt seem to blow me away. Something I actually attribute to the brush as I am feeling this one is a little too floppy. Still was able to work up a nice lather and it certainly wasnt a bad experience. Now, the second go round I used Stirling's boar brush and WOW! I whipped up a mean lather in record time! Couple things here; first of all I'm starting to love using this boar brush as it seems to just be a real effective lather builder even though I do still find it a little rough on the face. Secondly, those nubs in the bottom of the bowl worked fantastic at pulling out the lather and just agitating everything into perfection. I really was extremely impressed with the second run. I am awaiting the 24mm 53mm loft two band high density brush, suppose to arrive Monday. If all my wishes come true it will have the pillow softness of my silvertip and the lather building perfection of my boar brush! fingers crossed!!
Amen! Those bowls are regular lather-blasters--haven't had a bad batch of lather from one yet. From here on out, anybody I get into wet-shaving is getting one of these bowls (already have a couple for my oldest sons).
Over the next couple weeks, you'll see a lot of Stoylin soap work from me. That might include a Stoylin shave on the morning of the Tony Awards Best-In-Show..we'll see.
Well now, my goodness me, Mr. Cawtuh, I forgot to ask YOU if you were sitting down, too . Yes..gonna put BoS to work. Like I said, going with the same setup for just two days allows me to use each one more often.
