February Favorites February 16 Razor - 1972 (S2) Gillette Super Adjustable (Black Beauty) (9) Blade - (1) Soap - Soap Commander Courage Brush - I*V 10 Mesquite w/ Hybrid The Moreau Post - Alum Finally got to call it a day on a busy Sunday. At least the sun came out and it was in the 50's. Back down to the 30's tomorrow. Never know until it's here. Time to rotate razors and I went to the Gillette Black Beauty. This adjustable, set on 9, gives you the same gap that the Slim and Fatboy offer at 8. Not quite as aggressive as its older brothers, but it still does a fine job. It's well balanced and has plenty of weight. Just let that heavy head work as you guide with the handle. I used a new Rapira SS blade and it was smooth and nice. Another round of using up the Soap Commander, though I'm beginning to think the remaining ring of death is actually eternal. I chose the I*V10 brush for two reasons. Number one, I love that hybrid knot. Number two, I was fortunate enough to win its brother, the #10, in the raffle earlier. Looking forward to having another of these around to use and admire. Three full passes and I'm good to go. My schedule tomorrow is brutal. No work but I have two doctors appointments and two other meetings. Sheesh! No sleeping in on this "day off". Have a great start to your week!
Today's Shave; Karve Brass (D, C, and B) Gillette Rubie (1) Shannon's Soaps Black Magic VdH Bowl Fine Lather Bowl Zenith B18 Gentleman Jon's Alum Block Brut AS Brut Splash On Brut EdT Homemade Hair Tonic Clubman Whiskey Woods Body Powder Brut Antiperspirant Deodorant Dapper Dan Heavy Hold Pomade
February 16th SOTN Wow what a shave tonight!! I wonder how many shaves this guard blade has left in it?? Maybe 2 or 3... We shall see. I'm smooth and smell great for bed. Happy shaves all. Josh Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk
Date:- 17 February 2020 Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice Brush:- WCS Two-Tone Tall (Blue & White) Extra Dense Synth. 26/56mm knot Soap/Cream:- Barrister & Mann ~ Bay Rum Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6C-R3 / Vintage NOS Gillette Super Stainless (spoiler) #15 ... finished Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10) Fragrance:- Davidoff Cool Water Wave
Perfumed by: Francois Demachy Shampoo - Herbal Essences "Black Charcoal Detox" Bath Soap - Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - Doppelganger Sauvage Razor - West Coast Shaving Midnight Collection 84B Blade - *Fresh Blade Suds - Van Yulay "The Gentle Sauvage" *Discontinued Vegan formulation Razor/Brush Stand by Royal Shave Shave Brush - Colorado Razor Designs Custom Brush Lather Bowl by Royal Shave Deodorant - Dior Sauvage Aftershave - Stirling Soap Co. "Black Ice" Fragrance - Dior Sauvage EDT
it really is like a high end badger, at least that is my opinion. It really does hold lots of water and even the lather will be sucked into the hairs if you lather too long so even that unfortunate feature is the same . I really do love it, specially because i've got a bit more backbone than my own badger and the hairs are somewhat more steady/firm (jet still very gentle to the face) than a badger which i prefer. So I made a painful decision that my (much more expensive) badger will most likely not be used again in the near future
Good Morning Everyone SOTD 02/17/20 Gem MMOC Gem Blue Star (1) Badger C.O. Bigelow Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block Aqua Velva Ice Blue A/S Have A Great Day!
Monday 02.17.20 SOTD Pre'Pre' De Provence Artisanal French Soap lather and rinse Gillette ‘60 F4 Fatboy Adjustable Astra Superior Platinum (2) Vintage Kingsley (Austria) Pure Badger Williams Shaving Soap in a vintage mug Aqua Velva Aftershave (Spanish Version) by Williams
I am not really a PC expert, but this might help. Make sure to adjust the photo size to UNDER 1mb, then try to drag the photo right onto your post. See if that works.
I have the EdT as well, but I felt the Viride was the direction I wanted to take this today. I like that brush. I'm a big fan of APShaveCo's synthetics.
SOTD 02/17/20 RAZOR: Rex Ambassador BLADE: Voskhod PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Cube Preshave Soap before each pass BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash
