Wednesday March 18th SOTN Ooouch... My cheeks are on fire tonight... I tried a fresh GEM blade / bullet tip shave tonight and it did not go well. My beard usually takes extra effort with this razor but I wanted a challenge. Ow this blade did a number on me. I stroked it several times on my jeans considering the newness of it and boy was it rough. This was a new pack that I received in a trade. Maybe someone sent me non shaving GEM blades?? All I know is that my cheeks are in a bad place and will need several days to recover . I hope everyone else has better luck than me today. I tossed that new blade. Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk
Turkish Thursday Shaves; Rockwell 6S Matte Black (6, 5, 4, and 3) Dorco ST-301 (4) Arko Soap in a Bowl Fine Lather Bowl Zenith B19 Gentleman Jon's Alum Block Arko Gold AS/EdC Arko Comfort ASB Arko Comfort ASC Homemade Hair Tonic Dapper Dan Heavy Hold Pomade DSC Sea Spray and Amber Deodorant Clubman Whiskey Woods Body Powder
March 18th, 2020 Gillette Slim Adjustable - G4 Schick Plus Chromium (4) Frank Shaving synthetic Taconic Shave Cream- Urban Woods Pinaud Clubman Classic A/S
Thanks Gary. I need to use this more often as I forgot just what a great shaver it is. It's also the only Gillette I inherited front my Dad..seems he favored Schick injectors. On the other hand perhaps he thought this one was so good he didn't need any other type of Gillette
Date:- 19 March 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 ~ Diamond Razor/Blade:- Schick Eversharp Hydro-Magic / Schick Proline B20 #3 Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20 drops) & Tea Tree Antiseptic (10) Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)
SOTD: Some fantastic shaves this week, the third shave was the last for the feather, I'm retiring it after its 16th great shave, and replacing it with a derby extra paired with my other Wilkinson sword razor, the classic, which is my favourite travel razor because its super light weight being almost entirely plastic, and its a fantastic shaver for sure. This week featured a lot of arko shaves, celebrating one year of using arko 2 times a week on average, and one year of using the same stick too. I apologize for the late post, i would have posted earlier but things have been hectic here in South Africa with a state of emergency being declared due to the outbreak of the Corona virus here. Shave 1: Razor: Wilkinson sword TTO Blade: feather hi-stainless (14) Brush: Omega 49 Soap: arko shave stick Aftershave: status for men Shave 2: Razor: Wilkinson sword TTO Blade: feather hi-stainless (15) Brush: Wilkinson sword classic shave brush Soap: the grooming dept, Credance Aftershave: old spice whitewater Shave 3: Razor: Wilkinson sword TTO Blade: feather hi-stainless (16) Brush: omega 49 Soap: arko shave stick Aftershave: ego, Bahama mist Sent from my Redmi S2 using Tapatalk
March 19th Razor: HomeLike CT☆PT .69SB Blade: Astra SP (1) Brush: Grizzly Bay WarForge Pre-shave: PAA The Cube Soap: B&M Seville Lucky Tiger face tonic PAA unscented Star Jelly AS: B&M Seville Good morning
What a spectacular soap! Soap : Zingari Man – The NOMAD (Sego) SvdD : 19-03-2020 Razor : Rex – Ambassador Blade : Astra Green – Superior Platinum (1) Brush : Omega - EVO Silvertip fibre - Special Veteran After Shave Balm : Zingari Man – The NOMAD Eau de Toilette : Thierry Mugler - Cologne Score : 95 (review on Instagram à shavingexperience)
2020-03-19, Thursday Today's soap has excellent mechanics and the same kind of scent as its brothers: articulate, complex,warm. But in a summer version. I hope you will appreciate this surreptitious glimpse of Italy: the brush looks like the leaning tower of Pisa! Another gruesome photo even if I hope to be recognized as the Henri Rousseau of photography in the future. Excellent mechanics and a very pleasant shave. Sapone PS: Valobra Glicerolanolina Sapone: Scheermonnik, 1778, Beau Brummel Pennello: Lab. Villefranche, The Fridge, Tigrano/Finest 24 Rasoio: Gillette Rocket Lametta: Gillette, 7 O’Clock, Permasharp Stainless AS 1: MilMil, Figaro Gel AS 2: BeMan, Balsamo Polivalente EdT: Vicious, Accidia ST: Chet Baker Quartet, No problem (1980)
Thursday's Shave Cold Water Rinse Van Der Hagen Deluxe Jayaruh #391 Synthetic Gillette New Standard Tuckaway Gillette Silver Blue CWR Pinaud Clubman The Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #391 Synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette New Standard Tuckaway with a Gillette Silver Blue half blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
