SOS: January 2021

Thank you Gary.

 

Thank you, Gary.

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Yesterday did a quick shave video. Cut my self a little bit around the neck. So for today’s shave I’m gonna be pretty gentle around that area. Seeings how I don’t have an alum block I used a cube of ice and applied it to my nics to stop the bleeding directly. Here’s today’s shave





That’s the video from yesterday’s shave.


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Thanx Gary.

 

Grazie Gary!

 

awesome video and pic Myles..well done..

 

Gem MMCP
Gem Stainless PTFE
Semogue 22mm BC Mistura
Arko Shave Stick

Woke up late and had a quick 2 pass shave before work. Decent shave, but not nearly as nice as having the luxury to take my time. Finished with a cold water splash.

 

My recommendation for your issue with cuts are:

1. Improve your angle or lower your blade exposure setting.
2. Preshave Oil - oil forms a seal/barrier on top of the skin that helps protect against blade contact and irritation. It prevents cuts from happening.
3. Use a smoother blade. In my Gillette Super Speeds I use a BiC Chrome-Platinum. They are more comfortable and less likely to cut your skin.
4. Buy an Alum Block and Styptic Pencil.

The pre-shave and post-shave products are important tools to old-school wet-shaving. They work. There are some good preshave soaps like Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements "Cube". But, in my opinion, when I want to augment a standard old-school soap, I tend to like good old-fashioned oil. Lather & Wood makes a great pre-shave oil that is my favorite. Multi-pass shaving, IMO, necessitates shaving tools, especially a pre-shave to protect the skin.

And in case of the eventual razor burn or bad shave, post-shave tools can improve the look of the skin after healing, as well as speed healing. Alum, aftershave and a high quality skin serum/balm work extremely well. And when I say "high quality balm", I mean the ingredients should be similar to what women use in their face serums. Hyaluronic acid, Vitamin-E, caffeine and other anti-oxidants really work to recover skin. If you use these over a lifetime you will have fewer wrinkles in your middle and older ages.

The way to go is to use the best tools of the old school and the science of today's skin recovery and maintenance.

 

SOTD 20210127 Tafuri
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Simpson Trafalgar
Size T3, Sovereign Synth, 32x53x113mm
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Alvarez Gómez Agua de Colonia Concentrada
Crema de Afeitar Barbería & Emulsión Hidratante & EDC Splash
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Antichi Magazzini Giovanni Tafuri (CS) 36 *
Carbon Steel, 20x76mm (-13/16"), 61g, Spine 5mm, Full Hollow,
Square Point Muted, Mono Stab, Jimps Under, Two Pin, Resin Handle
Finished on
Coticule Vintage Yellow Belgian Stone 17x39x178mm
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FrankenRazor PP1489
(Edwin Jagger DE89 / Maggard Razors MR14 Aluminium Handle)
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Personna Platinum Israeli Red #2 *
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan

Full size:
https://imgur.com/g3eI7ll
Soundtrack:
Nina Simone - Good Bait

* Grazie a Klopp@ilRasoio​

 

Thanks for the info that's helpful!

 

thursday shave
canadian service 4 piece tech
kai
opal synthetic
sc. bignoli tallow
proraso sandalwood

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Awesome 4 piece tech shave and pic Gary.

 

thank you Jim..

 

Thanks Gary!

 

Thanks Gary.

 

Here's Throwback Thursday's offering:

prep-Dial 4 Men Bodywash(Maximum Moisture)in shower
shave-Central Texas Soaps(Grandpa's Barbershop)*
brush-Jayaruh#59
razors-Gillette Red Tip and Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE**
A.S.-Clubman Original (6 oz.)***

*a time in life when grandfathers took their grandsons to the barbershop and life was good, easy-going, relaxing.
** the Red Tip to open, the DisposeABLE to finish. Oh, right...the year of the Red Tip is 1957
***-1830.

 

SOTD January 27
C.V. Heljestrand Frameback
Cowhide Strop
Muhle Olivewood Silvertip Fan
RazoRock - Plague Doctor soap and splash
Phenom, what a terrifically different experience.
The scent on this is wonderfully layered, not for everyone I'm sure but this one definitely grows on you.
The post shave with the splash stands on it's own.

 

Timeless Slim SS .50 & Gillette 7O’Clock SP (Black Ninja)
Graydog 26mm Two-Band Badger/Chechen
Wickham 1912 Russian Leather soap
Chiseled Face Sherlock a/s splash
Mercedes-Benz Le Parfum eau de parfum

Nice. Real nice. A wonderful evening and shaves to all....​

 

Nice pic, Gary

 

Russian Leather-I might look for some next year(hopefully some soap companies that I like will add it to their arsenals).