Thanks John. I like synthetics because they whip up the lather very quickly. I find my Badger brushes don't have a good flow through so I have to compensate by loading heavy. My two boar brushes provide a nice lather, but a little more work is necessary to get it.

Nice shave John. Be safe with traveling in the snow. Take care.

04 MAR 2024
Days growth = 2



Prep = 3 x HOT water soak
Preshave = TOBS Jermyn street massage
Cream/Soap = Derby Soap
Brush = Omega Pura Setola
Bowl = Timeless
Razor = Gillette Nacet / 7 o’clock
Blade = Gillette 7 o’clock black super platinum
Passes = 2 +
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, CWR, Thayers
ASL = Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum
Scent = Guerlain Pour Homme
Damage = none

2 days growth, so I choose an OC and did a proper hot water prep
The razor is old and the cap not as smooth as it could be, so I chose what I thought would be a good soap for the shave with a safe blade. Hmmm. Bit of rough shave. Care to ride the cap, no damage done, overall good shave but not a stellar combination. I remember the Derby to be better than this, so I can only assume the dragging was partly due to the not so smooth cap on the razor

Ended the shave after 2 passes, one pass on the back of the neck only

Caution, common sense, discretion and due diligence prevented any damage

Have a lovely Monday gents

Pretty fine shave this morning. Again, the Kairos 2022 soap(Grooming Dept). set me up for a nice shave. Clean&clear in all areas except South Porcupine, where I got a cut just above the jawline, left side. No Knicks, Polka-dots. That one glitch(Porcupine)cost me the highest of comments. 2 passes. Again, the Russian Leather(TSD store)finished me off well. Super Duper Outstanding.

thank you Joe.

thank you Joe.

fine start to the week gents.

-Monday-
1950 french tech
opal f200
mdc
fine



good morning gents.
fabulous monday shave
smooth 2 passer with the french market tech,minor pickups
fine aftersheve to finish
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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SRS # 1050 - March Mug Madness - Stirling SDM

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Thiers-Issard Super Gnome Extra
Brush: Leo Frilot Custom NYR 26 mm Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Pears Transparent Soap
Lather: Stirling Sharped Dressed Man
Aftershave: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

An excellent Stirling soap shave this morning. Three passes with the Thiers-Issard razor, my first straight picked up 22 years ago, delivered an exceptionally close shave.
I am enjoying using my mugs. Back around 1975, I picked up an Old Spice mug/soap set. Unfortunately, upon my return from college in 1980 the mug set disappeared. To this day I do not know if my mother or one of my siblings inadvertently discarded it. The mug in this picture I picked up about 6 years ago on the Bay.

Hope you all have a great day gentlemen.

Marvelous Monday shave Chris. The last sentence is true regardless of the razor and blade combination.

Bravo Gary!

Terrific Thiers-Issard shave Joe. That's a shame about the unsolved mug disappearance.

Thank you Gary.

March 4 SOTA

Good afternoon.

Gillette Fatboy (9)
Wilkinson Sword DE Blade (5)
Rockwell Synthetic Brush
TSD Irish Spring SS and AS
Stirling Alum
Block Modessa Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 24.5 hrs



Did a quick 3 pass shave for an error-free BBS result. There wasn't any alum feedback. Witch hazel and matching aftershave were applied. I was very quick with the face lathering so it translated into a fast shave. Tomorrow; I will be using a safety razor for a head shave and a traditional straight for my face shave. Take care.

thank you Joe.

fantastic start to the week gents.

Thanks Gary.

Thanks Gary

Nice shave Gary looks you had a Fine start to the day. Nice brush

Classy fast shave Joe