Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap Shavemac 177 M.B. Sandalwood Vanilla Merkur Progress Super Iridium (3) Pinaud Classic Vanilla Nivea Sensitive ASB
Thursday: 34G Irish Bog Oak "Elite" Lord Super Stainless Rooney 1/1 Super TSD Cedarwood SS QED Texas Cedarwood ASSC Nature's Gift Sandalwood Splash
Thursday Prep: Hot shower, hand strop blade Coffee: Home roasted Cost Rica Tarrazu, black Soap & Cream: C&E Nomad super lather Brush: C&E Pure Badger Razor: 1962 Slim Adjustable @ 7 Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 4, 3 passes Post: Tap water rinse, ice water splash, Humphreys Maravilla Lotion, Curve 'Stache Wax: Wacky Tacky Shave Rating: 5 Blades
-Proraso Pre -24mm Silvertip Badger Brush-PC Woodcraft and Pens -MWF SS -Gillette 1950's SS Flair Tip -Feather blade (2) -Aluminum Block -Anthony Logistics AS Balm Can't wait for my SOTQ to arrive-today hopefully.
SOTD Thursday April 8, 2010 Old Timer's Shave Day today! Razor: GEM 1912 Blade: GEM Personna SS Soap: Williams Shaving Soap Mug: Vintage Old Spice (Circa 1961) Brush: Col Conk Barbershop Badger ASB: Dickinson's Witch Hazel Aftershave: Old Spice Cologne After this mornings BBS shave with this old timers kit, I am impressed with the quality of this vintage shave gear. The GEM 1912 SE razor is one of the best shaving razor's ever produced! I used the Williams shaving soap and got TONS of Creamy lather that stayed moist all during the 3 pass shave. The Dickinson's was refreshing and toned my face and the Old Spice is a memory of my Dad from the past that I very much enjoyed. I guess as they say, "Old Guys Rock!"
Thursday, April 8, 2010 Razor: Merkur 34C Blade: Super Iridium Brush: Vie-Long 16510 White Badger Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Soap: Irisch Moos Shave Stick A/S: Mr. Taylor I am surrounded by too much temptation and finally gave in to the urge to adopt a Vie-Long Brush. All in the name of research I say! I have heard from several sources that they use the same hair as Plisson in their White Badger brushes and I have no reason to doubt that claim. Pure luxury! The hair is extremely soft and my initial impression is that it would make an excellent cream brush. I used it with a shave stick and got a lot of lather but I prefer a scrubbier brush for face lathering. I will try it with a cream and bowl lather next time I use it.
Thursday April 8. 2010 Brush: KBBSBB Razor: 69 super adj. 9/6 Blade: Gillette super thin, first shave without a Red IP in over 18 months,:w00t: Soap: Mama Bear Lime Oil Splash: TSD Iced Lime Milk: TSD Lime Cologne: TSD Lime
hot shower C.O. Bigelow SC Gold Gillette ball end Tech Bluebird blade EJ 25mm silvertip L&M Florida Water
Hot Shower Glycerin Pre-Shave Gold Gillette Tech Astra Blade Penworks ST1-24E Silvertip Badger Brush Tom's of Maine Mint SC Thayer's WH/Cold Water Rinse AV Ice Blue AS
Wednesday Night Shave Razor - '67 Slim Blade - Rapira (4) Pre - Bigelow PS oil Soap - Erasmic shavestick Brush - Trumper Pure Badger Splash - Swiss Pitralon Balm - Nivea Replenishing shave rating - 2.5 out of 5 I'm realizing i don't know how to tell when to change my blade, haha. I think in general i'm gonna make it 3 shaves after last night. My last shave with the Rapira was fantastic, this one i wound up with razor burn after the first pass. Also curious if perhaps the Erasmic shavestick is the new formulation that everyone hates. I was able to get lather, but it was nothing stellar. This would have gotten a flat 2 out of five, but the fact that i wasn't bleeding afterward has to count for something i suppose.
Rooney 1/1 Super D.R. Harris Arlington SS Max Dormer~~ SRD Paddle Strop Humphreys Witch Hazel Cliven "Young" AS Splash Cliven "Young ASB Have a Great Night~~
Your pictures are always fantastic. Both the framing and the quality. If you don't mind my asking, what kind of camera are you using? Lens?
Shave Of The Day - April 8th Proraso Week - Day 4 Hot Shower E.J. Badger Brush Feats of Clay Scuttle Proraso Cream - :freezing Gillette Sheraton Sharp Brand Blade - Day 3 Home Brewed Skin Food Aqua Velva Original Sport - The Green Stuff! :freezing
Friday, April 9th Hot shower Proraso ss Semogue 2015HD Silvertip Mühle R89 w/ Derby Extra 444 alum 444 ASB w/ Proraso splash Canali Men EdT
Thursday's Shave-(Couldn't post until Friday morn.) Cup Turkish coffee- Mehmet Effendi Hot water (at sink) splashed on face for about 2 Mins Arko Shave Stick Gillette '65 Slim Perma-Sharp Supers (Day 4) Cold water rinse Arko NEM-Soft Losyon Today was not the norm, for me... Very little time, wife and I had to make early morning business meeting... No Shower--Hate that one...Also I usually change blade after 3 shaves, because of lack of time, thought maybe I'll just try and see how it goes..... From face prep, through 1st WTG pass, nothing out of the ordinary... As I'm rinsing my face to relather for 2nd pass, Wife says, "Driver's here early, got to leave NOW!!!" (what a DRAG). Rinse face...squirt a couple drops of Arko-Nem, Soft Losyon (sic), in hand and rub onto face as I run down the hall to throw on my suit...In less than 2 mins, I'm dressed and on elevator... During ride, I rub my face, and am Shocked...could it be ???...rub face again...YESS !!! DFS in capital letters, in one pass, on older blade. The Shaving Muse was with me on that shave...All day long I kept rubbing my face in disbelief; and non-stop smiling; damn near a perfect BBS in one pass... Sometimes in the face of adversity, coolness is achieved ) ____________
Grandpa Shave Friday Hot Shower Boker Red Injun #102 VDH Boar Williams Soap Corn Huskers Lotion Murray and Lanman's Rose Cologne Another fantastic shave. The musical stylings of John "Hoosier" Mellencamp in the background
Friday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/Triton day 3 Proraso Aloe & Green Tea-SS :happy005 :happy108 :love008 Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Mennen Skin Bracer Original-AS :happy005 :happy108 :love008 Versace L'homme-EDT With this Proraso White bowl soap, you'll always get terrific lather, with a nice scent, and COMFORT. Splash on some Skin Bracer afterwards, and your skin will feel cool and wonderful!
The only way to learn when your blade has expired is to keep everything else - your prep, the razor, brush, soap or cream and your post shave routine - the same. Constantly changing things up will only add to the confusion of knowing if it was the blade tugging or just a soap that doesn't give enough cushion or slickness, for example. Another thing is to keep the brand of blade constant until you figure that out. Many folks find some brands only good for 2 to 3 shaves, while other brands hold out for a couple of more shaves. Isn't all this trial and error fun? You bet it is! :chores016
