Monday, November 14th Razor: Rotbart Blade: Super Iridium Brush: Lewis & Buprows Real Ivory Pre-Shave: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Soap: Colgate Cup Soap A/S: Vintage Yardley The Lewis & Buprows brush is made from pre-ban ivory and is about the size of a Wee Scot. Unfortunately I have misplaced my calipers but I would estimate the knot diameter at around 15mm. Despite its small size, it had no problem ginning up a fine creamy lather from the Colgate cup soap. The Rotbart and the Super Iridium teamed up to deliver a fine shave followed by a splash of vintage Yardley aftershave. Very nice indeed. The Set-up: A close-up of the Brush
Monday Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, hand strop blade CD: Masters of the Blues - Volume 3 ~ various early artists Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK Cream: C. O. Bigelow Brush: Semogue 2000 Razor: Merkur 34C set with red mallee burl handle Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 1, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Osage Rub, Pinaud Clubman, hand strop blade Shave Rating: 5 Blades Darn near BBS. Great shave!
Monday: Razor: Merkur 38C Blade: Personna (US) Brush: Best Badger Soap: Van Der Hagen Deluxe A/S: Master Bay Rum EdT: Quorum
Hot Shower Parker Badger Viking Shave Cream Gillette OC Shark Warm water rinse, cold water splash, Osage Rub Great shave this morning.
Monday Afternoon Shower N Shave - Copperhat Finest Badger Brush loaded with TSD Signature Iced Bay Rum Shave Soap -Beard removal preformed with 6/8 Wade n Butcher -Cold rinse -Finished with Clubman Special Reserve AS DFS
Birthday Monday Shave: Eagle 2 Somerset badger; Gillette w Menthol creme; Toggle w Shark; Paul Revere Injector with Ted Pella; Tet-A-Tet edt.......love this scent but SWMBO always suggests that I use another one.arty:
The Trac II adjustable has a little more bite than the normal Trac II blades even when lowered to the low setting. I had a couple of ingrowns develop due to the speed in which I have had to shave recently. Only one more week of this schedule, then I can go back to a more normal routine and use my DEs and maybe even an injector.
Shave Of The Day ~ November 14th Menthol Monday! TSD Iced SubZero Preshave Balm ~ Hot Shower Robert Becker Scuttle The Rocker Brush ~ TSD Iced SubZero Wheat Cream ~ Schick K1 Injector Razor Ted Pella Injector Blade ~ Day 1 Thayers Witch Hazel/Osage Rub Blend Alcolado Glacial ~ TSD Aftershave Splash ~ Crackling Firewood Scent ~
Pre : Hot Shower followed with EJ Pre shaving cream Razor : Merkur 11C Blade : SuperMax (Stianless made in india ) Brush : Semogue 1305 Soap / Cream : RazoRock XXX ASL : Denim Musk ASB : RazoRock wax EDC: Tabac
Razor: Muhle R41 Blade: Iridium super Brush: Semogue Caravela Soap: P.160 tipo morbido AS: Speick ASL/444balm
Tuesday C&E Nomad Padauk wood black badger brush EJ89 Zorrik Super Platinum (day 3) alum, witch hazel osage rub C.O. Bigelow Elixir Blue (I swear this bottle is nearly empty and yet it just doesn't stop....)
Menthol Monday: 2011 R-41 Lord Platinum (2) Blue marbled 24mm TGN reknot C.O. Bigelow SC boosted Master's Bay Rum Tuesday: 2011 R-41 Lord Platinum (3) vintage Simms boar Tabac SS Wild Country cologne for AS, from the shave brush decanter Both shaves were incredibly close and comfy. I'm finding out that having used 4 different blades in the R-41, that they all seem to deliver pretty consistanly. I'm going to try with the store brand Personnas next shave with it. It'll be a few days though, I'm traveling to Connecticut and have left the R-41 and have the EJ 89l. So while Mechguy gives up his comfy hotel bathroom, I'll be moving into mine, but only for two days. Fortunately, I'm not much of a long hauler like he is.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Merkur Futur Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow Brush: EJ Best Soap or Cream: Speick Cream A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Speick Splash
Tuesday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/Rapira day 2 Wars SC Keri unscented moisturizer Booster Iced Lime AS JHL Cologne Wow, did I ever get BBS this morning, and with so little effort. I wanted an aftershave to compliment the gorgeous lemony scent of the Wars, so I selected the Booster Iced Lime, and they seem to go together so well. As always, the Rapira blades deliver smoothness and comfort while I'm shaving. :biggrin:
Tuesday, November 15. Good Morning! I will devote this week to my Schick G1 SE. Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick G1 Blade: Personna SE Cream: Godrej Lime (Thanks stingraysrock) Brush: D.R. Harris H1 Post: Cold water rinse followed by some MENNEN Skin Bracer Have a GREAT day.
Tuesday, November 15 59’ E1 Fatboy (setting 7) Lord Platinum (d3) Preshave Oil Blend Tabac SS Tweezerman Badger TSD Tabac Type A/S
Tuesday: Gillette Single Ring Red Personna TGN Silvertip Martin de Candre Proraso White ASB I decided to take the Single Ring out for a spin this morning. WOW! Open combs sure feel different than closed combs. This is the first OC razor I have tried; I've used aggresive CC razors, but they never felt like this. The shave was different...I couldn't get over the combing sensation from the razor. it shaved very well, better than I thought it would. There was some slight irritation in some spots, but I did a 3-pass shave on a new razor...so it isn't unexpected. All in all, I think this guy will be more of a display item, but I won't hesitate to bring him out every now and then!
