Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar; hand strop blade Coffee: Locally roasted, fresh ground Costa Rican w/ cream Lather: RazoRock XXX - face lather Brush: Vie-Long 13061 Razor: Gem MMOC Blade: Pella SS PTFE coated (9); 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse; Kiehl's Balm This is the most consecutive days that I've used the MMOC, and for that matter the most consecutive days shaving period. I'm only able to do this because I can now shave with very little to no irritation. I guess my technique is still improving which just makes this that much more fun. Thanks to all the Denizens for your continuous help and encouragement! Shave Rating - Splendid! God Bless!
OCMM/Gem#3 Vie-Long horsehair brush Phyto Expert SC Alum Fitjar Miklagard ASC What a shave! I love OCMM so much, it gives me such an effortless BBS!
Wednesday: Razor: Gillette New (1920's) Blade: Personna (US) Brush: Best Badger Soap: Williams A/S: Pinaud Clubman
Wednesday Bassler 5/8 Stainless GFT Trumpers Sandalwood Cream NF2213 Alum Old Spice Whitewater Result - Damn fine shave This razor is a tricky one for me, it was cheap and I don't think its great quality. It never gets really sharp, today I tried it out on my new Naniwa 12K, the results were pretty much as good as I get with it although it does do a little better on Crox. Despite being less sharp than my other razors it still delivers a decent shave.
Brian, it is excellent stuff. I was told by a guy that it's like medical anesthesia to the skin, because it freezes and numbs the skin, so you won't feel any burning and irritating sensation, and in a way, that's true. It leaves the skin feeling super-clean, and it also disinfects. If you ever would nick yourself, it contains chlorophyl which stops bleeding immediately. Does it ever lather up rich and thick!
1-4-12 Gillette Aristocrat Voshkod 22mm Best Badger Brush (thanks Rodd) Bald Frog Wasabi Shave Soap Pink Grapefruit Aftershave milk from The Shave Den Store
Love the set up......Shaving porn is the only waty to describe it. How do you find the NF brush? I am falling in love with them! I only have the 2 Tubbies at the moment. The others look interesting.
Weds Jan 4 Brush: Vie-Long Horse Soap/Creme: Poraso Green Razor: Merkur Progress Blade: Astra SS Pre: 10 minutes of canned goo Post: Witch Hazel Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil Result: I have been experimenting with canned goo for 10 minutes as a pre-shave, and am finished with my experiments. It does seem to work decently, but is so nasty on my skin, that it is just not worth using as a pre-shave, and the results are little better than a minute with a hot towel (which actually feels good). I did get a very good shave, but I attribute that to a fresh Astra blade in my progress and Poraso's bullet proof lather.
Thursday's shave: Calani Oriental Plum shave soap stick Mühle travel shave brush in Nickel with Silver Tip Fibre Gillette Sensor Excel (4.) Speick Men After Shave
Hot Shower / Pre MRG lime oil soap / Merkur 37G / Astra SP / Musgo Real Cream /Vulfix 2236S Super Badger / Musgo Real lotion / Musgo Real Balsam / Musgo Real Aqua di colonia orange Amber
Gillette Sheraton NOS Gillette Bleue extra Semogue 2011 LE Finest badger 1 Palmolive shave stick Floid blue and 444 balm
First shave of the year I was considering growing a beard for the winter,Six days into it... Got out the big guns Hot shower - Followed by Clubman Talc Wilkinson Shave Soap Fendrihan Badger Brush Fresh Strop on 6/8 Wade and Butcher - 2 Pass Warm rinse - Cold rinse Mennen Skin Bracer Classic After Shave Feel like a million bucks!
Thursday, January 5 59’ E1 Fatboy (setting 7) Lord Platinum MWF Vulfix 2235 Super Lucky Tiger Aspen First shave with the MWF. I like it.
Merkur 23C/Red Personna Vie-Long horsehair brush Tet-a-tet SC Tet-a-tet ASB TaT is a solid performer in my den. And, yes, it contains menthol... Fast, but silky smooth shave.
Forgot yesterdays post: wednesday: hot shower follwed by smearing glycerin on my face ( no help ) Proraso white feather AS with derby blade ( 1st time I tried these in my fatboy it was a pretty rough shave. Same for the feather ) Omega badger Thursday: hot shower feather AS with derby blade (ready for a change already 2nd day ) RAZOROCK classic ( I'm telling ya, if you have'nt tried this stuff yet ya need to!) omega badger DFS 1 pass atg and a touch up with some tugging from the derby but still a DFS.
Happy Thursday From Florida! Hot Shower Green Marvy Mug Vintage Williams Vulfix 404 Ba/Bo Muhle/Dawg Cold Water Rag A.V. Sport Easy 2-Pass DFS! Yup, it is the Bull Mastiff handle from BRW and it completes the beast! This is the only razor I have been using for awhile now except for an injector shave the other day and one go with the cracked quack restored by Glen.
Gillette Knack Rapira Swedish SS New Forest 2211 GTP - G5 Godrej Menthol Mist SC Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S Prairie Creations A/S Balm Unscented Loaded with 2gtts of M-Bomb Serge Lutens - Chergui
Thursday Hot Shower Green Marvy Mug Green EverReady Horse Re-Knot Monsavon Lord L6 Gillette 7 OC - Black (4) Warm Water Rinse Pre de Provence ASB Lolita Lempicka Perfume What a gam-tastic shave! Have a great day!
Alpha, are you OK? On the news everything was shut down in Scotland and England because of 100 mph winds and weather. Bad stuff.....
