Rudy Vey Restore Vintage Ever-Ready with Finest Badger La Toja Stick Merkur Slant Feather Osage Rub Lab Series AS Balm Music-Legion of Mary from 4/12/75
Wednesday's Shave: Ever Ready 200 Short Handle Super Adjustable (6) Store Personna Col. Conk Almond TSD Barber Shop ASM I am on a mission to kill this soap, its working down, but dang does it have some life in it.
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After two days with my Open Comb 11 C, Slanty, 37 C was up today. I selected my kit and set out to mow it down. Audio-The Howard Stern Show Pre-TSD ISZ Blade-Gillette 7 o'clock Dark Blue (2) Razor-Merkur 37 C Slanty Soap-Cella Post-1. TSD ISZ Witch Hazel, 2.TSD ISZ Milk AS-Aqua Velva Ice Blue A very nice shave indeed. My face feels so smooth...I love seeing how long I can rub my cheeks against the grain and still feel smooth, which has passed today but I am still at least DFS. Just a great combination of products.
Wednesday 25 January Coffee: Peet's Major Dickason's Blend in Vacuum Brewer Brush: Rudy Vey Custom 30mm Superlather: Tabac Soap + Speick Cream Razor: Merkur Futur Blade: Super Iridium Post: Cold water rinse, alum, Keihl's Blue Astringent, Floid Blue Smooth as silk multi-pass BBS. Non-stop faceturbation ensues
Wednesday Coffee: Mehmet Effendi Turkish Arko Shave Stick/Arko SC-bowl mixed Omega 10029-face lathered 1938 Gillette Senator New Astra SP Arko-Nem moisturizer/Rebul Lavanda Colonia Outstanding shave today....and alot of fun...Buffing, Slides, and J-Hooks....Left with a 5 Blade BBS and no irritation. All this blade comparing really comes up to one recurring answer...This razor is smokin' ... It really doesn't seem to matter what blade I put in it, I get a great shave, worthy of Tree Climbing, Barrel Throwing,Vine Swinging, Chest Beating, Gong Bangin... In other words....I Feel Great!! Have a Great Shave and Day Everybody!!
Wednesday Dovo Bismarck 6/8 Altesse Badger brush TSD Irish Spring style soap Old Spice Very nice shave!
Wednesday Prep: hot water rinse and hot washing cloth Soap: DVH 'extra fresh' Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger / boar Mug lathering: old Tabac soap mug Razor: Wilkinson Sword Classic Blade: Derby 3-pass shave + minor touch-up Post: cool water rinse Music: Daft Punk, Tron Legacy soundtrack Another DFS and again close to BBS. Nice! I'm getting the hang of this new soap: make a fairly dry start and build it up with bits of water. Result: loads of rich lather. Love it! Happy shaving!
Wednesday Proraso Pre/Post Cream Merkur 37C + Astra SP Omega Mighty Midget Palmolive Menthol Cold Water Rinse + RR Alum Block Beautiful shave again, Palmolive just exploded on my face double quick time, I think my face lathering skills are improving. That and my boar brushes are breaking in nicely. Loving Omega. Performance + Affordable. Perfect combo.
Weds, Jan 25 Brush: Vie-Long Boar/Horse Soap/Creme: Arko Razor: Merkur Progress Blade: Astra SP Pre: Poraso Sensitive Pre/Post Post: Witch hazel Hair Groom: Gables Creme Oil plus a dab of pomade for extra shine. Result: DFS
Wednesday Night Unbranded shoulderless 6/8 Silver Steel Omega Boar Nanny's Sandalwood Alum Tabac ASL Awesome! This razor was always a good shaver but its been used enough to warrant a touch up. So a few laps on my Naniwa 12K and a good stropping and it was better than ever! So close and comfortable, I barely felt the alum pass over my face. I'm enjoying the Tabac too, which I've been neglecting lately.
Wednesday: Razor: Gillette New Blade: Wilkinson Sword Brush: Best Badger Soap: Williams A/S: Master Bay Rum Edt: Quorum
I just listen. I've dabbled in playing piano-just enough to be even more wowed by Art Tatum and Bill Evans
Hot Shower with Peers Facial Soap Merkur 11C Gellette Green SS (#3) Omega Pro 49 SWK white Bowl Cella Red tub Speick lotion
After early morning hot shower: Brush: Vie Long horse-badger Soap: Valobra Razor: EJ DE89L Blade: Astra SP (3) ASL: Pino Silvestre ASB: Davines Pashana Original Cologne
Thursday: Gillette Aristocrat #16 Polsilver (4) Semogue Caravela La Toja shave stick Floid blue mixed with some Thayers witch hazel AS
Menthol Thursday Gillette Tech Vokshod (day 1) Vulfix travel brush TSD Iced Sandalwood SS TSD Iced Eucalyptus Which Hazel Proraso AS So yesterday some very cool goodies arrived from the store. I love sandalwood and I love menhol, so the option to ice up the sandalwood soap really is the best of both worlds. Great lather, great scent, great cooling. Finished for the very first time with wich hazel (just couldn't resist to have the iced version in this one, too). Very nice feeling, nice cooling effect and I like the Eucalyptus scent. And because of that I reckoned a splash of Proraso wouldn't harm anyone... The Vokshod blade in the Tech didn't impress me, though. I needed four full passes + touch up to get an acceptable shave. So tomorrow I will try it in another razor.
