Saturday 25th February Hot Shower and Facial scrub Proraso Preshave cream Feather Artist Club SS New Forest 2222 High Mountain Silvertip Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap Witchazel followed by 444 ASB Swiss Pitralon AS Broke the trend for this week...and used something new. My New Forest 2222 arrived this morning and I decided to give it a trial run. It gas a VERY luxurious feel....with great backbone. This will definitely be one of my favourite Badger brushes. Dont intend to bowl lather as I don't do that any more.....but it is perfect for face lathering. Tonight I had a DFS+ with two passes. For some reason I seem to be getting more shaves out of my Feather Super Pros. This one was #5 and still going strong!
Thanks Steve. It was a gift from Frank my barber-he used to cut the hairs of my neck with it in the 60's-80's-called it his "work horse." And yes the music..... Always good to see more blues fans out there. Ever been to the Chicago Blues Festival? It's a great party.
Saturday (1&2) EJ DE 8911 with iKon handle Feather day 3 D.R. Harris best badger MWF TSD Iced Eucalyptus WH Proraso splash (shave 1) Floid Blue (shave 2) First time ever I shaved two times on the same day. We're leaving to the airport this night (impossible flight schedule, but it saved a lot of money) for a week in the sun. At 10 am this morning I did two passes WTG just to look a little presentable. 30 minutes ago I did a proper three pass shave that will get me through the night and the Sunday, I guess. See you next week here at TSD!
Working on the lathe so all dusty, time for a hot shower and shave! scalding hot Shower VHD soap (not bad) Vintage Strongset brush 1966 slim adj./? Avon Wild Country after shave lotion Had to finish breaking in my newly reknotted Strongset brush (next to my badger copy). It was originally an 18mm bristle, so I shaved down a 20mm bristle knot and stuck it in. Third shave with it and I really like the stiffness, WAY different than badger, but really like the feel, not much bloom. Forgot what blade I stuck in the slim, but it worked fine. So far all from the TSD sample pack have been OK. The Avon has been laying around for ten years or so, and has gotten a little gritty, but it still packs a punch (yowee!) and it smells OK. Now relax and a cocktail ahhhh!!
Saturday 2/25/12 1133hrs Prep: Hot shower with Old Spice Fiji Razor: Slim Adjustable (6) Blade: Crystal Red (8) Soap: VDH Brush: VDH Boar AS: Gables Bay Rum My facial hair does not grow fast, but man I just love shaving so much now thai I had to again today. 1 pass with some touch ups. It was my 8th shave with this blade and razor combo and I think I still might get at least 3 more.
Unlucky, another fast shave Merkur 23C/Green 7OC Vie-Long horsehair brush Phyto Expert SC Cold water splash Nivea AS splash Hope, I'll return to straights on Sunday!
Shawna, Papa and Mama told me they had some chilly weather down in South Florida recently, but now they say it became more seasonable. We had a good amount of snow here yesterday and today, but we are still behind in the winter. Who needs it!
My friend, I feel to take out my Dovo Bismarck 5/8 straight for tomorrow morning and see if I can still manage a good shave!
Saturday Prep: Hot Shower face wash with Everyman Jack face scrub Pacific Shaving Pre-shave oil Razor:Gillette Ball Handle Tech Blade:Crystal Platinum Chrome (1) Soap/Cream: MWF Brush: Ever-Ready 100 with TGN Finest Badger Post: Cold Water rinse and RR Alum AS: Mama Bears Winter After Shave Balm (Spellbound Woods) Results: DFS- Ended up with one weeper this morning and a little sting when applying RR Alum
True! We had a couple of chilly days but it has warmed up nicely. You can keep the snow, we're good without it!
Razor: Paul Revere Injector Blade: EMS/Ted Pella Brush: Shavemac w 28 knot Silvertip Soap or Cream: MCD from Phil A/S: GFT Astor from Phil Thanks to Phil, I had a great shave
Out of My Sick Bed to Clean Up Actually feeling a little better today, but resting up for work week. Put together an MWF shave on a Gillette 7 o'clock black, and Slanty took the stubble down. Hours layer I am playing acoustic guitar and amazed at the smoothness of my face. Vitos Pre Vulfix 404 mixed MWF Merkur 37 C Slanty Gillette Brand New Black Ninja Witch Hazel, Iced Bourbon Vanilla, Vitos Finish with Alcolado Glacial A really nice shave/I will be back to posting next week
Oyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, I wish we could just throw it away. Our daughter and our dog love it, however, but Corinne and I hate it!
Catch up time! I'm in North Dakota for the weekend, so away from the computer! Pre: Hot Shower, Some sort of soap Razor: Merkur 23c Blade: Polsilver (2) Cream: European Palmolive/Proraso Brush: Omega 10005 Post: Thayers WH, Some sort of A/S! Haha Twas a great shave as I remember. Has also been a good weekend in Grand Forks though! Scored a few goodies! Clubman ASB and Talc, CO Bigelow Elixer White, Thayers WH Lemon, Glycerin, and an alum block! So far...
Hot Shower followed by musgo real oil soap Merkur Futur 700 Astra SP Schwarzweisskeramik Bowl Semogue 1305 RazoRock Napoleon's Violet Osma Alum RazoRock Wax
I wish you luck ! Just be sure the razor is sharp enough (was professionally honed or bought 'shave ready') and well-stropped before the shave. And keep the things slow - cheeks and sideburns WTG are enough for the first shave, at least that is how I did. I sometimes still touch up with the DE on my hard-to-shave areas and if you watch trough SoS posts, you'll see many guys, who uses 2 razors - a straight and DE, in one shave. Find an article about the technique - SRP Wiki has a bunch of them... I'm looking forward to read about your experience!
Saturday morning shave: Good Humor Razor with Gillette Spoiler Blade Omega Boar Bald Frog Soap TSD pink Grapefruit ASM
