Hotel Travel Shave - Tuesday Brush: Vulfix Grosvenor Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 Blade: Super Iridium Cream: Acqua di Parma Post: Cold water, Alum, AdP ASB, AdP AS, AdP Talc
Time for a DE razor: Gillette Super Adjustable Iridium blade Frankensoap Omega boar brush The Frankensoap is mostly beneath the surface. I poured melted VdH glycerine soap on top of all the other fragments. Works great. I tossed in The Iliad and a Sheaffer School Pen in hopes of making the photo more artistic.
Tuesday: Barbasol Prep Dovo Natural Omega Pro Sketched Cella Alum Block Aqua Velva Afta Original Tabac After Shave
Tuesday Hot Shower (soak brush,Savile Row 3824) Proraso PrePost cream TOB Lemon and Lime shaving cream Merkur 39C (The Hammer)/Voshkod (2) Cold Water Rinse Monster Block Alum (clean brush,razor,police area) Cold Water Rinse M&L Florida Water mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 I was walking in the old neighborhood yesterday when I saw a botanica store.I walked in and saw the Florida Water and Kananga Water for 2:50 apiece.My only expierience with Florida Water is M&L Florida Water Peru,I always wanted to know if there was a difference.There sure is,the peru version is spicier and the reg one has more orange citrus to it,both are very good.Kananga Water is more floral also smells wonderful,tomorrow's shave I'll have to try some.
Tuesday 27 of march 2012 Semogue 1305/LÓccitane/Thiers Issard 11/16+E&J+Astra platinum/OnEl Jesús del Pozo/Balm Floid. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Happy Tuesday! Pre: Hot Shower, Tabac SC + Glycerin Razor: Merkur 23c Blade: SuperMax Super Platinum (2) Cream: Speick Brush: Omega 10005 Post: Thayers WH, Cold Rinse, Clubman AS Overall, this shave was more than decent. A bit of tugging from dry lather, but in the end, no irritation, and darn near BBS. Not quite, but who cares.
SOTD Tuesday 3-27-2012 5/8 Solingen First Class, Full Hollow, Round Point Proraso PSC VDH Deluxe SS Cobalt Blue Shaving Mug "Old Ironsides" (Cobalt Blue is my favorite color!) Medium Badger Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea ASB British Sterling Cologne Dropped this razor on the counter right on the edge last time I used it. Made a lovely slice in the counter top but couldn't see any damage on the edge. I ran it back through the hones just to make sure the edge was aligned. Seems to be back to it's very fine self so, I am thankful there was no damage done. I thought about grabbing for it when it slipped out of my hand but I figured it was easier to re-hone the edge than grow a couple of new fingers! LOL
I like the pic, but doesn't this set-up for the pic, nice as it is, dull the edge of the str8? I'm a total noob about str8s, so I'm just asking.
Tuesday. Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth Music: Wim Mertens, Full Of Cobbles (Wim Mertens is a Belgian minimalist composer) Brush: DVH boar Soap: DVH Razor: Gillette Old Type OC Blade: Timor, 2nd shave Shave: 3-pass The last bit of the puck wasn't enough, but the new puck was... Nice DFS. Enjoy your day!
Tuesday: 3/27/12 Brush: Semogue 830 banded boar Razor: Merkur 41C open-comb Blade: Gillette 7 o'yellow, 1 Soap: Pre de Provence Toner: Thayer's Rose Petal WH Finish: Malizia Uomo Vetyver AS Really, really, really nice shave! Happy Shaving!
Tuesday's Shower and Shave Hot shower nice long one using Amber Freckle Face bar soap. On deck was Parker Badger, waiting to lather MWF. Day two for the Rocket and Eddison combo. Definitely an improved shave today, obviously my lather missed the sweet spot Sunday. After three comfortable passes I splashed cold water on my face. After drying my face, I rubbed in the RazoRock Alum. I was skeptical that alum would work, I now a convert to using alum. A splash of Thayer's witch-hazel, to finish a great shave a splash of Pinaud Lilac Vegtal. The :wave:were enthused that this shave was such an exceptional DFS. They were unanimous with giving it a ten.
Tuesday AM: Milady Decolette with Astra SP Chinese mixed badger brush Mystic Waters Cedar and Sage Osage Today is my last day in Denver and I must say that my face is ready. Not sure if it is the small dimly lit bathroom or something about the difference in water, but I have gotten terrible shaves for my entire visit. It seems like I am simply unable to make my 3rd pass without shredding my jaw and neck. Fort Worth here we come.
Tuesday 27th March Facial Scrub 3p Pre/Post cream Parker 31R straight Simpson Special in Best Lider Pollena Active Shave cream Simple Facial Toner 444 ASB Floid Original AS 4711 EDT Had to go back to the Parker today as I was a little disappointed with my shaves over the weekend. They were at best acceptable. This time I used a tried and tested cream and achieved a BBS with 3 passes. This makes me wonder if it was the La Toja soap. I had never used it before Saturday. The only other variable was the lack of a facial scrub.....ie prep. Will check that out tomorrow.
It's a 1990s Sheaffer School Pen. Still inexpensive, even NOS, but a good everyday pen. It's not really a collection, and most of my pens are not vintage, but I have accumulated quite a few.
Cheaper pens are fun...if they write well. I have a selection of Chinese pens, which are cheap....write well....and I have no worries about losing them!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar Lather: TSD ISZ Wheat Cream & Musgo Real - face lather Brush: Semogue 820 & DVH boar Razor: Gem OCMM Blade: Pella PTFE (2); 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Menthol I had the morning off of work today to help at home and I was able to play a bit so I lathered 2 brushes with 2 different soaps and used them both. ISZ for the first pass on the DVH and Musgo Real on the 820 for pass 2 & 3. It was a very fun shave with excellent results. The 820 is really softening at the tips and hopefully the DVH is soon to follow.
Merkur 23C/Astra Vie-Long horsehair brush Red Line SC Cold water splash Nivea AS splash Nice shave, but too fast. 23C is great to shave on a run when you overslept...
Wednesday’s shave: Calani Lavender shave soap Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre ’56 Gillette Red Tip Feather (3.) D.R. Harris Arlington after shave I don’t think I want to wait ‘til next week to take the English Rocket for a spin, might do that tomorrow… Have a good one today, all of you!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - Midnight Shave Prep :: Warm water wetdown Razor :: BRW NEW Short Comb Blade :: Super Iridium Soap :: Vintage Colgate (Face Loaded) Brush :: Bill Jack Badger Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH & Rosewater AS :: TSD Bay Rum Milk & Captain's Choice Bay Rum AS Kevin (Hanzo) PIFd me a puck of V. Colgate soap and it was terrific. It and the V. Williams Tonsorial soap are top notch. Great stuff like this makes me wonder why they stopped making it. Thanks again, Kevin! My new Bill Jack Finest Badger brush got its maiden voyage tonight. I love this new brush. Tons of backbone, dense and not floppy. Just like I like my women. Peace
