SoS: April 16th, 2012 - April 22nd, 2012

Thursday, April 19, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: MWF
Brush: Semogue LE 2011 Finest Bristle 2
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Face Lather
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue

 

SOTD Thursday 4-19-2012

11/16 James Barlow & Sons Wedge in Antique Ivory
Proraso PSC
Ingram SC
Semogue 820 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
British Sterling Cologne

 

April 18th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Pre-shave: eShave Verbena Lime Preshave Oil
Razor: Merkur 38M
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (1)
Soap/Cream: eShave Verbena Lime SC
Post: 5Savages After Shave
AS: eShave Verbena Lime ASB
DFS

A little different than my list shave. I'm using a Rapira Swede this time, instead of the Sputnik. The Rapira didn't irritate me at all, but it also didn't give me as smooth of a shave as I've been getting from Voskhod or Sputnik. It was certainly a fine shave, but nothing more.

I used the last bit of cream from my 1/2 oz travel tub of eShave Verbena cream. Awesome stuff and at some point I'll be buying a larger container. I got 6 shaves out of the 1/2 ounce tub, so roughly 2mg/shave. I still have plenty of the eShave ASB, so I'll save that for when I get to my sample of Mystic Water lime SC.

 

Sooooo, what do ya think about face latehring so far?

 

Thursday 19th April

Hot Shower and facial scrub
3P Pre/post shave cream
Ikon OC Bulldog (2G) with Gillette Blue Extra Blade
Sabini Faux Horn and Pewter 26mm Silvertip
Cyril Salter Vetiver Shaving cream
Alum Block
T&H Unscented ASB
Floid Original AS
The Body Shop Activist EDT

Three pass BBS

 

Thursday's Zen shave

• Prep: hot water splash, hot washing cloth, olive oil
• Music: David Hykes, Hearing Solar Winds
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword boar / badger
• Soap: DVH
• Razor: Gillette Old Style OC
• Blade: Timor. 5th shave
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up

BBS again!

Have a great day!

 

What do you think of that CRS Vetiver? I just picked some up but haven't had a chance to use it yet.

 

Thanks to whoever removed my posts. The server seemed to take a dislike to me!!!

The cream is an excellent performer. Scent is VERY earthy....but I like it!

 

Thursday 04/19/2012
Shower and Shave
Hot shower with the luxury of bar soap.
Facial prep with Proraso glycerin
Even though a badger was due up, I called in a switch hitter Vulfix Boar. I am finding that I enjoy the boar brushes over the badgers.
I chose Mama Bear's Hydrogen and the Vulfix hit a home run in lathering it.
Today was blade change and razor change, I broke out the Old Style Gillette OC with a Treet Blade.
A cold water facial rinse, rubbed on RazoRock, cold water rinse. Splashed on Colonia Agua de Ruda

:wave:was praising this great DFS, it was definitively a #10

 

I think I'll try it out tonight! It certainly does smack you with the aroma.

 

Enjoy.....I do!

 

Later night shave...
OCMM/Gem SS PTFE
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Williams mug soap/Red Line SC uber-lather
Cold water splash
Tet-a-tet AS balm
Was half asleep so cut the chin. Except of the cut - BBS, as OCMM always does!

 

Thursday
Dovo Astrale
TI Paddle strop
Simpsons Berkeley
Proraso Sandalwood
Cold Water Rinse
Floid blue

I must have done something right on that coticule, the morning shave was absolutely smooth and a very quick BBS.

 

I enjoyed it using the MWF. Not sure I would do it with my creams. I like the warm lather from the scuttle with those.

Might try face lathering some Proraso in the tub one of these days.

 

Oy, oy, a cut - my poor friend.........I feel your pain...........With the Karo Fresh cream I used this morning, I had to be very careful because that stuff has NO slickness or real razor glide. It is the WORST cream from Bulgaria I ever had.

 

That brush looks like it lathers like a beast Johnny! Is it a good one?

 

It did an excellent job. There was enough lather inside that brush to do at least three more passes. Just dip the tips in a little water.

 

OCMM needs some respect! This is a great razor, but needs attention as a straight. My only razor that gives me BBS shaves on a constant basis. Hope the day will come, when I can achieve the same result with a straight!

 

You will, my friend. Very soon you will become a MASTER! You know I support you!

 

Thursday Shave:

Hot towel
Lucky Tiger Lemon Cream pre shave
Hot towel
Mama Bear's Ye Olde Barbershoppe shaving soap
Col. Conk badger brush
Becker Scuttle
Merkur Progress long handle on setting 4 w/ Merkur blade 2nd shave
Cold rinse
Alum block
Lucky Tiger Disappearing After Shave Cream
Old Spice Classic AS