Sunday, April 22, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick I1 Blade: Schick Soap: TABAC Brush: Semogue 1460 Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Pitralon Classic
Sunday shave Warm water lather MWF Gillette FB Shark blade (day 2) cold water rinse/old spice classic A really DFS
View attachment 27036 Sunday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/new Rapira Kolynos Regular SC Hega AS Brut Cologne I was thinking of my 2nd "home away from home" which is Thessaloniki, Greece this morning and I wanted to take a nice "nostalgic shave" and this Kolynos Regular cream delivered fantastic lather with really good skincare. The scent is very flowery - in fact it's identical to C&E Almond, so it's very pleasant. The Hega aftershave is very neutrally-scented, so it won't disrupt the scent of any cologne or eau de toilette. Even though it has no menthol, it has a cooling effect.
Sunday Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower, soak brush CD: Integrity Music ~ God with Us Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK Soap: TSD Blue Juniper Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot SE: Gem Clog-Pruf Blade: Gem, day 4, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, Curve, hand strop blade A great shave this morning. Loved it.
Sunday: Soak Brush/Shavemac 167 custom D01 2 band Hot Shower Proraso PrePost cream RR Cacao shave soap Joris 1912T/ Red IP (1) DB Original Scuttle Cold Water Rinse Monster Block Alum (clean up hardware and software,police area) Cold Water Rinse Veleiro splash My first shave with the Joris and it was a winner.It's aggressive but not r41 aggressive,I did a 3 pass,2 WTG,1 ATG shave that surprised me with it's smoothness.No weepers or any razor burn, I can't detect any whiskers at all on my face and neck.The audible feedback was very good too,that's a plus for me when I do a headshave.Now I'm sorry I didn't do a headshave ,but I've been skipping them on Sundays,plus I don't like to headshave with a unknown razor.
Sunday, April 22, 2012 Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar Lather: MWF - face lather Brush: Semogue 820 Razor: Merkur 39C Sledgehammer Slant Blade: Voskhod (4); 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Bay Rum Fragrance: 37 degrees Bleu
Cold water shave as usual with Dr. Selby's shaving soap. I used 2 razors this morning, a Schick Hydro Magic and a Slim adjustable set at 4. A half a face each and I'd say the winner was the Schick Hydro. If I can stay away from my straights for one more day I'll bump up the Slim a couple of notches and do half my face with that and the other half with an old fat handled brass Tech and compare shaves again. I did end up with a fine shave.
Sunday morning, April 22, 2012 Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (2) Semogue SOC boar bristle brush, MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Sunday: Barbasol Prep Dovo Natural The Dridecker Bigelow Alum Block Aqua Velva Afta Original Clubman Special Reserve
There are several flavors of Rapira blades. The one I'm referring to I called Rapira Swedish Supersteel (still made in Russia ). There is also the Stainless, Super Stainless and the Platinum Lux. That's why I asked which one you were using. I take it's not the Swede.
April 21th Wash: Nivea Face Wash Pre: 5Savage PreShave Oil Razor: Merkur 38M Brush: Semogue 1305 Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (1) Soap/Cream: Mystic Water - Lily of the Valley SS Post: Alum, 5Savages After Shave (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne) AS: Superior 70 Bay Rum ASB BBS- My first time with the Semogue 1305, which I just got that day. So far I like it. Very little smell (and what I do smell could just be me, lol!...jk), lots of backbone, and some of the bristles have already split. I didn't get the quantity of lather that I wanted and I'm pretty sure it's because I didn't have enough water. The lather I had was rather dry. Next time I'll bowl lather to get better control of it, then go back to face lathering. My experience with the Rapira Sweded continues to improve. This last shave was awesome, though I did get a few weepers from overaggressiveness.
Soak the 1305 in warm to hot water (just up to the dark part of the bristle) for about 20 minutes, let it just drip until it stops, then load the brush, then face lather. Works great. You are goint to love that brush once it gets broken in.
o4/22/2012 Sunday's Shower and Shave Hot shower, bar soap. Facial prep Proraso glycerin. Omega 48 and RazoRock Fresco Rocket and Spoiler RazoRock alum and TSD Angel Milk :wave: a great DFS after three passes.
Thanks, Johnny, I'll try that. Do I need to soak it for 20 minutes every time I use it, or just when I'm breaking it in?
Sunday, 4/22: Morning Coffee: Peets Anniversary Blend 2012 Music: My Spotify Blues Playlist Prep: Hot Shower Razor: Merkur 38C Blade: Super Iridium Brush: Simpsons Duke 3 Soap: Santa Maria Novella Post: Cold water rise, alum, SMN Emulsion, SMN Russian AS Scent: SMN Russian EdT
Sunday Fatboy Viking Sword The Manchurian MdC DR Harris Marlborough Trying out the fatboy again today. I shaved with it on 5 this morning. The MdC was amazing...I love this soap! The blade was a bit rough to begin with, but once I got the right angle the shave was as smooth as can be! It was a great shave this morning! DFS+
Sunday's shave. Prep: sesame oil Brush: wilkinson Sword badger / boar Soap: vintage Williams Razor: Rolls Razor! Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water splash, cold water splash A bit of an off day. Forgot the hot washing cloth, forgot music, almost forgot to lather, lather wasn't that good today either... Still I got a DFS out of it. Anyway, tomorrow's another day, isn't it?
I soak all of my Semogue brushes this way everytime I shave. They usuall soak while I have a couple a cups of coffee in the morning. I say 20 minutes but anywhere between 15-30 will be fine.
