Tuesday Hot Shower + Noxema Face Cream Proraso Pre-Shave VDH Deluxe, palm lathered w/ pure badger '73 Black Handle SS w/ Voskhod (4) Warm + Cold Water Rinse Witch Hazel w/ Alum Nivea Anti-Irritation ASB Quick 2 pass shave this morning as I was in a rush. I was sporting about 4 days of growth so I had to shave. The Voskhod swiped through like it was new. Not the best way to lather the VDH imo, kinda dry, but I was in a hurry, and it worked. I just picked up that Nivea ASB and it is very nice. We'll see if it holds up through the day like the moisture cream does.
Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 4) Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock super stainless (First blade from my sampler pack) Brush: Shaving brush (Black Ever-Ready) Cream: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus Shaving Soap A/S: Alum bar A/S: Nivea A/S Balm
Wednesday: Razor - Gillette Bulldog (Old Type) Blade - Blue Personas Brush - Plisson HMW 2-band Size 10 (20mm/53mm) (see below) Lather - Wars shaving cream A/S - Dickinson's Witch Hazel Frag - Vintage Godet Cuir de Russe
Tuesday MWF Gillette Black Handle Vikings Sword (2) The Manchurian Mandom A simple but elegant 2-pass shave. DFS!
Tuesday: Soak Brush/Shavemac 167 D01 2 band Hot Shower Proraso PrePost cream DB Original Scuttle Tabac shave soap Gillette SS/Red IP (1) Cold Water Rinse Monster Block Alum (clean hardware & software,police area) Cold Water Rinse Tabac splash mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 Wonderful 3 pass face 1 pass headshave with the Super Speed,very smooth.Maybe not as smooth as my Feather AS-D1 but certainly more efficient.With the Feather I usually need to touch up my head,the Gillette needed no touch up.Three great shaves in a row,I think I'm gonna do a 2 week rotation with the Joris,Cobra Classic and the Gillette SS and see how it goes.
April 23th Wash: Nivea Face Wash Pre: eShave Verbena Lime PreShave Oil Razor: Merkur 38M Brush: Semogue 1305 Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (3) Soap/Cream: Tabac SS Post: 5Savages After Shave (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne) AS: Every Man Jack Signature Mint Face Lotion BBS Awesome shave but a bit of burn afterwards. This officially ends my 2 blade test of the Rapira Swedes and they're a keeper. Now we back the Personna Labs for one blade to reestablish my baseline and then I think I'm going to try a Dorco. I'm having trouble with the performance of this Semogue. The night before I used my badger brush with the Tabac and had huge pillows of lather to use. Last night I had the worst lather I have ever had with Tabac. I soaked the brush for 30 minutes, shook the water out (forgot to let it just drip out as Johnny suggested) loaded up a ton and found the lather to be thick, but dry. No problem, I thought, I'll just ad water. But, no matter how much water I added (but dripping a few drop into the knot at a time), the lather didn't improve much. I finally gave up and took the first pass. On the second pass, with my rinsed face still dripping wet, the lather now went on very thin, and too hydrated. I went back to the bowl for more soap but never really got anything I would call a good lather. The end result was great, but not very satisfying. I sure hope this brush gets better with breaking in. I'll certainly stick with it for now.
FaTip Feather M&F Lee7 Mystic Water Coconut Shave soap Nivea Energy A/S w/ 444 A/S Balm Caron - 3rdMan
Tuesday morning, April 24, 2012 Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (4) Semogue SOC boar bristle brush, MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
SOTD Tuesday 4-24-2012 1912 GEM Damaskeene GEM Stainless Blade Old Spice Clone SS in Vintage Old Spice Mug Semogue 1460 Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea ASB No. 4711 EDC Back from my trip and into SE week. Feels great to be back home in my own surroundings!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick G1 Blade: Schick Soap: MWF Brush: Semogue 1305 Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue
Gillette Slim (9) Astra SP Mike's Natural Soap - Peppermint & Rosemary Omega 11047 Lucky Tiger AS DFS today. Mike's soap is great! The mint gives a very slight cooling sensation.
Tuesday: Barbasol Prep Dovo Natural Barbasol Alum Block Aqua Velva Afta Original Clubman Bay Rum Running short on time today so it was a quick lather day with the Barbasol.
Tuesday Prep: Hot shower, soak brush CD: WoW 1997, disc 1 Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK Soap: TSD SOTQ A4 - Burmese Wood Brush: Vulfix 404, The Grosvenor badger/boar mix Razor: Merkur Futur @ 2.6 Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 2, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Cool Mist, B&BW Noir, hand strop blade A great shave.
Yes it is definitely addicting. Still had a few previous nicks reopen, based on additional reading I am beginning to wonder if I should try another blade. I've read that the 7 O'Clock Gillette's are really sharp similar to Feathers. But I am loving the me time while shaving!
Tuesday shave Pretty much the Monday shave just Repeat hot shower MWF FB Shark SC (day 5) cold water rinse/old spice pillow
04/24/2012 Tuesday's Shower and Shave Hot shower . Facial Prep~~~Proraso glycerin Brush~~~LuJin Badger Soap~~~MWF Razor~~~Gold Tech Blade~~~Feather Passes~~~{3} Post~~~RazoRock Alum & Superior 70 :wave:an outstanding DFS. Yes a great shave becomes both addicting and enjoyable. I hope everyone's week is off to a smashing great start.
