Good morning. As I received in yesterday’s mail the Futur which was ordered last Friday (the relevant post & pictures will follow either today or over the weekend in the Haul thread), I decided to take him for a spin today. And tollowing ingredients surrounded the Futur’s first live action this morning and made him feel right at home: Calani Lavender Shave soap Mühle Travel shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre Feather blade (3rd shave for this blade at the Gym – confusing it is at times, having 2 Dens) Alum block D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave Very nice, I must admit. The Futur feels very solid and well built. I had dialed it up to 2 for this first shave, will spend some time with it over the next week or two. Wishing all of you a great weekend!
Thursday Night. Used a Schick Type B1 repeating magazine razor for the first time. Schick platinum injector blades Hardright vintage badger shave brush Trumper's Limes shaving soap in the bowl Stainless steel vintage shave bowl I picked up at the thrift store yesterday, decided to use it in honor of "bowl week." bowl lathered and finished off with witch hazel, followed with Fresh Burst Listerine for an AS. Final impressions. A close and unforgiving shave. I've got to lighten the pressure with the old injector razors. For those wanting to know how Fresh Burst Listerine feels- It goes on smooth and wet and you think, "hey, that's not bad at all." Then the Eucalyptus oil kicks in. "Man, that tingles!" A minute or so later- The Menthol kicks in. "Ohh Yeah, that hits the spot." For those wanting to try it, just use twice as much Listerine as you would use regular AS. They used to market it as aftershave waaaay back in the day.
Razor: EJ89 Blade: Personna "Labs" Brush: Muhle Black Fiber Cream: Pre de Provence Shea Butter Shave Soap A/S: Alum Bar, Cold Water Rinse, Witch Hazel, Pre de Provence Aftershave Balm First time using PdP soap. Great stuff!
Friday 25th May Facial Scrub 3P Pre/Post shave cream Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese style) Semogue 1470 Brush Nanny's Down Home Summer Soap Alum Block Followed by a few drops of Rosehip Oil Myrsol Metisol AS 4711 EDT Brylcreem Original No shave yesterday as I was out all day. My sister-in-law was carrying the Olympic flame through Hereford. A memorable day if ever there was one!!!!! Down Home Summer is a strange name for a soap...but that is what this one is called. Its a Vetyver and Lavender combination which is described as being earthy with floral summer notes. I stopped with 2 passes today as I am not going out, and in reality I would have struggled to find anything else to shave off!!!!!
Friday 25th May Gem Push Button Gem (T. Pella SS PTFE) L'Occitane Cade SS Ever Ready Boar 100T Stephans Bay Rum AS Result: DFS. TGIG all.
Hi all, Hows it been goning?! Hi, Im Justin, and it's been a while since my last post. Lately its been the same old "grind". Hot shower proraso pre shave gillette fatboy or flare tip super speed with shark super chrome blades proraso green/white or MWF soap face lathered with my trusty omega badger cold water rinse aftershave has been razorock alum/ aqua velva/ old spice original or proraso as balm. This morning I decided to change things up abit. I grabbed the Feather AS-D1 and loaded a Feather yellow bowl lathered some proraso green and did 4 passes....had to finish with the fatboy and 2 passes....the feather just isnt doing it for me.... 6 pass BBS
Friday: Turkish Horsehair Super Speed/Rapira day 3 Egyptian Ingram SC Diana Sport Menthol Balsam Obsession for Men EDT This was a great face-freezing shave with the help of the Egyptian version of Ingram cream. The scent and lather are pretty well the same as the UK version, but the Egyptian cream has a stronger cooling effect and a much better consistency - it doesn't separate and become watery. The Diana Sport balsam has a bone-chilling cold feeling after a shave!
Razor: Toggle Blade: Iridium Brush: Polo 8 two band Pre-Shave:AOS Sandlewood Cream: Blix menthol Scuttleirty Bird Two-Piece Scuttle A/S:Aqua di Parma
Friday: Razor - iKon H2O Blade - Blue Persona Brush - Omega Pro 49 Lather - Prairie Creations Mayan Magic soap A/S - Brut
Barbasol DE PermaSharp Super (one day too many) Semogue 2000 Klar Kabinett w/ a healthy dose of M-Bomb Alum Superior 70 Bay Rum I thought it was day 4 on the blade, but it may have been day 5. Either way, it headed south in a bad way during the shave. It started tugging and I ended with a few weepers. The 5 drops of M-Bomb in my mug really iced up the Klar Kabinett. It felt great, but slightly over powered the nice light Rose scent.
Friday: Soak Brush/Semogue 620/Heat Up DB Original Scuttle Hot Shower Proraso PrePost cream RazoRock XXX ss Cobra Classic/Kai Captain Mild (7) Cold Water Rinse Monster Block Alum (clean hardware and software,police area) Cold Water Rinse Thayer's Medicated Superhazel Kananga Water mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 Great 2 pass face 1 pass headshave from the Cobra,the Kai's are holding up great,I hear some guys get 14 and up shaves from either the Kai Captains or the Feather Pro's.I reckon with my headshaves my 7 is = to maybe 12 shaves.The blade is still going strong no tugging and still very smooth.I've been getting BBS with just 2 passes on my face.If I make it to 14 with this blade I'll be very happy indeed
Friday, May 25, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick I1 Blade: Schick Soap: Speick Brush: Semogue 1460 Scuttle: Moss Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick After Shave
Omega 10005 Super speed w/ Dorco st 301 Colonel conk bay rum Thayers witch hazel w/ aloe, folowed by Nivea ASB sensitive Still getting back in the habit of shaving again had a beard for a while. I normally use a slim but has been hurting me some so the super speed has been great to get my skin back to shaving. Have not tried a Dorco in a super speed before but I do like the blade so gave it a shot. The first pass was a little rough (tugging) but next 2 passes smoothed out.
Friday Morning Shaving Ritual, May 25, 2012 Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 7) Blade: Personna Super Blue (4th use) Brush: Semogue 830 Cream: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus A/S: Alum Bar & Cold Water Rinse A/S: Pinaud Clubman I left the razor at 7 and got a 3-pass DFS shave today, with no nicks or weepers. Everyone have a great day and a great Memorial Day. Pray for all veterans past and present, they are the reason we are safe today.
Fatip Personna Med. Prep M&F Lee7 RazoRock Don Marco SS Nivea Energy A/S RazoRock Don Marco ASB Viktor & Rolf - Spicebomb
Parker 2nd shave on the Shark blade D.R. Harris Almond Lucky Tiger A/S and Face Tonic Dropping off a car for my son in Denver, so I'll be on the road with my Parker and Molinard Rasoline for the weekend. I'll attempt to pick up a couple more brushless creams while there. Great shave this morning. Have a good weekend.
Friday morning, May 25, 2012 Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (4) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, TABAC shaving soap w/ hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Prep: hot shower Music: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra:Evgeny Mravinsky - Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Brush: Ever Ready 150 Soap/Cream: Mike's Natural-Barbershop Razor: Schick Golden 500 Blade: Chinese Schick Post: Pinaud Clubman Musk followed by L'Oreal ASB Results: 2 pass DFS
