OK my friends - let's see some nice photos and hear some great reports on those shaves. I'll start off this theme! Menthol Monday: Turkish Horsehair Super Speed/Shark day 3 Nanny's Ice & a Slice SS 444 AS Balsam Osage Rub AS Polo Original EDT If you guys want to know about strong menthol, come and ask me, because I'm TSD's resident Cracky Wacky Ticky Tacky Menthol Freak, and I'm proud of it! The Ice & a Slice soap has such a lovely summertime scent, and the Turkish horsehair slams the rich lather into the skin beautifully, and then, WHAMMMMMMM - a frigid blast hits you. The 444 balsam has such awesome moisturizing, as well as great cooling, and I cannot stay away from the Osage Rub!
Good morning. Back home after an absolutely fantastic & relaxing vacation and at now work - an extremely busy week awaits here.. My shaves this week will be as follows: Monday & Tuesday (at the Home Den): Martin de Candre Lavender shave soap Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre Merkur Futur DE razor (usually set to about 3 – 3.5) Voskhod DE blade D.R. Harris Arlington after shave Wednesday (at the Gym Den): Calani Lavender shave soap Mühle Travel shave brush in Nickel with Silver Tip Fibre Schick Injector M1 Adjustable SE razor (set to 8) Personna PFTE-coated stainless Injector Blade Speick Men after shave Thursday (back at the Home Den): Calani Dubai shave soap Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre Merkur Futur DE razor (usually set to about 3 – 3.5) Voskhod DE blade D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave Friday (and again at the Gym Den): Calani Oriental Plum shave soap Mühle Travel shave brush in Nickel with Silver Tip Fibre Schick Injector M1 Adjustable SE razor (set to 8) Personna PFTE-coated stainless Injector Blade Musgo Real Classic after shave
Wow! I've meticulously considered shaving details for ... what? ... the next morning. But a whole week!?! I'm impressed! :2thumbs:
I am usually also thinking only the night before when going to bed what the following day's shave will be. However, I decided to try something new and stick to a program for a week and see how it goes (with my discipline, that is ;-) )
Prep L'Occitane Vetyver Soap Razor Feather Artist Club - SS Blade Feather Pro Brush Simpson M7 LE Cream Simpsons Alum & Witch Hazel L'Occitane Baux Balm L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau De Parfum Jamie. SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH.
Monday 9th of July : Prep: Shower + Ahava Facial Soap Brush : FS finest, 19mm, black handle Cream : Proraso Green (new formula) Razor : Fatip Grande Blade : Astra SP Post : Cold water, Alum block, cold water, Nivea ASB I kept the same blade and razor as yesterday. Proraso Green is excellent as said before in here, I have only a sample of green and one of red sandalwood, they produce both very good lather. Today I went only with one pass WTG and one XTG, got very decent result. Going ATG with the Fatip and Astra gives me a very smooth BBS but also I'm getting irritated so I'll skip ATG for a while. All in all, DFS for today.
Monday July 9th, Menthol Monday Also my first day back from vacation. Gotta go back to work and make the donughts. Proraso white soap Simpsons Berkley 46, face lather Gillette Milord, with Gillette 7O'Clock Super Platinum Blue Alcolado Glacial splash with Proraso ASB A quick two pass shave for the morning, DFS+, smooth and chilly. I had no internet connection during vacation (relaxing remember) but all the shave's last week were the same Proraso preshave balm Mem shave cream Omega boar travel brush, face lather EJ89, with Gillette 7O'Clock Super Platinum Blue Alcolado Glacial splash, with Nivea cool kick ASB Pretty good, the Nivea worked well for travelling and very good for all the sun I got. Have a great week
July 9 2012 Le Coultre 7/8ths, frameback, barber's point Omega Professional brush Kappus aloe vera s/c Pinaud Lime Sec a/s Malizia Vetyver e de c Have a great day! Graham
Monday, July 9, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick I1 Blade: Schick Soap: MWF Brush: Semogue 1305 Scuttle/Mug: Moss Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue
6/8 Prior Calani Highland Honey homemade super badger Best $20 I ever spent on a razor. Great shave this morning, the Calani was superb. I have a boat load of sandalwood samples that should arrive today from JoAnna so it should be an interesting week. I think the "shine is off the penny" with my new super badger. 2 band finest is the brush for me. Have a good one. photo upload
Monday Prep: Hot shower Razor: Weber DLC Blade: Voskhod Soap/Cream: TSD Wheat Cream Iced Spearmint Brush: Vie-Long Butterscotch Behive Natural Horse Hair AS: TSD Iced Coconut Lime Verbena Results DFS
Happy Monday! Proraso Green Soap Proraso Pre-Shave Vulfix 404 '73 Black Handle w/ 7Oclock Yellow (2) Warm+Cold Rinse Blue Floid DFS to start the week
Monday Aristocrat Junior The Colonel Gillette Yellow ManS Sport M Bomb Proraso Green Just 1 pass this morning. I added one drop of M Bomb to the mix, and felt it when I was rinsing off. It went very nice with the Proraso!
Monday: Per: Hot shower then Musgo Real Glyce soap Razor: Muhle R41 w/ Voskhod blade Cream: Proraso Red (new formula) Post: Warm water rinse, RazoRock alum, warm rinse, Thayers Original A/S: Floid Blue w/ 444
SOTD Monday July 9, 2012 Prep: Tepid Water Shower, Brush soaking in hot water Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb mounted on an Ikon Bulldog Handle Blade: SuperMax Super Platinum Brush: Vie-Long Beehive LE Brush in Natural Horse Hair Soap: None Cream: LEA Sensitive Skin AS: British Sterling Post: Cold Water Rinse, Ice cube rub, Second Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave. Another day, another shave with the Short Comb NEW, today with a fresh blade, the SuperMax Super Platinum, which is my go to blade. Today I used of the LEA shave cream on it's own. Out of the tube, the product has a similar look to it as a Turkish cream. The feel was slick between my fingers, but the lather was somewhat lack luster after a few minutes of whipping it around. It felt silky and somewhat cooling on my face when applied, which is odd as I did not see menthol as one of the ingredients. The LEA produced a very good slickness, but lacked the cushion that you would find in other creams of the same price piont. With that said, it is still not a bad cream for the money. The combo of the SuperMax blade and short comb NEW head provided very good stubble reduction. Two face passes, three neck passes, some light buffing, and I have close to a BBS shave.
Monday morning, July 9, 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!
Monday TSD unscented soap HIS synthetic brush Gillette fat-handled Tech Bluebird blade My favorite blade for the Tech razor has been Voskhod, but today I found a Bluebird blade in my blade drawer, which I haven't used for a while. In other razors I liked Bluebird blades OK, but in the Tech it just didn't work for me today. Felt kind of rough on the first pass, took more effort and care than expected. Result was an acceptable shave, but not pleasant. Not going to use this blade tomorrow....
SOTD Monday 7-9-2012 9/16 W.H. Morley Clover Brand, Full Hollow, Spike Point Proraso PSC Proraso SC Caswell Massey Ceramic Badger Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea ASB Mennen Original Skin Bracer Lately I am finding that I not only have a preference for wedge blades but, I also find the 9/16 - 5/8 size blades more maneuverable and better suited to my shaving needs. The bigger blades may look more impressive but it's really all about how effective and comfortable the blade is for an individuals specific shaving application. This little Morley is sweet! It's a great little shaver and a pleasure to use.
Menthol Monday: Savile Row 3824/DB Brush Scuttle Warm Shower Proraso PrePost cream TSD ISZ soap & a swirl of TSD ISZ Wheat Cream (face Lathered) WOW what a freeze !!!! Merkur 39c "The Hammer" /Voskhod (2) Cold Water Rinse/Ice Cube Rub Monster Block Alum Cold Water Rinse/Ice Cube Rub Thayer's Medicated Superhazel mixed with 2 drops M-Bomb The Rub mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 The Hammer did a great job today,2 pass face,1 pass head for a BBS all around.The Voskhod's I find are very smooth in the slant and are my go to blade with The Hammer.The ISZ soap and cream face lather was very face numbing,great lather and nice and slick.
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