Wednesday: Soak Brush Semogue SOC/DB Brush Scuttle(2 ice cubes and cold water) warm shower Proraso PrePost cream Klar Kabinett (face lathered) Slim Adj. set on 7/Gillette Silver Blue (2) Cold water rinse/ice cube rub Monster Block Alum Cold water rinse/ice cube rub Thayer's Rose Petal WH mixed with some Roberts Rosewater The Veg mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 Nice and smooth 2 pass face,1 pass headshave,BBS all around.I love the Silver Blues in this razor,very nice shave indeed.
Wednesday! Warm Shower Green Marvy Mug Omega Pro Boar AOS Lemon SC Lord L6 Gillette 7OC Black (3) Cool Water Rinse TSD Lavender ASM Victoria's Secret "Very Sexy" Perfume Have a great day!
SOTD Wednesday 7-25-2012 Gillette Open Comb/1904 Handle Wilkinson Stainless Blade Classic Shaving Lilac SS in Vintage OS Mug Semogue 820 Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Brut Original ASB Brut Original Cologne I have been working early in the morning to avoid the heat so I'm switching to DE's for awhile. These hurried straight shaves are taking a toll on my fingers! (I seem to hack myself a lot during the blade cleaning process.) The shaves have been great but at this rate I won't have any fingers left to hold the razor!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick I1 Blade: Schick Soap: MEM Brush: Semogue LE 2010 Silvertip Scuttle/Mug: DB Bill Bowl Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Amber
Wednesday Prep: Hot shower, AoS pre-shave oil CD: Jars of Clay ~ Jars of Clay Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK Soap: TSD SOTQ A3 - Jelly Donut + 3 drops M Bomb Brush: 24mm silvertip set in red mallee burl Razor: Merkur 34C set in red mallee burl Blade: Dorco ST-301, day 3, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own
Wednesday Merkur 38C Barber Pole Voskhod Simpsons Chubby CH1 Tabac Brut A/S Felt it was time for a 38C revisit. Smooth shave, really regret not getting the 34C instead just cause of the handle length.
Rotbart No15 Feather Rooney 3/3 Finest QCS Vostok SS Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S w/ M Bomb SMN - Pot Pourri
Wednesday Honeybee unscented soap Mühle hjm black fibre brush EJ DE89l Gillette Super Platinum blade (blue) Cold rinse Gold Bond lotion The cat was in his basket on the bathroom counter, but never even opened an eye during my shave ritual!
Wednesday 07/25/2012 Shower and Shave Hot shower. Proraso glycerin~~~~ facial prep Vulfix 28~~~~today's brush Pre' de Provence Shea Butter Savon A Raser~~~today's soap choice Gillette old style open comb~~~today's razor Gillette Thin, vintage~~~blade choice Cold water splash, RazoRock alum, Three Flowers, Tet-A-Tet balm~~~post shave The Vulfix boar is a great little brush every soap that challenges it, easily succumbs into mounds of great lather. The Gillette old style open comb with a vintage Gillette Thin, day two was somewhat smoother. Thankfully we have stainless steel blades today, which are a vast improvement over the older carbon one. It has been interesting to experience a total vintage shave. Three passes today resulted in a DFS.
Weber Classic Handle DLC KAI (2) TOBS Avocado SC Rudy Vey Vintage Restore Finest Badger TSD 2x iced Cracklin' Firewood Splash Lab Series Balm Music-Johnny Winter -KAI much smoother; not sure it's from the TOBS Avocado (my lather was a bit on the watery side yesterday) or it was tamed by having a shave on it already. Either way it was a very smooth pleasant DFS
Wednesday Morning A trip to the mountains today to escape the heat, so a respectable shave before leaving ... Pre (Eucerin, warm shower) Omega 10083 Pro boar T&H Ultimate Comfort SC Merkur 23c w/ Kai Post (Cetaphil, cold water rinse) Master Bay Rum DFS by means of wtg, xtg, no touch-up. Respectable, comfortable, presentable. Give only a DFS, since around 5:00 pm I was was working on quite the manly shadow. Was around 25 - 30 degrees (Fahrenheit) cooler in the mountains than here in the valley. Very nice! Will post a pic in a second. [edit:add pic/clarify]
Good morning, everyone! My Thursday shave: Musgo Real pre shave oil Logona Mann shave cream Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush in horn imitate, with Silver Tip Fibre Gillette Sensor loaded with a new cartridge (2 blades = “double edge”?? ;-) Bloc Osma Alum Speick Men after shave Quick and sufficiently good for the workday especially as I will be leaving early today. Would rate it a FS.
shower Muhle R106 Personna Red #4 SWK XL Scuttle Semogue 830 ARKO soap stick ARKO maximum comfort cologne ARKO maximnm comfort balm
Thursday's shave Prep: hot washing cloth Brush: DVH boar Soap: Palmolive stick Razor: Ugly Duckling Blade: Personna blue (#2) Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: cold water rinse Full BBS. Have a nice day all!
Thursday, July 26 5/8 Krusius Bros KB Extra-66 (1st pass) Gem Push Button (2 passes) GEM (T. Pella SS PTFE ) (d1) Preshave Oil Blend + M-Bomb Renaissance Man Black Amber S/S Vulfix 404 Grosvenor Old Spice Pure Sport Result: Got a full single pass from the KB without issue. Feeling like a BBS.
6/8 Toyo Tabac homemade grade A, 22mm Stephan Lilac Just riding the wave of nice shaves this week, same razor, same soap. New brush today, though. I set the loft at 50mm temporarily. I'll try a couple shaves and see how I like it but suspect it will end up a little lower. If it ends up around 46mm it will probably end up in a different handle. Have a good one. Brush of the day but not the razor used today. free image hosting
July 26, 2012 Holtz Apfell 6/8ths, full hollow, round point Omega faux ivory boar Kappus aloe vera s/c Old Spice a/s Old Spice e de c It rained all night and it's blessedly cool here in Toronto. Is there anything better than listening to a summer rainstorm beat on your windows? This old Holtz is a razor I don't use much because,frankly, I think it's ugly. Still,"Handsome is as handsome does." and no matter what it looks like this one does just fine. I think I'll use it more in the future. Have a great day, everyone. Graham
Thursday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/Rapira day 2 Lea Menthol SC Diana Sport Menthol Balsam Osage Rub AS Obsession for Men EDT I enjoyed this shave so much this morning - 3 passes gave me an absolutely glass table BBS face. The Lea Menthol cream is so nice - the scent, the rich, creamy lather, and the powerful cooling sensation all appeal to me so much. The Diana Sport balsam and the Osage Rub not only added lots of extra iciness, they made my eyes water and my nose run a little!
