Thursday: Turkish Horsehair Super Speed/Sharp day 4 Lavanda SC (older version) Svoboda AS Balsam Barbon AS Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EDT I had such a nice, close, and comfortable shave this morning that I really enjoyed. This Turkish Horsehair brush is great for lathering soaps and certain types of creams. The older version of Lavanda smells great, and has a slight cooling effect, and feels very good on the skin. If you have sensitive skin, then the Svoboda balsam and the Barbon aftershave will take good care of you!
October 3 2012 Wade & Butcher Celebrated 7/8ths, full hollow, barber's point Omega Professional boar Omega s/c M&L Florida Water a/s Bigelow Barber Black e de c October 4 2012 Fatboy on 6 Wilkinson blade (Gillette) Vie Long horsehair The Real Shaving Co. s/c Pinaud Special Reserve a/s 4711 e de c Two very different set-ups. This morning, for the first time, I used the RSC cream straight from brush to face and while it worked well enough, I think I'll stick to KMF for that kind of lathering. Over all though, a quick no nonsense DFS. Yesterday was a different story; preshave oil, hot towels, straight razor. The whole trainwreck, as it were. As always the W&B did it's thing and the shave was smooth. Have a great day, everyone Graham
Thursday: soak brush/Savile Row 3824/Ayar's Bowl warm shower Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap QCS Key Lime SS & SC lathered together with 3 drops M-Bomb Joris 1912T/Perma-Sharp Super (3) warm water rinse Monster Block Alum warm water rinse Thayer's Lemon WH followed by QCS Key Lime Aftershave Balm (very small amount) Pinaud Lime Sec Wonderful shave today,2 pass face,1 pass head,no touch-up's required for BBS.I didn't like shave 1 and 2 with the Joris/Perma-Sharp combo,but the third shave was the charm.Normally Perma-Sharps are my top blade in most razors,not-so much in the Joris.Today was different,nice and smooth,still with plenty of life in it for another shave or 2.
Shave of the Day (SOTD) Thursday October 4, 2012 Prep: Brush soaking in cold water, face wash with Noxzema Triple Clean, tepid shower Razor: FaTip Grande Blade: Vokshod Teflon Coated (1) Brush: Semogue 820 Cream: Lea Mentholated AS: English Leather Post: Cold Water Rinse, Double Splash Of Aftershave The shower was extra long today as even after an entire pot of Peet's French roast I still felt half asleep. Nothing wakes you up like a cool shower on a cold fall morning. Surprised that the Semogue 820 does not get more love on the forums as it is a great brush. The bristles are nice and soft, great for bowl lathering, and in my opinion it is a much better choice as a first brush compared to a cheap pure badger. The smell of Lea Menthol is enough to wake you up, as the menthol explodes in your face like a Claymore while you build the lather. It has become my favorite menthol cream as it really has a great kick, makes a nice slick lather and provides that lovely freeze to your face. This morning my face was screaming for an Open Comb and the FaTip was giving me a dirty look for not using it much lately. I plopped in a Voskhod (thanks Bruce/Stroker) as a Russian/Italian union seemed like a sure fire way to remove an ungodly amount of whiskers from my face. It was a massacre this morning, my whiskers had no place to go as the FaTip/Vokshod combo smoothly mowed them down. I almost felt sorry for them as there was no escaping the path of destruction. After one pass I could have stopped and left with a better shave than I had yesterday, but I wanted to push on. Two full passes and some minor touch-up's at my jawline provided a BBS shave that was as good as it gets.
Thursday morning, October 4, 2012 Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (4) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap w/ hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Shaves are a bit boring this week. Everything is packed up except my Merkur 34c, Proraso tube, Razorock Alum, Omega Boar, and some VS ASB. It's going to be like this until at least next Wed/Thurs. I already miss mixing it up everyday.
SOTD Thursday 10-4-2012 5/8 Wade & Butcher, Full Hollow, French Point in Violetwood Scales Proraso PSC Irisch Moos SC Parker Badger Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB English Leather Cologne
Monty, that's great to hear that your shaving journey is coming together. Might I suggest a blade sampler.
4th of October Thursday, 2012 Before I hit the shower I refilled the Hummingbird feeder and the hanging water station {we live in apartment we have small balcony} We still Hummingbirds at our feeder, they are fueling up for their non-stop trip to Costa Rica. Facial prep with Prairie Creations, does a great job prepping the face for the lather. Featured sop today RazoRock Fresco. Next up in the brush rotation the Omega 48, since the Semogue brushes moved in the Omega has somewhat been neglected. The Omega did outstanding lathering job this morning, the lather exploded in the bowl. Building on yesterday's lather success I left the brush a tad wetter, it has proven to be successful. Day two for the 20's Gillette OC and Super Max Platinum. My newly discovered change up of the doing the ATG last is proving to bring the shave up a notch. Today's shave was a superior DFS, that pretty close to BBS. I hope that everyone has had a great week, hang in there, tomorrow is TGIF.
04/10/2012 Thursday night, Hot shower Clarins men exfoliate cleanser Dr Harris lemon and Ginger soap Pr-shave Herbal pre-shav gel/tobs Tobs shave cream Dr Harris skin toner Dr Harris milk of cucumber an roses Splash of tobs bay rum Razor-t&h and brush Blade-gillette 7 o'clock yellow Only introduced to traditional shaving a few months back, and I am addicted to it! Can't stop myself from buying stuff! Have to hold back due to my girlfriend being pregnant, but love it it's great have spent a small fortune sofar but it sure is worth it!
Hi Monty! Welcome to the Shave Den! Nice to know you had a great shave. Hope there's many more to come!
Thursday! prep: hot washing cloth Music: Laïs, The Ladies' Second Song Brush: Omega travel boar Soap: Arko stick Razor: Gem OCMM Blade: Gem stainless Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse Magnificent shave! One of the closest I've ever had. It is now almost fifteen hours later and the stubble is only just starting to come. Aro & Gem are an awesome combination (to me that is...) Wish you all the best shaves!
Oct. 4, 2012 Preparation:Hot towel soak w/ Whole Foods 365 Glycerin Soap Razor: Cadet TP-26 Open Comb Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Sharp Edge, aka yellow (1) Brush:: Frank Shave Richmond 24 mm silvertip Cream/Soap:C.O. Bigelow cream Lathering Technique:Bowl lathered Aftershave:Cold water splash / C.O. Bigelow Barber Elixir Green ASB Continuing to try different blades in the Cadet TP-26 OC, so thougt I would go with the sharper Gillette 7 o’clock yellow. Results are very nice. Nice BBS shave with the Bigelow cream, bowl lathered with the super soft Frank Silvertip. The Bigelow cream is nice, but not as nice as the Real Shave Co. Moisturizing cream which so far seems to be the best. Finished with several splashes of cold water and the sadly discontinued C.O. Bigelow Barber Elixir Green After Shave Balm.
After a killer 12 hour shift I came home and had my self a hot shower and a perfect cheap shave Hot shower Nivea shaving cream Cheapy Shavette loaded with an Astra SP Balea pure badger brush ( although i find myself preferring the boar lately) Alum block and a splash of Old spice original
I had me an interesting shave this evening. Using the EJ DE89 and a yellow 7 o'Clock I got me a nice, close and comfortable shave. While still setting a new Norse record in face mutilation. Not as bad as it reads, but still more than I am used to Facewash: Fitjar Face Wash Razor: Edwin jagger DE89l Blade: Gillette 7 o'Clock - Yellow edition Brush: Proraso Soap - Might be Geo F Trumper Coconut scented soap AS Lotion: Thayers Witch Hazel AS balm: TSD After Shave Milk - Coconut and lime
Thursday! Dropped my favorite bowl . New opportunity, I suppose! Pre (Eucerin Moisturizing cream, warm shower) Omega 10083 Pro boar MWF Merkur 23c w/ Kai Stainless Post (Cetaphil Gentle cleanser, cold water rinse, pat dry) Master Bay Rum Two pass DFS! Down to the dregs of the Master Bay Rum bottle and the scent seems to have changed slightly. Anyone experienced something similar? Good thing I have a backup bottle. The aftermath ... [edit: add pic]
