GEM OCMM Ted Pella Blade Chubby 2 Provence Sante Green Tea Soap Master's Lilac Vegetol Splash Tet-a-Tet AS Balm tunes-Mumford and Sons
Arley, I noticed when you used the Rhodium top cap with the gold tech base before and thought it looked really cool (I am a big fan of the Silver & Gold combo with watches, rings etc in my personal jewelry.) The Matador handle addition to your silver & gold tech is money!
Todays shave was a bit awkward for me as I used a brush I acquired from an antique mall yesterday...an Erskine T-500 (vintage ?) with butterscotch handle.....its apparently imported badger? This is by FAR the softest and floppiest brush I have ever used in my life.....whipped up lather like a beast though! It seriously felt like I was lathering my face with a ultra soft cotton ball.....no exfoliation at all which is a no go for some people on here.....and for me I personally favor boar more so than badger but this was pretty nice! And its not everyday that I pass by a vintage brush in an antique mall with the bristles not all bent sideways from being stored upside down in a mug or bowl (its a shame)....anyways I really liked the handle so I got this little puppy and I'm glad I did! Its a bit small but it is pack with some lather fluffing power! All in all a great shave with just a few weepers but nothing an ol alum block can't fix! Razor- Gillette ball End Tech Blade- Voskhod (shave number 3 I think?) Brush- Vintage? Erskine T-500 with butterscotch handle Cream- Arko Regular Aftershave- Alum Block and some Brut Splash
SOTD Tuesday 11-13-2012 Cadet TP-26 CC w/Voskhod Teflon Blade Proraso PSC Erasmic SC Omega 31064 Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB British Sterling Cologne The Cadet with Voskhod is a great performer; close and smooth. The Omega 31064 Boar is now broken in and has become my go-to brush. Topped off withthe British Sterling Cologne..life is good!
Tuesday morning, November 13, 2012 Schick E2 Injector razor w/ Schick blade (3) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Tuesday Prep: Hot shower CD: 100 Blues Masters, disc 1 Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenyan AA, BLACK Soap: TSD Sea Buckthorn Brush: Ever Ready 200T with original knot Razor: Late 40s SS Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 2, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Thayer's Rose Petal WH with Aloe Vera, Sean John Unforgivable, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own
Tuesday's Shave Hot Shower-I had planned to grab a quick shower but that hot water felt too good...turned into a long shower Arko Stick-bowl lathered...I microwaved a stick and smashed it into an empty wide mouth cold-cream jar with top Omega 10029 Baby-Pro boar 1955 Schick Injector-Hydro-magic EMS/Personna D? Can't imagine a more enjoyable 3 passes than this...and this BBS is World-Class...glad there are no laws against rubbing your face in public...
I find the Nivea cream performs very well - rich and good lather, smells nice, and leaves my skin comfortable. I am so used to menthol stuff, so I felt like I was missing something because the Nivea has no menthol.
Yesterday, we celebrated Deepavali, the Hindu New Year, here in Singapore (I like the fact that we actually celebrate the New Year 4 times every year here ) and I have been making most of it by making this a looooong lazy weekend with the family. Which also means I had not shaved since last Friday. Time, therefore, to focus on stubble removal this morning by means of: Calani 'Simply Soap' shave stick Semogue #1305 shave brush Cobra Classic SE razor Feather Professional blade (1.) Bloc Osma Alum Speick Men after shave I could have stopped after the first pass, which would have been clean and smooth enough to spend all day at work. But since there was still so much of the lather in the brush and, to the touch, the tiniest amount of stubble underneath one of the jawlines, I decided to throw in a second pass. Just nice!
Thanks! Unfortunately the fever is starting to come back. We just keep trying to fill her up on good stuff and have her get lots of rest. Here's hoping tonight is better! (Fingers crossed)
Prep PSC Tabac SC Turkish #6 Horse Hair Brush (Less than $3.00 new, check it out here.) 1930s Gillette New Short OC Lord Blade (2) Nivea ASB Figaro ASL Myth - "You cannot get a decent shave from an old beat-up razor." Well today I wanted to see if it was possible to get a decent shave from an old and very worn Vintage Gillette razor. The razor above was quite dirty, had spots of bluish oxidation between the teeth and on the handle, and all of the plating on the top of the head was gone. When I loaded up a blade and placed the razor in the sink I could almost hear it saying: "Are we are going to have a shave today, sir? Hot dang! Haven't done that for years"!! Myth Status - TOTALLY BUSTED! These old razors can indeed provide a most excellent shave. It just so happens that the OC head on this razor is a perfect match for my whiskers and skin type. This old fella didn't mess around and quickly got around to providing me a very close and comfortable shave. I will probably send this razor off to be replated with the original gold finish. If he was impressed with having a shave today he should be over the moon when he gets a set of new gold duds! Cheers, everyone! Movember 2012 Participant - My Donation Page
Nov 13 Face Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash Pre-Shave Lather: Nuka Shave Lather: Derby Menthol SC Razor: Merkur 38M Blade: SuperMax Platinum (1) Brush: Semogue 1305 Post: Witch Hazel/Vodka/Aloe/Glycerin mixture followed byNivea Extreme Comfort The Derby worked much better tonight. Almost good enough to keep. I'll have to put this aside and try it again down the road.
I have not been posting my shaves for almost a week. Been out of the loop. So here is Monday and Tuesday 11-12-12 Soap: Omega Brush: The Body Shop Blade: Astra Razor: Parker 22R 11-13-12 Everything is the same except used Ingram's Had a nice shave both days.
