Prep: hot towel then Proraso pre/post Strop: Star Shaving - 100 round trips Soap: TOBS Sandalwood whipped up in G20 Brush: TGN grade A in a handle PIF'd by Oscar11 Razor: Boker King Cutter Post: warm rinse, cold rinse,Thayers WH, Alum, Pinaud Clubman. My first SOTD post after a Str8 razor shave. The Boker is from the bay. I honed it on a Norton 4k/8k before stropping. I have been shaving with a few different straights for a few weeks, and this was my first BBS. Not a single nick or even a weeper. 16 hours later and I am just starting to feel stubble. I have been getting pretty good shaves during the week, but the relaxed time I had this morning let me concentrate on the shave instead of if I was going to be able to get it done in time to get to work.
Late Shave 4/6/2013 Hot Wet Wash Cloth WD Silver Tip Gingers Sandalwood Soap '51 SS Cold Rinse WH Nivia Sensitive PS Balm Clubman!!
Mühle samples day 4 - 6.4.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable Blade: Personna Med Prep (2) Brush: WSP Monarch HMW Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Cream: Mühle Sea Buckthorn Post: T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel Aftershave: Mühle Sea Buckthorn ASL Well, this was the last of my Mühle samples. It seems like they made a mistake while packaging some of them and it seems the sandalwood cream I used on Friday was actually sea buckthorn as well. I don't know how this could've happened, but it was the exact same scent. So in a way I was right when I said I've never smelt a sandalwood scent like that. The lotion was different from the sandalwood one so no mistakes here. Bottom line from these Mühle samples is that I really liked the skin care properties from both the shaving creams and aftershave lotions. I just don't know if they've convinced me to buy full-sized products.
Sunday: NXT Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Dovo Bismarck 5/8 Ginger's Garden Ice Mint SS Anherb AS Conditioner Osage Rub AS Grey Flannel EDT I was going to use Proraso White soap this morning but my little princess picked up my Ginger's Garden soap and sniffed it and told me, "Daddy, this soap smells soooo nice - please use it!" so how could I refuse? I'm actually very happy I did, because it's an awesome soap which our dear Irena created. A gorgeous minty scent, the lather is wonderful and rich, and the menthol effect blows Proraso Green away. The Anherb conditioner combined with the Rubski Dubski kept the chill going. BTW, my wife LOVES the Grey Flannel on me - when she kissed me this morning she told me, "oh, babe you smell so nice!"
Sunday Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB, hand strop blade CD: Winds of Worship from New England Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya, BLACK Soap: Daisy Mountain Naturals Sandalwood Brush: Mohawk 3-338 with original knot SE: Ever Ready 1912 Blade: Gem, day 1, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, Thayer's Rose Petal WH with Aloe Vera, B&BW Oak, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky A darn fine shave.
Sunday morning, April 7, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (6) Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush, C O Bigelow shave cream with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Sunday I1 injector with Schick blade (1) TOBS Lavender Omega Mighty Midget 3 passes Alum Master's Bay Rum First time to use the I1, a great shave but I think I prefer the E2. I'll have to shave the rest of the week with it to see.
Sunday! Prep: none Music: Daft Punk, Tron Legacy soundtrack Brush: none Soap: none Razor: none Blade: none Shave: no-pass Post: none Great no-shave today!
Saturday 06-04-2013 Razor: Slim '64 @ 7 Blade: Polsilver SI (3) Brush: Omega 10077 Cream: Viking Sensitive ASB: Viking Sensitive Sunday 07-04-2013 Razor: Merkur 37c Slant Blade: 7AM Platinum (1) Brush: Omega 10077 Cream: Rose of Bulgaria ASB: Nivea Sensitive Weekend shave was great with both of razor ,BBS after 3 passes.:hooray:
Prep: Proraso White Soap: Proraso Green Brush:NF Tubby 1 Razor: UFO U2/Gillette New LC Post: Profs ASB mixed with 444 Third shave with this new head, getting used to it and a much better angle. Practically BBS one side of my neck shows a bit of irritation as I tried two different angles when going ATG. I do like this head! I just hope I can get it to like me!
Sunday: Cetaphil Face Bar Shave Secret Oil Conk Lime Witch Hazel Axe Chilled A.S. Gel Brut Splash EJ Best Medium Dovo Natural 5/8 round point
Does anyone on here take their pictures with an iPhone? for some reason its now saying my file is too large and I cannot upload photos I used my colgate soap today with lilac aftershave, would have been a good pic. Happy wrasslemania everyone!
I take my pictures with my android phone and use an app called quickpic to shrink them for posting. You can get away with a lot lower resolution for posting than if you were going to print them.
SOTD Sunday 4-7-2013 Edwin Jagger DE89BA11 Barley Chrome Astra Superior Platinum Blade Proraso PSC Palmolive Classic SC GT G4 Scuttle Omega Boar Thayer's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Mennen Original Skin Bracer Sunday smooth with the Barley Chrome! An outstanding razor!
Thought of you the other day! Let me start by saying I'm okay with menthol, not a huge fan, but I enjoy the menthol that is in Skin Bracer and Aqua Velva. The other day I picked up a bottle of Barbasol Pacific Rush ASL, have you tried it? My face was frozen for at least 5 minutes! It was a little to intense, I traded it off to a buddy. However, if you can find it, I bet you'd like it. Cheap too! Two bucks a bottle, have a good one!
Saturday: no shave day Sunday: Prep: Hot bath, Cetaphil facial wash, TSD Iced Subzero Balm, hot towel Music: Mad Season, "Wake Up" Razor: 1946/7 Gillette Aristocrat Blade: Super-max Platinum Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barber Shoppe, dollop of C.O. Bigelow Cream Brush: Art of Shaving pure badger Shave: 4 passes, blade buffing on chin Post: Cold water splash, Thayer's Rose Witch hazel with aloe, cold towel, Nivea Sensitive Balm with added menthol Pomade: Redken Maneuver Cologne: Lacoste Essential Great shave again.
Sunday morning. Axe Chilled face wash Shave Secret Arko/Barbasol Arctic Chiller Van Der Hagen Boar Brush Astra Super Platinum blade (2) Edwin Jagger DE89L Witch Hazel Gillette Cool Wave Nivea After-Shave Balm For a fine BBS. I tried the Arko stick for the first time, and failed to make a good lather! Man I love the smell though! Clean and fresh smelling. I'll have to read up on how to lather with this stick to try again tomorrow. So it was back to Barbasol and did two passes with touch-ups, buffing on neck, cheeks and chin, had a weeper but that stopped bleeding during touch-ups. The end result was a fine smooth shave, BBS, better than I thought it would be. Aces!
