SoS: April 15, 2013 - April 21, 2013

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB
Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK
CD: Best of the Blues, disc 3
Soap: Dulouz Marakesh
Brush: The Dridecker
DE: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, Old Spice cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky

Nice. Very nice.

 

Lilac is my favorite spring time aftershave.

 

Wednesday

Well, I'll be damned - the Astra SP that tore up my face the first time I tried my R89 got a second chance today - and it marvelled!!

Prep: Matas Mens Sensitive Face Wash followed by a steaming hot wet cloth.
Lather: Haslinger Ewe Milk soap.
Brush: Semogue 1520.
Razor: Mūhle R89.
3 passes (traditional WTG, XTG, ATG) with touchups on my, very difficult, chin.
Cold rinse followed by National Shaving Alum block. Rinse off after few mins.
Finished off with Speick Aftershave Lotion.

No nicks this time. I got 8 last time I used the R89/AstraSP combo. Technique/pressure must have been to blame.

 

SOTD Wednesday 4-17-2013

FaTip Piccolo w/Astra SP
Proraso PSC
Musgo Real SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Vintage Austrian Barbershop Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Mennen Original Skin Bracer

The FaTip Piccolo is a cute little thing. It looks so small and innocent but, this little sucker will eat your lunch! It has to be one of the most aggressive razors in my cabinet. (Excluding the R41 of course!) The FaTip Grande is slightly aggressive but nowhere near this little cuss. I always enjoy the Grande but I have to keep a close watch on the little Piccolo. lol

 

Me too, my friend.
If you ever stumble upon one and it's is in reasonable condition, don't hesitate: buy!



And send to me!

 

Hump day!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Fisher Z, Going Deaf For A Living
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Palmolive classic
• Razor: Shake Sharp silver
• Blade: Gillette carbon Super blue (#4)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up (1 shake between passes)
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, DVH alum, 3 shakes, dry blade and reload blade in bakelite Shake

After four shaves using one edge, the blade is still going strong! That equals eight DE shaves. See where we end up...
Nice 'n' close shave.

 

Wednesday morning. A beautiful cool morning with clouds in the sky.

Axe Chilled facial wash/V05 conditioner
Shave Secret
Barbasol Soothing Aloe
Astra Superior Platinum (1)
Edwin Jagger DE89L razor
Witch Hazel
Captain’s Choice Bay Rum aftershave

For a content BBS!

I’ve been meaning to trying shimming the blade, but I need to get a new pair of scissors first! In the meantime, another perfectly good shave, smooth, and my face feels refreshed and comfortable.

With Barbasol I’m finding I’m using my brush less and less, don’t think I need to use my brush anymore with Barbasol. When I get my new C.O. Bigelow cream I’ll be using the brush again. I just found a nice ceramic bowl at a thrift store that should do nicely for mixing lather.

My Schick blades (from Amazon) should be here on Thursday, perhaps even today, and then I try my Schick E2 razor for the first time! I’m really looking forward to that. Just realized I have to clean that razor first.

Aces!

 

Hot shower
TSD preshave balm
TSD Barbershop, 5 drops of mbomb
WD Silvertip & Dirty Bird Bowl
Muhle R41 w/ Feather
Alum & WH
Clubman

BBS & NICK FREE!!!

 

Wednesday

Aristocrat Jr.
Personna Platinum
The Manchurian
Proraso Green SC
Proraso Splash
Axe Chilled

 

SOTD Wednesday

Yesterday's shave was so close I'm not gonna shave until tomorrow

Prep: Hot bath, Cetaphil facial wash
Razor: none
Blade: none
Brush: none
Shave: none
Post: Clubman AS
Pomade: Murray's Superior, Royal Crown to finish off
Cologne: Tom Ford Noir

Getting the hang of this old school pomade stuff. Very awesome hair product and is only 2-3 bucks a tin.

Went barbershop shopping today, introduced myself to a few barbers. Think I'm gonna try the one that's only a few minutes from my house, very nice, kinda cluttered and old inside but they seem to know why they're doing.

 

"....eat your lunch...." You killin' me.....I haven't heard that one before...

 

Happy Hump Day!!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
TOBS Grapefruit SC
Lord L6
Polsilver (2)
Cool Water Rinse
BB&W "Be Enchanted" Body Lotion

This was my first time using the Grapefruit flavor of TOBS and I LOVE the scent, made the bathroom smell very nice and performed much like my other flavors of TOBS. Everything else is old school for me, performed as it always does.

In other news.....

I am one month out of my neck surgery and WOW, do I feel much better. I can't say I am enjoying the actual recovery, that darn collar sucked for the first two weeks! But the good news is, my arms are working properly now!! I have two discs replaced with cadaver bone and a plate with three screws in three different discs. The entire healing process is about a year and I'll start fusing in the next couple months. In the meantime, I'm learning my limitations!

It's good to be back, I sure have missed you guys!

Have a great rest of your day!!

 

Great to see you around again, Shawna! Here's wishing you a speedy recovery!

 

17.4.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Vintage Bakelite Slant
• Blade: Personna Med Prep (1)
• Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Soap/Cream: RazoRock S. Maria
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Honeybee Gardens Key Lime

Perhaps today's gear selection wasn't the best. As some of you might know my bakelite slant broke a while back. While I managed to glue it back together it feels slightly different as it did before. I'm still unlucky with Med Prep blades from the box of 100 I have. I got a bad batch, that's for sure. One side feels smooth and mows down whiskers like there's no tomorrow while the other side of the blade tugs, pulls and skips along the face. Not the best feeling in the world when a blade you love proves to be guilty of poor quality control from the company that makes it. I'm also still struggling with making proper lather with S. Maria. I either end up with too much water or too much product (lather too thick).

 

Wednesday 17-04-2013

Razor: Muhle R106
Blade: Polsilver SI (3)
Brush: Horse hair #6
Cream: Compass Sensitive
AS: Old Spice​

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My black badger (TGN) also needed serious defunkage. It may have to do with location on the pelt (rear & sometimes feet). Love the scrubby goodness post-exorcism though!

 

Wishing you a speedy & complete recovery!

 

Gotta use it or lose it! Prolly the last run through the older gear before the den clearing sale. I will keep Chubbz I and II for nostalgia, but mainly use the 404 and the R-41 and Arko as the daily drivers.

 

Thursday, 18th April

Pre: Ach. Brito GLYCE Lima
Soap: Arko stick
Brush: Parker deluxe pure badger
Razor: Gem MM Clog Pruf
Blade: Gem stainless steel
Post: Alum, witch hazel
Aftershave: Black Suede
Hair tonic: Pashana eau de Quinine with oil

 

8/8W&B restored by Glen (hey, Jeff "stingreysrock", that nice old chopper is my solid favorite everyday razor, many thanks to you!!! )
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Gada Original SC (Jeff "crackstar", thank you for supplying me with Gada creams, great stuff!)
Cold water splash
Everest ASB w/cologne
Fast, but very satisfying shave. I noticed that from time to time I can shave pretty fast with a straight, but it not something I'd like to repeat every day. Smooth and clean!