Wednesday: NXT Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Super Speed/7 AM day 3 Mama Bear Awakenings SS Gillette Intense Cooling AS Balsam Alt Innsbruck AS Givenchy Gentleman EDT Each day so far, my shaves have been getting colder and colder. This Awakenings soap has such menthol power which hits you like a ton of icy bricks. It also has awesome lather and a great scent. The Gillette balsam and the Alt Innsbruck maintain the freeze very well. Beautifully BBS again!
Wednesday Prep: Hot shower, AoS PSO Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK CD: The Essence of Muddy Waters, disc 1 Soap: Vintage Old Spice Brush: Ever Ready 250PB with original knot DE: Gillette Sheraton Blade: '64 Gillette Thin, day 3, 3 passes SE: Schick Injector E model, touch up Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, Old Spice cologne, toss blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own Lousy blade. Rough shave. The Schick saved it, though. Not bad after a touch up.
5/8 SSA Castle Forbes Lime 22mm Omega knot Not much to look at but a fine shaving Swedish straight. I've been doing one pass shaves this week and could easily get away with it but the brevity of the shave seems to make it less enjoyable, maybe just less of an experience. Have a good one.
Finally back home! Music: The Doors (RIP Ray) Coffee: Black, strong First time with an Injector. Very nice shave!
Tuesday night Star 1912 Gem SS blade Tabac soap Ever-Ready resto brush cold water rinse alum block cold water rinse Just a quick single pass...
WSP Prince Silvertip Brush TOBS Eaton College Shaving Cream Facelather Merkur 38C Barber Pole 3 passes Aramis After Shave Lotion Tet-A-Tet After Shave Balm Fantastic shave! The Tet balm is awesome!
Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade, Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Tried out the TOBS sandalwood I got in a trade yesterday...Ughhh. Think my face might not like something in the scent! I enjoyed the light sandalwood scent and the lather is incredible, but I got a mild stinging after the first pass. The stinging was not there with the alum, so I'm thinking it was the cream. PRE: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap + Am Crew PSO BRUSH: Omega 636 CREAM: TOBS Sandalwood RAZOR: Merkur 38C BLADE: Wilkinson Sword POST: Alum, Gillette Cool Wave + Seacret ASB Homegrown Scuttle description. Have a great day!
Thanks! I like this model year of the R41. It was great but, then they changed to the face-eater in 2011! lol
SOTD Wednesday 5-22-2013 Muhle R89/Weber Bulldog w/Polsilver SI Proraso PSC Irisch Moos SC GT G4 scuttle Semogue 820 Boar Thayer's Witch Hazel Nivea replenishing ASB Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve ASL The R89/Weber is a great combo that provides excellent shaves. The Clubman SR is a lame substitute for the Pashana ASL but, it's similar. I really hope they (whoever they are) makes the old Pashana available again!
Wednesday morning May 22, 2013 Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (2) Barbasol Arctic Chill, Finish with cold water, Witch Hazel and Family Dollar Spice, Cold water two-pass plus for a very soothing DFS! Aces!
Awesome BBS birthday shave today with my new gear. Merkur 37c slant/TOBS Grapefruit scent SC I must admit, I was a little apprehensive to try the slant, due to its "aggressive" reputation. But, it was the smoothest shave I've had in quite some time! looking forward to using it again tomorrow with a fresh Wilkie blade.
Gillette New Personna Med Prep Vintage Ever Ready Brush with Finest Badger Knot Argo Neo Silver SC (Thanks Dmitry) Osage Rub Splash Phyto Expert AS Balm music-Buckwheat Zydeco coffee-home roasted Sumatra
Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash Razor: Gillette black handled super speed Blade: Max Herder Elite Brush: Van Der Hagen basic boar Soap: De Vergulde Hand Extra Fris Post: Cold water rinse I managed a two pass BBS with zero irritation and a single nick. I wrote a little article about Michigan, the Dutch, and these blades on my blog. Stop by and check it out. https://cryofthewildjabberwock.wordpress.com/
Wednesday's shave: Razor: Merkur slant Blade: Treet Brush: Fred Dickinson and Gilroys LTD. travel Pre shave: Proraso white Lather: speick soap Aftershave: Clubman The Treet was rough yesterday, but today it felt very smooth but very dull. I slickened up my lather a bit, but it was still skipping all over the place and I refuse to bear down with the slant. I'll give it one more day, but I don't think this one is a keeper, at least not in this razor. A little rough about the chin, but I'm still happy with the result, my face feels great.
Sweet! How you like the TOBS Grapefruit? Is it more of a sweet/pink grapefruit scent, or the more sour white grapefruit?
