5/8 Case Red Imp Klar Klassic 22mm Omega boar Stephan Bay Rum I'm turning into a big fan of Klar Seifen, it's just really good stuff. Very nice shave. Have a good one.
Friday Prep: Hot shower, Dirigo Blue Cedarwood PSO Coffee: Maxwell House French Roast, BLACK CD: Best of the Blues, disc 3 Soap: TSD Cedarwood Brush: Mohawk 3-338 DE: '58 Gillette TV Blade: ASR Platinum Chrome, day 5, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, B&BW Oak 'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky Another great shave darn near BBS.
Friday Warm shower with Old Spice Wolfthorn AoS Unscented Preshave Oil Gillette Fusion Power VDH Unscented Soap VDH Boar Brush WTG, XTG EDIT: Cold water splash Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Active ASB Penhaligon's Quercus cologne In a relative hurry today, due to a vet appointment to get my cat's stitches removed, so only 2 passes and a DFS with two weepers. Managed some very nice meringue-like lather though, probably my best lather to-date. Switched it up with the Nivea scented ASB because I wanted a little more cooling effect for my face; relative to our norms, it's hotter than the Devil's porch here this week.
Tabac Soap Semogue 2009 LE super badger Wilkinson Sticky 1970s ? Wilkinson Sword vintage blades; do not know what year Tet-A-Tet cologne
Razor: Jagger DE89 w Tradere handle Blade: Israeli Red Brush: 30mm Super Silvertip Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap Soap: Momma Bears Czar’s Choice Iced Post: Osma Alum Block Aftershave: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
FRIDAY a. Pre: Hot shower, Lucky Tiger Lemon wash, hot towel, Floids PSO b. Razor: 1941 Gillette Aristocrat c. Blade: Astra SP d. Brush: VDH Boar e. Soap: Mike's Natural Soap, plus a dab of both the Proraso and glycerin f. Shave: 3 passes & touch up; g. Post: cold water rinse; towel dry, 4711 aftershave & Nivea balm My day off, the temps have cooled off outside, had a great shave = good day!
Friday Wash TSD unscented soap Lather TSD unscented lanolin soap HIS synthetic brush EJ DE87 Gillette Silver Blue blade Cold rinse CeraVe lotion
Gillette NEW LC Weber Wave Voskhod Semogue OC boar Klar Kabinett Alum Superior 70 Fantastic shave this morning. It is really nice when you can take your time.
Friday morning, July 5, 2013 Eversharp-Schick G1 Injector w/ China Schick blade (13) Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ ARKO soap, Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS— Finish w/ Gillette Cool Wave! A great shave! Still smooth and comfortable, 13 days on the Schick China blade. But time for a new blade in the morning, the edge isn't as sharp now. Amazing I still got a DFS! Aces!
Friday afternoon, a gallery of favourites. Speick in the bowl, Silver Blue in the slant. Have a good weekend!
I did my usual prep, a three pass with the grain/against the grain/across the grain shave, and finished up with a cold water rinse and an application of some SAL Alum. The results were a BBS shave with zero nicks and zero irritation. I could have stopped after the second pass and had a damn fine shave, but after a couple of rough shaves I wanted my skin to start off with a clean slate, so I needed absolute smoothness. The Personna Platinum performed above expectations, the superlather felt great and left my face and neck feeling soothed, and the flare tip kept everything nice and neat. The alum took care of what tiny irritation began to rear its ugly head and left my skin silky smooth and redness free. I really enjoyed this shave. I liked it so much that I am considering sending my slightly beat up flare tip to The Razor Emporium to be replated in silver. It's a $55 job to replate what is, at best, a $20 razor, but it will add a few more decades to the life of the razor and give me a beautiful looking tool. I bought the razor for $2 at a junk shop, so paying another $55 to get a nice looking razor that will outlast me may just be worth it...especially considering how well it does its job. Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Blade: Personna Platinum Brush: #6 Turkish Horsehair Soap: Superlather of eShave White Tea and Proraso White Post: Cold water rinse and SAL Alum For more details on this shave, more SOTDs, product reviews, and rants visit my blog: https://cryofthewildjabberwock.wordpress.com/
5.7.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap Razor: Gillette Super Speed Red Tip Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2) Brush: The BiG Shave 2013 LE #90/100 by Semogue Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Coconut Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel Aftershave: Proraso lozione dopobarba Moisturizer: Nivea Soft
Dove Men's Face WashProraso Sandalwood SCSemogue 1305 Boar BrushEdwin Jagger 89Wilkinsword SS bladeCWRDickinson's Witch HazelAqua Velva Blue Ice AS The Proraso Sandalwood Shaving Cream is a new experience for me. It lathered up very well from an almond size dollop, and was enough for three passes and touch-ups. It has a nice woodsy scent that does not overpower. Excellent shave.
Looks near identical to one of my shaves recently. Only difference is I've not tried the Arko. I'll have to add it to the soap/cream shopping queue....
Friday's shave, July 5, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade, Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Friday, July 5, 2013 Chubby 2, Fatboy, Sunrise (2), Castle Forbes Lavender cream and aftershave balm This cream is really different from what I've tried so far. One small dab of the brush into the tub created a wildly irresponsible amount of lather. I actually had to remove some from my face and add water, which caused the exploding lather to begin in earnest, and after 3 passes it seemed like things were just getting started. The aftershave is really nice, although it has no bite whatsoever. It's a very soothing, calming effect, and so far has dried well without leaving any oiliness. This is right before I started applying lather to face, before I added water. I like a yoghurt-like consistency, and the CF can certainly deliver that, but it's going to take a little more practice before I figure out how to deal with the cream's extreme concentrated-ness. In the name of science I might force myself to use this combo again tomorrow. **Update: A few hours later, and my face is starting to feel a little more moist than it does with the Speick or Pinaud's Bay Rum aftershaves. On a scale of 1 - 10 of oiliness reduction, with straight rubbing alcohol being a 10, I think the Speick and Pinaud's are probably 7 or 8, putting the CF at 6. The CF is still the "driest" balm I've used to date.
Saturday Krusius Brothers KB Extra (5/8) EJ DE86-touch up Super Iridium (d4) Vulfix 404 TSD Iced Florida Water SS Cold Water Splash Osage Rub Stephens Island Lime
