SoS: July 1, 2013 - July 7, 2013

Razor: Cadet TP-30B OC Blade:
Voskhod Brush:
24mm Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Prairie Creations Alpine Snowdrift
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Alocolado Glacial

 

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Case, Fatboy, Sunrise (3), Castle Forbes Lavender cream & aftershave



Using a smaller brush with the Castle Forbes cream helps a bit in controlling the lather, but I'm still far from having it dialed in. Today I actually squeezed the cream out of my brush after the first lather, and used it to swipe off half of what I'd applied before my first pass. I'm not sure I'll be able to use a smaller amount than what I did today, unless I start using a popsicle stick or something to scoop out a little dab of the cream and put it directly into my bowl. Decent shave, but struggling with the cream consistency was distracting.

 

Sunday morning, July 7, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Sunday morning, July 7, 2013

Schick E2 Injector w/ China Schick blade (1)
Omega 20102 Pro boar w/ ARKO soap,
Hot water and bowl lather for a DFS—
Finish w/ Captain's Choice Bay Rum!

A great shave! The Arko smells so good and it's lather so soothing and the skin care so excellent.

Aces!

 

Sunday

Hot shower
Green Marvy Mug
Arko SS
TGN 24mm Mountain Badger
Red Tip
Treet Black (2)
Cold water rag
Speick splash

3-pass DFS. Pretty much any time I grab a razor other than the R-41 (2011) I have to take an extra pass, like today. The shave was nice though. Everything was dialed in just perfect so I did some blade buffing and j-hooking, chasing a BBS that I gave up on long ago. Were I try for BBS with the R-41, I am pretty sure I would be one big pain unit.

 

7.7.2013

• Prep: shower
• Razor: Vintage Bakelite Slant / Weber Bulldog
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue
• Brush: The BiG Shave LE #90/100 by Semogue
• Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Coconut
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Floid Blue

 

Razor: Fat Boy @4
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Brush: oscar11 23mm HMW
Stick: ARKO
Post: Alum and Thayer's
AS: Avon Bay Rum

I had a great shave with the Silver Blue. The Silver Blues seem to hit or miss with me, one blade love them next blade hate them. Anybody else have issues with these blades?

 

Thursday - Sunday

Razor: Gillette Slim '64 @ 9
Blade: SuperMax SP (1-4)
Brush: Omega 10275
Cream: Arko Adventure/Viking Sensitve/Lord Emofresh/Gada Original
AS: Brut/Figaro/Old Spice/STR8 Black

Little busy week, but finds time to shave,and great shave-2 passes (WTG,ATG) near BBS!

 

Today's shave was the first shave with the upgraded C40 brush. Being filled with metal and epoxy/glue the C40 is now very solid with plenty of heft. The TGN synthetic 24 mm is still one of the very best values on the market. It worked up more than enough lather for a head shave and two face passes with more than enough extra to spare.​

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SUNday
4:00 am shave with plenty of black coffee!

1. Pre: hot shower, hot towel, Home-made PSO
2. Razor: Merkur 38c HD Barber-Pole
3. Blade: Astra SD
4. Brush: Whipped Dog 30mm Silvertip
5. Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat & Proraso Cream = GREAT lather!
6. Shave: 3 passes & touch-up
7. Post: Cold-water rinse & dry; 4711 after; Nivea Balm

Another great shave from this German Fett Knabe!

 

Sunday (evening shave)

My Fusion Power had an accident due to Act of Cat, breaking the last of the cartridges I had for it. Knowing I'm about to buy a proper DE razor, I opted to stock up on a few disposables to tide me over until said DE's arrival rather than throwing half the cost of a new razor at a pack of cartridges I don't plan on using all the way through. So. . . .

Warm water face and brush soak
VDH Boar brush
VDH original scent soap
Bic Comfort 3 disposable razor
WTG, ATG
Dickinson's Witch Hazel with cotton swab
Nivea for men Energy Aftershave Balm

Surprisingly DFS, with no nicks or weepers or post-shave burning. I decided due to the hour and the unfamiliar blades to forego the usual XTG pass, but overall I'm pretty pleased. To my sensibilities, the Bic is a bit of a sharper blade than the Gillette, so I'll have to see if that holds true for more than a the few examples I've seen thus far.

 

Yeah, I've got one of those who helps me shave, too.

 

Tabac Sunday.
Torrey!
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Tabac shave stick!
Cold water splash
One perfect shave. Love that Torrey!

 

He apparently missed me during my vacation, so jumped up on my (big, old-fashioned open-tub style) sink to "help" me brush my teeth, knocking the razor right off the sink to the floor.

 

Bumskiii. What razor is getting the most consideration??

 

Beaufort 6 Somerset Simpson
Aqua de Parma sample soap
Paul Revere Injector
EMS Ted Pella blade
DB Scuttle

 

http://www.italianbarber.com/merkur-classic-1904-1906-safety-razor-open-tooth
I prefer the open tooth aesthetically, and I love the hexagonal handle. The price point for my first non-cartridge razor isn't bad, either.

 

Sunday!

Hot Shower
Green Marvy Mug
Omega Pro Boar
Tweex SS
Lady Gillette -Pink
Voskhod (1)
Cool Water Rinse
'Be Enchanted' B&BW lotion

Simple shave today, I am sure enjoying this Tweex. I wish my L6 was fixed though, I sure do miss shaving with it.

Have a great week!